If Putin wants to be both a modern Peter the Great to his people and begin to defuse the march toward war he must be an ultimate chess player….and counter international power….with domestic monetary grace. There are no peaceful solutions when power is the only consideration. Think Lord of the Rings. There is no defeating power except transforming the “game” into one exalting freedom for both the individual and the system. Think the 1st century evolutionary power of the concept of Grace versus the Roman Empire. Putin could lead Russia and Russians to an evolution of “the Great Russian Soul” that recognizes that abundance makes Life more free and convivial for everyone…and yet does not solve the inevitable suffering that is Life. Let the unnecessary and avoidable general suffering of war that results from consideration of power only be transformed into a joy of Living with abundance and the more likely constructive integration of the inevitable sufferings of Life into an ethic of true strength.

Monetary grace the free gift for the economy is the reflective missing link to such salvation from Power consideration and the equal power to help the individual endure the sufferings that incarnate Man will inevitably have…with a greater graciousness of soul.