Saturday, August 26, 2006
Age of Dissolution
The Hindus may have it right. Many esotericists believe we are approximately 5000 years into the 42000 year age of Kali. Kali is the feminine goddess who's left side represents destruction and dissolution.
One can only look to this age and see that dissolution and iconclasm are the rules of thumb. We, the United States, are a nation who rebelled against the Divine Right of Monarchy and decided to separate church from state.
We have by and large rejected the ideals of a moral and spiritual society, in lieu of the practical, material society.
Where the Scriptures have admonished us to humbly submit ourselves to the Earthly Powers, we have overthrown said Earthly Powers in the interest of republican governments that minister to the needs of the majorities.
This 'enlightenment', where individuals have greater autonomy and freedom, comes with a pretty hefty price tag that is avoided at all costs in our youth-oriented society. This price tag is responsibility. While we have greater personal freedom than any empire in recent memory has held, we seem to try to duck our responsibilities.
And with this ducking, a void is created which is then filled with the bad. Strife, competition, materialism, all come to the fore in the abscence of responsible consumption of freedom.
You can tell how much of an abscence of Love we have in the amount of laws we have on the books. Start with local codes, move to state regulations, and on to national laws. We are not exhibiting personal Love and Rationality.
So the Old Hierarchies are dissolved into the New Individual Cults.
The Hindus may have it right. Many esotericists believe we are approximately 5000 years into the 42000 year age of Kali. Kali is the feminine goddess who's left side represents destruction and dissolution.
One can only look to this age and see that dissolution and iconclasm are the rules of thumb. We, the United States, are a nation who rebelled against the Divine Right of Monarchy and decided to separate church from state.
We have by and large rejected the ideals of a moral and spiritual society, in lieu of the practical, material society.
Where the Scriptures have admonished us to humbly submit ourselves to the Earthly Powers, we have overthrown said Earthly Powers in the interest of republican governments that minister to the needs of the majorities.
This 'enlightenment', where individuals have greater autonomy and freedom, comes with a pretty hefty price tag that is avoided at all costs in our youth-oriented society. This price tag is responsibility. While we have greater personal freedom than any empire in recent memory has held, we seem to try to duck our responsibilities.
And with this ducking, a void is created which is then filled with the bad. Strife, competition, materialism, all come to the fore in the abscence of responsible consumption of freedom.
You can tell how much of an abscence of Love we have in the amount of laws we have on the books. Start with local codes, move to state regulations, and on to national laws. We are not exhibiting personal Love and Rationality.
So the Old Hierarchies are dissolved into the New Individual Cults.
