Thankfully, fewer and fewer people see God as an angry tyrant as the Old Testament portrayed him. From the cavemen days to now, civilization has moved from a “there is no god” approach to today, wherein God is seen as a “non-material Spirit being. Using SCHOOL as a metaphor, civilization has been slowly moving from caveman kindergarten to today’s college, with a lot of post graduate work yet to be encountered. 

Caveman kindergartners were only interested in self survival. God? What God?

Cavemen had little or no abstract thinking. They existed by being able to avoid bigger cavemen or to kill smaller cavemen. The world was a violent place and living through the day was a dangerous adventure that kept one focused solely on the physical-material world.

Slowly, as communities began to develop and as a true family unit became more standard, thinking about “others” and the longevity of life together began to grow. With the development of homo sapiens and his brain, art was discovered, developed, and enhanced. Farming became the life-sustainer more so than hunting. Man started questioning how all of this “stuff” came into being and a God OUT THERE seemed to be the answer. Elementary school is thus in full bloom.

Some 3-4,000 years ago the gods (plural) that were seen as OUT THERE gave way to ONE GOD (monotheism) as there simply had to be a hierarchy. The view of the world became a three-layered concept. There was the fire below and the heaven above with us in between. The stars, sun, and moon were holes in the ceiling that let the light of heaven shine through. Middle School was now in session.

Some 2,000 years ago, Jesus entered a world about to embark upon high school. It was time that the people understood more about God, whom he called father. The message could now be received that God is LOVE. God does not get angry! God Continue Reading

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Thankfully, fewer and fewer people see God as an angry tyrant as the Old Testament portrayed him. From the cavemen days to now, civilization has moved from a “there is no god” approach to today, wherein God is seen as a “non-material Spirit being. Using SCHOOL as a metaphor, civilization has been slowly moving from caveman kindergarten to today’s college, with a lot of post graduate work yet to be encountered. 

Caveman kindergartners were only interested in self survival. God? What God?

Cavemen had little or no abstract thinking. They existed by being able to avoid bigger cavemen or to kill smaller cavemen. The world was a violent place and living through the day was a dangerous adventure that kept one focused solely on the physical-material world.

Slowly, as communities began to develop and as a true family unit became more standard, thinking about “others” and the longevity of life together began to grow. With the development of homo sapiens and his brain, art was discovered, developed, and enhanced. Farming became the life-sustainer more so than hunting. Man started questioning how all of this “stuff” came into being and a God OUT THERE seemed to be the answer. Elementary school is thus in full bloom.

Some 3-4,000 years ago the gods (plural) that were seen as OUT THERE gave way to ONE GOD (monotheism) as there simply had to be a hierarchy. The view of the world became a three-layered concept. There was the fire below and the heaven above with us in between. The stars, sun, and moon were holes in the ceiling that let the light of heaven shine through. Middle School was now in session.

Some 2,000 years ago, Jesus entered a world about to embark upon high school. It was time that the people understood more about God, whom he called father. The message could now be received that God is LOVE. God does not get angry! God Continue Reading

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Author: Sergey Kronin

Chapter 2.1

The level of the “Beggars”

Published in Moscow, Russia 2008

ISBN 978-5-902713-03-6

Translated fragment

As it is clear from the metaphor, the Beggars are the “activists who eat the bread of idleness” Their mind is concentrated on the getting of “product”, i.e. different material comforts that social system produces. Their main instrument is mimicry. They try to look like a social valued person and they are occupied with demonstrating their necessity to the people around. They magnify the significance of their role in any deal. Accordingly they juggle with people’s moral norms, feeling of guilt, fears, customs and social norms. It is clear that responsibility is not concerned here. It may be said that the Beggar looks like a cat that could not miss the opportunity to snatch a sausage from the table. Being caught at it, it began to vent its grievances to those who had caught it, working for their sympathies and… they gave a bit of sausage more. Actually it is the hell of Beggars’ behaviour and action in society: “I wanted the sausage so much I had really no choice in the matter!”

So, it looks relatively funny, nice and harmless. But in reality it is not so cheerful, so, let us view the level internally without metaphors.

We may assume that level of Beggars survives by catching people on their blind observation of moral and other unwritten norms through commanding their confidence, understanding and empathy. People with humanistic view suffer from the Beggars very often. It is impossible to live with the Beggar, communicate with him, but it is also impossible to leave him stranded, because he is a “good guy”, somehow in the inmost of his heart. People think that he understands it and he is thankful. Continue Reading

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Author: Sergey Kronin

Chapter 2.1

The level of the “Beggars”

Published in Moscow, Russia 2008

ISBN 978-5-902713-03-6

Translated fragment

As it is clear from the metaphor, the Beggars are the “activists who eat the bread of idleness” Their mind is concentrated on the getting of “product”, i.e. different material comforts that social system produces. Their main instrument is mimicry. They try to look like a social valued person and they are occupied with demonstrating their necessity to the people around. They magnify the significance of their role in any deal. Accordingly they juggle with people’s moral norms, feeling of guilt, fears, customs and social norms. It is clear that responsibility is not concerned here. It may be said that the Beggar looks like a cat that could not miss the opportunity to snatch a sausage from the table. Being caught at it, it began to vent its grievances to those who had caught it, working for their sympathies and… they gave a bit of sausage more. Actually it is the hell of Beggars’ behaviour and action in society: “I wanted the sausage so much I had really no choice in the matter!”

So, it looks relatively funny, nice and harmless. But in reality it is not so cheerful, so, let us view the level internally without metaphors.

We may assume that level of Beggars survives by catching people on their blind observation of moral and other unwritten norms through commanding their confidence, understanding and empathy. People with humanistic view suffer from the Beggars very often. It is impossible to live with the Beggar, communicate with him, but it is also impossible to leave him stranded, because he is a “good guy”, somehow in the inmost of his heart. People think that he understands it and he is thankful. Continue Reading

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