To The Abyss
And How We Lost Touch with Spiritual Living
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INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………
CHAPTER ONE: Base Needs and Simple Fulfillment ………………………
CHAPTER TWO: Considering Humanity …………………………………….
CHAPTER THREE: What’s Not Important …………………………………..
CHAPTER FOUR: The Reality of the Haves vs. Have Not’s …………………
CHAPTER FIVE: Do We Have a Right to Ignore Others? ...............................
CHAPTER SIX: Isn’t It All About Power? ........................................................
CHAPTER SEVEN: God Is Only Meant to Be First ……………………………
CHAPTER EIGHT: What Is A Spiritual Life? ….................................................
CHAPTER NINE: What Is Important! …..............................................................
CHAPTER TEN: Is the Entire World Going Insane? …......................................
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Conclusion--- Doing the Right Thing …………………
SUMMARY: Who Really Needs Who?
…..In concluding this chapter I have been thinking of how I can most clearly and appropriately give example to bring home the gist of understanding. Consider how we have essentially changed in our daily dealings with others as a flagrant example of the difference in behavior that is expressed with spiritual intelligence from an earlier time versus the present, secular and humanistic way of behaving. Specifically, when I was a young person if we treated someone wrong we felt bad and, in our gut instincts, knew we had to apologize and make every reasonable effort to make things right for the person who had been wronged. It could be embarrassing and was a hard pill to swallow that we were acting wrong but we knew that we were being watched by our Creator and, should we fail to do the right thing, then we would pay a price. The golden rule mattered and that was the essential reality that we must behave in accordance with.
Fast forward to see the common practices that are used in management and business now. The bottom line is the amount of money that you have and the goal is to continue to get more; the duty to be honorable is often not a consideration as gaining an advantage is looked upon by the person who has the advantage as a matter of being skilled and competent rather than a fair, equitable exchange. Rather than considering that character is the basis for business dealings; having the best lawyers and prolonging the controversy for as long as possible (increasing the suffering and discomfort of the other party) is seen as a smart business practice. And if you can frustrate someone sufficiently they will give up or settle for a small amount that does not begin to reflect the amount of injury that they have endured. Further, if you can find an obscure fact, law, or evidence that will allow you to form a defense that is based on cunning and deceit; if it allows you to prevail over others then it is acceptable (called being slick). And, in the most obscene degree, having more money allows to bleed the opponent of all of their capital that has been used for their legal defense, thereby destroying them essentially-even though they were wronged and deserved of being treated well. This is fundamentally the difference between acting based on spiritual intelligence or on present-day secular, humanistic principles. Compliance and obedience to God’s law has been replaced by hedonism, materialism, and a generally narcissistic satisfaction of self-absent appropriate considerations for other's rights to be treated with respect and honorable conduct. It really does not get any simpler than that.
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Addressing the age-old assessment provided by those who have lived multiple decades, things have changed and do not appear to be beneficial or improved. There is a feeling that change is necessary to ensure the continuation of our heritage. This book chronologically describes the aspects of living that have taken us away from the timeless, universal scriptural principles that have formed our civilized development to the present time. The use of reflection and experience, as well as the results of a combination of extensive, secular-based education, naturalistic observations, and the inherent advantage of understanding attained from the experiences from a past age to the present state of humanistic/scientific hegemony is the backdrop for attempting to address the common question: What has led us to where we are at this point in time? As it is the author’s belief that the course to correction is an individual journey, this book seeks to provide insight for others to understand how we arrived at the present state. The purpose continues with ensuring that the pertinent recognition of our source will serve to ensure our ultimate sustainability. As there are multiple routes to arrive at a given destination, the goal is to tempt the reader into beginning the process to arrive at the destination that will ensure their final state to be beneficial and personally fulfilling. The journey begins within the person, and the individual is the captain of their ship. Godspeed.
About the Author
Coming from a basis of understanding that includes over seventeen years of college education, including doctoral level training (political science, law, psychology, and leisure studies), military service, and long-term mental health field work experience, the author considers the spiritual basis of our existence as it serves the foundation for life’s various aspects.