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Category: erX
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Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. Today we’ll briefly discuss the concept and existence of Remembrances in Xyphoist Philosophy. What are Remembrances? Why do they exist after Death? Are they related to the passed soul? Do Remembrances ever fade away? We’ll address concepts like that. Let us begin.
A Remembrance is defined as the residual resonance of beings who have passed on from one previous existence to the another and are comprised of previous spiritualities, proof of tangible existence, and the existential memory from others. Simply put, the evidence that a mortal once existed after their Death and the impact they had while they were alive.
Take, for example, a memory of a passed grandparent. You may have a family heirloom that was once theirs, you will have pictures of them, you hold memories of your time with them. You remember their voice, you will remember how they acted etc. All of these are examples of a Remembrance; we are able to perceive past existences through what they left behind after Death and the impact they had on the world around them whilst alive.
Remembrances exist mostly to serve as a proof of mortal existence to those still living. We hold onto these Remembrances as a way to say to ourselves “this person has died; Death exists.” The alternative to this would be we mortals dying and being totally oblivious to this reality—that we’d be procedurally succumbing to the eternal reality of Death without understanding why we are dying or that we’re dying at all. Instead, we hold onto the evidence that Death has occurred through Remembrances to assure that we, as mortals, are acutely aware of the eternal reality of Death and cherish the gift of Life as a result.
But can Remembrances fade or disappear? The answer is less concrete. All of existence hinges on the reality of those who can perceive it. As such, so long as there is evidence to perceive, something can exist. Nonexistence is more or less things we don’t know that we don’t know. With this in mind, a Remembrance can only fade from a circumstantial standpoint if all evidence of the Remembrance is destroyed, all who know of the passed Life are gone and have not left any second-hand evidence, and the impact of the passed Life cannot be traced back to any specific mortal being. Being unable to perceive an existence or to have no existing evidence of such a being would make a Remembrance fade into oblivion. This may happen more often than we think. It’s entirely possible for a person hundreds of years ago to die and have all existing links to their existence expire or be lost as well—practically wasting away at the evidence they even existed at all. Existence is about perception, and Remembrances rely on others to perceive them to exist.
—crX, kyX, erX
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Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Odinance. Welcome back, today we’re exploring an interesting question proposed to us recently about the general opinions or perspective Xyphoites may have towards other religions. We include in this discussion theigrited philosophies as well as other divergence philosophies unrelated to Deceptuary. As this is more a question proposed and a more informal discussion working on the basis of nuance and varied perspective, this isn’t necessarily an official Commentary more than it is an intriguing discussion. Let’s explore this question.
Right from the start, we can give a very Xyphoist answer to this question by saying “no, not really” to the question of whether Xyphoites or the Ordinance and Order have a specific or unified opinion on other religions. Much like so many other topics, Xyphoites tend to keep our faith to ourselves as not to proselytize, and often see most issues with the perspective that our Free Will and spiritual liberties lead us to “mind our own business” and refrain from partaking in others’ ordeals. These core concepts often inform the larger perspective on the existence of other religions, which are allowed to exist and practice free from persecution from the Order and Ordinance or any other religion.
This Free Will allows all beings to form their own personal opinions on other philosophies, but to remain consistent with Xyphoist Philosophy, we as Xyphoites will mostly keep those opinions personal and intimate to ourselves and very close peers, or at least not associate our Xyphoist connections to those opinions and remark on other religions independent of our own faith. Naturally, any opinion on other religions inconsistent with the core concepts of Xyphoist Philosophy or flat out be violations of Xyphoist Philosophy will not be condoned or ordained by the Order or Ordinance; we have these spiritual liberties and immoral acts for a reason.
Speaking more directly on various religions, Xyphoites, being consistent with our philosophy, will view all religions outside of Xyphoism as “divergent.” However, it’s important to understand how divergency is defined under Xyphoist Philosophy. While it may seem the term is used negatively, that is far from the case. In fact, had Deceptuary not betrayed the other deities on the Divine Throne, one of his attributes would’ve remained Divergency and, as such, is built into reality itself and acts through our Spectrum now via a tag-team a cooperation of the Kyaius and Nakndsian Xyphozons as Deceptuary is clearly not acting in divine fashion any longer. Divergency isn’t negative, it is part of the Lords’ Will to let all of creation act upon our own Wills and guaranteed by the spiritual liberties we have; without this divergency, facilitated by Natural Flow and Free Will, stagnation would take place.
With most divergent philosophies, no such obvious or direct opinion is levied. Philosophies stemming from Deceptuary—aptly identified as theigrited philosophies—may draw a stronger opinion from some Xyphoites. Simply put, Xyphoites may generally consider theigrited Philosophies as agents of Deceptuary’s corruption and plan to destabilize the Spectrum. We, as Xyphoites, are more likely to be critical of those particular philosophies, for much of their core ideals are antithetical to Maintaining the Equilibrium and may rely on our definition of immorality to function. Speaking on example, the condemnation of homosexuality found in nearly every theigrited philosophy is entirely antithetical to Xyphoist Philosophy and is a harmful and destabilizing concept that would certainly draw criticism among Xyphoist circles. This is one of many examples that may solicit stronger opinions in regards to theigrited philosophies from Xyphoites.
Outside of that, there will certainly be common disagreements with various concepts found in all spiritual philosophies that could bring out contrasting opinions, but such disagreements are menial and unlikely to cause any major disruption between Xyphoites and other non-Xyphoites. As mentioned before, we keep our discussion to ourselves and within our own Sacred Grounds as a core tenant of our philosophy, so you won’t be seeing a Xyphoite getting into a public or open debate with a non-Xyphoite over various concepts of morality or theism; this is also true of our interactions with those who are agnostic or atheist. There is no interest in getting into debates over who is right or not as we fundamentally believe everyone is free to believe or not believe in whatever they choose, and that trying to figure out who is truly “right” defeats the chance of all of us to do good for each other as beings of existence. Arguments don’t help end worldly suffering, but working to help others, whoever they may be, does.
So to conclude this discussion, it’s fair to say Xyphoites, by large, won’t be worrying about what others believe in, and certainly won’t be telling others they are right or wrong whenever possible. There may be times where we will condemn the actions of other divergent believes for using their believes to hurt others, but even then, we mostly wish to refrain from jumping into messy arguments and debates when organizing to help others from corruption is more pragmatic. We’re interested in being good Xyphoites and helping mitigate worldly suffering more than we are about “being right” or “going after” those that we disagree with; the latter is almost certainly to be immoral as proselytizing and entirely against our own philosophy.
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