Man’s social and governmental structure which grants and inspires the rights of individualism and personal expression is what is called democracy. This all-inclusive form of human government is probably the closest that man comes to emulating the original cause of all things in Creation and which grants the privilege of plurality and wide-ranging diversity throughout the universe. The opposite of that easygoing allowance within Creation activity is glaringly demonstrated in human conduct in the numb obsession of hardline faith systems that are referred to as fundamentalism. In politics that same characteristic quirk is called “conservatism.” When these two interbreed, as happened at the 1996 Republican convention in the USA, a true breed of predatory monster is spawned.
Fundamentalism or radicalism is probably best evaluated as a paralysis of spiritual insight that results from an unwavering belief in a set of man-conceived principles of religious, political or philosophical nature which are made compulsory as the basic and unalterable game plan for storming heaven. With no wiggle room left for inquiry regarding all the enormous possibilities which “god” left open to man, any social or spiritual advancement then becomes virtually unachievable.
The power responsible for Creation’s development is a purely democratic process and is sustained and maintained through the collaboration of all individual components for the preservation of all. In short, all things exist as part of an unrestricted principle just as the pre-Christian Stoic philosophers taught. In that perception regarding the essential interaction of all components which define Creation, all things great and small therefore stand equal before Cosmic Consciousness. That basic law of equal status, which is active throughout Creation, is best expressed in the democratic forms of man’s governments. Plurality and interacting diversity is seen throughout all Creation and is the indisputable evidence that democratic principles prevail within the soul of Heaven. In direct opposition to this, the hardline religionists and obstructive politicos imagine a heaven and social order that is structured either as a one-dimensional kingdom or a monotonous theocracy.
True democratic management, which is active as the creative power throughout the observable universe, is not concerned with the possessions or power plays that individual entities obsess over. From the democratic arrangement which is active in the universe, freedom of expression and interactivity serve as the framework for Creation. Indeed all things must respect and support each other, otherwise the universe would cease to exist. The minority is always preserved and respected as an inherent element within the activities of the whole. This is a fact of universal continuance that the GOP and the Tea Party in the USA today should consider if they are going to pretend such devotion to God.
Democracy is modeled on that respect and liberty which is extended throughout the universe, and in that creative activity there is granted the assurance of personal freedom which entitles each citizen the liberty and responsibility of shaping their own identity. Equality before the law is a basic principle within Creation, and it is the basic principle of democratic governing. No individual or group can hold a monopoly on wisdom, virtue or importance before the powers of Creation. That means that in man’s democratic governments the stripping away of laws for the benefit of special interests, as currently pursued by the political and religious right groups in the USA, is therefore not only contempt for established and proven laws but is willful indulgence in blasphemy as well.
An important part in pre-Christian times, such as prevailed in the city-states of classical Greece and Rome, the rule by the people was vitally important. However, those ancient forms of democracy did not presume that all individuals necessarily held equal qualities. It was understood that every entity is made definable by its limitations, but all the perceived differences were interlocked within the whole, and they balanced out in importance before the creative Source.
Stoic philosophy held that every matter object with which we interact is a passive condition of energy and is distinguishable from the animating or active principle—which traditional man-centered faith systems personify as “God.” Stoic ethics cannot be described as a metaphysical theory, although it regarded the creative energy spark from which each individual living thing attained manifestation is the defining feature of each living being’s individuality. Man’s faith systems have referred to this defining feature as “soul.”
The four cardinal virtues of Stoicism reflect the philosophy that had been put forth by the Greek philosophers Plato and Socrates: wisdom, courage, justice and temperance. Stoicism, which existed long before Christianity, recognized and advocated the brotherhood of all mankind. And in this understanding any differences in rank and wealth were regarded as merely external and temporary, and so each person should strive to help one another. The natural equality of all human beings within Creation was stressed, and this reflects the democratic character by which man should live and prosper. This certainly is not the principle held dear to the radical right religionists and/or politicians who seek to dominate in man’s affairs today.
Stoic philosophy as honored in pre-Christian times had understood that man is but a small part of a divine principle. The Jewish and Christian faith systems struggled with this understanding for a while, and it led them to emphasize the rights of the poor, the underprivileged, and the equality of all humans before God.
In recognizing the democratic structure and administration throughout Creation, and in recognizing that all life forms share identical properties, it becomes evident how far the radical right politicos and hardline religionists have strayed from the truth.
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