An idea is something you have an ideology is something that has you

The real goal of a spiritual tradition should not be ascent, but openness, vulnerability, and this does not require great experiences but, on the contrary, very ordinary ones. Charisma is easy presence, self-remembering, is terribly difficult, and where the real work lies.

The nation no longer stands for the enlightenment tradition, but rather for military-political hegemony and the total commodification of life.