The State is not the Government.
The State is the Ideal of the Sovereign.
We all own the Philippine State
- and - at the same time
none of us do. It is a free State.
It is a Responsible State.
(On the Philippine State)
The State represents the Truth
of everything we are - as a Nation;
Keeper to the Memory of our Generations,
and Repository of the Common Hopes
of our National Communities.
Any meaningful sense of Timeless Regard
for the lasting Ideals of our People - as a Nation
and the prevailing spirit of our Country - as Motion
proceeds from the reality of the Philippine State.
It is the Knowing
that constantly abides as Learning
prevailing within our living National Culture.
It is the spirit of everything noble, everything good,
and everything worthy of the National Excellence and therefore,
worthy of the praise and the love of our peoples together
- as citizens and as human beings to each other -
passing quietly - as Beauty - from generation to generation.
Our President as Head of State
is the Exemplar of the Philippine State;
the Office of the President of this Republic
being the noblest of all public Seats-of-Service.
- selah -
The Virtue of Citizenship
is the Primary Endowment of the State.
It is the authority to govern
the Citizen in the Person of the Self.
In it is contained the power
that makes each of us
together a "we".
The Authority to Govern
our Peers in the Nation is the Secondary
and proceeds from the Primary (as a function).
This Secondary Endowment
establishes for the Nation - from the Nation,
a Government that is - in constant and faithful keeping -
to the Providential Reality of the Philippine State.
We recognize in the spirit of our Constitution
and also in the labors of the Philippine Republic
from timeless Ideals enshrined in the Philippine State
- what is Sovereign to our Nation - in our entirety,
AND the Sacred and Inviolable Trust - that must exist -
between our Government and our Nation (as a free State):
THAT the Virtues of the Republic Government
in order to freely abide in a Government for the People
must have its Reliance upon the Faithfulness of the People
AND that the People
in order to conserve - in All our behalf -
our one, common, human Reliance
in the Good Governance of the Nation
must preserve - in and across - our Generations
those two Endowments - Primary and Secondary -
that are proper to the Philippine State,
particularly in our youth but also in all our citizens -
and ensure that a Government of the People
within each ourselves forever prevail.
- selah -
The free Philippine State
is the source of our Sovereignty.
We shape it - and - it shapes us -
Sovereignty emanates from the People!
And exists - for us - with each present time
in behalf of our children and unborn generations.
Mabuhay ang Pilipinas - Long Live the Memory.
Thought Exercise - What if?
(1)
The State is the Ideal of the Sovereign
We profess allegiance to an Ideal of a Free State through its Symbols and its Virtues, in order to obtain and perfect our citizenship.
Essentially, we profess allegiance - to each other - as citizens and as human beings - in order to mature our labor of Country and to bring our Nationhood forth into perfection, e.g. Democracy, Meritocracy,
(2)
The State is the Government
We profess allegiance to the Government in order to obtain and perfect our citizenship.
The Government is the source of Sovereignty and utilizes the people and the life of their communities in order to mature its labor of Country and to bring its Nationhood forth into perfection, e.g. Communism, Socialism.
(3)
The State is one person
We profess allegiance to one person in order to obtain and perfect our citizenship, e.g. Fascism, Despotism.
Hitler was the German State, the Nation Germany incarnate - look at what happened to him. And then look at what evil it did to his own as well as to our other kindred Nations. We will carry a burden from that war for a long time to come.
Even Monarchs who are directly responsible to God for the Authority of the State, profess it accordingly, delegate it when necessary, and do not lay a claim to the power of the State as absolute as these.
(4)
The State is a selection of persons
We profess allegiance to an elite few in order to obtain and perfect our citizenship, e.g. Oligarchy, Plutocracy.
Capitalism distorted by materialism. We are struggling against this now.
(5)
The State is in the many and in the all
We profess allegiance to the self alone (and from the self to the other - but not with each other) in order to obtain and perfect our citizenship, e.g. Anarchy, Social Darwinism.
Democracy distorted by moral relativism. We are struggling against this now.
(6)
The State is undefined
We would not be having this exercise. God will spit us out of His mouth.
The State is the Ideal of the Sovereign.
We all own the Philippine State
- and - at the same time
none of us do. It is a free State.
It is a Responsible State.
(On the Philippine State)
The State represents the Truth
of everything we are - as a Nation;
Keeper to the Memory of our Generations,
and Repository of the Common Hopes
of our National Communities.
Any meaningful sense of Timeless Regard
for the lasting Ideals of our People - as a Nation
and the prevailing spirit of our Country - as Motion
proceeds from the reality of the Philippine State.
It is the Knowing
that constantly abides as Learning
prevailing within our living National Culture.
It is the spirit of everything noble, everything good,
and everything worthy of the National Excellence and therefore,
worthy of the praise and the love of our peoples together
- as citizens and as human beings to each other -
passing quietly - as Beauty - from generation to generation.
Our President as Head of State
is the Exemplar of the Philippine State;
the Office of the President of this Republic
being the noblest of all public Seats-of-Service.
The Virtue of Citizenship
is the Primary Endowment of the State.
It is the authority to govern
the Citizen in the Person of the Self.
In it is contained the power
that makes each of us
together a "we".
The Authority to Govern
our Peers in the Nation is the Secondary
and proceeds from the Primary (as a function).
This Secondary Endowment
establishes for the Nation - from the Nation,
a Government that is - in constant and faithful keeping -
to the Providential Reality of the Philippine State.
We recognize in the spirit of our Constitution
and also in the labors of the Philippine Republic
from timeless Ideals enshrined in the Philippine State
- what is Sovereign to our Nation - in our entirety,
AND the Sacred and Inviolable Trust - that must exist -
between our Government and our Nation (as a free State):
THAT the Virtues of the Republic Government
in order to freely abide in a Government for the People
must have its Reliance upon the Faithfulness of the People
AND that the People
in order to conserve - in All our behalf -
our one, common, human Reliance
in the Good Governance of the Nation
must preserve - in and across - our Generations
those two Endowments - Primary and Secondary -
that are proper to the Philippine State,
particularly in our youth but also in all our citizens -
and ensure that a Government of the People
within each ourselves forever prevail.
- selah -
The free Philippine State
is the source of our Sovereignty.
We, the people,
receive it each Day - in Peace -
and lay it down each Night - in Goodwill.
In the collective peace
of our National Communities,
of our National Communities,
particularly in the life of our Cities together,
our common labors are its wellspring.
We shape it - and - it shapes us -
(we are therefore, we must -
in being and in becoming)
in being and in becoming)
across our generations - to the last...
Sovereignty emanates from the People!
And exists - for us - with each present time
in behalf of our children and unborn generations.
We are Citizens First,
our Nation - a People first -
ONLY THEN
shall the rest of the Elements of Country
follow - and then fall into place -
or not at all.
All that ends and all that begins
in our Republic - must rise and fall -
from the Sovereign being of our Nation:
THAT we are the one Filipino People
and our Nation, a Nation among Nations;
AND that - this is - our Sovereignty of Being -
AND that - this is - our Sovereignty of Being -
supreme in us - and (simultaneously) - exclusive for us.
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Mabuhay ang Pilipinas - Long Live the Memory.
Thought Exercise - What if?
(1)
The State is the Ideal of the Sovereign
We profess allegiance to an Ideal of a Free State through its Symbols and its Virtues, in order to obtain and perfect our citizenship.
Essentially, we profess allegiance - to each other - as citizens and as human beings - in order to mature our labor of Country and to bring our Nationhood forth into perfection, e.g. Democracy, Meritocracy,
(2)
The State is the Government
We profess allegiance to the Government in order to obtain and perfect our citizenship.
The Government is the source of Sovereignty and utilizes the people and the life of their communities in order to mature its labor of Country and to bring its Nationhood forth into perfection, e.g. Communism, Socialism.
(3)
The State is one person
We profess allegiance to one person in order to obtain and perfect our citizenship, e.g. Fascism, Despotism.
Hitler was the German State, the Nation Germany incarnate - look at what happened to him. And then look at what evil it did to his own as well as to our other kindred Nations. We will carry a burden from that war for a long time to come.
Even Monarchs who are directly responsible to God for the Authority of the State, profess it accordingly, delegate it when necessary, and do not lay a claim to the power of the State as absolute as these.
(4)
The State is a selection of persons
We profess allegiance to an elite few in order to obtain and perfect our citizenship, e.g. Oligarchy, Plutocracy.
Capitalism distorted by materialism. We are struggling against this now.
(5)
The State is in the many and in the all
We profess allegiance to the self alone (and from the self to the other - but not with each other) in order to obtain and perfect our citizenship, e.g. Anarchy, Social Darwinism.
Democracy distorted by moral relativism. We are struggling against this now.
(6)
The State is undefined
We would not be having this exercise. God will spit us out of His mouth.
