There are many ways to approach questions of a metaphysical nature. As I’ve written about before, the metaphysical gold standard lies in the mystical experience itself. Mysticism is the actual applied process to spiritualism in the same way that doing katas are the applied praxis of Karate or mixing stuff in beakers is the applied practice of chemistry.
Excellent essay. I too am Eastern Orthodox and while there are some positive aspects of the church. They get countered with head shaking palm to face pronouncements. The idea that a good and unconditionally loving God (that's what we're taught) would condemn millions of his creations to suffering, torture and death, to get a leg up on the demiurge is not just lunacy but frankly disgusting. As I've said many time here, "God" is not "religion". Jesus said there are only two commandments in the new covenant, worship the heavenly Father in spirit and in truth and love your neighbor as yourself. Though I think this is a bad translation from the Greek. Better would be treat others as you want to be treated not the word love = agape in Greek which has a variety of meanings. That's it no footnotes, addendums appendixes do this and your ticket is punched. I believe God helps those that help themselves. Through prayer, mediation and quiet contemplation you can harness insight intuitiveness and strength. Then use your own life experiences and will to face life and all it's challenges. The issues with most western theologies is a continual stream of negativity. You can't do this, you can't do that, can't eat this and can't eat that, you can eat this, but not at this time, everything is you can't ,you can't, you can't. So what can you do? Blindly obey, wear a hair shirt and eat a vegan diet forcing thoughts from your mind. This is not what I believe Christ had in mind. Self discipline absolutely but our lives change moment to moment and we must be able to adapt. Be fair in your dealings, but never let yourself be used or abused. Russia is an amazing country. It's history is filled with great triumphs and horrific tragedies. God is with Russia and the people. Russia is the only western white nation that has not succumbed to the degradation, collapse and decline that much of the west has, she is the bastion of Eurocentric greatness left in the world. Despite all that's happened and the clowns in Russia you write about, Russia is still the vanguard of a resurrection of Eurocentric nationalism. May God by whatever name we call him and however we acknowledge him bless preserve and keep Russia.
You are, once again, too pessimistic. It's a typical Russian doomer trait I guess. I too might have been qualified as a Russian doomer, despite being French. But I don't agree with you. Russia is not cursed. Russia is a wonderful country. Except that its beauty isn't on the outside, but on the inside. The sincerity, the warmth of the people, their naive ignorance of most of Western tricks and manipulations. In France, people are corrupt, they have lost connection with the Divine. I am sure that it is the same in the USA. As of England, they seem to actively act in order to destroy this connection. None of that is the case in Russia.
Russia might look bad on geopolitical reports, economical analysis, or even on pictures. But none of that can really catch the atmosphere here, the genuine simplicity. Even I have to get accustomed to it. Coming from the West, it is hard to be as genuine as a Russian can be. But it's wonderful.
It seems to me as if Westerners were compensating their lack of inner beauty by trying make everything around them beautiful. But Russians don't feel this need, somehow, or less. And once again, what's beautiful in Russia, is the people. It's priceless and it overcomes every single one of your statistics or GDP per capita ratio.
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I'd say that you're right over the target, Rolo, since you're taking so much flak; hitting too many sacred donkeys. Gmail got me on your metaphysics articles. I just finished reading your Metaphysics series so perhaps I'm a bit more primed and prepared for your articles. My interpretation was that you're suggesting Russian faithful should further explore their spirituality and perhaps bring forth a Renaissance in belief that frees them from the shackles of YHWH worship. Russians seem to have a deep sense of mysticism embedded in their culture. This change is not too far out of bounds; the seeds are there. Western-based theology definitely does not seem to work for them as a certain people has done their best to destroy the Rus since a certain kingdom of bandits was razed over a millenium ago.
As to Judeo-Christians, come on and apply the OT logically. IMO YHWH was the creator god of absolutely nothing and stole the credit of the true God of the universe. Science can even explain this. Supersymmetry suggests that there are 10 Dimensions of Space and 1 of Time. Are those dimensions necessarily empty? Even the OT confirms this expanded reality. Other "gods" are mentioned often in the OT (Ba'al and Astarte come to mind) as is the dark angel Lucifer and the Nephilim. If Adam and Eve began the human race, who did Seth and Cain marry to produce offspring? Their mom? Why is YHWH suprised multiple times in the OT? Go read Joshua and Judges and tell me you admire that god. The truth is that humanity is far older than 6,000 years. The Hindus are much more accurate describing rises and falls of civilizations. Gobekli Tepli is 12,000 years old; the Sphinx is 10,000 years old. Michael Cremo has written multiple published papers about anomalous archaeology and bodies, footprints, etc going back millions of years. For some reason, people work to actively hide and suppress this history (be hard to dehumanize us with Darwinism otherwise). Do a mind exercise some time of what an Ice Age would look like. The habitable zones would be much narrower and the seas shallower. 80% of the US lives on the coasts. So much would be buried by a 100 foot (roughly 30m) sea level rise.
When you venture in metaphysics and theology you are out of your element. God loves all His creatures unconditionally. It is the willed actions of created beings that brings the suffering . Human beings have free will and they can make bad choices that result in evil consequences. It is not more complicated than that.
Who is to say that America is blessed or Russia cursed? The veneer of success may be just that. All empires come to an end, even the American (and to you, Zionist) empire will collapse like a house of cards. In fact it is doing so before your very eyes. You should stick to writing about the more comprehensible arena of politics and the carrying out of policies through war.
You may feel angry, resentful and to a degree frustrated by what you see happening. The universe is unfolding as it will, by the actions of human beings also weakened by evil spirits. By the way, real politiks is ultimately bankrupt when it does not consider the spiritual and cultural forces that motivate individuals and nation states.
I don't know if there is God, but we live in the world were spiritual has a very definite link to material. Americans as a younger, more assertive nation are expressing their destiny manifest - "American dream", material wellbeing, messianic view on other nations and the force that joins our material with spiritual gives it to them. Russians are different, they don't like simple concepts and materialistic only views. Russians are immersed in a philosophy of a doubt, self-criticism, constant lamenting about was something right or not, like execution of the last royal family in Romanoff dynasty. The complexity of the Russian spiritual world has its benefits and drawbacks, but namely this is what allowed to preserve Russians as a nation for over a 1000 years. But coming back to the destiny manifest - as a nation Russians are getting from the Universe what they are asking for, and since suffering is as respected there as wellbeing - universe gives them suffering too.
Rolo takes a shot at USSR again and he really shouldn't. This was the happiest and most dynamic time in Russian history. Yes, repressions were there, lack of material abundance at times. But the overall experience people had was mostly positive, filled with desire for self development and for creation. In our family my wife's and my parents born in the 1930's coming from very humble backgrounds were able to make something of themselves because the Soviet system presented them with opportunity and they took the challenge. This is reflected in numerous polls today, majority of people in Russia view USSR in a very positive light, but don't think it is possible to come back to it.
Still I like this post by Rolo since he looks at a "problem" from a totally different perspective.
Not understood in The West is that the slow strategy of The Russian Armed Forces has brought a unified Russian State behind the Leadership and Vlad Putin, perhaps angry that he did not move faster on The Ukraine.
The actual method to bring the Russian State behind The President
Russia cannot lose this existential battle with The West.
God did bless America, but the blessing was also a curse. The prosperity led to depravity and abandonment of God. It is now the Great Babylon.
God wants us to become better people. It is hard to do in good times. When people struggle and sacrifice, they experience growth and transformation. Trials and suffering do not represent the lack of God's blessings, but often God's support of us. He can change everything for our good through Him, even when He isn't the source of our trials.
Rollos reasoning recapitulate the antipathy between Greeks and Jews. They sure didnt like each other. Pogroms and massacres first from one , then the other.
Greeks believed Gods were capricious. cruel, petty , and with all the faults of men.
Energetic placation and sacrifice as an insurance policy, transactional negotiation with maniacs, then, get on w life. The greatest flowering of humanism, of the arts and the mind, we are still behind them in this.
Hebrews not so. Believing God spoke to them, and them alone , they were too tough a nut to crack. Hellenizing psuedoJews ? Herod Antipas, Herof the Great, may have ruled Judah
Is this what the priests say? The Rus were slaughtered to speed up the 2nd coming? I've never heard such an interpretation.
In the 1850s onward. Russia became nihilistic and began modernizing. The intelligentsia gave up their intellect and substituted it with rationalism - as Tolstoy well described. The country turned its back on God. If you know your Bible, then you know this is the one thing God can't forgive (because a person who does not believe Rolo Slavski exists cannot be forgiven by Rolo Slavski.)
And has Russia returned to God? Not really. America largely abandoned Him in the 1960s and that's when things began to sour for the American empire and its people.
What is the mystery here? You seem to be saying "Give me stuff! Give me dominion!' But every religion in the planet says 'chastise yourself first, or karma will do it for you.'
The Orthodox Church teaches that the reason the godless Bolsheviks took over was the people had forgotten about God and their faith was weak. That said, those who refused to submit to the worship of godlessness and were martyred are the Church's crowns. Constantinople fell for the same reason, materialistic considerations for earthly gains, and weak Faith. This brought the rise of Islam.
The reason America does so well is because it precisely does not worship God, but a protestant conception of Him that actually worships Satan, ie Israel, and enjoys earthly benefits for doing so. Orthodox play the long game. Americans the short.
Excellent essay. I too am Eastern Orthodox and while there are some positive aspects of the church. They get countered with head shaking palm to face pronouncements. The idea that a good and unconditionally loving God (that's what we're taught) would condemn millions of his creations to suffering, torture and death, to get a leg up on the demiurge is not just lunacy but frankly disgusting. As I've said many time here, "God" is not "religion". Jesus said there are only two commandments in the new covenant, worship the heavenly Father in spirit and in truth and love your neighbor as yourself. Though I think this is a bad translation from the Greek. Better would be treat others as you want to be treated not the word love = agape in Greek which has a variety of meanings. That's it no footnotes, addendums appendixes do this and your ticket is punched. I believe God helps those that help themselves. Through prayer, mediation and quiet contemplation you can harness insight intuitiveness and strength. Then use your own life experiences and will to face life and all it's challenges. The issues with most western theologies is a continual stream of negativity. You can't do this, you can't do that, can't eat this and can't eat that, you can eat this, but not at this time, everything is you can't ,you can't, you can't. So what can you do? Blindly obey, wear a hair shirt and eat a vegan diet forcing thoughts from your mind. This is not what I believe Christ had in mind. Self discipline absolutely but our lives change moment to moment and we must be able to adapt. Be fair in your dealings, but never let yourself be used or abused. Russia is an amazing country. It's history is filled with great triumphs and horrific tragedies. God is with Russia and the people. Russia is the only western white nation that has not succumbed to the degradation, collapse and decline that much of the west has, she is the bastion of Eurocentric greatness left in the world. Despite all that's happened and the clowns in Russia you write about, Russia is still the vanguard of a resurrection of Eurocentric nationalism. May God by whatever name we call him and however we acknowledge him bless preserve and keep Russia.
You are, once again, too pessimistic. It's a typical Russian doomer trait I guess. I too might have been qualified as a Russian doomer, despite being French. But I don't agree with you. Russia is not cursed. Russia is a wonderful country. Except that its beauty isn't on the outside, but on the inside. The sincerity, the warmth of the people, their naive ignorance of most of Western tricks and manipulations. In France, people are corrupt, they have lost connection with the Divine. I am sure that it is the same in the USA. As of England, they seem to actively act in order to destroy this connection. None of that is the case in Russia.
Russia might look bad on geopolitical reports, economical analysis, or even on pictures. But none of that can really catch the atmosphere here, the genuine simplicity. Even I have to get accustomed to it. Coming from the West, it is hard to be as genuine as a Russian can be. But it's wonderful.
It seems to me as if Westerners were compensating their lack of inner beauty by trying make everything around them beautiful. But Russians don't feel this need, somehow, or less. And once again, what's beautiful in Russia, is the people. It's priceless and it overcomes every single one of your statistics or GDP per capita ratio.
Thought of this post when I read the following Babylon Bee headline
'God Will Never Give You More Than You Can Handle In Life,' Says Man Unfamiliar With God, Life
You really kicked a hornet's nest with this one lmao.I think a more appropriate question is which god loves russia.It's certainly not yahweh.
I'd say that you're right over the target, Rolo, since you're taking so much flak; hitting too many sacred donkeys. Gmail got me on your metaphysics articles. I just finished reading your Metaphysics series so perhaps I'm a bit more primed and prepared for your articles. My interpretation was that you're suggesting Russian faithful should further explore their spirituality and perhaps bring forth a Renaissance in belief that frees them from the shackles of YHWH worship. Russians seem to have a deep sense of mysticism embedded in their culture. This change is not too far out of bounds; the seeds are there. Western-based theology definitely does not seem to work for them as a certain people has done their best to destroy the Rus since a certain kingdom of bandits was razed over a millenium ago.
As to Judeo-Christians, come on and apply the OT logically. IMO YHWH was the creator god of absolutely nothing and stole the credit of the true God of the universe. Science can even explain this. Supersymmetry suggests that there are 10 Dimensions of Space and 1 of Time. Are those dimensions necessarily empty? Even the OT confirms this expanded reality. Other "gods" are mentioned often in the OT (Ba'al and Astarte come to mind) as is the dark angel Lucifer and the Nephilim. If Adam and Eve began the human race, who did Seth and Cain marry to produce offspring? Their mom? Why is YHWH suprised multiple times in the OT? Go read Joshua and Judges and tell me you admire that god. The truth is that humanity is far older than 6,000 years. The Hindus are much more accurate describing rises and falls of civilizations. Gobekli Tepli is 12,000 years old; the Sphinx is 10,000 years old. Michael Cremo has written multiple published papers about anomalous archaeology and bodies, footprints, etc going back millions of years. For some reason, people work to actively hide and suppress this history (be hard to dehumanize us with Darwinism otherwise). Do a mind exercise some time of what an Ice Age would look like. The habitable zones would be much narrower and the seas shallower. 80% of the US lives on the coasts. So much would be buried by a 100 foot (roughly 30m) sea level rise.
When you venture in metaphysics and theology you are out of your element. God loves all His creatures unconditionally. It is the willed actions of created beings that brings the suffering . Human beings have free will and they can make bad choices that result in evil consequences. It is not more complicated than that.
Who is to say that America is blessed or Russia cursed? The veneer of success may be just that. All empires come to an end, even the American (and to you, Zionist) empire will collapse like a house of cards. In fact it is doing so before your very eyes. You should stick to writing about the more comprehensible arena of politics and the carrying out of policies through war.
You may feel angry, resentful and to a degree frustrated by what you see happening. The universe is unfolding as it will, by the actions of human beings also weakened by evil spirits. By the way, real politiks is ultimately bankrupt when it does not consider the spiritual and cultural forces that motivate individuals and nation states.
I don't know if there is God, but we live in the world were spiritual has a very definite link to material. Americans as a younger, more assertive nation are expressing their destiny manifest - "American dream", material wellbeing, messianic view on other nations and the force that joins our material with spiritual gives it to them. Russians are different, they don't like simple concepts and materialistic only views. Russians are immersed in a philosophy of a doubt, self-criticism, constant lamenting about was something right or not, like execution of the last royal family in Romanoff dynasty. The complexity of the Russian spiritual world has its benefits and drawbacks, but namely this is what allowed to preserve Russians as a nation for over a 1000 years. But coming back to the destiny manifest - as a nation Russians are getting from the Universe what they are asking for, and since suffering is as respected there as wellbeing - universe gives them suffering too.
Rolo takes a shot at USSR again and he really shouldn't. This was the happiest and most dynamic time in Russian history. Yes, repressions were there, lack of material abundance at times. But the overall experience people had was mostly positive, filled with desire for self development and for creation. In our family my wife's and my parents born in the 1930's coming from very humble backgrounds were able to make something of themselves because the Soviet system presented them with opportunity and they took the challenge. This is reflected in numerous polls today, majority of people in Russia view USSR in a very positive light, but don't think it is possible to come back to it.
Still I like this post by Rolo since he looks at a "problem" from a totally different perspective.
Not understood in The West is that the slow strategy of The Russian Armed Forces has brought a unified Russian State behind the Leadership and Vlad Putin, perhaps angry that he did not move faster on The Ukraine.
The actual method to bring the Russian State behind The President
Russia cannot lose this existential battle with The West.
God Favours Russia (and China) . . .
https://les7eb.substack.com/p/ukraine-long-proxy-war-vi-god-favours
Of course God loves Russia.
Of course He does.
But a majority of Europeans , and the Wormtongue Lords of The Universe in DC hate Russia.
As it is said, Let the Lord contend with those who Contend w me.
I wish it were otherwise. But I have the popcorn ready.
You dont think what the Bible says actually happened? Didnt? Couldnt? Wouldnt? This is a thought? A feeling ? A belief?
Never mind the billions who do, that shouldn't sway you, wouldnt sway me.
Yep. It's all nonsense if untrue.
What do you think the Bible is FOR. ,?? Hmm?
I'll tell you. The Bible is the means of convincing you that Jesus is Who He says He is. That's all.
It's not commentary on politics or astral bodies or even morality. These things are derivative .
So some are unmoved.
The joke isn't valid unless you get it?
The myth that is reality doesnt change you?
But. .. but what if it did.
God did bless America, but the blessing was also a curse. The prosperity led to depravity and abandonment of God. It is now the Great Babylon.
God wants us to become better people. It is hard to do in good times. When people struggle and sacrifice, they experience growth and transformation. Trials and suffering do not represent the lack of God's blessings, but often God's support of us. He can change everything for our good through Him, even when He isn't the source of our trials.
God had to suffer.
Therefore, so do you.
That's it.
That's all.
Rollos reasoning recapitulate the antipathy between Greeks and Jews. They sure didnt like each other. Pogroms and massacres first from one , then the other.
Greeks believed Gods were capricious. cruel, petty , and with all the faults of men.
Energetic placation and sacrifice as an insurance policy, transactional negotiation with maniacs, then, get on w life. The greatest flowering of humanism, of the arts and the mind, we are still behind them in this.
Hebrews not so. Believing God spoke to them, and them alone , they were too tough a nut to crack. Hellenizing psuedoJews ? Herod Antipas, Herof the Great, may have ruled Judah
Is this what the priests say? The Rus were slaughtered to speed up the 2nd coming? I've never heard such an interpretation.
In the 1850s onward. Russia became nihilistic and began modernizing. The intelligentsia gave up their intellect and substituted it with rationalism - as Tolstoy well described. The country turned its back on God. If you know your Bible, then you know this is the one thing God can't forgive (because a person who does not believe Rolo Slavski exists cannot be forgiven by Rolo Slavski.)
And has Russia returned to God? Not really. America largely abandoned Him in the 1960s and that's when things began to sour for the American empire and its people.
What is the mystery here? You seem to be saying "Give me stuff! Give me dominion!' But every religion in the planet says 'chastise yourself first, or karma will do it for you.'
The Orthodox Church teaches that the reason the godless Bolsheviks took over was the people had forgotten about God and their faith was weak. That said, those who refused to submit to the worship of godlessness and were martyred are the Church's crowns. Constantinople fell for the same reason, materialistic considerations for earthly gains, and weak Faith. This brought the rise of Islam.
The reason America does so well is because it precisely does not worship God, but a protestant conception of Him that actually worships Satan, ie Israel, and enjoys earthly benefits for doing so. Orthodox play the long game. Americans the short.
You’re looking for temporal wins and losses. I appreciate your political comments but, in this area, you’re not remotely qualified.