Independence is an illusion that our Constitution is founded on.

 Dear Editor,

“A History of Delusions” book review (by Lucina Robb, Washington Post Sunday 8-7-22) avoided mention of the greatest delusion most Americans have held dear for decades.   We persist in believing this invented human concept that exists nowhere in the known universe - can protect our us and our most valued freedom.  To do whatever we like and not be held accountable.   But Albert Einstein defined our reality as  "A human being is part of the whole, called by us 'Universe'; a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but striving for such achievement is, in itself, a part of the liberation, and a foundation for inner security."   -Albert Einstein.  As quoted in Quantum Reality, Beyond the New Physics, p. 250.

Our Constitution is founded on our delusion of independence. And our government servants swear an oath to protect it.  The vast majority of American patriots error in thinking it will protect our security and our most cherished freedoms.  But in our irreversibly interdependent world, this is an impossibility.  Our Declaration of Independence referred to “the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God”, both 'self-evident universal constructs.  Our future depends on nature. And our virtue in following the Golden Rule globally.  An ideal that every religion is based on.  

Abraham Lincoln's words framed it best.  Our “Declaration of Independence” is our “Apple of Gold”. And our Constitution is its “Frame of Silver”.   

Imagine how different we and the world may have been today if Jefferson had used the nondelusional word “Separation” instead of “Independence” in naming our “Declaration”.