Spirituality and Democracy 2
The chaos many of us are experiencing due to the new administration cannot keep our focus off higher spiritual needs for long—when we understand how these needs work. Simply put, loving the enemies of conscience removes all chaos in our mind and heart so that we can look at the situation rationally.
Review
As discussed in Spirituality and Democracy Plus One, our collective vision of democracy is developing due to recent successes in understanding the importance of knowing each other according to our symbolic form of light in Name and not our physical attributes. Our form of light is unified in the light of Word as explained in The Practical Guide. Further success here is determined by how well we understand the illusory boundaries of those of us who use limited agapé (love), polarizing rather than uniting us through political parties worldwide in the light of Word.
As we know about all love, we want to see the ones we love. In this case, however, we cannot even begin to love those of us who use limited agapé until we at least see their likeness in the light of Name, not their physical likeness. To do this, we need the eyes of great agapé to see what blindness has done to them.
The simple but profound knowledge of Word instructing us on how agapé grows states it this way: may your agapé grow and grow in knowledge and all perception. The Greek word for knowledge here means “mature knowledge”, which points to knowledge about the principle working in Name and Word’s exquisite light. It gives us understanding of all direct perception of this light, its expression in this world, and its illusory boundaries in those of us who misuse it, all perception.
The Form of Name’s Light
If you have not already read The Practical Guide, please take a moment to do so. It breaks down what it means to know who we are in the light of Name, implying that we know Name and Word in this light, God and the Word of God or Life and the Meaning of Life. Both perspectives share these two truths from the knowledge of Word. First, one who loves knows Name; one who does not love does not know Name, for Name is agapé. Second, one who does not know Name has never seen the form of Name. Word said to those who did not love, you have never seen the form of Name.
Those of us who do not love, for whatever reason, no judgment, cloud up their own thoughts thinking that nobody has seen Name. This is only true concerning the physical. Our identity in the light of Word is primed to learn how in the light of Name. But even some of us who do love often confuse the issue with human-based images.
The anticipation we feel when expecting to see loved ones again works from the deeper connection between loving Name and wanting to see the form of Name’s light. But just as we had to learn how to see when newborns, our eye movement interacting with light, we have to learn how to see again as the agapé light of Name.
We are using mature knowledge to understand the interaction between Name and Word in their exquisite agapé light and all perception associated with it. It makes our agapé grow and grow, for one, by allowing us to see Name and its memory bring forth all perception of those of us, starting with ourselves, who used or still use illusory boundaries in the exquisite light, past, present and future.
Name and its memory bring forth the perception of our illusory boundaries into the now of Word, restoring all perception of us in the interaction of their exquisite light. For in this experience of now, the distinction of time in the world cannot veil the absence of time in their interaction. It is also called the now of the world conscience (suneidesis).1
With mature knowledge, seeing through the illusory boundaries of time in limited agapé gives us a full view of everyone in the timeless interaction between Name and Word, making our agapé grow and grow. For example, consider the illusory boundaries of time working between Israel and Palestine, engaging hatred stronger than death for each other through their limited agapé. Seeing through it in the now of Word gives us a full view of them in the timeless interaction between Name and Word in their exquisite agapé light.
Blocking our view foremost was our own misuse of the three aspects of Name’s light in the guide. This prevented us from blessing them for who they are, since we saw them as having something of their own. Without anything of their own, they blindly wrestle time in but not of Name’s light. For misusing Name’s aspects inverts their perception of each other in Name and Word’s interaction. Such inversion is symbolized by the full Hebrew word for heart spelled backwards, translated Babel or Babylon, which means “chaos”.
The eyes of our heart are inverted in the now of Word when we do not make all others more important before the form of Name’s light. Making them more important here and in the world when possible, without being against ourselves, fulfills a higher spiritual need, removing all chaos from our mind and heart.
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Suneidesis is pronounced soon-eye-day-sis. After reading the link explaining it, you will see how central it is to this teaching. Using this foreign word regularly in discussions helps us get accustomed to experiencing something new and positive in our awareness. When the word conscience is used, it will refer to the aspect of suneidesis that involves right and wrong, but this aspect cannot be separated from our co-conscientious awareness.
The idea that love—particularly agapé love—is the key to clarity in chaotic times is a powerful one. In a world where political and social turmoil often breeds division, choosing to see others through the lens of love rather than conflict is both a challenge and a necessity.
The article suggests that true vision—seeing beyond physical appearances—comes from understanding the divine (or life's deeper meaning, depending on one's beliefs). This resonates with many religious and philosophical traditions, where wisdom and peace come from humility and selfless love rather than self-centered thinking.
One of the most thought-provoking ideas is how misusing spiritual perception leads to an inverted reality—where ego distorts truth and causes inner chaos. The reference to "Babylon" as an inversion of the heart is especially striking. If love isn't properly directed outward, it turns inward, creating disorder instead of clarity.
While the article presents a strong spiritual argument, one question remains: How does this apply in everyday life? It’s one thing to understand this concept in theory, but another to put it into practice—especially when faced with real-world division and conflict. Learning to see others not as opponents, but as people shaped by their own experiences and struggles, is a lifelong process. It requires deliberate effort, patience, and self-awareness.
Ultimately, the message is clear: love brings clarity, division brings distortion. Whether one approaches this from a religious perspective or a broader humanistic view, the takeaway is the same—the more we center love in our understanding, the less chaos we allow in our lives.
We need this kind of philosophical thinking to challenge the bottom line, or we’re heading to a world of irresponsibleness. Thanks for sharing