Reunited We Rise

Toxic divisiveness has become so extreme that it is now an existential threat to the continued existence of the United States. However, confusion, fear, and “learned helplessness” have resulted in people not knowing what to do about it… and in many believing there’s nothing they CAN do about it, because the voices of the extremists have been larger and louder than theirs.

Until now. A way has now emerged to dissolve divisiveness, societal traumatic stress disorder, and the national broken-heartedness these create. And there are more than enough people who want this to happen.

What’s needed are an integrated vision, a roadmap, a community, and success resources to mobilize that movement. One has finally arrived. It’s called “The Higher Center:”

• Its vision is based on the higher purpose of the United States.
• Its Reunity Roadmap for bringing it about is based on timeless wisdom and self-evident truths.
• Its collaborative community offers mutual support and multiple ways to be involved (this is now being built).
• And its empowerment resources are brought to you by Dr. David Gruder, through Integrity Revolution’s Center for Enlightened Self-Sovereignty.

A Sizeable Percentage of the Public is Aching and Ready For This

Since 2004, Gallup has conducted a monthly Gallup Political Affiliation Poll that asks this question: “In politics, as of today, do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat or an independent?” https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx

Because of the way the question is worded, people are not asked if they are registered with a specific party, but rather how they view their political alignment. Here are those results in June and July, 2024:

• June 2024: 51% Independent, 25% Republican, and 23% Democrat
• July 2024: 41% Independent, 30% Republican, and 28% Democrat

These percentages do fluctuate from month to month. Between July 2023 and July 2024, 40%-51% viewed themselves as Independents, 25-30% viewed themselves as Republicans, and 23-30% viewed themselves as Democrats. It’s also important to note two things that are unclear from this statistic:

• The percentage of those viewing themselves as Independents who see themselves as being somewhere between Republicans and Democrats on the political continuum, versus those who, for instance view themselves as being further right than Republicans or further left than Democrats.
• The percentage of those viewing themselves as Republicans or Democrats who consider themselves moderates or centrists.

More about this in the “Implications” section below.

According to Data for Progress, as of the end. of May, 2024, voters who are uncertain about their vote for President (“swing voters”) might decide the outcome of the 2024 election. Swing voters:

• Are younger and more diverse
• Reject ideological and partisan labels
• Broadly dislike both Biden and Trump
• And 46% say they would back Independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr

(https://www.dataforprogress.org/insights/2024/5/30/measuring-the-swing-evaluating-the-key-voters-of-2024)

I eagerly await updated information on how these trends are being impacted by Biden having been replaced by Harris, Vance having become Trump’s running mate, and Kennedy apparently having become ballot-eligible in nearly all 50 states.

Implications…

My strong suspicion is that Independents who fall between the moderate right and the moderate left constitute the majority of Independents AND that a meaningful percentage of those who identify as Republicans or Democrats view themselves as moderates or centrists. That combination of voters might well be today’s largest voting bloc in the United States: a Silent Majority in the Middle.

If true, this voting bloc has an unprecedented opportunity to help dissolve divisiveness by uniting into what might be considered a new type of healthy “radical.” Not an extremist radical, and not as “bothists” or as conventional “moderates,” but as a voting bloc that trancends party ideologies and stop being silent about this!

What could coalesce this kind of Higher Center? The Silent Majority in the Middle have long been trained to believe they have no power. Who trained them into disempowerment? Political, media, educational, and religious or atheistic extremists on the far left and far right whose agenda is to manipulate as much of the Silent Majority as possible into adopting their radical ideology.

Offering the Silent Majority in the Middle a compelling vision to rally around provides an unparalleled opportunity for them to mobilize as a “Higher Center:” What vision? The one on which the United States is based: a nation that is radical enough to dare to insist on self-government that harmonizes personal freedom and societal wellbeing (rather than one canceling the other or tyranny replacing self-government).

The time has arrived for this kind of radical “Higher Center”—the Silent Majority who seek an alternative to divisiveness and polarization—to emerge from Societal Traumatic Stress Disorder and rise up to reclaim our country’s highest original purpose. No longer can this majority afford to continue to passively allow ideologies at both extremes of the political spectrum to vilify and war against each other, dominate our discourse, and threaten our nation’s core principles.

Sound intriguing? Watch the video below.

View “The Higher Center” Inaugural Video

NOTE: This video is “raw” (unedited). An edited one, or an updated version of this presentation, might replace this in the future.

Here are the time markers for the start of each section in the current version…

• Introduction + Framing: 00:00:00
• Surprising Statistics + Societal Traumatic Stress Disorder: 00:03:26
• Empowering You to Make Your Own Choices: 00:14:11
• David’s Story: 00:15:15
• The United States Has an Amazing Mission Statement: 00:29:20
• Societal Spells Are Creating a Broken-Hearted Nation: 00:39:37
• Leaders Are Impaired by Psychological Wisdom Deficits: 00:53:50
• The Untapped Option That Elevates Patriotic Problem-Solving: 00:57:29
• Government’s Brilliant Intended Design: 01:18:35
• The Higher Center’s Reunity Roadmap: 01:43:37
• Next Steps + How to Be in Touch With Me: 01:53:50
• Final Remarks: 01:55:33

A Proposed Credo for The Higher Center Movement

We, the largest political group in the United States, have the power to reclaim our country from those who seek to divide and conquer. As healthy radicals of the Higher Center, we come together to defend the foundational self-evident values our nation holds dear, as the free, united, democratic republic we were always intended to be.

We will no longer stand idly by as attempts are made to divide and conquer us. We seize this time to stand firm in our Higher Center. We instead combine personal freedom with being greater than ourselves and our personal ideologies, so we can re-establish societal wellbeing. We do this because we know that this is how we make America great… even if other might have forgotten this.

As the Higher Center we search for a fuller picture that neither extreme provides. We seek to understand the deep concerns and high intentions of all. We then combine those concerns and intentions to enable integrated pictures to emerge that guide the emergence of root cause solutions. We tolerate neither coercion nor compromise. We stand for collaborative synergy. We recognize this as the Pragmatic Utopianism that our country’s founders envisioned. THIS is the Higher Center.

We stand together in this Higher Center, united in our resolve to restore integrity with the high values our nation was meant to embody. We know that only together will we overcome our current challenges and build a truly bright future for generations to come.

We claim this future. We demand it. Now. From all candidates and incumbents that we vote for from now on. And vote for them we shall, now that we are no longer manipulated by the lie that we have no power; that we can’t make a huge difference in the direction our country takes.

The Higher Center’s Rallying Cry

As the Radical Movement of the Elevated Middle, we reclaim our voices as authentic patriots who stand for our country’s most fundamental founding principle: harmony between personal freedom and societal wellbeing. FREEsponsibility is what makes our nation great, and it’s what will restore us as a beacon of hope to the world. We embrace “Higher Center” power, and peacefully yet effectively march together toward a brighter future, guided by our country’s highest founding vision and our Constitution.

“I am a Proud Member of the Higher Center:
THE RADICAL MOVEMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT MIDDLE.
I Am Part of the Higher Center Brigade,
Mobilizing to Preserve Our Founding Vision.”

Join the Higher Center Movement to Help Dissolve Divisiveness and Restore the American Dream

1. Embrace Wisdom Beneath the Original Pledge of Allegiance and Embrace the Updated Pledge
2. Sign the Higher Center Proclamation
3. Get Notified When Additional “Higher Center Actualization” Resources Become Available

Now is the time. Become Part of the Sea Change for the Better!