The thing I am calling leftism has existed since the Garden of Eden but never in so widespread and dominant a form as now. In its modern form it started in the late 18th century and became steadily more powerful as the centuries progressed, and it did so because of the abandonment of the sense of transcendence.
That abandonment, essentially, is why leftism is spiritually destructive but it is not the whole story. Leftism is built on resentment, envy and the desire to pull down. It appeals to those with these tendencies and then encourages their propagation, rebranding them as virtue and so drawing in others who may not share these vices themselves but who are susceptible to the propaganda put out because of a lack of spiritual attunement. The devil plays for both sides and the modern right, which is in many ways a product of leftism, is often motivated by greed and selfishness. Nonetheless, in itself the right uncontaminated by leftist ideology rests on love of God, of country, of family and observance of the natural order of creation while the left rebels against all these things. That is why the right builds up while the left tears down. It tears down to a supposed level playing field but that ends up as ground level. The fact that the left can't build is why it appears and spreads in relatively late stages of civilizational cycles where it will dress itself in the garb of compassion and concern for the underdog and the victim. But really it is all about dismantling hierarchies because of envy.
Leftism is a political attitude second and a spiritual one first. It can be hard to define in purely political terms because the object of its focus changes. White working class males, once its chief concern, are now effectively despised. This shows that what really drives it is the spirit of opposition, firstly, to established authority but ultimately to God. Even when it becomes the authority it must project an enemy to which it is the valiant underdog.
How can human beings know the right way to live if they don't know what they are? Liberal nihilism, the end state of all leftism, is based on the denial of our reality as spiritual beings. Progress for the liberal progressive rests on the idea of man as a purely material being with any spirituality merely the extension of this material being into a supposedly spiritual space. The spiritual person wants progress because life is growth but it is spiritual growth that matters and that is always from the roots. The leftist tears up roots.
It's tiresome just to criticise but unless you know what's wrong you cannot know what is right. Leftism must be rejected because it is anti-spiritual. The promised land it offers can never be reached or, when it is, it will be found to be the wasteland. The right way for humans to live in this world can only come when the reality of God is acknowledged, but this must be the true God not some manmade imitation such as exists in many, I am tempted to say most, religions. God is spirit and only those who approach him as spirit can ever know him or themselves or even other human beings as they really are.
2 comments:
Hi William- I’m just looking for an excuse to comment, really. I’ve been aware of this blog for a long time but initially didn’t read it because mediums and channeling and India did not sound like my thing (or a Christian thing, tbh). Now I’m reading and reading and I hope mostly for legitimate spiritual reasons and only partly to feed my distraction addiction as Dr. Charlton would say. But whether mostly sin or mostly spirit led me here, this has been such a fruitful place! The only problem is getting myself to slow down and fully absorb.
You’ve really helped me start to “get” transcendence. I felt very stuck because I could only envision what I see in most “Christians” (my circle being largely Fundamentalist and Reform) which I would describe as “going around” the world to get to God rather than “through” it. Sometimes I would see hints of going through it but then only to leave it behind, blasting through it like a rocket ship rather than growing through it like a plant, which never sat right with me. You’ve helped me grasp how one might grow through it rather than merely go through it, bringing the “God parts” along with you and up back to God. And this understanding has arrived at crucial moment, very blessed. Anyway, thank you!
Hello Mia, I hope it wasn't sin that led you to this blog! But let me reassure you that none of it comes from medium and channeling. I did have certain experiences in that line in my early days and I absolutely stand by those but I have the same suspicion of channeling as you do and I truly think that what I experienced was of a different order.
That aside, what I write here comes from me, for better or worse, with no input from a discarnate source unless there is some element of impression but then that could be true for anybody. No conscious input at any rate.
You mention transcendence, and the lack of a proper sense of transcendence is what marks out our time. This doesn't just apply to ordinary worldly things and people. It applies to religious people too, many of whose view of God and themselves as human beings is limited to non-transcendent dimensions meaning they see God in earthly terms rather than in his own light and reality. Of course, we can see very little of that reality but we should at least try to open our minds and our hearts to it. It is largely a question of imagination which is a very important spiritual faculty.
Anyway, I'm glad you enjoy the blog and hope you find some use to it.
best wishes
William
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