The World, as defined by the Fathers of the Church, is very similar to the definition of the Matrix as given by Morphius to Neo in the movie of the same name:
It means that I believe anything is possible and that I don’t know anything is certain. What I do know is that what Death to the World was doing for the punk scene was glorious and that I still have clippings of their zines. We do need a spiritual resurrection, but I wouldn’t presume to understand the technics behind it or claim holy status outside of some Evolian mysticism.
If I've said this once recently, I'll say it again...
I make the effort to share this information because it gives me, at last, a plausible answer to a long-unanswered question: Why, no matter how much intelligent goodwill exists in the world, is there so much war, suffering and injustice? It doesn’t seem to matter what creative plan, ideology, religion, or philosophy great minds come up with, nothing seems to improve our lot. Since the dawn of civilization, this pattern repeats itself over and over again.
The answer is that civilization, as we know it, is largely the creation of psychopaths. All civilizations, our own included, have been built on slavery and mass murder. Psychopaths have played a disproportionate role in the development of civilization, because they are hard-wired to lie, kill, cheat, steal, torture, manipulate, and generally inflict great suffering on other humans without feeling any remorse, in order to establish their own sense of security through domination. The inventor of civilization – the first tribal chieftain who successfully brainwashed an army of controlled mass murderers – was almost certainly a genetic psychopath. Since that momentous discovery, psychopaths have enjoyed a significant advantage over non-psychopaths in the struggle for power in civilizational hierarchies – especially military hierarchies.
Behind the apparent insanity of contemporary history, is the actual insanity of psychopaths fighting to preserve their disproportionate power. And as their power grows ever-more-threatened, the psychopaths grow ever-more-desperate. We are witnessing the apotheosis of the overworld – the overlapping criminal syndicates that lurk above ordinary society and law just as the underworld lurks below it.
During the past fifty or more years, psychopaths have gained almost absolute control of all the branches of government. You can notice this if you observe carefully that no matter what illegal thing a modern politician does, no one will really take him to task. All of the so called scandals that have come up, any one of which would have taken down an authentic administration, are just farces played out for the public, to distract them, to make them think that the democracy is still working.
THAT is the problem. Mankind has allowed genetic PSYCHOPATHIS to lead us down the path to destruction since the beginning of civilization. The reason that other life forms won't make actual contact with the human race is they see a race of absolute MORONS being controlled by total nut cases. When we grow up and realize the truth behind the concept of "anarchy" maybe then they will sit down with us. Until then...go vote your way out of the mess that your vote caused in the first place.
The end of this temporary and extremely limited framework will be the beginning of another kind of reality altogether where whatever we Intend comes into being instantaneously and will last forever.
The Spiritual Life is all about preparing ourselves to enter into this other kind of reality as gracefully and holistically as possible.
We can accomplish that in the 'Here and Now' to a greater or lesser degree, depending almost solely upon our understanding of how this takes place and our desire to do so.
The Orthodox Church is one of the last few places that I know of personally, that have kept this as their primary focus.
We can and certainly ought to begin to live in a foretaste of the Life of the World to come.
Were you involved with the original Death to the World publication?
I knew the guys who started it. We were connected to some of the same people.
But they were a bit younger than I was at the time. I was never into the Punk/Skater scene.
If they had started a Grateful Dead/Orthodox Zine I would have been all over it...
https://youtu.be/FFeAD_OzNWI?feature=shared
I collected their stuff even though I’m agnostic. Loved their aesthetic.
Agnostic? Does that mean you don't know for sure? What do you think is going on around here!
It means that I believe anything is possible and that I don’t know anything is certain. What I do know is that what Death to the World was doing for the punk scene was glorious and that I still have clippings of their zines. We do need a spiritual resurrection, but I wouldn’t presume to understand the technics behind it or claim holy status outside of some Evolian mysticism.
These two principles may prove useful:
https://stevenberger.substack.com/p/the-spiritual-life-8b9?utm_medium=reader2
Thank you. This is very well articulated and I have always viewed things this way. I just never saw this as religious.
https://stevenberger.substack.com/p/an-interactive-work-of-art
https://open.substack.com/pub/stevenberger/p/orthodoxy-and-the-religion-of-the?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1nm0v2
https://deathtotheworld.com/category/articles/zine-articles/earlyissues/
https://substack.com/profile/100124894-steven-berger/note/c-47499156
https://substack.com/profile/100124894-steven-berger/note/c-44719781
https://substack.com/profile/100124894-steven-berger/note/c-42146461
https://substack.com/profile/100124894-steven-berger/note/c-42123318
https://substack.com/profile/100124894-steven-berger/note/c-42590036
https://substack.com/profile/100124894-steven-berger/note/c-46163955
https://substack.com/profile/100124894-steven-berger/note/c-44148975
If I've said this once recently, I'll say it again...
I make the effort to share this information because it gives me, at last, a plausible answer to a long-unanswered question: Why, no matter how much intelligent goodwill exists in the world, is there so much war, suffering and injustice? It doesn’t seem to matter what creative plan, ideology, religion, or philosophy great minds come up with, nothing seems to improve our lot. Since the dawn of civilization, this pattern repeats itself over and over again.
The answer is that civilization, as we know it, is largely the creation of psychopaths. All civilizations, our own included, have been built on slavery and mass murder. Psychopaths have played a disproportionate role in the development of civilization, because they are hard-wired to lie, kill, cheat, steal, torture, manipulate, and generally inflict great suffering on other humans without feeling any remorse, in order to establish their own sense of security through domination. The inventor of civilization – the first tribal chieftain who successfully brainwashed an army of controlled mass murderers – was almost certainly a genetic psychopath. Since that momentous discovery, psychopaths have enjoyed a significant advantage over non-psychopaths in the struggle for power in civilizational hierarchies – especially military hierarchies.
Behind the apparent insanity of contemporary history, is the actual insanity of psychopaths fighting to preserve their disproportionate power. And as their power grows ever-more-threatened, the psychopaths grow ever-more-desperate. We are witnessing the apotheosis of the overworld – the overlapping criminal syndicates that lurk above ordinary society and law just as the underworld lurks below it.
During the past fifty or more years, psychopaths have gained almost absolute control of all the branches of government. You can notice this if you observe carefully that no matter what illegal thing a modern politician does, no one will really take him to task. All of the so called scandals that have come up, any one of which would have taken down an authentic administration, are just farces played out for the public, to distract them, to make them think that the democracy is still working.
THAT is the problem. Mankind has allowed genetic PSYCHOPATHIS to lead us down the path to destruction since the beginning of civilization. The reason that other life forms won't make actual contact with the human race is they see a race of absolute MORONS being controlled by total nut cases. When we grow up and realize the truth behind the concept of "anarchy" maybe then they will sit down with us. Until then...go vote your way out of the mess that your vote caused in the first place.
https://www.courageouslion.us/p/problem-psychopathic-control-freaks And I'm saying this to all who read it, I'm not singling out any individual. You know who you are. If the truth hurts, let it hurt and figure out WHY it hurts.
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The end of this temporary and extremely limited framework will be the beginning of another kind of reality altogether where whatever we Intend comes into being instantaneously and will last forever.
The Spiritual Life is all about preparing ourselves to enter into this other kind of reality as gracefully and holistically as possible.
We can accomplish that in the 'Here and Now' to a greater or lesser degree, depending almost solely upon our understanding of how this takes place and our desire to do so.
The Orthodox Church is one of the last few places that I know of personally, that have kept this as their primary focus.
We can and certainly ought to begin to live in a foretaste of the Life of the World to come.
And, in this, I wish you all the best!
For those who have 👀 let them see!
https://substack.com/profile/100124894-steven-berger/note/c-46665451
Yes. This is how they spread and reinforce The Matrix.
https://substack.com/profile/100124894-steven-berger/note/c-41571572