Two weeks in the past, I landed in Miami.
I didn’t be expecting to be greeted by way of two FBI brokers with the politeness of yoga instructors and the interest of philosophers… however right here we’re.
I’ve recorded what came about and posted it to the arena—the video you’re about to look were given 1.3 million perspectives on Instagram.
Right here’s what came about.
The FBI brokers requested me about my fresh travels—Brazil, Istanbul, Dubai.
Brazil?
Rock in Rio.
Istanbul?
Gates of Agartha Pageant. Satori was once taking part in; the one factor I used to be conspiring with was once nice track.
Dubai?
Smartly, Dubai is the worldwide middle of capitalism and some of the leading edge towns on this planet (in fact I’m going there).
Then got here the query:
“Have you ever consorted with any politicians?”
I mentioned sure—final 12 months I used to be at a dinner in Mar-a-Lago.
They nodded, passed again my passport, and welcomed me to the U.S.
No drama. No hostility. The brokers had been doing their process.
The actual factor isn’t the FBI.
The actual factor is the tradition of concern The usa has fallen into.
Concern: the final shelter of leaders without a imaginative and prescient
Tourism to the U.S. is down 15%.
Global scholars are down 20%.
Immigration demonized.
The arena’s maximum iconic “country of immigrants” now treats beginners like threats.
Why?
As a result of concern is the most cost effective political drug.
Pushing the concern button is the final shelter of leaders who haven’t any ability, no imaginative and prescient, and no answers.
And nowhere is that this extra evident than within the tales being offered to American citizens day by day.
The night time at Mar-a-Lago that defined the whole lot
I used to be invited to Mar-a-Lago by way of a Mindvalley member.
I used to be in point of fact venerated and thankful for the invite.
And I wish to say that the folks there have been essentially great to me.
Whilst we disagreed on coverage, we were given alongside as buddies.
However I’d love to proportion with you one of the vital issues I heard.
I sat subsequent to a Christian girl who believed abortion must be banned national.
I disagreed—however I revered her conviction.
Then a senator advised me:
“There are 300,000 Chinese language migrants on the southern border ready to be activated by way of China.”
I requested for proof.
He admitted he heard it as a rumor.
Honest sufficient.
Someone else advised me that there are 2 million attainable terrorists in The usa after what came about in Israel.
After all, there was once no supporting proof for this.
Now let me inform you what I didn’t listen.
No person was once speaking about:
- Healthcare
- Lifespan
- Price of dwelling
- Training
- Financial mobility
There have been no concepts. No insurance policies. No methods.
Simply concern.
And but concern gained votes. Hundreds of thousands of them.
However let’s take a look at the onerous evidence: The Republican Birthday celebration is in reality bailing on trade
Now, let’s step clear of concern, rumor, and political superstition… and take a look at precise numbers.
As a result of while you read about the final seven many years of U.S. financial efficiency, an overly uncomfortable fact emerges:
The U.S. economic system plays dramatically higher underneath Democrats than Republicans.
Take those 5 core signs that economists use to measure nationwide efficiency:
Actual GDP enlargement
Since International Warfare II, The usa’s GDP has grown at about 4.3% underneath Democratic presidents as opposed to 2.5% underneath Republicans.
Activity introduction
Activity enlargement averages 2.6% according to 12 months underneath Democrats and 1.1% underneath Republicans, tens of hundreds of thousands of extra jobs.
Unemployment
Beneath Democrats, unemployment normally falls by way of about 0.8 proportion issues. Beneath Republicans, it in most cases rises by way of about 1.1 issues.
Inventory marketplace efficiency
The S&P 500 returns kind of 8.3% according to 12 months underneath Democrats and best 2.7% underneath Republicans. In the event you invested in keeping with birthday celebration on my own, you’d retire in a hammock on a seaside.
Recessions
Ten of the final 11 recessions started underneath Republican presidents. That’s now not ideology. That’s math.
You’ll fact-check them by way of asking AI with regard to what I’m speaking about. Be happy to analyze them.
Maximum American entrepreneur buddies of mine nonetheless consider the parable that once Republicans are in energy, trade is best.
That fantasy is the complete opposite of exact info and information as mentioned above.
Democrats do higher and trade. They usually achieve this with no need guilty immigrants and others.
Republicans do the other.
And right here’s the place MAGA makes it even worse
It’s now not simply that Republican financial myths don’t grasp up. Trump’s present technique is actively harming The usa’s economic system and international logo.
Trump’s vilification of immigrants—and the violent ICE raids flooding Instagram and TikTok—are already hitting the U.S. economic system like a slow-motion avalanche.
Obama deported 3M other folks. However he did it with out harming The usa’s symbol.
Right here’s what we’re seeing:
- Tourism to The usa has fallen by way of kind of 15%. That’s billions of bucks misplaced every year as a result of guests now not really feel welcome—or protected.
- International graduate scholar packages have dropped by way of about 17%. That is catastrophic. Those scholars frequently keep, innovate, get started firms, and construct the industries of the next day to come. They’re the long run developers of Silicon Valley, healthcare breakthroughs, AI labs, and biotech.
- 40-four p.c of American unicorn firms had been created by way of immigrants. Just about part of essentially the most treasured firms in The usa exist on account of immigrant founders.
- Each ICE raid you notice on Instagram isn’t simply traumatizing undocumented households—it’s destructive The usa’s international logo, riding ability away, shrinking innovation, and weakening long-term competitiveness.
Fearmongering would possibly get votes. However this is a terrible financial technique. You can not construct a future-ready country by way of scaring away the very individuals who create the long run.
If we agree that range is really helpful, that team spirit issues, and that racism is one thing that belongs within the rubbish bin of historical past.
After we prevent falling for those myths, we prevent permitting politicians to make use of them as guns.
I created the video to dismantle many of those myths.
Darwin and the diffusion of sympathy
Let’s zoom out to science.
Charles Darwin wrote:
“As guy advances in civilization, he extends his sympathies to all contributors of the country, after which to all international locations.”
He known as this the diffusion of sympathy—the growth of empathy.
That is evolution.
That is growth.
That is how civilizations upward push.
Shrinking empathy? That’s regression.
Concern shrinks empathy.
Solidarity expands it.
Darwin knew this.
Walsch knew this.
Wilber mapped it.
And the arena desperately wishes to bear in mind it.
The religious point of view: why team spirit issues essentially the most at this time
Neale Donald Walsch wrote:
“The best distinctive feature of extremely developed beings is team spirit.”
And some other:
“In complicated civilizations, team spirit isn’t a dream—it’s their herbal state.”
That is the way forward for humanity.
From selfish to ethnocentric to world-centric to cosmocentric.
And that’s the paintings we’re doing at Mindvalley.
The Mindvalley Religious Summit: a jump past concern
Our upcoming Religious Summit is a meeting of the arena’s 9 most sensible religious lecturers dedicated to team spirit awareness:
Regan Hillyer (#1 Manifestation Trainer), Lee Holden (Clinical Qi Gong Grasp), Marie Diamond (Feng Shui Grasp), Morning time Hong (Kundalini Grasp), Shi Heng Yi (Thirty fifth-generation Shaolin Grasp), Dr. Peter Levine (Psychologist and Founding father of Somatic Experiencing®), Sensei Zen Takai (Sixteenth-generation Samurai), Dr. Tara Schwartz (Neuroscientist), and myself.
Get your spot on the Religious Summit right here
Taking place this weekend, November 22–23
I’ll discuss a formidable and engaging concept by way of Ken Wilber (the arena’s maximum cited instructional)—known as Levels and States—which is helping you know how we will be able to carry team spirit awareness inside of ourselves and the arena. We can cross deeper into why team spirit is vital for the development of humanity.
This isn’t simply an match. It’s an lively awareness activation.
If concern is the virus, team spirit is the medication.
My declaration
Folks have requested whether or not talking brazenly like this on my Instagram may jeopardize my O-1 visa.
I’m now not afraid.
I’ve completed not anything unsuitable.
I’ve constructed firms, created jobs, supported communities, and obeyed the legislation.
And The usa’s greatness lies in its coverage of fair speech—particularly speech supposed to heal, unite, and uplift.
I really like The usa. I need it to thrive.
And since I care, I will be able to now not keep silent when this nation is being misled.
No longer by way of rumor, concern, propaganda, or leaders who can’t govern, can’t unify, and can’t be offering actual answers—particularly Donald Trump.
It’s time for one thing upper. One thing wiser. One thing rooted in team spirit awareness, now not concern awareness.
P.S. I’d love to listen to your ideas in this. Solidarity, concern, immigration, evolution—what a part of this message resonated with you maximum? Proportion it within the feedback underneath. I’ll be studying each and every unmarried one.
Vote for pragmatism. Vote for team spirit. Vote for evolution.
Humanity is waiting for its subsequent jump.
With love,
Vishen
REFERENCES AND SOURCES OF DATA MENTIONED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
Presidents and the U.S. Economic system: An Econometric Exploration (July 2014)
U.S. financial efficiency by way of presidential birthday celebration
Presidents and the U.S. Economic system: An Econometric Exploration (July 2015)
Presidents as Financial Managers (article within the Nationwide Affairs mag)
