A Problem With My Religion - (in defense of Perennialism) [Esoteric Saturdays]

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Today I share an extremely private part of my life - my actual religious beliefs.
I'm sharing because Perennialism is increasingly being associated with colonialism and fascism and nazism. There is no doubt that some people with clearly colonialist/triumphalist, even Nazi intentions have (ab)used the label of "Perennialist". I would also add that I can't think of a single religion to which this has not happened. It's what such people do.
I realise that it's probably a very stupid move, to imagine that I can single-handedly wrest the label back from these people, but I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't at least try.
I hope this video can help show an example of how I successfully (in my opinion certainly, and I hope in truth) integrated Perennialism with the exact opposite intention and result.
As always, please be as kind to each other in the comments as I know you invariably are!
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@FoolishFishBooks Жыл бұрын

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@stokerbramwell Жыл бұрын

And this right here is why you're my favorite spirituality channel on KZfaq

@cmustard599 Жыл бұрын

Arguably, all religions begin with a mystic phase, in which a seeker attains Gnosis, or Enlightenment. They can't resist talking about it, and their attempts to communicate their insight attracts followers. As the group grows, it becomes factional and political, like all groups that must manifest institutional structure to cohere. Naming it, as you observed, creates teams that see different things in the same fictive signifier. The Dao that can be named is not the true Dao.

@jackiemoffitt6780 Жыл бұрын

As a perennialist and an antifascist I'm so thankful you made this video. Perennial philosophy as described by Huxley is all about solidarity between the world's faiths and celebrating diversity. It embraces both difference and unity. Yet too many esoteric circles online are just crawling with fascists who glorify the type of occultism practiced by the Axis powers (I blame it on the "trad" Evola nonsense getting popular). Great to hear a voice of reason.

@Quareia Жыл бұрын

excellent... truly excellent..and well said.. this needs shouting from the rooftops on a daily basis for anyone who feels they need to hear it.

@rosered1720 Жыл бұрын

This is huge. You're right, Jesus was a wild, rebel sage. I feel like you crystallized a bunch of feelings I had that needed to be aired out and seen properly.

@VillageofShadows765 Жыл бұрын

I can't stand how people call Christianity religion.Its about a relationship with God nothing else wish more people could understand that.

@Agent_Intellect Жыл бұрын

The thing is with Perennialism is that there are basically three different versions of Perennialism. There is an Experiential Perennialism (which is the one that you hold to, and which is promoted by Aldous Huxley), and which holds that the different mystics of the world have the same experience of the One/Good, and that this experience isn't limited by creed, faith, or belief. Then there is Metaphysical Perennialism, which comes in two forms, Universalist and Particularist. The Particularist take on Metaphysical Perennialism would be that God gave to Adam knowledge which was then passed down from Adam to the different Prophets and Philosophers of antiquity, and that this culminates in whichever religion one holds to if they are into the Particularist strain of Metaphysical Perennnialism, and that their religion abrogates all other Religions (this would be the view of the Renaissance Platonists like Ficino, Pico, Steuco, and Giles of Viterbo), while those outside the final religion would still be able to hold to the same philosophical and mystical views as those in the "true religion" it just wouldn't be efficacious or salvific. While the Universalist version of Metaphysical Perennialism (as held by the like of Schuon, Nasr, Lings and others) would still hold that there is a single metaphysics and mystical path at the core of different religions, but that it's just the outer dogmas and ritual/law which makes these religions different from one another, but with them still all being paths to God if one follows the path truly. It really doesn't help that these three different sets of beliefs all go by the same name, but one can usually tell quite quickly which brand of Perennialism one holds to once they describe their views.

@wonderingpiper

As a teenager, I came to a similar conclusion about Jesus and his teachings. I knew I couldn't be a "real" christian because I could not accept the need for the Passion. The notion of torture is deeply abhorrent to my personal morality, and I realized I would rather never enter heaven if that meant that man did not have to be tortured to death for my soul. From that point began my lifelong pursuit to learn about all aspects of spirituality from all areas of the world and come to my own conclusions that are right for me

@stephbrahm1394 Жыл бұрын

Kinda sounds like right hand pathed version of Luciferianism. Spreading of knowledge is a core value of Luciferianism.

@mandarinmelon Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video

@andreatheherbalist Жыл бұрын

This was brave of you! I've had the same experience! I used to get kicked out of churches and Christian chat rooms because I kept talking about what Jesus said and they got pissed. This Christian "religion" would kill Jesus again if he tried the same teachings. He'd be called a communist, a necromancer, practitioner of the dark arts.

@DarrylBallegeer Жыл бұрын

I tend to refer to modern 'Christianity' as 'Paulianity' precisely because the vast majority of the teachings are rooted far more in Paul's letters than anything ascribed to Jesus.

@Peter-rg4ng Жыл бұрын

Just found your channel today! Beautifully rich and clearly communicated content. I consider myself an Inner Christian or Esoteric Christian practitioner. With contemplation or sitting still the core practice of being one with Jesus. As per Psalm 46:10 - "Be Still And Know That I AM God", "Be Still And Know That I AM ", "Be Still And Know", "Be Still", "Be". A wonderful book that I found years ago that if you have not reviewed: "Inner Christianity" - A guide to the Esoteric Tradition. Author is Richard Smoley pHD. Glad to be part of the wider community here and wishing all much love from the USA.

@sexytechreviews_ Жыл бұрын

What you said is amazing. It resonates on so many levels. Numinous encounter is exactly what you had! Mysterium tremendum et fascinans. You are a delight and we're all lucky to have you making videos. “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,

@johncoltranesethic18 Жыл бұрын

I've saw positive perennialism in the form of the character of one of my college professor and i would like to describe it as follow: relentless passion in the subjects and non stop studying, a costant practice of sharing everything you know with who you will interact depending on their desires, a deep practice of caring and love, respect of every tradition emphasizing differences and communalities but not avoiding critics, a strong believe in brotherhood.

@TheWangtube Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your openness and putting my thoughts about religions into words. A similar journey landed me with Buddhism, and then not the worship of statues but the attitude of showing a path (meditation) to discover all by/for yourself. It landed me in Thailand where spirits and magic are still a very important part of daily life. Thanks for this video and all the work you do. I'm a big fan. 😊

@artemismoonbow2475 Жыл бұрын

My life and understanding followed a similar path and thank you for sharing. I liked the abc, xyz analogy at the end because it made me think of how I struggled with understanding what people meant when they said "Ego". It seems simple, but I just never really got it until I read the Sanskrit term for it "Ahamkara" or the "I Am maker." Then I thought about all the times I said, "I am this, or I am that" throughout my life and really believed it every time. Every time you say, "I am" you not only construct an identity, but you swear an oath; to yourself and to others, and you are now on the hook for fulfilling that oath. At that point, you either play it out until it is fulfilled, or you go so far that you hit the contradictions that are destined to emerge and then stay the course or break the oath. Be careful when saying "I am," I don't think most of us realize how powerful that phrase is.

@rebellerevelle

Thank you for sharing! I agree with everything you said here and also consider myself a mystic and perennialist as you describe it. Although I did not experience my spiritual awakening through Christ, I respect who he was and what he stood for. I was raised in the Mormon church and rejected it even as a child and became an atheist. I also became very depressed and suicidal thinking "If this is all there is, then what's the point? There's no point in living if God is indifferent or causes us to suffer just to teach us a lesson." Suddenly (while sober and alone in my dark night of the soul) I had a transcendental experience that made me believe without a doubt there is a loving higher power of which we are all a part of and gives value and purpose to our individual life. That's what started me down my journey of esoteric studies because I recognized that institutionalized religions were problematic. I considered joining the Rosicrucians AMORC but don't want to pay a membership fee and believe that shouldn't be a requirement to obtain sacred knowledge and wisdom. So for now I continue with my self study and appreciate resources such as your channel that make doing so more accessible.

@nordoflobsquipple3121 Жыл бұрын

100% and I grew up Christian home, the crazy kind. I have divorced myself from Christianity while I continue to embrace the teachings of the Christ though I would argue that there are two authors of "Paul's" epistles, one of them true and the other fake who was in direct contradiction. But then Paul said that there was someone else writing epistles in his name that were not his and the Council of Nicea embraced them because they were popular. Thank you for your content, Denis. (And I think your April Fool's video would have gotten a lot more views if the viewer discover it was a joke on their own.)