My favorite holidays of the year are Thanksgiving (on which my birth happened to coincide in 1947), Christmas Eve, Easter, and the 4^th of July. For me they represent and symbolize the apex intersection of divinity and humanity. Thanksgiving – a day to pause, feel, and express our gratitude with family and friends in the golden glow of autumn. Christmas Eve – after the parties and frivolities a silent night which inspires childlike awe and wonder of things to come. Easter – the awakening, mystery, and transcendence of the eternal nature of creation amidst the emergence of life from a winter of dormancy. Today, the 4^th of July (Independence Day in my home in America) – the manifestation of the vision of man for mankind with all of its challenges and struggles to overcome the status quo and evolve the nature of our individual and collective consciousness and…