tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492007072400883438.post3988590508577583660..comments2023-10-18T03:22:50.455-07:00Comments on truthjihad.com blog: Why I am not a secularistKevin Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674471854209420488noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492007072400883438.post-50897091691119526862013-07-14T07:29:01.656-07:002013-07-14T07:29:01.656-07:00René Girard explains, with a clarity few have mana...René Girard explains, with a clarity few have managed, that the main source of human misery is mimetic desire. People see other people and want what they imagine others have, leading to what in Islam is called fitna, or escalating envy-driven chaos, violence, & mass hatred. The problem with mimetic desire is that it's exponentially-increasing and insatiable, because it can't be satisfied in the way first-order desire can be. If you desire an apple, you can eat one and be satisfied. But if you "mimetically" desire your neighbor's apple (or worse, his wife) nothing will ever satisfy that - whatever you get or don't get, you'll crave even more apples/wives afterward, because you'll never get what you imagine your neighbor had. <br /><br />Of all the kinds of desire, sexual desire is the most problematic in this regard.<br /><br />So if you want to minimize the mimetic desire problem, so that people can have inner peace and live lives of joyous contemplation of the beauty around them with an attitude of caritas toward other beings and calm, luminous hearts, one of the first things you had better do is make sure that visual sexual cues, "mimetic desire triggers," are removed or minimized from the public sphere.<br /><br />One of the reasons today's world is so ugly and violent and peopled with shallow, materialistic, low-consciousness people, is that all the public sexual cues are driving people insane.Kevin Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16674471854209420488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492007072400883438.post-42773331564160421842013-07-14T04:33:13.618-07:002013-07-14T04:33:13.618-07:00"A society in which all...sexuality and sexua..."A society in which all...sexuality and sexual expression are reserved for the private sphere...would be vastly better."<br /><br />That's quite a bold statement. Why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492007072400883438.post-33522543219198075042013-04-11T14:27:50.098-07:002013-04-11T14:27:50.098-07:00Interesting analysis Kevin.
I do agree with you ...Interesting analysis Kevin.<br /> <br />I do agree with you on the point of the NWO agenda entirely as you well know.<br /> <br />What we do differ is from the society that we both live in, the experiences & the terms that we employ.<br /> <br />In India, secularism has a very different connotation from the way that it is understood in the West. The original word - seculos - which is not of God - has been transformed into 'sarva dharma samabhava' or" mutual respect for all faiths & cultures".<br /> <br />Here in India, all faiths have equal stake in our Constitution & so do all Indian citizens - theoretically & the struggle to move towards that ideal is waged everyday.<br /> <br />Thus there is a fine balance in India, where religious values & a liberal way of life carry on side-by-side, without any imposition of any sort.<br /> <br />The point is that we have to differentiate between religiosity & spirituality. The NWO just does not mind religiosity & has them amongst its ranks & they include just about the elite from all faiths.<br /> <br />I guess you have not lived in an Islamic state, nor have I, but am close by to my good neighbor Pakistan, tpo see its disastrous impact on the polity & society of that beleaguered nation. In India too the conservative Muslim organizations come up with some truly laughable fatwas time & time again.<br /> <br />The larger issue thus here is spirituality, discarded by the Wahabis, salafists & even the MB, whilts practiced by the Sunni Sufi's & Shia's, who are one on this issue.<br /> <br />Then there is also the point of growing intolerance amongst Muslim-Islamic societies towards the minorities that dwell in those nations & you should try & spend some time & do some deep honest research on this issue.<br /> <br />Its also an Islamist supremacism, where for example, the Hindus & Christians are shunned as lesser human beings & not allowed water from the same well or drinking space.<br /> <br />Also, I've evolved in my own way, because I've been open to seeking truths & insights from many religions & cultures & have friends from all religious communities & respect them for their beliefs & culture.<br /> <br />In my estimation, the spiritual consciousness of humanity, of all of God's creation is now on the cusp of a great change & we will go beyond religiosity, to a common human universal consciousness & our relation with God, Allah, Ishwar, Yahweh . . . .<br /> <br />Also I've never been to be politically correct & have taken independent positions all through the course of my 25 years as a political activist.<br /> <br />So I guess, we have a different approach to how we envision society, but that is just fine & as long as we are honest about that with each other, the better.<br /> <br />regards<br />feroze<br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com