I write in The Withway about the way in which our civilization has taken a seriously wrong turn and is heading away from all that is good and proper towards the disaster of separation and destruction. I also describe the way in which the individual can help us all rejoin the right path by becoming what the Indian metaphysician Sri Aurobindo terms "a channel for the infinite force divine”.
You have lighted the way to where all rabbit holes lead, the world-den at the center.
Fascinating how with your bedrock conclusion--"Even if it is true that good will always ultimately defeat evil, our active participation is a necessary ingredient in the self-realisation of that apparent inevitability!"--you echo both Krishna to Arjuna, and Milton's Gabriel to Adam: "Your voluntary service He requires."
You so often write from my own heart. I am a fan and you are a friend.
What you don't mention here is the fear of these evil scum.
Way, way back they took their fear of death, of openness, of women, of vulnerability, of loneliness, of self-regard and found ways to 'protect' themselves from these things.
It seems to me the majority of people are still to weak to overcome these fears, so we live in a world where the weak and vile rule over the weak, and the weak are too weak to admit that the vile are vile.
What I wonder is, will this time around be the LAST time, even if "Good" prevails? Well, I really can't imagine that Good WON'T prevail, but will we have to go through this again, and again, and again, and again? It just seems so... stupid. Like chopping our own feet off because someone said we walk too slowly... Anyway, good post!
You have lighted the way to where all rabbit holes lead, the world-den at the center.
Fascinating how with your bedrock conclusion--"Even if it is true that good will always ultimately defeat evil, our active participation is a necessary ingredient in the self-realisation of that apparent inevitability!"--you echo both Krishna to Arjuna, and Milton's Gabriel to Adam: "Your voluntary service He requires."
Paul,
You so often write from my own heart. I am a fan and you are a friend.
What you don't mention here is the fear of these evil scum.
Way, way back they took their fear of death, of openness, of women, of vulnerability, of loneliness, of self-regard and found ways to 'protect' themselves from these things.
It seems to me the majority of people are still to weak to overcome these fears, so we live in a world where the weak and vile rule over the weak, and the weak are too weak to admit that the vile are vile.
Fear is humanity's worst enemy.
What I wonder is, will this time around be the LAST time, even if "Good" prevails? Well, I really can't imagine that Good WON'T prevail, but will we have to go through this again, and again, and again, and again? It just seems so... stupid. Like chopping our own feet off because someone said we walk too slowly... Anyway, good post!
Very interesting take on what’s “really goin on”....Creative writing for sure. I kept thinking TWITTER and the Obuma cabal