{"id":83530,"date":"2022-06-01T20:44:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T20:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/?p=83530"},"modified":"2022-06-02T19:33:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T19:33:12","slug":"the-war-against-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/the-war-against-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"The War Against Humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virgil famously remarked, well over 2,000 years ago: \u201cThe descent to hell is easy<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The aura of truth in that phrase persists to this day, as the latest generations of humanity continue to travel down that path. It is hard to believe that after millennia of human endeavor the direction of progress for humanity remains downward.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

I am neither the first nor the last to think that politics is often the reason for this anomaly \u2013 that, for example, the notion of \u201ccommon ground\u201d in politics is always true and successful \u201cnegotiation\u201d is always possible, something that human life does not support. I claim no special talent of insight but, looking through the fog of politics, thicker today than ever, it has become plain to me \u2013 and I\u2019ve tried to make it plain to others \u2013 that the division in this country that has been sacking and often threatening our existence as a freedom-loving people is not between Democrats and Republicans, not between \u201cliberals\u201d and \u201cconservatives,\u201d not between \u201cthe haves\u201d and \u201cthe have-nots.\u201d It is not a partisan line in the sand between opponents that could be brushed away with a mutually satisfactory agreement but an ideological fault line in the bedrock of society.<\/p>\n

On one side of the great divide in America are those who believe in standards of human value and action that transcend politics, applying principles that are independent of time and generation \u2013 the stand taken to heart by the founders of this country. On this side are people drawn to the freer atmosphere that prevails in that healthier human environment. On the other side of the divide, in ascendance over the past century and accelerating, are those who believe in standards of human value and action that are totally dependent upon \u201cthe times\u201d \u2013 that is, upon continuous \u201cchange\u201d in scientific discovery, technologic development, and political engineering for \u201cwhat is best\u201d for all of us.<\/p>\n

The \u201chalf of America\u201d that clings to the notion that \u201cthe times\u201d drive human progress continue to ignore the reality that science, technology, and politics can be used to destroy as well as benefit human lives (recall the effects of atomic and biologic warfare) and why unvetted policies and political actions that affect human lives can and do harm myriads of innocent human lives. If universal human wellbeing is not the overriding consideration in policymaking by leaders \u2013 the basis for our Constitution \u2013 then what other top priority is there? It does not seem to bother anyone on this side of the divide that so-called \u201cchange\u201d and \u201cprogress\u201d unattached to human value can indeed build a highway to hell, for which history provides enough examples to make the case.<\/p>\n

Are most Americans really that dumb, drugged, or asleep? Do the so-called \u201cdeplorables\u201d actually prefer to \u201cfeel good\u201d than to know what is going on and build better lives for themselves and others? Can the significance and value of people as human beings be so unimportant that it doesn\u2019t matter if human life is trashed for the sake of \u201cchange\u201d and \u201cprogress\u201d that ride off the rails of sanity?<\/p>\n

It ought to be obvious to all, by this late date, that there is never a holiday from vigilance against evil, generated by dishonest leaders \u2013 typically through falsehood and deception \u2013 no matter how smart they are or how high they have risen in society.<\/p>\n

The difficulty of guarding against evil is never an excuse for inaction against it. With this in mind, I return to the great division in America…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

A recruiting letter from the late William F. Buckley in 1998, speaking of imminent \u201cvictory of conservatives over liberals<\/em>,\u201d informed me between its lines that this once staunch conservative had bitten the carrot held out by Neoconservatives on a mission to entice real conservatives to endorse monster-sized Government of the \u201cRight\u201d \u2013 can the Federal monster in Washington D.C. ever be tamed? \u2013 as a way of defeating the monstrous Government of the \u201cLeft.\u201d I wrote back to point out that the fundamental division in our country was not between \u201cleft\u201d and \u201cright\u201d but between truth-oriented and politically-conned Americans. Buckley did not answer my letter. The man with the peerless wit and razor-sharp tongue, once an Olympic champion against Communism in America, was apparently too deep in the game of \u201cliberals-versus-conservatives\u201d politics to pay any attention to soul-searching questions from grassroots Americans. It was evident to me then and has become plainer ever since, that talent, intelligence, ambition, and money have been squandered on self-serving business that degrades instead of improves life in the United States \u2013 even by those who take oaths of office and others we trust to lead us.<\/p>\n

I mention this Buckley anecdote to draw attention to what men and women of goodwill face in living good lives under morally deficient leaders \u2013 a universal problem for which there have always been Churches and Synagogues and strong conscientious members of society to address that disorder, a mission once conducted with wisdom and strength by our religious leaders, a mission now gutted and gone awash in \u201cthe times.\u201d<\/p>\n

I was an adolescent during World War II and fully aware of the destructive power of war and its very troubling aftermath. Those who have had to mend their lives after the horror of war can fully appreciate the magnitude of its evil. Since, during the 1940s, journalism was more open and objective than today, the Brooklyn Eagle solicited articles from school students regarding what causes war and its terrible destruction and toll on human life. Two school chums contributed guest articles. One, who later became an editor of the school newspaper, said that the prescription for world peace was to rely on the power of God while each person orders his life according to God\u2019s will. The other, who vowed to be \u201cthe world\u2019s most honest politician<\/em>\u201d held that injustice would end through political action, starting with the ouster of big business. My own opinion, still in ferment at the time, tended toward a greater trust in the divine than in the \u201cpractical\u201d side of life, in the quest for peace and harmony. We all agreed that something vital was missing from the ethics of some leaders.<\/p>\n

What is amiss regarding the ethics of deviant and tyrannical leaders has in fact been known since the beginning of civilization. Revving to modern time, it was Alexander Solzhenitsyn (surviving the hell of Communist dictatorship in Soviet Russia) who reminded us all of what is missing: \u201cMen have forgotten God<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Difficult and disruptive as it may be, people who insist on truth and justice for all \u2013 the foundation of America\u2019s Constitution \u2013 must renew with utmost vigor the vigilance and action required to counter falsehood and chicanery, top to bottom of America\u2019s oath-taking government officials and members of unelected agencies and NGOs. Devious and ruthless as these actors may be, they are, to a fault, moral cowards that fear truth and hate it with a pathetic passion.<\/p>\n

The pandemic of anger cycling the globe against insensitive, tyrannical leadership, is loudly informing everyone that truth cannot be defeated and infamy against men, women, and children by whomever, for whatever purpose will not be tolerated.<\/p>\n

Author: Anthony J. DeBlasi<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

yogaesoteric
\nJune 1, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Virgil famously remarked, well over 2,000 years ago: \u201cThe descent to hell is easy.\u201d The aura of truth in that phrase persists to this day, as the latest generations of humanity continue to travel down that path. It is hard to believe that after millennia of human endeavor the direction of progress for humanity remains […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[973],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncovering-freemasonsrys-manipulations-3480-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83537,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83530\/revisions\/83537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}