I’m just an idiot, but this post reminded me of and corroborated something I’ve been pondering lately on my gnostic, impractical blind stagger through this life: Why does a man do anything? Why are we here? What is it that a man should strive for? Our theologies and economies have answered that question in the same way for so very very long: he must strive to repay his debts. The material world is owned by someone else, and the spiritual world is owned by a cruel God. The very act of birth creates a debt to God, as you are a miserable fallen sinner carrying the stain of original sin. School, cars, houses, medicine… if you want to stay here, you must borrow from those who own it. And you are a meager little soul, riddled with imperfections and possessing little means, and you must work hard and serve your master or he has no reason to feed you or to consider your pathetic pleas for salvation. These ideas crush the human spirit and embolden the utter psychopaths who siphon our blood. They are quite clearly the ideas of a man without consult with woman. One stern and unforgiving half of what should be whole. The dim hearted patriarch ruling alone. We walk around with holes in our chests and the cube of Saturn on our heads. We dream of a world of angels and demons, when that world is right here, right now, only our pineals are too crusty, our heart chakras too dim, and our spirits too crushed to even dare to perceive it. These debt-based philosophies are all black ass lies that serve those who serve nobody but themselves. Imagine a binary where the 1 comes first. Imagine a world where people acted with pride and purpose instead of shame and debt. Imagine a world where people were celebrated and maximized instead of embarrassed and stifled. Maybe we’d once again build cathedrals instead of aluminum boxes to retail plastic crap. Maybe we’d openly discuss spirituality instead of smugly supporting vacuous materialism. Maybe we’d find enough light, enough sparks freed from the kelipot, that we could finally illuminate this vast and intimidating darkness.
I just read Atlas Shrugged as a 40 year old a couple years ago and Rand's description of original sin hit all these notes. I think original sin is indeed a crappy story, the worst story to tell to any sentient life. But just because its awful doesn't mean its not true. I think it rings true to us because its affirmation of the suffering we feel is an inescapable part of our lives. For me though its very awfulness ends up being perfect in the most complete way possible because in the Christian faith it is ultimately resolved. A release in the tension in the form of Jesus and the new covenant. One that where the dust settles its about trying your best and aiming to mean well, and when you don't mean well naturally..well pray for help to mean well and keep trying. Which I can't thing of any other way I'd rather want to live anyway.
The level of sophistication, manipulation, espionage, and deception somewhat boggles the mind seeing that this was all taking place starting in the 1300s! Not that people were stupid back then but if you hadn’t listed the years it was taking place, one would assume it was a 20th-21st century creation.
Evil never sleeps and hasn’t since the Garden of Eden. It’s good to keep this perspective when framing the history of what we once knew as truth against the reality of what actually occurred.
Thanks for all the wonderful information you bring to us and have a very merry Christmas!
I hate to click like, but I will for the content, why isn't there a button for disgusted and appalled? Thank you Frank as always for digging in, reading, researching and presenting us with information on so very many topics for consideration. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone!
The scope of all this is just too big for me to do much with. If there is a sophisticated elite cabal that is so well versed in the workings of the universe as to divine a financial system that lets they hold control over centuries...well I tip my cap. They win. They deserve it. The scope of this reminds me of how Arthur C Clarke views humans trying to grasp or explore the universe...its simply beyond us. Too big in both space and time for us to really grapple with.
I’m just an idiot, but this post reminded me of and corroborated something I’ve been pondering lately on my gnostic, impractical blind stagger through this life: Why does a man do anything? Why are we here? What is it that a man should strive for? Our theologies and economies have answered that question in the same way for so very very long: he must strive to repay his debts. The material world is owned by someone else, and the spiritual world is owned by a cruel God. The very act of birth creates a debt to God, as you are a miserable fallen sinner carrying the stain of original sin. School, cars, houses, medicine… if you want to stay here, you must borrow from those who own it. And you are a meager little soul, riddled with imperfections and possessing little means, and you must work hard and serve your master or he has no reason to feed you or to consider your pathetic pleas for salvation. These ideas crush the human spirit and embolden the utter psychopaths who siphon our blood. They are quite clearly the ideas of a man without consult with woman. One stern and unforgiving half of what should be whole. The dim hearted patriarch ruling alone. We walk around with holes in our chests and the cube of Saturn on our heads. We dream of a world of angels and demons, when that world is right here, right now, only our pineals are too crusty, our heart chakras too dim, and our spirits too crushed to even dare to perceive it. These debt-based philosophies are all black ass lies that serve those who serve nobody but themselves. Imagine a binary where the 1 comes first. Imagine a world where people acted with pride and purpose instead of shame and debt. Imagine a world where people were celebrated and maximized instead of embarrassed and stifled. Maybe we’d once again build cathedrals instead of aluminum boxes to retail plastic crap. Maybe we’d openly discuss spirituality instead of smugly supporting vacuous materialism. Maybe we’d find enough light, enough sparks freed from the kelipot, that we could finally illuminate this vast and intimidating darkness.
Thank you!
I now have to look into the cube of Saturn.
That's a deep rabbit hole! Here's one link picked at random...
https://astral-alchemy.com/astral-insights/f/saturn-worship-the-cult-of-the-black-cube
I just read Atlas Shrugged as a 40 year old a couple years ago and Rand's description of original sin hit all these notes. I think original sin is indeed a crappy story, the worst story to tell to any sentient life. But just because its awful doesn't mean its not true. I think it rings true to us because its affirmation of the suffering we feel is an inescapable part of our lives. For me though its very awfulness ends up being perfect in the most complete way possible because in the Christian faith it is ultimately resolved. A release in the tension in the form of Jesus and the new covenant. One that where the dust settles its about trying your best and aiming to mean well, and when you don't mean well naturally..well pray for help to mean well and keep trying. Which I can't thing of any other way I'd rather want to live anyway.
Well put. Inspiring!
The level of sophistication, manipulation, espionage, and deception somewhat boggles the mind seeing that this was all taking place starting in the 1300s! Not that people were stupid back then but if you hadn’t listed the years it was taking place, one would assume it was a 20th-21st century creation.
Evil never sleeps and hasn’t since the Garden of Eden. It’s good to keep this perspective when framing the history of what we once knew as truth against the reality of what actually occurred.
Thanks for all the wonderful information you bring to us and have a very merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
I hate to click like, but I will for the content, why isn't there a button for disgusted and appalled? Thank you Frank as always for digging in, reading, researching and presenting us with information on so very many topics for consideration. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone!
The scope of all this is just too big for me to do much with. If there is a sophisticated elite cabal that is so well versed in the workings of the universe as to divine a financial system that lets they hold control over centuries...well I tip my cap. They win. They deserve it. The scope of this reminds me of how Arthur C Clarke views humans trying to grasp or explore the universe...its simply beyond us. Too big in both space and time for us to really grapple with.
All of Joseph Ferrell’s books are well researched and extremely enlightening.