Is Filianism a Real Religion?
A reader quotes a recent blogger on the view that the worship of Our Mother God "does not feel like a real religion". We examine this question.
A couple years ago researchers Lloyd Silverman and Joel Weinberger published a paper summarizing numerous experiments, the gist of which was that if you flashed a certain message before and after some other, more conventional training technique (e.g., antismoking therapy), you greatly enhanced the therapy's effectiveness. Now things start to get weird. The most effective message is said to be "Mommy and I are one." This is supposedly because "there are powerful unconscious wishes for a state of oneness with `the good mother of early childhood' … and gratification of these wishes can enhance adaptation," according to Silverman and Weinberger. S&W pointed out the following facts: (1) psychologically neutral messages, such as "people are walking," have no effect; (2) disturbing messages, such as "Destroy Mother," have a negative effect, at least on psychiatric patients; and (3) in areas such as the south where the usual term of affection is "Mama" rather than "Mommy," "Mommy and I are one" has no effect.Interestingly the "key message", the true hidden desire of the human soul, has nothing to do with "sex" despite what modern western culture would lead one to expect. The real desire is to return to Mother. As the researchers say "the good mother of early childhood". Of course this part rests on the materialist assumption that our motivations are all based on this-world experiences. Looking at the matter more realistically from a spiritual perspective, we would say that the One True Desire is for THE Mother, the eternal, all-good Mother worshiped by all cultures before the artificial religions of patriarchy. We cannot help but note that after millennia of "Father God" propaganda, the message "Daddy and I are one" has no effect. A few millennia of heresy has no effect on the eternal human heart.
A couple years ago researchers Lloyd Silverman and Joel Weinberger published a paper summarizing numerous experiments, the gist of which was that if you flashed a certain message before and after some other, more conventional training technique (e.g., antismoking therapy), you greatly enhanced the therapy's effectiveness. Now things start to get weird. The most effective message is said to be "Mommy and I are one." This is supposedly because "there are powerful unconscious wishes for a state of oneness with `the good mother of early childhood' … and gratification of these wishes can enhance adaptation," according to Silverman and Weinberger. S&W pointed out the following facts: (1) psychologically neutral messages, such as "people are walking," have no effect; (2) disturbing messages, such as "Destroy Mother," have a negative effect, at least on psychiatric patients; and (3) in areas such as the south where the usual term of affection is "Mama" rather than "Mommy," "Mommy and I are one" has no effect.Interestingly the "key message", the true hidden desire of the human soul, has nothing to do with "sex" despite what modern western culture would lead one to expect. The real desire is to return to Mother. As the researchers say "the good mother of early childhood". Of course this part rests on the materialist assumption that our motivations are all based on this-world experiences. Looking at the matter more realistically from a spiritual perspective, we would say that the One True Desire is for THE Mother, the eternal, all-good Mother worshiped by all cultures before the artificial religions of patriarchy. We cannot help but note that after millennia of "Father God" propaganda, the message "Daddy and I are one" has no effect. A few millennia of heresy has no effect on the eternal human heart.
A couple years ago researchers Lloyd Silverman and Joel Weinberger published a paper summarizing numerous experiments, the gist of which was that if you flashed a certain message before and after some other, more conventional training technique (e.g., antismoking therapy), you greatly enhanced the therapy's effectiveness. Now things start to get weird. The most effective message is said to be "Mommy and I are one." This is supposedly because "there are powerful unconscious wishes for a state of oneness with `the good mother of early childhood' … and gratification of these wishes can enhance adaptation," according to Silverman and Weinberger. S&W pointed out the following facts: (1) psychologically neutral messages, such as "people are walking," have no effect; (2) disturbing messages, such as "Destroy Mother," have a negative effect, at least on psychiatric patients; and (3) in areas such as the south where the usual term of affection is "Mama" rather than "Mommy," "Mommy and I are one" has no effect.Interestingly the "key message", the true hidden desire of the human soul, has nothing to do with "sex" despite what modern western culture would lead one to expect. The real desire is to return to Mother. As the researchers say "the good mother of early childhood". Of course this part rests on the materialist assumption that our motivations are all based on this-world experiences. Looking at the matter more realistically from a spiritual perspective, we would say that the One True Desire is for THE Mother, the eternal, all-good Mother worshiped by all cultures before the artificial religions of patriarchy. We cannot help but note that after millennia of "Father God" propaganda, the message "Daddy and I are one" has no effect. A few millennia of heresy has no effect on the eternal human heart.
The yugas or ages are concepts of Vedic knowledge. The yuga’s first introduction is in the Mahabharata. According to Vedic knowledge the duration of each yuga is: Satya-yuga 1,728,000 years, Treta-yuga 1,296,000 years, Dvapara-yuga 884,000 years, Kali-yuga 432,000 years. The Vedic knowledge states that in the Satya-yuga there is neither hate, envy, fear, nor care. That there is only one God, one Veda, one law, and one ritual. The following yugas are a decay of this golden yuga.To which the editors reply as follows:
Thank you for your information. It is indeed correct. The Yugas are indeed found in the Vedas, while the Four Ages (Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron) are found independently in the Hellenic tradition and the same idea is found in many other traditions throughout the world, including the Hebrew, Mayan and Inca. As you correctly state, the movement of the four Ages is one of decline and decay. As to the length of the Cycle or Manvantara, one must realize that there are cycles within, cycles, from the great Cycle of Manifestation itself (ie the "lifetime of the universe") to a single in/out breath of any given being. The cycle of most relevance to the history of the current humanity is of about 60,000 years, though certainly this is only one sub-cycle within the greater cycle you mention (which itself is a sub-cycle of yet greater cycles). For more information on cycles in the primordial feminine tradition, please see the following
The yugas or ages are concepts of Vedic knowledge. The yuga’s first introduction is in the Mahabharata. According to Vedic knowledge the duration of each yuga is: Satya-yuga 1,728,000 years, Treta-yuga 1,296,000 years, Dvapara-yuga 884,000 years, Kali-yuga 432,000 years. The Vedic knowledge states that in the Satya-yuga there is neither hate, envy, fear, nor care. That there is only one God, one Veda, one law, and one ritual. The following yugas are a decay of this golden yuga.To which the editors reply as follows:
Thank you for your information. It is indeed correct. The Yugas are indeed found in the Vedas, while the Four Ages (Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron) are found independently in the Hellenic tradition and the same idea is found in many other traditions throughout the world, including the Hebrew, Mayan and Inca. As you correctly state, the movement of the four Ages is one of decline and decay. As to the length of the Cycle or Manvantara, one must realize that there are cycles within, cycles, from the great Cycle of Manifestation itself (ie the "lifetime of the universe") to a single in/out breath of any given being. The cycle of most relevance to the history of the current humanity is of about 60,000 years, though certainly this is only one sub-cycle within the greater cycle you mention (which itself is a sub-cycle of yet greater cycles). For more information on cycles in the primordial feminine tradition, please see the following
The yugas or ages are concepts of Vedic knowledge. The yuga’s first introduction is in the Mahabharata. According to Vedic knowledge the duration of each yuga is: Satya-yuga 1,728,000 years, Treta-yuga 1,296,000 years, Dvapara-yuga 884,000 years, Kali-yuga 432,000 years. The Vedic knowledge states that in the Satya-yuga there is neither hate, envy, fear, nor care. That there is only one God, one Veda, one law, and one ritual. The following yugas are a decay of this golden yuga.To which the editors reply as follows:
Thank you for your information. It is indeed correct. The Yugas are indeed found in the Vedas, while the Four Ages (Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron) are found independently in the Hellenic tradition and the same idea is found in many other traditions throughout the world, including the Hebrew, Mayan and Inca. As you correctly state, the movement of the four Ages is one of decline and decay. As to the length of the Cycle or Manvantara, one must realize that there are cycles within, cycles, from the great Cycle of Manifestation itself (ie the "lifetime of the universe") to a single in/out breath of any given being. The cycle of most relevance to the history of the current humanity is of about 60,000 years, though certainly this is only one sub-cycle within the greater cycle you mention (which itself is a sub-cycle of yet greater cycles). For more information on cycles in the primordial feminine tradition, please see the following
Glory be to the Holy and Eternal One,While the in-breathing of the world may be seen as "destruction" from a worldly perspective, it is actually the completion of the cycle. It is also why there is no "final judgement" that involves condemning some beings. In the end all creation must return to Dea, even to the last blade of grass, and no single being can be lost.
To the Blessed Mother
To the Divine Daughter
And to Dea beyond form
Who was before the beginning
And will be when all the worlds are ended.
Glory be to the Holy and Eternal One,While the in-breathing of the world may be seen as "destruction" from a worldly perspective, it is actually the completion of the cycle. It is also why there is no "final judgement" that involves condemning some beings. In the end all creation must return to Dea, even to the last blade of grass, and no single being can be lost.
To the Blessed Mother
To the Divine Daughter
And to Dea beyond form
Who was before the beginning
And will be when all the worlds are ended.
Glory be to the Holy and Eternal One,While the in-breathing of the world may be seen as "destruction" from a worldly perspective, it is actually the completion of the cycle. It is also why there is no "final judgement" that involves condemning some beings. In the end all creation must return to Dea, even to the last blade of grass, and no single being can be lost.
To the Blessed Mother
To the Divine Daughter
And to Dea beyond form
Who was before the beginning
And will be when all the worlds are ended.