The Science of Politics

Just a quick note today, fellow Alchemists!

Politics, the social agenda put forth by an individual or group, is thick with science. In fact, it is a science! Science isn't strictly test tubes and lab rats. There is more to it; science is an art, and so are politics.

There are gender politics, as you know, at least--if you're of a human bent. Most of us are, and whether male or female, you feel it.

There are more socialized politics that develop in large groups or communities--if you lived with a family, you know about this, too.

Politics are not for those who have laid on MRI surgical tables for 17 hours, those who can never run again, or dance, or wear a pretty dress. Politics are for those who have not been victimized, who have not suffered oppression, who have not been pushed down in the mud, again, and again and again.

Those rare human beings who have been privileged with perfection are the only people with the stamina for politics.

I'd ask you, fellow Alchemists, to please consider the individuals you may unwittingly, or even wittingly, entangle in your politics. It's better to study the science of compassionate wisdom than politics. Those who have become too proficient with it, are generally miserable.

Good night, fellows--"if we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended--what happened here is no more real than a dream...." (paraphrased from Will Shakespeare's MidSummer Night's Dream)