Vote / Clarification from Satchidananda

A few days ago I posted my comments on Satchidananda's Weekly Words for this week. I disagreed with some of what was said. It turns out that I was not the only one. Here is what was sent in a follow up email:

"Although meant in a spiritual sense, this week's Weekly Words of Wisdom message could be taken out of context from the entirety of Sri Swami Satchidananda's teachings on civic responsibility, as it was kindly pointed out by one reader.

"Particularly because Election Day is Tuesday, November 4, we would like to clarify: Sri Gurudev taught that while we should "Accept everything and not allow anything to disturb our ease," he always reminded us that we cannot complain about our political leaders unless we do our part to make our voices heard by voting. He encouraged all his students to exercise their right to vote, especially in major elections. He said, "Remind yourself of the responsibility that you have to bring a good name to our country, to clean up our mess. Every American has this responsibility. Every one of you can do something about it because our country is built by the people, for the people, of the people."