Umm whats it about I read the 1st paragraph but it’s way to long ? Power and Socialism ? or where the world is headed theory today ?
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Thanks for posting.
Amazing read, thanks!
It’s fascinating that the speech was given in 1978! I wonder if he’s still alive today and how his feelings on the subject are today. Personally, I feel that his words, for the most part, ring truer today than ever before. But, who am I to say? I’ve only really seen a decade or so of human development. 
He died the day before yesterday, probably the reason for the original post.
Oh…damn.
Well, I wonder what he would have said..or has said.
So, the essence of his speech seems to be that the Western world faces a lack of spirituality. I don’t disagree with that… my only question would be “what kind of spirituality?” I honestly think spirituality restricted to pre-personal and archetypal ideas is poison, it leads to tribalism and fanaticism. Far from grounding people in a deeper understanding of reality, it seems to seperate people from reality. The suicide bomber might be an example of pre-personal spirituality.
In the interests of brevity, that’s all I’ll say on the matter for now, though 
However, I don’t agree necessarily with his viewpoint on the Vietnam war, at the risk of being political. But perhaps the speech was a product of the times and the person.