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Troy I am in total agreement. Einstein was a very vocal critic of racism in the United States. So it's a bit inelegant to say all white people. It's also less than useful to provide an uninformed perspective, Pioneer.

Whatever. I.DON'T.CARE.

@Pioneer1, I'm not denying that racism is a problem. In fact, I agree with some of what you've described, but where we diverge is on the underlying motivation for the racism. I believe racism is a tool of the plutocracy to enrich themselves. I believe religion has been used for this reason, indeed our education system and culture is designed to create consumers who enrich their masters. Whether is is the tobacco industry selling us cancer sticks, big pharma making opioids freely available, Wall Street bringing the world's economy to the brink of collapse, Facebook manipulating our election and brainwashing people, or 45 fueling racism, it is all about power and money. Racism is one of many tools these folks use against us. You can destroy racism tomorrow and the greats masses of the world's people will still be poor. We live in a world where someone like Amazon's Jeff Bezos can accumulate a net worth north of $90B on the backs of factory workers grinding away making slave wages and he is celebrated. As Bezos builds a monopoly some people even vigorously defend it?! Man, racism is a problem but again it is a symptom. Racism was created to justify slavery. Educated white folks knew what Black folks accomplished great things in Africa--hell they used this knowledge and then took credit for creating it. Of course the great masses of people--even black ones don't know this, but we know all the celebrity gossip. Sure, we have to fight racism because it is kicking your butts, but the real problem are the plutocrats pulling the levers--impoverishing us all.

A very interesting and enlightening exchange. i would concede that i can loosely be described as being a "new-ager". My interest in the quest for enlightenment began in the early sixties with "Chariot of the Gods" a book about extra-terrestrial aliens, and then "Celestine Prophecy" a novel about recognizing the obvious. I was also into the properties of pyramid power and chanting. i found it plausible that pyramid receptacles could generate an atmosphere that rearranged molecules and atoms in bodies and objects, and that the repetitive sounds and vibrations of chanting mantras could have an impact of your hopes. I was also into the books of anthropologist, Carlos Castanedo, who wrote best sellers about "separate realities" conjured up by Mexican shamans. Later i read "the Secret" a book about imaging and mind power. All of this stuff has always fascinated me. It's just the way my brain is wired. And from time to time i would actually reap results from planting these ideas in my psyche. Believing was seeing. Organized religion was never my thing, but spirituality and meta-physics were a fulfilling alternative for me because they opened my mind, instead of closing it. Below is a 2-minute video about quantum physics claim to discovering what is referred to as the "god particle".

And here is where we agree... I HATE that people sell "Jesus"...and to me they are no different than folks who sell quasi-quantum physics. It really boils my blood. And like the Amazon cult, once a person is a devotee there's not getting through to them... I'm definitely a mystic and yes I share my esoteric beliefs... but I will say, "It's been my experience"....when I find that people are looking for a guru.