Ideal

The other day, during my reading, I ran into a comment that Rufus Jones made several years back which applies to today, that "the democracy I want will treat every human person as a unique, sacred, and indispensable member of a spiritual whole, a whole which remains imperfect if even one of its "little ones" is missing; and its fundamental axiom will be the liberation and realization of the inner life which is potential in every member of the human race." I would also like that ideal and it is certainly possible, but we seem to be getting farther away from that ideal as a reality. Following the thoughts of past spiritual leaders, that ideal would be important for people to lead complete and fulfilled lives. I agree.