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Satan Enthroned
It is a central feature of our human nature that when we witness or hear about the suffering of innocents we instinctively turn to God. Not necessarily the idea of God (though many do) but the presence of God.
Our psyches, our conscious minds, recoil in horror and instinctively dissociate from any feeling of connection to the perpetrator of the vile offense. The conscious mind retreats into the affirming comfort that is the subconscious mind.
We cleave to the ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ within, that which affirms what is, which is exactly what the subconscious mind does. It accepts and affirms our (often unrealised) beliefs about ourselves, whatever those beliefs may be. The unconscious mind is, as some describe, infinite consciousness, the presence of God in us. Perfect affirmation. The loving God that will continue to love us, whatever we choose to be.
We experience an awed ‘hush’. We look with pity and reverence towards the innocent victim knowing, that the human wickedness capable of such acts is, somehow, ours too (though our retreat into ourselves is evidence that we wish to deny it).
We recognise the innocent loving spirit in the object of our pity and we at the same time experience this innocent loving spirit within the safety of the subconscious mind, our very own connection to God.
Thus the connection is made between innocent suffering and our spiritual ideal, that we call God.
Philosophers stone – selected views from the boat
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2013-02-13 06:16:43
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