XyphokonicOrder.org

Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. Welcome back on this Sacred Day. Today, we shall continue in the second installment of the Sacred Lesson Series. To briefly recap, last Commentary we started off with the eldest of the Sacred Children, that being Xyzukizusia, Child of Death, and his lesson entitled “Faces of Death.” Today, we shall talk about the next in line of seniority. Fitting for this current First Period of Lord Carnyie, we shall speak of Hubrakiuosia, Child of Purity, and his Second Lesson “Dissonance of Purity.” During this discussion, I will employ the use of Hubrakiuosia’s Hymn to help explain the lesson itself.

I must first introduce the general premise of the lesson. To summarize, Hubrakiuosia is known to be a Child of great empathy and emotional response; in his purest form, the Child feels for the suffering of innocents of the world, is prone to emotional expressive outbursts, and the thoughts of suffering weighs heavy on his heart. However, Hubrakiuosia struggles with his inner turmoil; he desired to present himself to world as a staunch, stoic, and hardened pillar of morality. Because of this dissonance, Hubrakiuosia has inner conflict with himself on what he naturally is versus what he feels he must be. We can see this inner conflict play out in the first Incantation of Hubrakiuosia’s Hymn:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

{Misted Unhinged Grievance Incantation}

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Oh, Take Us.

Told of High Regard in…

Oh, don’t sew Dead Truths.

For the Dream, Let Go~

—Take Us Home at Peace.

               (Ah~Oh~)

For Carnyie’s Sake,

—So, says Ihou.

(Oh, Praise, oh)

Your Happiness…

Comes and Goes Awry~

—In Harmony!~

—Say Your Prayer!~

Hold Back…

Seek Hope…

     (Lord loves You)

Nothing…

Can’t heal, take You to that—

Deep-sown Valley Pit!

Don’t take Your Youth’s empty blood.

Now seek the Pure.

Thank You for the Tea of Family.

Here, we see the first of the two parts of Xyphoist Purity on display. Misted Unhinged Grievance is a concept of Purity that, in its simplest understanding, simply means that sometimes one must be authentic and true in their emotional expression to let others know they understand or can respond properly to the suffering of others as a means of garnishing empathy or sympathy. In example, say a small child has fallen and gotten hurt. The father looks at the child, now crying, and simply tells them to “brush it off” and offers no other emotional support or response. That cold response offers no feelings of security or support, and may result in the small child not themselves feeling loved or safe.

Instead, the father could’ve reacted more in-tune emotionally, consoling the crying child while also assuring them that the wound will be okay and to stand back up and stay strong and forthright. This response offers more emotion and concern while also still offering a “pillar” of support that helps the crying child gain strength after having a fall. That, in essence, is what Misted Unhinged Grievance is, and by acting in authentic Purity and emotion, the father in the second scenario “alleviates” the suffering of the crying child by showing that emotional support and humility.

In the lesson, Hubrakiuosia struggles with part of himself; he does not want to show his emotional side but naturally does so anyway, which often embarrasses and confuses him. Still wanting to be more like the father in the first scenario, Hubrakiuosia desperately grasps at stoicism and moral staunchness even when he naturally isn’t so. We see this internal struggle explained by Ihou in this excerpt from “Xykozheiz,”:

The Child had been a tad queer in their dissonance. Coy and yet so staunch, argumentative, and yet filled with a constant uncertainty, a desire for stoicism and yet a natural state of Emotional expression. Having something more to show or prove than what was necessary, explaining to the Child that the role placed by the Lord was one of Purity, balance, and serenity rather than adamant virtue and unquestioning Will. The uncertainty in his heart, the perfect trait for the Child of Purity, would act as the balance to keep him on the path to purification.

The Lord was often in state of repose and in great thought, listening deeply to the Prayers and granting the devoted their chance of other forms of Sacredism. The Lord, with the sounds of Prayer at His ears, tasked me to calm the Child’s fire yet not spoil his coals and introduce him to the purpose of Purity.

Lord Carnyie notices this struggle within His Child, and asks of Hayle Ihou to guide Hubrakiuosia to understanding his true self. Ihou, a being with a long history of offering Mercy and peace to suffering spirits, takes upon the task of guiding Hubrakiuosia in Carnyie’s place, as the Lord is preoccupied in His chamber—willingly chaining Himself to His domain so that he can listen to the cries of woe from all of existence’s innocents and grant them Mercy; this unfortunate but unavoidable distance from the Lord to His Child undoubtedly plays into Hubrakiuosia’s lack of self-esteem.

Hayle Ihou steps in under the divine guidance of the Lord, acting as Lord Carnyie’s direct emissary, and guides Hubrakiuosia to true understanding by way of the second part of Xyphoist Purity. We see this demonstrated via the second Incantation of the Hymn:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

{Illuminated Shackled Misery/Mercy Incantation}

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

End Your Peace.

(End Our Loss)

Pray atop of his proud…End.

Please…don’t trot Dead Truths.

Cold Rotting, Let Go~

—Take Us Home at least.

               (Ah~Oh~)

For Carnyie’s Sake,

—Oh, say You?

(Oh, Praise, oh)

Your Happiness…

Comes and Comes at Last~

—In Harmony!~

—Say the Prayer!~

Go Back…

Seek Hope…

     (Lord love Us)

Loving…

Can Heal, take You to that—

Deep-sought Rally Pit.

Young, save Your Youth’s empty blood.

Now seek the Pure.

Thank You for the Tea of Family.

Here, we usher in Illuminated Shackled Misery, the second concept of Xyphoist Purity. To simplify, Illuminated Shackle Misery is taking upon a sacrifice or burden upon oneself to bring Mercy or alleviation of suffering from another who is innocent. In the same way Lord Carnyie has willingly shackled Himself to the suffering of all innocents in existence via His iconic silver chains, the concept of Illuminated Shackled Misery is the proper name of that action acted upon by others. In this lesson, Hayle Ihou acts in that role in conjunction with the Mercy that was granted by the Lord towards His Child. Here, in this passage from “Xykozheiz,” we see this interaction between Ihou and Hubrakiuosia play out:

He would always be inquisitive, sometimes argumentatively so, this Child of the Lord. And I, Ihou, would be exhausted yet unrelenting. Why, the Child would ask, is the purpose of Purity on my shoulders? Is it not my purpose to guide those to righteousness and to uphold the morals we find Sacred? Is it not my purpose to embody virtue, to detach from the chaos of the world, and act as a pillar that sways but does not bend? He would see his role in purification as one of staunch duty, of strict Morality, and of unyielding loyalty.

… Purity is a state of total serenity, but shackled in such, and without any corruption, your power and purpose, as that of Purity, is to eradicate the possibility of corruption at its ultimate formation. This corruption seeks to disrupt the natural form.

The Child gave still a puzzling look, and the questions came yet again. Ihou, how would I succeed at this task if not through handed methods? He would question how this would take place in a state of serenity and not one of active moral starch. The puzzled look was, at the least, calmed from the previous fire.

Ihou, consoling the Child and further explaining, introduces what Purity truly is versus what the Child first thinks it is. Ihou explains that Purity comes from the aforementioned concepts of Misted Unhinged Grievance and Illuminated Shackled Misery to bestow Mercy upon the innocent:

…An active hand, a desire for naturalism, and a force for the waving of the balance between Misted Unhinged Grievance and Illuminated Shackled Misery are the key to purification. The light may glow in beauty and be uncorrupted but shall not hold a motion. The Mist brings upon blinding uncertainty but offers a genuine embodiment of realization…The Purpose of Purity is not of strict moral code but of uncorrupting the spirit. This is not a task of a warrior, but of a saint.

The Child, throughout this consultation, moves from a frustrated and teary-eyed state to a more somber although still uncertain mind, and eventually moves from fiery inquiry to a soft but still demanding silence; here, we see Hubrakiuosia’s inner dissonance—the Dissonance of Purity—begin to play out; he is understanding his birthright but still has the internal conflict needed to utilize it. Hubrakiuosia offers one last question to Hayle Ihou in response, now much calmer:

Am I to be able to conduct this? The Child would ask. If not a path of calculation, or one which the virtue is absolute and unmoved by the rifts, and I, who is not of the same fortitude as the Father as of yet, able to wield these tools, Unhinged Grievance and Shackled Misery?

Ihou, finally seeing the light flicker within the Child, bestows the final part of Mercy to Hubrakiuosia—alleviating much of the Child’s worries about himself and his internal struggle. Through both Misted Unhinged Grievance and Illuminated Shackled Misery, Ihou explains that the Child and Purify the innocent that beg for his help, and that his inner conflict and dissonance with this reality is exactly the personality needed to understand and utilize Purity properly. The Child must be empathetic, the Child must understand struggle and pain, the Child must listen to the cries from the innocent, and the Child must response with merciful healing. Ihou responds:

You are the only one who must. Inner doubts seemingly plague you, Child. That you are quested for a need for control, a need for quiet compassion, yet you are the entity that has been forth. You are the Child, and you are who you are. A Child of argument, a Child of desire for steady virtue, and a Child of Emotion. The passion is key to understanding the purpose of Purity and the arm needed to wield the sword of it. There shall come a Time where that Emotion must be demonstrated, not to quell your doubt but to show the Unwillingly corrupted of your humility. Shackled Mercy is Misery, but not to the one left in comatose. It is Misery to the wielder of the light that Shackled them, and to all that shall witness the chains be placed. Questioning of the motive, as comatose is the result, would be seen as an assault rather than a giving of Mercy. In those moments, others must see that your Purity is real, that it was not staunch, that it was not of strict virtue, but of the Reality of Love and Emotion. Only then, would the satisfaction of either Unhinged Grievance or Shackled Misery be in outward justification.

Ihou concludes with a lengthy and empowering explanation of Purity and the Child’s role in it. At the end, Hubrakiuosia’s questions have been satiated.  And although the Child still feels his inner conflict, he now holds a renewed sense of understanding and sincerity with himself—now knowing although still questioning his true self and purpose.

The core of this lesson for both the Child and for us all is that Xyphoist Purity is about being true to oneself, to be empathetic, to not fear our emotional reality, and to be willing to take upon these circumstances to offer alleviation to innocents and suffering. A world with empathy, authenticity, Love, and sacrifice is a world that shall support itself as we support each other. The hymn ends with the lines “Thank you for the Tea of Family,” symbolizing the warmth of a shared brew of tea among beings of existence—that we, together, shall hold this world together, and mitigate and confront suffering in hopes of alleviating it for the greater balance and equilibrium. The power of Love and its many forms shall heal that which is broken or tainted.

We shall conclude here for today. When we speak next, we’ll cover the next Sacred Child and Lesson in the birth order, that being Pribyczisia, Child of Truth. Until then, have a blessed Sacred Day.

—kyX