The lower desires of the flesh

[Beckett]

How did humanity and the world get in this sorry state it is in now? Certainly there is a disconnection from the divine spirit, that which animates all this. It is as if the spirit has left the landscape, and what is left is a sad landscape and a people who have blacked out, that is to say, forgotten divinity, and what is left is a kind of walking, materialist zombie.

The zombie is a interesting metaphor, cause it is modern man. A devourer of both brain and spirit, just turn on the TV to see. What is left? just nastiness. A disgusting, psychothic community of the lower desires that don´t work, why would one want to have children in such a world?

it seems as if the flesh and the material world is corrupted beyond repair at this time. It´s a barren desert.

Certainly it´s all the lower desires of the human ego that has created this nightmare. The moneymen at top of the hierarchy, and soulless eaters at the bottom with their toys. The western world is all about toys and money, just look at christmas celebrations.  

I can see no future for this world, and this human community, it is as if the spirit has left it to rot. And maybe thats how it needs to be. Cause what is left in this world of greatness and divinity? What is left that stems from the soul? Not much. 

The world has forgotten its roots, and a tree without roots dies. And it feels like this is what is happening in the world now. And it might be that this is the way it needs to be, for those who reject it to connect to that which is above this mess. The house is burning, and those who chooses to stay inside to play with their toys will go down in the fire. 

 

 

[Whyme]

Ive been praying that God make me less materialistic and more giving.

[Starise]

1 hour ago, Beckett said:

How did humanity and the world get in this sorry state it is in now? Certainly there is a disconnection from the divine spirit, that which animates all this. It is as if the spirit has left the landscape, and what is left is a sad landscape and a people who have blacked out, that is to say, forgotten divinity, and what is left is a kind of walking, materialist zombie.

The zombie is a interesting metaphor, cause it is modern man. A devourer of both brain and spirit, just turn on the TV to see. What is left? just nastiness. A disgusting, psychothic community of the lower desires that don´t work, why would one want to have children in such a world?

it seems as if the flesh and the material world is corrupted beyond repair at this time. It´s a barren desert.

Certainly it´s all the lower desires of the human ego that has created this nightmare. The moneymen at top of the hierarchy, and soulless eaters at the bottom with their toys. The western world is all about toys and money, just look at christmas celebrations.  

I can see no future for this world, and this human community, it is as if the spirit has left it to rot. And maybe thats how it needs to be. Cause what is left in this world of greatness and divinity? What is left that stems from the soul? Not much. 

The world has forgotten its roots, and a tree without roots dies. And it feels like this is what is happening in the world now. And it might be that this is the way it needs to be, for those who reject it to connect to that which is above this mess. The house is burning, and those who chooses to stay inside to play with their toys will go down in the fire. 

 

 

A pretty accurate description of the situation. The reason Jesus came. The reason Jesus gave His life. Jesus is the silver lining around those dark clouds. There is no hope for people who decide to feed those lower desires and never think to look at where we all fell from. The person who dies with the most toys wins? Yes, they win a nice spot in Hell if they are not saved. 

Pursuit of anything down here is pointless without a reason. Jesus is that reason.

[Beckett]

27 minutes ago, Starise said:

A pretty accurate description of the situation. The reason Jesus came. The reason Jesus gave His life. Jesus is the silver lining around those dark clouds. There is no hope for people who decide to feed those lower desires and never think to look at where we all fell from. The person who dies with the most toys wins? Yes, they win a nice spot in Hell if they are not saved. 

Pursuit of anything down here is pointless without a reason. Jesus is that reason.

Yes, don´t take before it is given to you. That´s seems to be the main message in the Garden of Eden story. And if it is given, then one comes down here to do service, not for oneself but for the whole, i.e. Jesus. The human id,ego,superego structure however comes here for all the wrong reasons and causes suffering. It takes, for itself. And devours. It is the snake, the devil, and all the demons of hell. That which is cut off from the divine. 

Edited April 13, 2021 by Beckett

[OneLight]

The ugliness of sin cannot be adequately described with words.  When I look out over His creation, I don't see a barren world devoid of His Spirit.  I see a beautiful creation, where mans hands have not disturbed.   When I look upon what man has done to this world, it is very ugly, but the ugliness of man does not diminish the beauty of God.

I eagerly look forward to the return of Jesus, and beyond to the New Heaven, New Earth and the New Jerusalem.

[Riverwalker]

3 hours ago, Beckett said:

I can see no future for this world, and this human community, it is as if the spirit has left it to rot. And maybe thats how it needs to be. Cause what is left in this world of greatness and divinity?

From the moment Adam sinned, the only greatness in this world was God. And God has not left us, we have left him. 

Consider a fine Tiffany Lamp,  supreme craftsmanship and play of light, warm and cold at the same time. It has a reason, a purpose and a calling. But unless you plug it in , it is just 1o pounds of scrap metal and glass

So too the human soul. It was created for great and mighty things, but unless it is plugged into God, it is just junk. The more prideful we get in our accomplishments, the more self absorbed we get, and today's society is extremely narcissistic, the less likely we are going to seek to plug in to God.

But do not lose hope, none of this is a surprise to God, he has seen they whole spectrum of the history and time to come of man, and has made his plans.