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  • Commentary 44: The Spiritual End for those consumed by Corruption

    Greetings from the Xyphokonic Ordinance and Order. Today we will be discussing the connections between beings inflicted with corruption and the inevitability of the Spiritual Ends by such circumstances. We’ll discuss how letting Hubris, corruption, immorality, and evil—particularly of the theigrited case—will lead to the inevitable downfall of those who partake in such dubious paths. Let’s begin.

    As spoken before, Hubris is an acute flaw that inflicts Humanity—although it is not limited to Humans. Along with its proclivity to lead to corruption, Xyphoist Philosophy recognizes the path downward into corruption as one that will eventually lead to the downfall of whoever takes it. In much the same way that the lesson about the Faces of Death will align with how one interacts with Death, so too shall the Spiritual End of someone struck with evil be equally as fitting.

    Within Xyphoist Philosophy, we recognize a key concept of this inevitable self-destruction as key to the end of both the Theigriet but also to all that follow in his shadow. When the Lords of the Xyphokonic Order were establishing said Order, they created liberties for all beings to have. Within those liberties, and also included in one of the Immoral Acts, is the liberty to be free of punishment outside of the Lords themselves for immoral or theigrited actions; only the Lords themselves shall conduct Divine Punishment and no other Spirituality shall do so. It is immoral to go outwardly and punish theigrits specifically because the Philosophy dictates that they will self-destruct on their own so long as we continue to defend and practice our Philosophy correctly. Below we see the Lords establishing this concept.

    “…that the Spirit be left unpunished outside of Divine Means by those in the Order for breaking of Law, as the immoral and theigrited shall inevitably destroy on their own and not need such petulant overtaking of Divine Authority.”

    This concept doesn’t incorporate cases where the institutions of the Order and Ordinance are attacked, in which it is no longer an act of willful aggression so much as defense against being attacked. It is in those circumstances that the Echelons of Action come into play.

    In cases throughout Human history, we’ve seen figures bathed in evil have these great downfalls. In nearly every case, these people allowed not only their corruption to consume them, but also allowed their Hubris to blind them from the inevitable cliff before their path. We, as Xyphoites, believe that our efforts in mitigating worldly suffering, being adamant on our Prayer and Practice, and doing all we can to Maintain the Equilibrium will naturally set up the conditions that will prevent realmly decay, prevent evil from overtaking existence, and allow such evil and theigritism to fail to its own means. The only destination for paths of corruption and evil is inevitable destruction and the Spiritual End that comes with it.

    —crX, jzX, kyX

  • One Year Commemoration of the Ordinance

    We’d like to briefly commemorate one full year of the Ordinance being in operation and writing Commentary here. We’d like to thank all of our readers for joining us this year and for all those in the Ordinance staff—including our AHGs, editorial staff, and web staff—for all their hard work. Cheers to this oncoming year and we wish you all a Sacred Day!

  • Commentary 43: Mortal Remembrance Defined

    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