"America seems to be seriously adrift. On the surface level, the peripheral symptoms of this crisis point to severe economic, social, political, and even environmental concerns. The deeper problem, however, is one of a decades long, continually increasing existential angst in the hearts and the minds of the people, even in the midst of an artificially constructed culture that is exclusively devoted to a seemingly unending commercial frenzy, entertainment-fueled escapism, and the rabid pursuit of self-pleasure at the expense of self-realization. Times of crisis, however, are often also times of tremendous opportunity. They are a gift from God meant to help us contemplate the deeper meaning of our lives, and to reorder our lives in accordance with His will and with His Dharma." (Pg. 81, The Dharma Manifesto, by Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya.)
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