AMERICA TATTWAMASI

I would like to reiterate my firm conviction that the basic ethos of the Constitution of the United States and the US Declaration of Independence-marked by an exceptional emphasis on individual freedom and liberty and an inherent trust in the impersonal Almighty-seems rooted in the Upanishadic doctrine of the Universality of Spirit, from which spring such foundational attributes of America as democracy, human rights, the rule of law, justice, equality, and freedom.AMERICA ARISE AND AWAKE