Friday 3 April 2009

Spiritual Terrorism Unmasked



In his famous 2-part letter to his fellow service men, Lieutenant Colonel Greg E. Metzgar, of the United States Army wrote "... We must recognize that there really is a fight between good and evil." Col. Metzgars article was a long two part presentation published over two months in the Officers Christian Fellowship website. Let me be clear on this. The import of the concerned officer’s article must not be lost, but as my rejoinder to his article pointed out, Col. Metzgars perspective of the concept of spiritual terrorism is way off the spot. So is the perspective of a whole array of writers across the world, each contributing based on their perception of what Spiritual Terrorism is.
Spiritual terrorists are, as I have pointed out, in my earlier publications, human beings, with all the features and characteristics, which make human beings easily recognizable. By the way, astrologers refer to people with psychic powers and ability to change the spiritual order of things as `Authority Figures’. Bear in mind that these are human beings with the ability to manipulate forces, not the forces themselves. This is where many of our writers get it wrong.
Spiritual Terrorists marry and are married; they make babies, eat, chat and walk about like the rest of us. But while the majority of us simply walk about ordinarily in our attempt to make ends meat, spiritual terrorists do the same but being aware of things that normal beings are not. Spiritual terrorist therefore have two capabilities, the ability to observe physical surroundings and also spiritual realm. Some of them are described as psychic, but that alone does not qualify one to be a spiritual terrorist. What does, is the abuse of such abilities. In other words, an individual with psychic abilities maybe described as possessing the power of clairvoyance, but may still not be a spiritual terrorist. Afterall, chemical weapons knowledge alone does not make the expert a terrorist. But its misapplication does.
Every student of politics is often made aware of the fact that power intoxicates but is regrettably transient. One power that appears to defile this rule and is hardly fleeting however, is spiritual power, and one reason spiritual terrorists with psychic abilities often explore further ways to rise to higher realms is to enable them dominate and assert their authority. From acquiring more knowledge and powers and making more sacrifices, they often rise to that much coveted and selfishly envisaged height. For example, the more these psychic humans are willing to abstain from such luxuries as sex, drinking and partying, the more sacrifices they are considered to be making during their learning process, and further, the more they rise in the spirit realm. The higher their rank therefore, the more authority they acquire and are able to exercise.
Needless then, to say that the more they get away with, the more ambitious they become. And because, power intoxicates, they soon begin to abuse it. Then they become spiritual terrorists. Now none of the above is criminal until this figure misapplies this knowledge.
But why would authority figures misuse their powers by wickedly deploying them against other individuals. The reason that readily comes to mind is that it makes them feel good, strong and or powerful. They may also use it for vindictive purposes. Also, like the conventional terrorists, they tend to feel a sense of satisfaction with what they have done. But the huge question mark is why are conventional terrorists tracked and prosecuted, while spiritual terrorists are not? Why has the Congress enacted over 134 edicts aimed at fighting terrorism whereas, none exists to include spiritual terrorists? Mind you that the 134 legislations were those enacted by the United States Congress following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Needless to say that the laws on terror are constantly under review. And this applies the United Kingdom too in which, terror laws have been honed to include all those who somehow, cooperated or collaborated of the phone, no matter their location. One fitting description has been termed lyrical terrorist. Still spiritual terrorists are yet to be recognised, let alone, targeted through legislation.
Wicked authority figures can acquire spiritual knowledge and powers only to use it to kill and make people useless, leaving in their wake widows and widowers and fatherless or motherless children, effectively altering the shape and structure of a family or families. They can destroy careers and marriages, render perceived enemies professionally and physically impotent, and can cause barrenness in women. Think of the immediate impact on the lives of the affected people, their communities and its multiplier effect on society and decide whether spiritual terrorism should continue to be ignored by the legislature?
My curious mind prompted me to research further and what I discovered might surprise you. I was told that some authority figures kill because the more skulls they add to their basket, the higher they rise in the spiritual realm. Yet on the other camp are authority figures who have undertaken never to deploy their knowledge against others and to protect people instead. Now, the more people they are able to shield from the devastating attacks of the rampaging authority figure, the lower that authority figure sinks. But it comes at a cost. Their services are not for free. Just like the services of security operatives have to be paid for if they are called upon to maintain security. So then without money, a victim of spiritual terrorism is at the mercy of his attacker. No legislation to cover such attacks and therefore, it becomes impossible to seek redress either at the courts or in the interim, get protection from the police because he has no glaring proof. Mind you, not that there is no proof, but there is no glaring proof or evidence that his torment comes from the accused, even though he may know his attacker.
Terrorism is an abuse of trust, a betrayal of society and its values. As a result, no matter their justification, terrorists are prosecuted. A spiritual terrorist abuses trust and also betrays society and destroys its values by their devastating acts of human wickedness. By killing people, destroying careers and marriages, by caging away lives and denying human beings economic and living rights, the spiritual terrorist destroys very structures on which society and its values survives.
For every society depends firstly on its human resources, who constitute the pivot on which every other activity revolves. From the head of government to the university academic, from the engineer to the sociologist. An attack on any of the structures upon which the progress of society depends constitutes an attack on the survival of society and its continuity. Yet, as destructive as spiritual terrorists are, the state is yet to recognize their destructive capabilities and propensity.
It does seem to be about time laws are honed and the war on terror expanded to include war on spiritual terrorism?

What do you think?

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