The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit

My posts are less frequent now that this blog has become mainly a vehicle for whatever spiritual observations I might make. It's far easier to post to my Mathematics or Alternative News blogs. Writing about spiritual matters is less easy. However, having recently finished E. Michael Jones's "The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit and its Effect on World History", I think it's time to put some of my reflections down in writing.

Jones wrote his book from a Catholic perspective because that's the religion that he follows. However, I firmly rejected Catholicism when I was in high school, in Grade 11. The belief in Christ's resurrection from the dead, his virgin birth, his ascension into heaven and the like suddenly seemed like ridiculous fantasies. In 1965, I embraced atheism and remained an atheist until early 1973 until I reconnected with Theosophy and eastern mysticism. Labelling myself an atheist is perhaps too strong a word as it seems to connect me to card-carrying atheists like Richard Dawkins who proselytise with religious fervour. During my time at University I'd read books about Buddhism, Hinduism, Zen and so on but spiritually there was no connection with the content. I was processing what I was reading at an intellectual level.

Figure 1: St Theresa of Avila

From 1973 to 1993, I certainly believed in planes of consciousness beyond the physical and by implication God as the pinnacle of consciousness and a goal toward which myself and the lifestream were ascending. Fortunately, I came to the light of Meher Baba is 1993 and it all became clear or at least clearer. However, I was never hostile to Catholicism, at least not the same way that the Jews had been. I had no time for the hierarchy of the Church but great respect for some of its saints such as St. Francis of Assisi, St. John of the Cross and Saint Theresa of Avila. To quote from pages 1271 and 1272 of the Online Edition of Lord Meher: 

Desmond then asked, "Are there any true saints and holy priests in Christianity?" 

"There were saints," Baba answered, "but the Christian priests are the same type as those priests in every other religion throughout the world. Out of selfishness, priests create and propagate their own customs, tenets and practices, thereby crippling religion. All these rites, rituals and ceremonies are the dry husk of the corn." 

It seems in a sense that the Jews are God's chosen people because they seem to be the ones who are the most ready to attack hierarchies that they perceive to be oppressive such as the Catholic Church around the time of the Reformation. The alternatives, such as Protestantism in the case of the Church, that they champion however, turn out to be little better than what they replace. In the case of Communism, championed as an alternative to the rich-poor divide, the results were far worse. As Jones say in his book, the atheistic Jews like Marx were the most dangerous of all because, having abandoned belief in the coming of their Messiah, they believed political ideologies, like Communism, could act as a replacement messiah and save the world. 

Figure 2: Christian Zionists

Of course, no political system or organisation will solve the world's problems because it will be run by human beings who are firmly in the grip of their egos. Catholics like E. Michael Jones are hoping that disillusionment with humanity's descent into moral chaos will lead to a resurgence of faith that will fill the now largely empty churches. I don't think that's likely. 

Catholicism seems to have dealt a mortal blow with the pedophilia revelations that keep being trumpeted gleefully by the mainstream media. Protestantism is fragmented and even linked to Messianic Judaism in the case of the Christian Zionists. Buddhism is halfway between a religion and a philosophy and there are certainly aspects of it that can be useful to a humanity that is striving to find its moral compass again. Islam remains a powerful religious force but the long-standing Shia/Sunni split is being exploited successfully by its enemies to set the one against the other. Additionally and unfortunately, the majority Sunni variant is currently going through a phase whereby it is very focused on the extrinsic (outer rituals) as opposed to an intrinsic (Sufi) orientation. As such it is an unlikely candidate to carry the flame of spirituality further into the twenty-first century.

Israel is fearful of Sunni Islam, surrounded as it is so many of its adherents, and will do everything necessary to undermine and weaken it. The last thing that it wants is to find itself opposed to the North, West and South by a Caliphate. Despite the Israeli rhetoric about how dangerous Iran is, I suspect that all is not as it seems. My feeling is that the two countries have a secret agreement whereby some engineered conflict will lead to an Iranian  invasion of Saudi Arabia and an Israel intervention. The result will be an expansion of both countries borders and many Sunni Moslems will suddenly find themselves in Shia or Israeli controlled territory. 

Figure 3: Greater Israel

On a different but related note, Israel's increasingly close ties to India (and thus Hinduism) may be part of longer term strategy. India is purchasing large amounts of Israeli military technology and the tension between Pakistan and India is perennial. Given Israeli technological prowess and the backdoors that have built into the software and hardware that they sell, it would be easy for its hackers to trigger an Indian missile launch that might lead to all out war, perhaps involving nuclear weapons. This might seriously weaken both countries and lead to a refugee crisis of staggering proportions. Israel remains far enough away so as to not be affected by fallout or refugees. Zionists have no love of Hinduism, nor any religion, that might pose an obstacle to their plans for global hegemony. Refugee crises are an ideal way of diffusing a native population and diluting the populations into which they are forced to assimilate. 

I don't think that Israel will succeed in its plans for global hegemony. Historically, the Jewish Elite has always overplayed its hand and the rank and file Jews have payed dearly for it. This time around, I don't think it will any different. Jewish disillusionment with their leadership and disillusionment with messianic fantasies will encourage the majority to finally join the mainstream of humanity. Out of the turmoil of Hindus versus Sunni Moslems and Sunni Moslems versus Shia Moslems, a general disillusionment with religion (already well underway in Western countries) as a source of division will develop and deepen. The West will already have reached its spiritual nadir and looking for a way back up to the light. That's when I think that Meher Baba's teachings will begin to appeal to a bewildered humanity in search of spiritual guidance. His acceptance of all religions and his emphasis on the inner experience of the intrinsic truths of a religion rather than adherence to its outer rituals will be key. Jai Baba!

Figure 4: Mastery in Servitude

Meher Baba and Iran

Meher Baba was born Merwan Sheriar Irani. There is a detailed account of his visits to Iran to be found at this site, including information about his Iranian heritage and his connections with various Iranians. Here is a copy of the map that's presented on the site with the city of Mashhad highlighted with a blue rectangle. 

The significance of this city can be read in the following quote on the same site:

Aloba reports that, in May 1943, Meher Baba stated: “The tree of my divine manifestation is to be planted at Mashhad, where it will grow and spread, ultimately covering the whole world”. This theme for long remained obscure; the rendition has varied, another version being worded as: "The seed of the tree of my universal manifestation is planted in Mashhad." 

There is a strong association here with Meher Baba's third visit to Iran in June 1931, when he stayed at Mashhad, ignoring other cities. There he favoured a major Shi'ite shrine for purposes of seclusion on three nights. This was the tomb of Imam Ali Reza (765-818). That sojourn evidenced both the religious neutrality and incognito policy of Meher Baba, who moved about the streets of Mashhad in disguise. The visitor was only able to enter the venerated shrine because a prominent mulla, who was caretaker, relaxed rules of admission after experiencing a powerful dream which melted his resistance.

Mashhad is a city of three million people described by Wikipedia as:

Mashhad, also spelled Mashad or Meshad, is the second most populous city in Iran and the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province. It is located in the northeast of the country, near the borders with Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. It has a population of 3,001,184 inhabitants (2016 census), which includes the areas of Mashhad Taman and Torqabeh. It was a major oasis along the ancient Silk Road connecting with Merv to the east. 

The city is named after the "shrine" of Imam Reza, the eighth Shia Imam. The Imam was buried in a village in Khorasan, which afterwards gained the name Mashhad, meaning the place of martyrdom. Every year, millions of pilgrims visit the Imam Reza shrine. The Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid is also buried within the shrine. 

Mashhad has been governed by different ethnic groups over the course of its history. The city enjoyed relative prosperity in the Mongol period.

Mashhad is also known colloquially as the city of Ferdowsi, after the Iranian poet who composed the Shahnameh. The city is the hometown of some of the most significant Iranian literary figures and artists, such as the poet Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, and Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, the traditional Iranian singer and composer. Ferdowsi and Akhavan Sales are both buried in Tus, an ancient city that is considered to be the main origin of the current city of Mashhad. 

On 30 October 2009 (the anniversary of the death of Imam Reza), Iran's then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Mashhad to be "Iran's spiritual capital".

Prior to this third visit to Iran, Meher Baba made a fleeting visit in 1924 and a second, more sustained visit in the autumn of 1929, including a visit to Isfahan and a sojourn at the desert city of Yazd. Given Baba's Iranian heritage and his visits, it's not surprising that Iran has been so prominent in the history of the twentieth century and remains very much in the news as this second decade of the twenty first century draws to a close. The country may well play a pivotal role in world events over the coming months and years.