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"Why do you keep getting back the Principle of Universal Love? Don't make it into a slogan, Peter."
"No, Anton, it mustn't become a slogan, but it needs to be named by name. The Principle of Universal Love has been the foundation for the greatest developments in history, even when it was merely superficially applied. For example, the Principle of Universal Love stood behind the Golden Renaissance in the 15th Century. When Europe was dying in the grip of a global financial and economic collapse after Lombard banking collapse in 1345 that was followed by the ravishing of the Black Plaque two years later half the population of Europe was wiped out. That's when people began to look deeper into themselves for the substance of their humanity. Over the next century the Principle of Universal Love came to the foreground in their searching for something substantial. That's what stood behind the Golden Renaissance. It brought a rich measure of grace to human living, perhaps more than ever before. It also started a scientific renaissance and a renaissance in beauty. We see the evidence of it in great art, great architecture, and great music. These are expressions of grace. The same happened later again in the 17th Century. The same principle once again changed the world amidst the raging of the Thirty Years War. The principle ended that war with the Treaty of Westphalia. That treaty became the greatest constitutional treaty in history. The misery that society suffered in eighty years of war that culminated into the Thirty Years War caused the pioneers of society to refocus their attention back onto the renaissance principle. That's what set the stage for the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 that redirected politics to promote what is of advantage to the other instead of stealing from the other. It created a new face for the human being. It created the second renaissance, the renaissance that is typified by people like Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Schiller and Goethe. This second renaissance also became the foundation for creating the USA as the first nation-state republic on our planet. What the USA represented for mankind from its inception as a child of that second renaissance was so profound that Russia stood up for the American republic and protected it with all its might during the American Civil War. Russia had pledged to give Lincoln command of the Russian Navy in order to keep the British imperials out of the American Civil War. The USA in turn supported Russia during World War II. As you can see, all the really great events in history were founded on the Principle of Universal Love. They were the result of grace that stood as a shining light of our humanity. Both of our countries, Anton, would not exist today without the light of grace and the Principle of Universal Love that is expressed in it, which is the principle of our humanity."
"Do you really mean that, Peter?" said Anton between bites of roast beef as our dinner conversation unfolded, with my dinner also becoming cold because of my too much talking.
"It doesn't matter what I mean, Anton," I replied. "Those are historic facts."
"But why isn't any of that happening anymore?" she asked.
"Because the Principle of Universal Love is so incredibly scary to implement, Anton."
"Scary, Peter?" Anton interjected.
"Yes, scary. It's immensely scary to implement at the grassroots level. Every renaissance collapsed again, probably for this reason. The Principle of Universal Love is scary to implement at the grassroots social level, because it demands more honesty from people with themselves than the people had been able to achieve. And so the great opportunities in history became lost because the great principle was blocked at the social level. It never entered people's heart."
"And that is scary? But are we not farther ahead, Peter?"
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