Thread by @ThyConsigliori

4 July 2021 #MAGAanalysis

Independence of Body, Soul, Heart & Mind

I believe in the human soul. Not a metaphysical believer, nor do I believe a soul is immortal. Rather, it is obvious to me that a body is motivated by a soul, an animating spirit. A soul is meant to be free.

2) So sadly, a soul can be crushed, its light dimmed, even while the body lives on. I believe this is why zombies are so popular. They represent a human body without a soul. They reflect alienation, the burning out of the human spirit.

3) On this day, 245 years ago, our forefathers cried out in their horror, demanding to keep body and soul both together and free. The evils of kings bore down upon them threatening to deaden their souls while enslaving their bodies. Grasping for life, they rebelled.

4) There was a time when kings served their purpose. They were not always evil, nor were they always tyrants. In their own way, they're not much different than any wolf pack leader, or alpha male ape. They just the leader of the pack. Nothing wrong with that.

5) Yet, over the centuries as Englishmen, we pulled something away from our kings. The Law. We pulled the power of law, of decree, of judgment, of instant execution away from our kings. We subjected them to parliaments and other restrictions. Why? For freedom's sake, that's why.

6) My theory is that castles were to blame. You need a castellan to run your castle. He's guaranteed to feel like a king, himself, safe behind his mighty walls, protected by his garrison of mighty warriors as well. Castles are damned hard to keep in line with Royal Decrees.

7) And then there's this crazy thing called Common Law - law NOT of the king or FOR the king, but for the common people - and it's got this crazy principle. Every man's home is, for him, his sovereign castle. Imagine that. That is freedom. Independence.

8) Our founding fathers were pragmatists. They had NO desire to bring down King George. They had NO desire to rebel and separate. But his threat to the sanctity of their castles was intolerable in the extreme. One of the most hated practices was called billeting.

9) The Crown's Redcoats were assigned to YOUR home, and you had to feed them and kowtow to them. This abridged our rights as Free Englishmen in the extreme. It was a form of taxation and domination and understood to be such. It was hated.

10) All of this begs a great question. How did America's colonial leaders keep their souls alive? Why didn't they simply surrender their rights, protecting the safety of their bodies from the threat of a mighty power? Why freedom? Liberty? Independence? Why?

11) We know the answer, but it comes in a strange form. Books. Reading and study. Also, preachers and their sermons. For the illiterate, and there were many, preachers had to preach freedom in order for their hearts and minds to embrace it.

12) Our Revolutionary preachers did NOT preach ONLY for the illiterate, of course. Reading a book, a passage of scripture, yourself, is one thing. Hearing your pastor preach it is another. The Israelites, upon return from Babylon, become people of the book.

13) To my knowledge this was a social innovation. No other people in human history founded their union upon a book. Nations, states, arose as leader-led groupings. Israel was book led. Contemplate that. The people of the book.

14) What wisdom informed Ezra and Nehemiah to pull the ancient sources together and read the book to the people? Jews and Christians have a ready answer. God guided them. Secularist that I am, I never argue against this answer. It is acceptable to me.

15) One of the great ideas of Christianity is that it received the blessing of God as the new chosen people. St. Paul goes to great lengths in explaining this transfer. It is one of the high purposes of the entire New Testament. Corpus Christi, the body of Christ.

16) In Christianity there is Corpus Christi, the body that arose on Resurrection Sunday - Easter - and ministered to the early church for 40 days before His ascension returning to his Father in Heaven. That's one body.

17) The second body is that which Christians share in the Ritual of Communion. A wafer is transmogrified into the veritable body of Christ. By eating this wafer, a Christian consumes that body, participates within it, embraces its redemption and salvation.

18) Before moving on to the third body, I must share my own Communion story. Growing up a Seventh-day Adventist, we celebrated Communion once per quarter. I never did understand why that timeframe was chosen, but it was a very special moment to be sure.

19) While I did love the wheat thin wafers - I bet that's what they really were! - and the tiny shot glasses of grape juice - no fermentation allowed for Adventists - it was the foot washing that I loved the most. Have you ever washed someone else's feet?

20) At that moment in our quarterly ceremony, the men were guided one way, the women another. Once in the prepared rooms, two of us would pair, and decide who washed who's feet first. I usually went first. I'd then walk up to the table and get my bowl with soapy water.

21) Carefully carrying it back so as to NOT spill any water, I'd set it down and the ritual commenced. I'd carefully untie my partner's shoes and remove them. Then, I'd roll down his socks and remove them. Next, I lift up his right foot and place it in the warm water.

22) I didn't actually massage his feet, but there was that effect. I simply washed his feet the same way I'd wash my own hands. I placed special care to get the soapy water between his toes, on his souls and heels, etc. I also had two towels, one for each foot.

23) Drying his feet, one at a time, I always imagined myself at Christ's Last Supper, the one so famously depicted by Leonardo. More, I imagined myself in Christ's role where he, the leader, the Lord of the Universe, washed his disciple’s feet.

24) I'm not an easy soul to serve. I never enjoyed having my own feet washed nor found the spiritual meaning of it. But washing someone else's feet was an act of love, honor, respect, and service to them, and my own act of living up to Christ's example.

25) The third body of Christ is the church itself. We are taught that as individual members, we must receive the sustenance of the whole. Branches and limbs must receive the sap for the entire tree. For Christians, that is the Body of Christ that matters most. We must join.

26) In the decades since I lost my faith, I have grieved the loss of the body, the corpus. I agree with the mandate, with all my heart and soul. I am simply not able to live up to the creed and its demands. I am not a man of faith and can't fake it.

27) But, within America, I am the exception and not the rule. True patriots align with true believers. And regardless, everyone needs a leader. That is the function I speak of for pastors relative to our Independence.

28) My recommended reading list has evolved. I offer it here, and we'll discuss the changes in a moment. My plea is to America's preachers. Consider this list. Consider its import for your preaching. Well, my plea is to everyone, of course.

29) As your body requires nutrients, calories, your soul, heart, and mind require inspiration, guidance, and wisdom. You eat for your body. You read for your soul, heart, and mind. Would you be a true patriot citizen? Then you must read. No qualifier.

30 The fact that the order has changed is not insignificant. I'm beginning to understand the relationship between these recommended readings more clearly. My hope is that someone starting from scratch might best benefit by reading in order.

31) Look at that this way. Look at the list. See what you've already read. If something comes before that, read it now. If you've read many, find the first you haven't read and commence. The order is not perfect, but it is also not bad.

32) Here's yet another way to consider the new order presented. It goes in chunks of six. If you only have six books in you to study, pick the first six. If you have 12 books you might read, include the second section. If 18 are in you...you get the idea.

33) Outside of sequence changes, there are new books on the list. The first is Robert's Rules Of Order. It is a very serious book. I'll be writing about this book and its importance for America much more, very soon. In the meantime, get started!

34) The second new book is #11, How To Read The Constitution & The Declaration. I am NOT familiar with Scouser's work yet, and will soon dive in. I do, however, already have this book and have started reading it. It is a FANTASTIC book! We all need it.

35) The third new book on the list is #17, General Flynn's Field of Fight. We'll be discussing this book in extensive detail soon. For now, a doctrine arises, coming from both this book as well as from General Flynn's 2010 online opus, Fixing Intel:

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36) The Flynn Doctrine is this:

Who the people believe will win, will win.

I'll say that another way. The prediction of victory is the single greatest political asset, period. Let's talk about that in warfighting.

37) No army wins the war, any war, unless the people believe it to be the stronger fighter. People don't care about ideology. They're too smart for that. Whatever ideology is held by the victor is the one that prevails. Merely practical. Pragmatic.

38) Go again. It is not the ideology that wins. It is the victor who wins, the one predicted to win by the people, who's ideology then rises. But it was NEVER the ideology that won. It was the fighting prowess of the victor that the people recognized.

39) The winning army, OUR winning army, intends to enhance and strengthen our American ideology of freedom and rights. This may be righteous. But, as in South Vietnam, it is insufficient to win the war. The heart of the people is required.

40) This is no less true for America Herself. They stole our election landslide victory from us. If we believe them on this point, then we've lost, they've won. They cheated to high heavens, but that does not matter. The only thing that matters is your response. You are the boss.

40) This is no less true for America Herself. They stole our election landslide victory from us. If we believe them on this point, then we've lost, they've won. They cheated to high heavens, but that does not matter. The only thing that matters is your response.

41) My response is my reading list. I'd never have come up with it if they hadn't stolen our election 2020. I'd never have come up with it if I hadn't come to believe, before I even knew the term, that the Precinct Committee Chair is the most important position in America.

42) So there's my commitment. It is to the reading list. I'll keep improving it, making it more perfect. And pragmatically, I commit to recruiting Precinct Committeemen. I will find my own empty precincts. I will attempt to fill them with righteous volunteers.

43) Imagine a nation where every single Republican precinct is filled with a true patriot leader. Our Nation. Our Party. Our investment into our future. Our fight for our present. Us living up to the mandate we've been handed by our forefathers.

44) I am NOT a proper member of the Republican Party, even yet. I've tried, and failed, so far. I will soon correct this failure. As you can see on my reading list, Party Membership has risen to the highest possible mandate. Dan Schultz is my leader.

45) Well Dan, General Flynn, and President Trump in ascending order. I am ready to follow my leaders. And I will stand to honor and protect our actual independence. Body, Soul, Heart, and Mind. It is my prayer to be independent. A true American freeman.

Thread ends at #45.

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