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Beautifully written John! Your background in Rudolf Steiner teachings provide us with a wider angle lens that enable the reader to fully grasp the political stereotypes as fallen archetypes; brilliant.

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The world, indeed, is a very fallen place to be in right now. Everything is a jumbled, distorted, chaotic mess of dualistic-polaric tendencies. And, it is the lack of the "third force alternative" that is creating this illusional state of being. Lack of recognition of solutions to every burning issue. Indeed, we are 'third-force blind' to the fact that everything oscillates from cause to effect, and the great rotator is 'equipoise', or the Balance between Opposites. This state is the enemy of the Adversary.

Rudolf Steiner worked out a plan of twelve World, or Psychological Outlooks, and wherein the total equibalance was intended to be maintained. He proposed this in early January of 1914, with the clear idea that a potential threat to world peace was in the offing, but that it could be prevented if consciousness prevailed.

https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA151/English/RSP1961/images/diagram11.gif

https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA151/English/RSP1961/19140122p01.html

Do we even have a clue today?

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Reader comment:

“Next time you hear - those Democrats, they don’t believe in individual rights, they don’t care about protecting what has been built, they’re not grounded - remember: it’s not their job.”

There is so much wrong with this.

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I get it. That paragraph refers to the stereotype projected onto liberal people by others. The concept “it’s not their job” is a little tongue in cheek, but it points to the fact that we shouldn’t be looking at the stereotype at all - the higher Liberal Archetype, a spiritual being, has a much greater mission.

Of course people who lean left care about individual rights etc, the point is that the true mission of the archetype they are trying to work through has to do with inspiring love and compassion.

Thanks for the input!

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Hi John

The best first comment is that you're train of thought leads through healthy, dense thought forests to a crystal clear lake of pristine waters. You stand at its shore, look for your own image reflected on its surface. But what you see instead is breathtaking and breathgiving.

And the best second comment is that I am looking forward to reading it again

Thank you

Fynn

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