edoriver - 2 worlds are actually 1 IP:59.85.204.89 | 2006-12-31 11:15:57 Through repeated study it has gradually come to make sense for me to see and believe that the spiritual world and the physical world are actually one. To understand the physical world, we can look at spiritual symbols and to understand the spiritual world, we can look at events and order and appearances in the physical world. What this means to me is that the events in Iraq are physical events that have a correspondence in the spiritual world. Simply stated, we are violating spirital laws of the most basic sort, and this activity is causing the war, or vice versa? I am not really clear myself on which happens first because of the key element called free will. Wars have been going on for a long time, but scientifically we can see that they have reduced in number. However our advances in technology has compensated (some would say more than enough) for the numbers of wars. Before continuing on this point I wish to digress for a moment. I have read at least a couple of blogs about the Iraq war daily, and I read the news from the US NYTimes and Washington Post every day and on holidays 2x a day. I have had a couple of questions that I was seeking answers for . I have yet to be satisfied with what I have learned from the blogs. One of the questions has to do with my earlier understanding about the connection between the physical world and the spiritual world. The significance of the war in Iraq has a spiritual message which on one level is simple enough a child could understand, "Fighting is not the best way to solve problems." BUt you know how adults complicate things. No, fighting for a just cause can be beneficial, there is nothing wrong in fighting for truth and struggling for peace, Ghandi did it non-violently, but there can be times when an overwhelming show of a united determined physical force is necessary to remove a localized stubborn injustice, So I don't believe from what I know at this moment that physical force is always bad, and that we as a global society would be harmed by using physical force under the proper guidance. Let me add here that the spiritual world is not affected by the physical world. But the spiritual world can have an influence over our appeal for guidance. A tyrant or an injustice would never receive support from the spiritual world. But those seeking to protect the innocent, and solve an injustice would receive aid and confirmation. Well, in the case of Iraq it was not done with any higher spiritual inspiration. Probably we could say the opposite the action was motivated by the basest of motives, by ignorance, by miisunderstanding, etc. I now believe that in a spiritual context: Iraq is like a wound on the spiritual body of mankind. However most of us do not feel the wound as being on our own body. This spiritual principle would not be limited to Iraq of course. Now, because I am interested in spiritual matters does not mean I am more spiritual, only it means I am perhaps more aware of my sickness To continue, if what I said is true, that Iraq is like a wound that hurts all of mankind, then it follows that we ar e all part of one body politic, one spiritual community. Thousands and thousands of years ago man learned the basic sociological and spirutual elements of the family and the functioning of the family, from that point the next step was the tribe, an extended family, next the community and the nation. We are now set for the next spiritual step up. from a collection of nations to the unification of the planet. THAT's a big step up. Iraq is part of this process. The technology of the Internet as a communication tool is part of the spiritual process. We couldn't fee we are one body-politic if we couldn't communicate with each other fairly quickly. Through the internet we can learn that Iraqi are people just like me. This is an important basic step. However because Iraq is the way it is, means that even though there are some sincere souls here and there, they are not powerful enough, numerous enough, thoughtful enough to change events, yet. At this stage we are all just scattered individuals without a plan, a vague purpose, and no commitment to any fundamental agreement/ written or spoken. The age of individual heroes is past. The modern era is the stage of the largest organizations, global in scale, with vast resources and technology. Of course there will always be thrilling/horrifying stories of individuals: Sadam Husein was an individual, but he had to climb up and into the chair of the organization of a nation-state before he could work his individual desires. No we will be powerless until we can become united into one organization. And this is the traditional role of religion!!!!! Religion was meant for this international role from the very beginning lessons about how to be a good father and mother to children. Yet, the good sincere individuals I have met on the Internet avoid religion. They naturally "believe". Yes, we can't get away from some form of belief, even if we call it humanism or the free market, or "true love", it is still a belief system. Yes, the bloggers I have met are probably the weakest religous adherents of their respective communities. I don't notice any English writing Iraqi bloggers who refer to the Qur'an as often as they quote the New York Times or Washington post or other Internet sources of information. The reason for that is fairly understandable. I was the same way for a number of years. However that doesn't deny the basic principles that I learned, I rejected the administration and collection of social groupings , not the moral values I abstracted from the writings. The fundamental issue is that the questions and answers that religion addresses is part of our human identity. The spiritual world is "religous" in the broader sense. Iraq will not be healed by humanists, and political organizations, and volunteer groups. So, at this point since the west and east are not in agreement. I think it is safe to say that Iraq may reduce its violence and death, it will not be healed under the current restricted modes of thinking. We as sincere individuals will not be in a position to influence remarkably until we are are united in one organization. Under the typical current mode of thinking this will not happen. By the way I have talked about this in a purely rational emotionless, psychological void. As humans we might all agree that unity is the best answer to the problems and we might agree that in the spiritual world unity is a basic principle, but we cannot put it into operation for another simple reason, "trust". We don't have it, and and we don't have much of a clue on how to build it. The reason is that "trust" does not exist by itself, and neither is it a physical entitiy that we can use money to purchase it. (though it is always tempting to try ) No, trust exists in connection with alot of other virtues, like, like, "forgiveness", and and and, "mercy". Do you know how to get any of these? It goes on, one virtue is connected to the next...it takes work. honest work, Oh that's another one, "honesty". However different our languages and our cultures and the religions may seem, all of them are supposed to speak the same language of these virtues, and their importance. Reply | Quote

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