Celebrating the 4th of July is a time to consider the promise of a young country that decided to invent itself as a place with the maximum potential for good. Dynamism, optimism, opportunity, and freedom of ideas are distinctly American qualities that have made American brands and American styles the standard for the world. Those brands and styles represent a country and a culture where anything is possible through hard work and persistence.
Instead of a large landowner dominating many poor families, there was a chance in the stunningly fertile and beautiful land of America for a combination of self-sufficiency and truly moral collectivity: Helping your neighbor out of generosity and not out of obligation. With less control imposed by government, it meant Americans had the chance to enjoy more freedom and had to accept more responsibility for the state of their society.
In 1776 thirteen British colonies in the New World decided to no longer take orders from a distant King. The traditional, hierarchical system of society no longer held any attraction to the new American culture that had emerged, likely influenced by what the European settlers saw in the Native American cultures they encountered.
The “knowing without thinking” state seems to be the subject of new research, where people respond to reality before they are conscious of any thoughts about it. In Sahaja Yoga Meditation, that state of “knowing without thinking” becomes conscious.