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If Normal Was A Crisis, The Great Reset Will Be A Catastrophe

6/30/2020

One thing I have learned since I began perusing the World Economic Forum's website a week or so ago is this: the victorious, post-coup Establishment is steadfastly committed to doing everything it possibly can to ensure the world never returns to any semblance of pre-birdemic normal for the simple reason that "normal wasn't working."

At the purely superficial level, I can't help but agree with our newly self-crowned totalitarian overlords. They're right - normal was not working, but my agreement with this premise does not entail that I support or endorse the conclusions and plans the Establishment is gathering and promulgating in its efforts to alleviate this sudden "crisis of normal."

In my mind, normal wasn't working because our civilization is metaphysically confused and mostly opposed to God and Divine Will. In the Establishment's demonic mind, normal wasn't working because our civilization is not metaphysically confused enough and has still not committed itself willingly and completely to self-damnation.

The only reset I would welcome would be one involving the primacy of the spiritual. The Establishment's idea of a reset involves something else entirely. On the surface, it all sounds so alluring and wonderful. I mean, take a look at what the leader of the WEF has said about the opportunity the birdemic presents:

"The COVID-19 crisis is affecting every facet of people's lives in every corner of the world. But tragedy need not be its only legacy. On the contrary, the pandemic represents a rare but narrow window of opportunity to reflect, reimagine, and reset our world to create a healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous future."

That sounds swell, doesn't it? My only concern is this: the enlightened individuals demanding the global reset are the same enlightened individuals that shaped, constructed, controlled, and profited from the normal that has suddenly stopped working.

But at this point, it doesn't really matter what the Establishment says anymore. They have secured all the power they need; all they have to do now is force their plan through. Here's something to keep in mind - resets usually occur only after prior systems become unsalvageable. The Establishment is currently working to ensure their prior system - the old normal - becomes just that.

Unsalvageable.

The Establishment wants to convince the world that normal is a crisis. Normal may indeed be a crisis, but I can guarantee the new normal the Establishment hopes to create will be far worse than a crisis; it will be a complete catastrophe.

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Prayer Request

6/30/2020

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My friend and fellow blogger S.K. Orr posted the following prayer request on his blog today:

Our eldest son Jason was taken to hospital this morning. "Feels like someone standing on my chest," he told my wife.

We're awaiting the cardiologist to perform a catheterization.

Please pray for Jason, for his wife, for his children, and for my wife.

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Haydn In Eisenstadt

6/29/2020

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I seem to follow Haydn everywhere I go in this region I now call home. I have written earlier about Haydn's time at the Esterhazy Palace in Esterháza (Fertod), Hungary, which is located very near to my village, but I have only touched upon Haydn's main place of residence at the Esterhazy "Schloss" in Kismárton, known today as Eisenstadt, in Austria.

While the palace in Hungary served mainly as a summer retreat and hunting lodge, the palace in Austria served as the Esterhazy's primary residence. I discovered the Haydn link quite accidentally shortly after I began working at my part-time university position in Eisenstadt, Austria.

Though fifty kilometers closer to Vienna than the Esterháza Palace, the palace in Eisenstadt was still considered to be 'in the sticks' during Haydn's time; so much so that the composer often lamented about feeling isolated from the vibrancy and creativity of the capital.

In an effort to attract tourists to the region, Eisenstadt bills itself as "Haydnstadt" on many of its tourist pamphlets and brochures and hosts a veritable avalanche of concerts featuring Haydn's music every year. I have not had the pleasure of partaking in any of these yet, but I would really like to do so this summer. One prominent musical ensemble in "Haydnstadt" is the Haydn Trio Eisenstadt who focus exclusively on Haydn's smaller concertos and chamber music; as far as I know, they still perform in the town today.

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Relying On Intuition Is A Sign of Cognitive Disempowerment

6/27/2020

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Though the Global Establishment readily acknowledges the existence of bonafide conspiracies such as the Volkswagen emissions test scandal, the not-so-secret players that recently pulled off their unprecedented coup du monde during what they themselves have begun referring to as The Great Lockdown continue to insist that any and all criticism of the official birdemic narrative, or any other officially-endorsed agenda item, resides firmly within the heinous and embarrassing realm of conspiracy theory.

In addition, the Establishment wants everyone to understand that all conspiracy theories stem from something called cognitive disempowerment. No kidding. Here's a booklet all about it. So, what's the best way to stop conspiracy theorizing in its tracks?

Cognitive empowerment! What else? And what does cognitive empowerment entail? Well, for starters, it entails not relying on your own intuition.

Conspiracy thinking is associated with feelings of reduced control and perceived threat. When people feel like they have lost control of a situation, their conspiracist tendencies increase. But the opposite also applies. When people feel empowered, they are more resilient to conspiracy theories. There are several ways to “cognitively empower” people, such as encouraging them to think analytically rather than relying on intuition.

I have drawn attention to this for one simple but very important reason - intuition matters. What's more, the Global Establishment understands intuition matters. Intuitive thinking and knowing is cognitive empowerment, not disempowerment. What's more, intuition represents a threat to the Establishment and their plans; which helps explain why the powers-that-should-not-be work so vigorously to denigrate and disparage intuitive thinking every chance they get.

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What Can We Do? - Charles Bukowski

6/26/2020

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I suspect this question gets tossed around quite a bit these days; and if it is not tossed around publicly, then it is likely embedded in the hearts and minds of many.

What can we do?

Readers of this blog already know my answer to this question.

Nevertheless, having decided upon an answer - my answer - does not preclude me from considering the answers of others.

Charles Bukowski's answer is a remarkably bleak one; nonetheless, it contains a few, faint nuggets of hope, particularly toward the end.

Bukowski was a self-professed atheist, but his insights into life were occasionally more Christian than the insights most self-professed Christians broadcast.

Note: I apologize in advance for the awful background music in this clip; unfortunately, this was the only recording I could find for this 'poem.'

What Can We Do?

at their best, there is gentleness in Humanity.
some understanding and, at times, acts of
courage
but all in all it is a mass, a glob that doesn't
have too much.
it is like a large animal deep in sleep and
almost nothing can awaken it.
when activated it's best at brutality,
selfishness, unjust judgments, murder.

what can we do with it, this Humanity?

nothing.

avoid the thing as much as possible.
treat it as you would anything poisonous, vicious
and mindless.
but be careful. it has enacted laws to protect
itself from you.
it can kill you without cause.
and to escape it you must be subtle.
few escape.

it's up to you to figure a plan.

I have met nobody who has escaped.

I have met some of the great and
famous but they have not escaped
for they are only great and famous within
Humanity.

I have not escaped
but I have not failed in trying again and
again.

before my death I hope to obtain my
life.

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Revisiting The Triumph of the Genius of Destruction

6/24/2020

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I first jotted down some thoughts about this Mihály Zichy painting here. Since then, I have come to a deeper understanding as well as a deeper appreciation of what Zichy depicted in this virtuoso piece.

To begin with, I value Zichy's comprehension that the forces fomenting and fanning the flames of destruction are fundamentally spiritual in nature. Zichy chose to depict these forces in the form of two demonic figures, male and female, hovering over a river of carnage. Notice the manner in which both figures orchestrate the slaughter they have instigated, particularly the female demon, who actively demonstrates her possession of the human figure beneath her through the placement and form of her outstretched hand.

The humans embroiled in the massacre in the bottom half of the painting represent the various warring factions from the nineteenth century. Replacing these with the various warring factions of our contemporary world would not diminish the painting in the slightest. If anything, it would serve to highlight an eternal truth Zichy captured here concerning the true source and motivation of destruction.

I mention this because our own time and place - the here and now - is devolving into a time and place of destruction; a time and place where the genius of destruction might very well triumph, at least in the short term. And why might it triumph? Because the creation needed to counteract it and neutralize it has become scant and insufficient. As in Zichy's painting, we moderns cannot (and should not) expect any guidance or support from churches, government, or other organizations which, like the religious and political figures Zichy depicts in his composition, have nearly all become willingly complicit in the destruction the demons have spawned. When it comes to facing the genius of destruction, we are all pretty much on our own.

As is the case with our current situation, Zichy's vision is a bleak one and appears to offer little in the way of comfort and hope. But the faint figure with outstretched arms standing within the framed doorway of light on the left side of the canvas serves to remind us of the purely temporal nature of destruction's triumph, and of the glorious victory not even the genius of destruction can annihilate.

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The Beauty and Artistry of Creation - S.K. Orr

6/23/2020

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Over at his superb Steeple Tea blog, S.K. Orr - one of the best writers on the internet - takes a moment to reflect upon "the beauty and artistry" of creation.

The work day was hard and bitter, full of the little landmines I navigate every day. But when I rose through the mountain pass and reached the twisting lane of crushed gray rock and finally passed beneath the arch of trees lining the driveway and saw that spotted dog with the ridiculous ears and the diamond-shaped mark on his forehead leaping to greet me…when I thought of kissing my wife and hearing her soft Texas accent in my ear…when I thought of sitting in my chair and drinking in the sounds of my own home…the harsh things of the work day faded into the kind of remote memory that I will not retrieve if I have any say in the matter.

The world and its system is dirty and cruel, relentless in its probing and invasion and corruption and infection. But the world that was created by miraculous love and artistry is still here, and available to me if I squelch the vileness and choose to see the beauty and the good. It’s very tiring to do this day after day, and some days I am too weak or too distracted, and the bad stuff flows over me like the tidal waves that batter and bash surfers.
But the beauty is there. I try hold onto this. I look and I watch and I hold on. And I count. I count rabbits and blessings.

Read the rest here.

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The Fundamental Human Right To Damnation

6/22/2020

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It's odd to speak of fundamental human rights so soon after the height of the birdemic panic lockdown - an unprecedented event that succeeded in denying even the most basic and simple of human rights to the vast majority of human beings around the world.

What's even more odd is the same powers that forced and continues to force ordinary citizens to wear masks and maintain two-meter distances now vigorously endorse violent mass protests, statue toppling, looting, and other subversive and anarchistic activities as being exempt from social distancing and lockdown measures for the simple reason that protests, monument destruction, looting, and rioting all constitute fundamental human rights that simply cannot be impinged upon, birdemic be damned.

In a sane world, the depths of such hypocrisy would not only be energetically challenged, but also vehemently opposed. In a sane world, this sort of thing would be recognized as evil and would trigger a completely justifiable and righteous reaction, one that would eventually lead to the toppling of the powers that had enforced such evil upon the trusting and unsuspecting masses. The problem is, this is not a sane world - it is an insane world, brimming with insane people who have willingly allowed themselves to become as deeply corrupted as the deeply corrupted System ruling over them.

As the example above demonstrates, our ruling elites have an extremely clear agenda when it comes to fundamental human rights. The formula is acutely simple and straightforward: anything and everything opposing Divine Will and Divine Creation qualifies as a fundamental human right. Everything within the realms of human belief, thought, and action aligning with God's Will and Creation is condemned as bigoted, deplorable, and evil.

Thus, the fundamental rights our ruling global elites celebrate, impose, and defend are intrinsically fundamental wrongs. The Establishment has used and will continue to use fundamental human rights as a battering ram against Truth, Beauty, and Virtue, and it will not stop - not even in the midst of the current purposive unravelling of its own System - until it succeeds in convincing practically everyone that lies are truths, ugliness is beauty, vice is virtue, and evil is good.

Why? The purpose is as straightforward and simple as the rights agenda - soul damnation. Each person who willingly and unrepentantly rejects the biological reality of sex in favor of the trans ideology represents a damned soul. Each person who willingly and unrepentantly genuflects before radical, anti-religious leftist movements represents a damned a soul. Each person who willingly and unrepentantly chooses comfort or expediency over truth - regardless of the hardship and suffering such a choice assuages - is a damned soul. Each person who cowers in fear, who allows himself or herself to be knowingly manipulated for evil ends, or who surrenders to despair is a damned soul.

The only fundamental human right the Establishment guarantees is the fundamental right to soul damnation. It may strike many as strange to refer to damnation as a fundamental right, but it actually is a fundamental right of sorts. Humans are free agents, and as such we each possess the power and the freedom - or the right, as it were - to choose. That moment of choice is beyond God's control. It's a murky, amorphous no-man's land, that moment of choice. In that moment of ultimate freedom, we exercise our most fundamental human right - the active and willing choice between good and evil; between Reality and Unreality; between that which aligns with God and that which is directly opposed to God.

Though this may strike some as blasphemous, I posit that in the moment of choice we temporarily possess more power than God. At that moment, we may continue to experience God's influence, but we are ultimately beyond God's control. Such is the nature of a personal, loving God. Anyone who understands this, understands why Creation is so central to Christianity, and why all Christians should strive to be active, co-creators - should strive for not only salvation, but also theosis. The demons controlling our ruling elites are well aware of our true fundamental human right, and they have worked and will continue to work ceaselessly to invert this right into a wrong for the purpose of damnation.

Fundamental human rights will form the core of the systemic reset the Establishment and its demonic overlords strive for as they continue to purposefully foment the chaos currently cratering the System. The more the System craters, the more the fundamental human right to human damnation will be pushed and imposed.

These rights (wrongs) must be resisted, rejected, and renounced - and if Christians find themselves in a situation where they cannot resist, or reject, or renounce, then they must repent, and they must repent hard. Any Christian that willingly and enthusiastically embraces any fundamental human right the Establishment pedals without - at the very least - acknowledging and then repenting this right as a wrong - will exercise his or her fundamental human right to choose damnation over Heaven.

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Dignity And That Which Is Beneath It

6/21/2020

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It is becoming increasingly difficult to comment on current events. There is plenty to discuss, but I find so much of it to be beneath my dignity.

Yes, that's right - Beneath. My. Dignity.

Sure, it is crucial to reflect and to judge, and I suppose there might be value in communicating and sharing these reflections and judgments with others, but I find the vast bulk of current events to be utterly revolting, maddeningly repugnant, and disgustingly malevolent - to the point that I often struggle to find the inspiration to comment upon them.

Nefarious. Destructive. Harmful. Damnable. Vile. Revolting. Ugly.

There aren't enough negative adjectives in the English language to fully describe the maleficence gripping the world. And in all honesty, I don't feel much of it really needs to be described or delineated. It's all right there, unhidden - laid bare in naked blatancy.

It is one thing to take note of it all privately; quite another to make note of it all publicly. So much of what we encounter serves no higher purpose than to contaminate and toxify. Sure, I have the antidote, but that does not imply I must always ingest the poison.

Not always. Certainly not today.

Today I am going to forget about all narratives and concentrate on God's. I am going to pick the ripe raspberries in the yard, and I will listen to the cuckoos calling in the distant trees, and deep within I will focus on the source of all dignity; on the grandeur and the greatness made personal through Divine Love.

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István Réti - Master of Interior Light

6/20/2020

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If László Medynánszky (1852-1919) is the master of exterior light in Hungarian painting, then István Réti (1872-1945) is surely the Hungarian master of interior light.

Founder of the famous Nagybánya Artists Colony and later a revered professor at The University of Fine Arts in Budapest, Réti's first phase as a painter focused on the quality of light found in interiors - specifically lamps and sunlight streaming in through windows. I am particularly drawn to his depictions of lamps at night - the perfection with which he captured that soft, warm glow that is at once welcoming and comforting yet somewhat melancholic.

Interior

Bohemians' Christmas Eve

Man Reading

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