ESSAYS

America’s decline is not just political or economic—it is spiritual. A host of –isms have seduced the nation: consumerism, nationalism, narcissism, exceptionalism, and more. Each promised freedom, but delivered illusion. Vedanta reveals them for what they are: masks of maya, binding us to appearances while hiding the truth.

They may sit on thrones and command armies, but they are not free. Trump, Putin, the billionaires and manipulators of the modern world — these are not sovereign beings, but puppets of māyā. Caught in illusion, driven by compulsion, they are ruled by what they cannot see. This essay explores the deeper truth behind worldly power, contrasting the false sovereignty of rulers with the quiet clarity of the liberated.