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by Kingsley L. Dennis from KingsleyLDennis Website
what he thinks
himself to be.
There is no need to suffer in this re-adaptation; nor does it need to be overwhelming.
In modern terms,
When viewed through the metaphysical lens, it is a transfiguration...
As humankind passes through the current period of transmutation it is coming face-to-face with a moment, and an opportunity, for 'repentance.'
Generally, people recognize 'repentance' from a religious standpoint - as in repentance for our sins - which signifies an atonement or penance.
Yet the original etymology of the word comes from Greek, from metanoiein, what we now know as 'metanoia,' which means to change one's mind.
It comes from meta-noein, literally,
Repentance then - metanoia - is,
In this context, I propose we have entered a significant time for repentance:
And it is crucial that we do so, otherwise we
shall find that a different way of thinking will overtake us and
command humanity into a specific direction not to our future
benefit.
It has literally been taken from creative heights (what some may refer to as 'flights of fancy') and become embedded into rock.
The notion of metaphysical realities, the existence of events and sentience beyond the physical domain, has become diminished to the point of extinction.
I doubt this very much...
In fact, I would be tempted to argue the opposite - that humanity is in contestation with forces that are acting against its civilizing impulse with deliberate intention.
There are many groups (including occult groups, initiates, and elite circles) who are keen on spreading materialism and making arrangements to ensure that the majority of humanity believes only in materialism and are entirely under the influence of materialistic forces.
As Steiner states:
Yet,
For some people, this may not seem so dangerous, or significant.
After all, such things related to spirit and the metaphysical are just superstition anyway and have no place in a modern, technological world.
This is not the place for fairies, djinns, demons, or angels.
Ah, but you see, there is a contradiction here.
Modern science, including technology, views the command and application of quantum capacities as the holy grail.
And yet,
And since the quantum world is what underpins all physical manifestation - it is the underlying zero-point field of energy - then everything we know of in our physical reality is interspersed with the dimension of consciousness-spirit.
Another way to put it is that,
The physical and the metaphysical are aspects of the same reality, depending on your scale of perception.
Yet by only acknowledging one side of this we remain blind to the other. If we do not recognize, let alone understand, the metaphysical realm, then we cannot fully understand or appreciate the physical world.
And this leaves us at a great disadvantage.
Why is this so?
By blocking out peoples' general awareness of the metaphysical by placing all attention and focus onto the physical, those aspects and influences beyond the general range of awareness can operate stealthily and undetected.
Because of this, those individuals and groups who have knowledge of how the metaphysical realm operates can continue, unabated and undisturbed, to apply that knowledge to establish events within the physical world that go largely unsuspected.
Their dominion of control and influence over physical life continues unquestioned and uncontested.
Rudolf Steiner recognized and spoke of this over one hundred years ago:
It is necessary at this time in humanity's growth to look beyond the 'scenery of existence' and to develop a general awareness not only of a metaphysical reality alongside the physical one, but also that these two realities are interlaced at all times - with the unseen, or non-sense perceptible, working through the physical world.
It is counteractive for humanity to remain dormant in these regards at this particular time along its evolutionary transition.
To remain steadfast within the thinking patterns and belief sets of a purely materialistic age will be damaging to its prospects for advancement.
Some people may argue, of course, that it is exactly this materialistic age of ours that will steer humanity into a bright future through technological innovations as well as technological solutions to many of our current ills.
The result of this perspective, however, will be a future along the lines of social technocracy and species transhumanism; with the consequences being the dissolution of the individual's connection with spirit-consciousness (the symbolic death of the spirit realms).
Now is the time for humanity to be guided more in accordance with metaphysical - or esoteric, transcendental principles - than ever before, otherwise,
The struggle that is currently playing out is through certain groups (and agendas) striving to develop a cultural environment of hyper-materialism that will paralyze, or at the very least impede, the human being's perceptive development.
Anything related to the 'unseen' - and this includes consciousness - will be regarded as,
Even now it can be seen that people are being
inoculated, metaphorically speaking, against the inclination to
perceive metaphysical promptings, resulting in them losing any urge
for a genuine spiritual life, or inner development.
In the determination to steer humanity away from metaphysical truths, these forces are attempting to overwhelm our senses and emotions, and to herd the collective into states of fear, insecurity, and dependency.
These stressful states then align the individual to,
To become entangled within these denser, lower vibrations leads to a diminishing connection to finer, metaphysical impulses, which results in the erosion of the inner, developmental urge.
As I put forth here, it is necessary for human beings to establish a correct relationship with the spiritual/metaphysical reality.
We need to be extra vigilant and alert now to how events are unfolding upon the physical plane - especially upon the world stage - and to take note of those things that attract our attention; and to notice how things are being revealed to us through mainstream channels.
We should be mindful of such impacts and,
As the opening citation to this essay reminds us,
How we think, and the manner in which we convey these thoughts, is generally overlooked and not recognized to have any great significance.
Yet this is not the case...
If we remember,
The power of the word, and the thought behind it, is seen nowadays as a casual and almost abstract thing.
Rather than being recognized as a real force, the power of the word has been turned into,
Our modern societies have curtailed and corrupted the power of thought.
Human expression has been swiftly, and cleverly, replaced by abstract, disjointed thoughts and communications, supported by media programming, entertainment, and the rest.
The masses have been tech-herded into corrals dominated by quick videos, viral memes, comedy skits, and (yes, I have to say it) cute cats.
Yet it is a death only by absence and not in reality.
At all times, the impulse of spirit-consciousness moves about and through the physical world, unknown to and unsuspected by the majority.
The point here, however, is that if people remain unaware of these factors, then these forces or impulses remain within the collective unconscious.
Conscious awareness of events and impulses that lie beyond our normal ken of perception help us to recognize the action and influence of negating or counteractive forces.
I would propose that in these times it is the responsibility of humanity to,
For if we are aware of the influence of these intervening and disruptive agencies, then we can begin to dissolve them of their power through, firstly, the recognition and acknowledgement of their existence.
As it was written in the Gnostic Gospel of Philip:
The responsibility for us right now is a difficult yet necessary one:
The severest hindrance to this is only our collective ignorance...
And yet we need to also recognize that metaphysical forces are always aligned with our intentions for growth and perceptual advancement.
The very reason that certain power-hungry groups aim to cause as much confusion, distraction, and dissonance as possible amongst human life is to obscure these metaphysical impulses from our awareness and to, quite literally, keep us in the dark.
It is necessary for individuals to awaken through their own compulsion.
It is time for a grand recognition and revealing. And this changing of our minds (our perceptions) is the great moment of repentance - metanoia,
Humanity's great defence is not through physical means but by knowledge.
When the finger points outwards, we should look inward and to the heart (and ignore the narrated script).
We would do well to remember that we become what we think.
And we each now are being called to become that
which we are truly able to think, to know, and to be.
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