I have violence on the brain. I am a young adult, and have had my fill of it throughout life. Violence is simply a part of human culture, even though it's not supposed to be. It is our history and our ongoing present. It is watched on television, heard through music, and enacted digitally through video games. Admittedly, I have enjoyed all of these activities. I have probably been as physically violent as the average person, though far less so as I have aged. I am thoroughly entrenched in a world that cannot seem to escape the grip of violence, whether it is all too real, or simply worshiped through entertainment.
This aspect of society and human nature is not just an old necessity from early history that we have failed to shake off. It is a remnant of the Lucifer Rebellion and its lasting hold on this planet. It is a force that blinds us, granting the temporal illusion of power and strength. Its lingering existence will continue on while man remains ignorant of his relationship with all other humans and with God.
The human body is the Father's temple. It holds a fragment of the Father, and this fragment experiences all that the human personality does. As long as the Adjuster is present, one's body is a holy site which houses the divine. Even those without an Adjuster still hold the God-granted personality, so these bodies may still act as shrines erected by the Father, holding within them the most precious gift we have received. I do not mean that we should idolize the body, but to treat it with the respect it deserves.
I have written about violence a few times before. To me, it is pretty much any threat to any type of survival -- something necessary for properly functioning in this world. In summary, violence is a threat to a being's ability to thrive, and thriving includes quite a number of possibilities. Ultimately, violence on a human level represents man neglecting God's gifts and God's presence. It is an attack on the Father and the human He indwells. It is a rejection of the Father's will, for the Father cannot help an individual grow spiritually if the human's life or means of survival are on the line.
When a person truly understands the significance of these details, it is clear that hurting another is a direct act against God and a clear roadblock to spiritual perfection that must be dealt with over time. Hurting another becomes spiritual baggage that we carry. Receiving mercy does not remove this load, it just makes us strong enough to deal with the weight that we must slowly remove -- replacing misdeeds with good deeds that outweigh the negative mark we leave ourselves with.
Understanding the severity of violence requires one to understand the realm of potentials. I have written on potentials and actuals before, and it is a lesson that must be learned in order to understand the importance of God's will, free will and both willful and ignorant selfishness. The immense possibilities of the future are in the direct hands of each person. No environment is a vacuum. Even actions that affect no one else on a physical or mental level may have a spiritual impact down the road. One can slightly impact their environment, creating no observable influence in one lifetime, but can act as a small contributing factor to an event further in the future that is unforeseeable. Both positive and negative actions can create lasting change. This change may not be noticed, but its effects can last forever, soul death being a very serious example.
I wished to write about this topic of violence when I realized that I could care so little about fake violence, brutality and gore, but become incredibly distraught by the real thing. I realize now that there is such enormity to one cruel act because it is a lasting image of ungodliness, of barbarism, that impacts many in time. I realize now that seeing another injured, even from a wound he or she can heal from, is a form of vandalism against one of God's many temples and against one of His children which He cherishes deeply. I realize now that my empathy for other people extends down, not just to their personality, soul or Thought Adjuster, but to their very cells. I realize now that the remaining roots of the Lucifer Rebellion, which shall be uprooted from the earth, have clung onto things I came to enjoy. These things are all examples of my own imperfections (noticing them so late). They are examples of the poorer qualities of my race (many not noticing at all). However, I know that I shall be made anew, and hopefully then, I can put these troubles of temporal struggle behind me.
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