I know our tears were merely drops in the ocean of the collective joyous tears shed not just in the US but around the world on January 20th 2009.

I don’t know if you’ve ever visited the desert in the springtime; where no sign of life was evident, suddenly becomes filled with breathing spectrum of existence. Within a very short time shoots sprout, flowers bloom and animals graze. What was once lifeless suddenly flourishes.

Today as I watched the Inauguration of Barack Obama, the 44th President of USA, I saw the shoots of faith burst through in what has been a desert of desperation. Even though it will take a while for flowers to bloom in the global political climate and the economy of the US, make no mistake, Barack Obama has inspired a stream that has awakened a spirit of greatness that had laid dormant for far too long.

Barack Obama is not and does not claim to be a wizard who can wave a magic wand and fix everything. In his Inaugural speech he made it clear that for dreams to come true there is work needed and that part of that work is about being inclusive rather than exclusive.

Barack Obama is, as he hinted at in his speech, the manifestation of Martin Luther King Jr’s civil rights dream.

America may have been, and may still be the leader of the free world but today we pray it truly becomes once again the example of what freedom means.

When I was a boy, I wanted to be American. In America I saw a country where it was truly possible to become more than the stature of your birth place. Now as a man in his 50′s, having traveled to many places around the world, gotten some level of understanding that “our way” is not “the way“.

I have seen many political leaders from many different nations say one thing and do another. My belief in the inherent beauty in people has grown and sadly so has my cynical view about the words of politicians.

However, today as Barack Obama was sworn in, I heard the whisper of my boyhood dream awaken. The dream that made me want to be a ‘yank’, because America can become the land of the free and the brave…again. As strange as it might have seemed to some, I always seemed and felt more American than British. Today is a day where I can embrace with pride the American part of my heart.

Like this nation of the United States of America, I personally know what it feels like to be beaten down, I know what it feels like to feel defeated, I also know how much in those times I needed something to believe in.

Watching the crowd of millions cheer, I pray that Barack Obama can steer the faith of the American people to once again believe in…

a government of the people for the people”.

I wish you, Americans and by that I do not just mean people born in the US, I mean those who believe in real freedom, the courage to hold true to what it means to live a life where your heart, your mind, your words, and your actions are integral to the spirit of who you really are.

I believe that today was not only the inauguration of a new president but possibly the inauguration of the American people themselves…The reconciliation of the marriage between the American people and its president. Today, I witnessed the kind of history I can feel proud to embrace, and for this I’m filled with gratitude.

Live with courage, Dov…

I look forward to your comments a feedback below

Well the answer is “Yes” because: On December 9th 2008 “we” made history! That was the day that not only did we do a worlds first, but it was also the day that you assisted me in fulfilling a commitment I made not only to myself and those close to me, but also one I have made publically for many years…

Year after year I have stood on the platform with a mind and a heart that is full and excited to spill over sharing not only my widely accumulated knowledge but also my mission.

It’s a mission that can seem vague, (if you don’t get it) but non-the-less one that I am deeply connected and committed to. That mission has been and will continue to be to… Raise Global Consciousness. To have each and every individual become aware and embrace the brilliance of whom they truly are.

I have said for years that there are two main themes through which I teach: Resonance & Relationship.

It is my belief, (not necessarily the truth) that the results of our life are the results of our Resonance and our Relationship.

The relationships we have ultimately determine not only how we see ourselves but also how we see the world.

Relationships Are The Backbone of All Beliefs 

Ponder this: The world is run based on varying sets of beliefs and relationships are the backbone of all belief. Think about it: how did you come to believe anything? The answer is obvious when you now stop and think about it: You came to believe what you at least initially came to believe, because you were in a relationship with someone who directly or indirectly gave you an opinion and from those opinions you formed beliefs.

Consciously and unconsciously, our beliefs dominate our thoughts and the feelings that they bring up. The result is that those thoughts and feelings become what we resonate out to the universe. And what we resonate we attract.

To grossly over simplify it:

What we resonate, we attract as relationship, and what we attract as relationship determines what we resonate.

On December 9th 2008 we did the world’s first one man 24 hour web-a-thon at http://ResonatingRiches.com/24-broadcast to raise money for the Oxfam Charity. We successfully raised thousands of dollars.

However, something unexpected happed: We received interaction in the form of donations, questions, and passionate comments from people around the world who said things like “it was addictive and very hard to turn off”. Many commented on how much positive impact the http://ResonatingRiches.com/24-broadcast had had on them.

One gentleman from (I think it was Singapore) who said he had been working with a number of teachers and in just two answers to the questions that he had sent in, I had cleared up what he had been working on for 6 years.

We had people watching and writing in from all around the world: Singapore, Canada, England, New Zealand, Rumania, Portugal, Australia, Italy, Israel, India, France, Germany, South Africa, Denmark, Sweden, and The USA, just to name a few.

The point is we set out to raise money for the Oxfam charity and ended up raising global consciousness  and it was all done through building relationships.

In order to continue building those relationships I have decided to leave the www.ResonatingRiches.com  free video classes up on line for you and your friends as my way of saying thank you for our relationship.

As I said; “we” made history because through our relationships we came together and raised global consciousness. I look forward to building our relationship and I’m excited to see who you introduce to me next.

I look forward to reading your comments and feedback below.

With Gratitude for our relationship, Dov…