Monday, November 11, 2019
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Sunday, November 3, 2019
open juxtaposition / Zen Koan / comparison& contrast between Shoghi Effendi "deify the state" & Mark Passio's Anarchy speech
Here's an open juxtaposition / Zen Koan / comparison& contrast between where Shoghi Effendi says
" The theories and policies, so unsound, so pernicious, which deify the state and exalt the nation above mankind, which seek to subordinate the sister races of the world to one single race, which discriminate between the black and the white, and which tolerate the dominance of one privileged class over all others -- these are the dark, the false, and 114 crooked doctrines for which any man or people who believes in them, or acts upon them, must, sooner or later, incur the wrath and chastisement of God.
(Shoghi Effendi, The Promised Day is Come, p. 113)
& this video: "Mark Passio - Anarchy & The Occult - Part II - Religion vs. Initiation" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkYKGy6gmh8&t=508s
The Three False Gods
This vital force is dying out, this mighty agency has been scorned, this radiant light obscured, this impregnable stronghold abandoned, this beauteous robe discarded. God Himself has indeed been dethroned from the hearts of men, and an idolatrous world passionately and clamorously hails and worships the false gods which its own idle fancies have fatuously created, and its misguided hands so impiously exalted. The chief idols in the desecrated temple of mankind are none other than the triple gods of Nationalism, Racialism and Communism, at whose altars governments and peoples, whether democratic or totalitarian, at peace or at war, of the East or of the West, Christian or Islamic, are, in various forms and in different degrees, now worshiping. Their high priests are the politicians and the worldly-wise, the so-called sages of the age; their sacrifice, the flesh and blood of the slaughtered multitudes; their incantations outworn shibboleths and insidious and irreverent formulas; their incense, the smoke of anguish that ascends from the lacerated hearts of the bereaved, the maimed, and the homeless.
The theories and policies, so unsound, so pernicious, which deify the state and exalt the nation above mankind, which seek to subordinate the sister races of the world to one single race, which discriminate between the black and the white, and which tolerate the dominance of one privileged class over all others -- these are the dark, the false, and 114 crooked doctrines for which any man or people who believes in them, or acts upon them, must, sooner or later, incur the wrath and chastisement of God.
"Movements," is the warning sounded by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, "newly born and worldwide in their range, will exert their utmost effort for the advancement of their designs. The Movement of the Left will acquire great importance. Its influence will spread."
Contrasting with, and irreconcilably opposed to, these war-engendering, world-convulsing doctrines are the healing, the saving, the pregnant truths proclaimed by Bahá'u'lláh, the Divine Organizer and Savior of the whole human race -- truths which should be regarded as the animating force and the hallmark of His Revelation: "The world is but one country, and mankind its citizens." "Let not a man glory in that he loves his country; let him rather glory in this, that he loves his kind." And again: "Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch." "Bend your minds and wills to the education of the peoples and kindreds of the earth, that haply ... all mankind may become the upholders of one order, and the inhabitants of one city.... Ye dwell in one world, and have been created through the operation of one Will." "Beware lest the desires of the flesh and of a corrupt inclination provoke divisions among you. Be ye as the fingers of one hand, the members of one body." And yet again: "All the saplings of the world have appeared from one Tree, and all the drops from one Ocean, and all beings owe their existence to one Being." And furthermore: "That one indeed is a man who today dedicateth himself to the service of the entire human race."
The Weakened Pillars of Religion
Not only must irreligion and its monstrous offspring, the triple curse that oppresses the soul of mankind in this day, be held responsible for the ills which are so tragically besetting it, but other evils and vices, which are, for the most part, the direct consequences of the "weakening of the pillars of religion," must also be regarded as contributory factors to the manifold guilt of which individuals and nations stand convicted. The signs of moral downfall, consequent to the dethronement of religion and the enthronement of these usurping idols, are too numerous and too patent for even a superficial observer of the state of present-day 115 society to fail to notice. The spread of lawlessness, of drunkenness, of gambling, and of crime; the inordinate love of pleasure, of riches, and other earthly vanities; the laxity in morals, revealing itself in the irresponsible attitude towards marriage, in the weakening of parental control, in the rising tide of divorce, in the deterioration in the standard of literature and of the press, and in the advocacy of theories that are the very negation of purity, of morality and chastity -- these evidences of moral decadence, invading both the East and the West, permeating every stratum of society, and instilling their poison in its members of both sexes, young and old alike, blacken still further the scroll upon which are inscribed the manifold transgressions of an unrepentant humanity.
Small wonder that Bahá'u'lláh, the Divine Physician, should have declared: "In this day the tastes of men have changed, and their power of perception hath altered. The contrary winds of the world, and its colors, have provoked a cold, and deprived men's nostrils of the sweet savors of Revelation."
Brimful and bitter indeed is the cup of humanity that has failed to respond to the summons of God as voiced by His Supreme Messenger, that has dimmed the lamp of its faith in its Creator, that has transferred, in so great a measure, the allegiance owed Him to the gods of its own invention, and polluted itself with the evils and vices which such a transference must necessarily engender.
Dear friends! It is in this light that we, the followers of Bahá'u'lláh, should regard this visitation of God which, in the concluding years of the first century of the Bahá'í era, afflicts the generality, and has thrown into such a bewildering confusion the affairs, of mankind. It is because of this dual guilt, the things it has done and the things it has left undone, its misdeeds as well as its dismal and signal failure to accomplish its clear and unmistakable duty towards God, His Messenger, and His Faith, that this grievous ordeal, whatever its immediate political and economic causes, has laid its adamantine grip upon it.
(Shoghi Effendi, The Promised Day is Come, p. 114)
" The theories and policies, so unsound, so pernicious, which deify the state and exalt the nation above mankind, which seek to subordinate the sister races of the world to one single race, which discriminate between the black and the white, and which tolerate the dominance of one privileged class over all others -- these are the dark, the false, and 114 crooked doctrines for which any man or people who believes in them, or acts upon them, must, sooner or later, incur the wrath and chastisement of God.
(Shoghi Effendi, The Promised Day is Come, p. 113)
& this video: "Mark Passio - Anarchy & The Occult - Part II - Religion vs. Initiation" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkYKGy6gmh8&t=508s
The Three False Gods
This vital force is dying out, this mighty agency has been scorned, this radiant light obscured, this impregnable stronghold abandoned, this beauteous robe discarded. God Himself has indeed been dethroned from the hearts of men, and an idolatrous world passionately and clamorously hails and worships the false gods which its own idle fancies have fatuously created, and its misguided hands so impiously exalted. The chief idols in the desecrated temple of mankind are none other than the triple gods of Nationalism, Racialism and Communism, at whose altars governments and peoples, whether democratic or totalitarian, at peace or at war, of the East or of the West, Christian or Islamic, are, in various forms and in different degrees, now worshiping. Their high priests are the politicians and the worldly-wise, the so-called sages of the age; their sacrifice, the flesh and blood of the slaughtered multitudes; their incantations outworn shibboleths and insidious and irreverent formulas; their incense, the smoke of anguish that ascends from the lacerated hearts of the bereaved, the maimed, and the homeless.
The theories and policies, so unsound, so pernicious, which deify the state and exalt the nation above mankind, which seek to subordinate the sister races of the world to one single race, which discriminate between the black and the white, and which tolerate the dominance of one privileged class over all others -- these are the dark, the false, and 114 crooked doctrines for which any man or people who believes in them, or acts upon them, must, sooner or later, incur the wrath and chastisement of God.
"Movements," is the warning sounded by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, "newly born and worldwide in their range, will exert their utmost effort for the advancement of their designs. The Movement of the Left will acquire great importance. Its influence will spread."
Contrasting with, and irreconcilably opposed to, these war-engendering, world-convulsing doctrines are the healing, the saving, the pregnant truths proclaimed by Bahá'u'lláh, the Divine Organizer and Savior of the whole human race -- truths which should be regarded as the animating force and the hallmark of His Revelation: "The world is but one country, and mankind its citizens." "Let not a man glory in that he loves his country; let him rather glory in this, that he loves his kind." And again: "Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch." "Bend your minds and wills to the education of the peoples and kindreds of the earth, that haply ... all mankind may become the upholders of one order, and the inhabitants of one city.... Ye dwell in one world, and have been created through the operation of one Will." "Beware lest the desires of the flesh and of a corrupt inclination provoke divisions among you. Be ye as the fingers of one hand, the members of one body." And yet again: "All the saplings of the world have appeared from one Tree, and all the drops from one Ocean, and all beings owe their existence to one Being." And furthermore: "That one indeed is a man who today dedicateth himself to the service of the entire human race."
The Weakened Pillars of Religion
Not only must irreligion and its monstrous offspring, the triple curse that oppresses the soul of mankind in this day, be held responsible for the ills which are so tragically besetting it, but other evils and vices, which are, for the most part, the direct consequences of the "weakening of the pillars of religion," must also be regarded as contributory factors to the manifold guilt of which individuals and nations stand convicted. The signs of moral downfall, consequent to the dethronement of religion and the enthronement of these usurping idols, are too numerous and too patent for even a superficial observer of the state of present-day 115 society to fail to notice. The spread of lawlessness, of drunkenness, of gambling, and of crime; the inordinate love of pleasure, of riches, and other earthly vanities; the laxity in morals, revealing itself in the irresponsible attitude towards marriage, in the weakening of parental control, in the rising tide of divorce, in the deterioration in the standard of literature and of the press, and in the advocacy of theories that are the very negation of purity, of morality and chastity -- these evidences of moral decadence, invading both the East and the West, permeating every stratum of society, and instilling their poison in its members of both sexes, young and old alike, blacken still further the scroll upon which are inscribed the manifold transgressions of an unrepentant humanity.
Small wonder that Bahá'u'lláh, the Divine Physician, should have declared: "In this day the tastes of men have changed, and their power of perception hath altered. The contrary winds of the world, and its colors, have provoked a cold, and deprived men's nostrils of the sweet savors of Revelation."
Brimful and bitter indeed is the cup of humanity that has failed to respond to the summons of God as voiced by His Supreme Messenger, that has dimmed the lamp of its faith in its Creator, that has transferred, in so great a measure, the allegiance owed Him to the gods of its own invention, and polluted itself with the evils and vices which such a transference must necessarily engender.
Dear friends! It is in this light that we, the followers of Bahá'u'lláh, should regard this visitation of God which, in the concluding years of the first century of the Bahá'í era, afflicts the generality, and has thrown into such a bewildering confusion the affairs, of mankind. It is because of this dual guilt, the things it has done and the things it has left undone, its misdeeds as well as its dismal and signal failure to accomplish its clear and unmistakable duty towards God, His Messenger, and His Faith, that this grievous ordeal, whatever its immediate political and economic causes, has laid its adamantine grip upon it.
(Shoghi Effendi, The Promised Day is Come, p. 114)
Saturday, November 2, 2019
More rants about Mark Passio Affiliates
Friday, November 1, 2019
Having fun w/ MARK PASSIO SINCE UPDATED WHEN I FIRST WROTE THIS: Italian Stereotypes REVISITED & Mark Passio What on Earth is Happening
If I could afford to donate money to Mark Passio I certainly would. I make no complaints nor demands that he produce anything. Its that simple. He does a generous service with no demands from people who can't afford to pay him nor the ones who can afford (beyond saying he can't make anymore if he's not paid). I totally appreciate him and as for the parts of his sermons where he sounds too pissed off and sanctimonious for me to learn and listen carefully because in my mind I get too offended, I simply put aside for a time when maybe they won't bother me/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkYKGy6gmh8&t=508s
VITRIOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuAYZQ9PW-g
So here's a link to a professor on Italian American heritage and some history of the Italian Mafia:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7BkvzcuQpo Even I'm guilty of a fringe distasteful joke: "What On Earth Is Happening" was never called "What On Planet" is happening. Get the Acronyms? "Get as Offended as You Like" "I'm not here to be friends." This seems like a valid point because WHY trust anyone with any high publicity and charisma. Never take anyone at face value anymore. We (the fine denizens of educated people (especially well into our 40's) are at a juncture in time where not many people do trust any high publicity people anymore. Mark Passio Mark Passio CUI BONO? CUI BONO? Whose the hands feeding you<\? that you or any of these high publicity people don't dare to bite? If me making memes extrapolating the plausibility Mark's assistant as having a big fat ass & he's into fat ass women like Marlon Brando's fat ass wife in The Godfather Movie So f-ing what? No one is likely to bite the hand that feeds them. Cammaraderie & coalition of ethnicity and racism issues still go on. This is worth being posted because racial prejudice & ethnic prejudice is a real issue: as discussed by Mark's own rhetoric "Get Offended as you Like" "I'm not here to be your friends" "Vitriol, Vitriol" = "Visit the Interior of the Earth to find the hidden stone" etc. . . "I'm not here to be friends" "I'm here to discover TRUTH! " Justin Pedini etc.Who can possibly deny Mark Passio is an absolute brilliant and genious Educator of what the dark occultist are? Who can deny the dark occultists that he categorically denounces, but he's still kind of subtly gots a little bit of dust from "acquired knowledge" the way he keeps insisting these dark occultists have power by wearing that "totenkopf"
"CXXV. O My brother! When a true seeker determineth to take the step of search in the path leading unto the knowledge of the Ancient of Days, he must, before all else, cleanse his heart, which is the seat of the revelation of the inner mysteries of God, from the obscuring dust of all acquired knowledge, and the allusions of the embodiments of satanic fancy.
(Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 264)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkYKGy6gmh8&t=508s
VITRIOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuAYZQ9PW-g
So here's a link to a professor on Italian American heritage and some history of the Italian Mafia:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7BkvzcuQpo Even I'm guilty of a fringe distasteful joke: "What On Earth Is Happening" was never called "What On Planet" is happening. Get the Acronyms? "Get as Offended as You Like" "I'm not here to be friends." This seems like a valid point because WHY trust anyone with any high publicity and charisma. Never take anyone at face value anymore. We (the fine denizens of educated people (especially well into our 40's) are at a juncture in time where not many people do trust any high publicity people anymore. Mark Passio Mark Passio CUI BONO? CUI BONO? Whose the hands feeding you<\? that you or any of these high publicity people don't dare to bite? If me making memes extrapolating the plausibility Mark's assistant as having a big fat ass & he's into fat ass women like Marlon Brando's fat ass wife in The Godfather Movie So f-ing what? No one is likely to bite the hand that feeds them. Cammaraderie & coalition of ethnicity and racism issues still go on. This is worth being posted because racial prejudice & ethnic prejudice is a real issue: as discussed by Mark's own rhetoric "Get Offended as you Like" "I'm not here to be your friends" "Vitriol, Vitriol" = "Visit the Interior of the Earth to find the hidden stone" etc. . . "I'm not here to be friends" "I'm here to discover TRUTH! " Justin Pedini etc.Who can possibly deny Mark Passio is an absolute brilliant and genious Educator of what the dark occultist are? Who can deny the dark occultists that he categorically denounces, but he's still kind of subtly gots a little bit of dust from "acquired knowledge" the way he keeps insisting these dark occultists have power by wearing that "totenkopf"
"CXXV. O My brother! When a true seeker determineth to take the step of search in the path leading unto the knowledge of the Ancient of Days, he must, before all else, cleanse his heart, which is the seat of the revelation of the inner mysteries of God, from the obscuring dust of all acquired knowledge, and the allusions of the embodiments of satanic fancy.
(Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 264)"