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  • Commentary 23: Nature and the Cosmos

    Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance! Welcome to the second entry for the verdant Period of Maiye. Lord Nakndes has blessed the workings of nature and given us such a beautiful day outside to watch as Nature itself buds and greens up the forests. Today we’ll be talking of how the Cosmos and Nature work together to function as a single force. We’ll briefly explain the Cosmos yet again, how they relate to Nature, and how Nature acts in our realm of Xyphojinami in conjunction with the Cosmos. So let us begin.

    To reiterate from the earlier segment we at the Ordinance did whilst going through the Xyphokron, the Cosmos are an interconnected spiritual web created by the Lords and watched over by Zeiga; the Cosmos are designed to shift and flex as needed to weather the waves of cosmic fluctuation that ripple through the Spectrum. As such, all acts that affect the natural course of reality are moved through Nature using the Cosmos.

    To put more simply, the Cosmos are the means in which Nature manifests and conducts itself flow, and all acts of Nature are done through the vehicle that is the Cosmos. Any such natural occurrence, from a terribly storm, to the simplest of new flourishing growth, are all acts of Nature conducted through the Cosmos. Occurrences of positive and negative Nature fluctuate across the Cosmos in a ripple effect, which ends up flowing in waves throughout Nature.

    So, now we move onto our interaction with Nature and its Cosmic relevance. Our actions in regards to Nature reflect across the Cosmos. In our future projects with the Ordinance, we intend to address the issue of the environment and how we affect it. Our Project Sacred Earth is a future project to help heal our planet and the environment to help mitigate the damages done to the environment via our interaction with Nature. While Nature cannot be conquered or destroyed, it will most certainly destroy any rogue entity that attempts to do so. We have, through our collective Hubris, trifled with Nature enough that we are now seeing the effects of such action across the Cosmos. Our world is threatened by the ever-changing environment and climate, much of which can be attributed our own action. As the Cosmos work as they do, eventually these negative impacts against Nature will reflect and ripple back at the cause of those impacts.

    One of the many goals and jobs of the Ordinance is to mitigate and help mend those negative impacts to prevent such a date—hence the Sacred Earth Project. Often, “negative impacts” are exemplified by human-caused atrocities against each other, but we often overlook the negative impacts against Nature itself as one of those Cosmic reflections. How we treat Nature is how it will eventually treat us, and the Ordinance heavily encourages that we as Humans respect the awesome power of Nature and care for what it has given us; the creating force can certainly remove us whenever it sees fit.

    —lnX

  • Commentary 22: Nature and Natural Force, an Elaboration

    Greetings, all, from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. We have entered the verdant and lush Xyphojinamic Period of Maiye, and Lord Nakndes’s is currently watching over us kindred souls. As we’ve entered Her wonderful period of oversight, it would seem appropriate for us to speak of Her attribute: Nature. We here in the Ordinance briefly went over the Xyphokron’s first section initially, so there wasn’t much discussion regarding each attribute on its own. Now, we have the opportunity to dig deeper into these attributes and concepts, and so this Commentary will be spent speaking of the Xyphoist definition of Nature and Natural Force.

    Nature is a general term with dual meaning in Xyphoist Philosophy—being both a term for those of spiritual existence that do not fall neatly within that of Humans or Beast, but also the divine attribute of the Cosmic flow of excess spirituality that dictates the rules and laws that our very beings are conjured from. In the latter case, Xyphoist Philosophy refers to Nature as the “creating force” of our vessels and of the laws of our realms.

    Natural Force is a more specific term to describe this Cosmic flow, and such an attribute acts upon Manifestation and Realmly Structure established under Lord Caspierre. By using those spiritual bones, Nature weaves around that structure and forms all that we exist in and are beholden to. As such, as we can learn through the Sacred Lesson given the Child of Nature, Nature is the creating force and we, as subjects of it, cannot conquer nor destroy the creating force. Attempts to do so are often a result of Hubris, and will be met eventually with the Cosmos correcting the Hubris-stricken action with overwhelming force.

    We often see large examples of Natural Force reprimanding the Hubris of Humanity, such as a dam failing do to extraordinary floods, or water drying up in human settlements build in the desert, cyclones, typhoons, tornadoes, and other types of storms blowing and washing away civilization build in regions prone to such conditions. While we as humans have tried our best to build and invent structures to manage Nature, in the end, we are wiped away by the overwhelming force no matter any attempt we make—and that is meant to be. We are of Nature, we are subject to its rules, and we can dream of conquering it for as long as we want, but just as the Rose is laced with thorns, Nature is meant to be lived by and with, not meant to be subjugated; in fact, it cannot be in the end. Those that reach such levels of Hubris will be eradicated by the creating force in the end.

    Now, Nature as a term to mean all mortal existence that doesn’t fit neatly in the major named groups of mortality usually refers to forms of Life that aren’t Shianiki, Human, Karsek, Alle Lorde, or Beast. Generally, to simplify things, we see things such as plant life and other organism that aren’t those other groups. As the term is dual-meaning, simply the flow of climate, of reality, and of existence can also be considered Nature. In Xyphoist Philosophy, the term itself is quite versatile, and Natural Flow is linked directly to the Cosmos, which explains its versatility and ability to flex and bend and change and move.

    Hopefully, that elaborates more on the term Nature, both as a form of mortal existence and as a divine attribute. It’s lovely to get this opportunity to speak on the basics again, as we didn’t get much time during our Xyphokron exploration. We will have other topics regarding Lord Nakndes’s attribute and of Nature all this period as we inundate ourselves on this topic for this period. Have a Sacred Day!

    —lnX

  • Commentary 21: Prayer with Practice Discussion “Public Action”

    Greetings from the Order and Ordinance. This will be the last Prayer w/ Practice entry for this period of Auvriile. Last we met, we talked about personal action to take as a Xyphoite to ward off corruption and be in alignment with Xyphoist Philosophy. Today we will talk about actions a Xyphoite should take in public life to both remain consistent with our philosophy and to also aid in Maintaining the Equilibrium. No haste, let’s begin.

    We’ve already talked specifically about the use of wealth as a tool for humanitarian aid, and we’ve talked about how we address theigritism publicly, now we can go over some general actions that signify public action and life as a Xyphoite. One of the main actions is simply the action of being private with our faith and identity as Xyphoites. Often, you’ll see people of divergent beliefs adorn themselves in symbols of their beliefs, or they will openly talk and even preach of their believes; Xyphoites do NOT do that. Preaching and Proselytizing are immoral actions, as we’ve talked about many times, and but symbols that brazenly showcase our faith are means of promoting ourselves and our ways, which is an unnecessary part of faith. This isn’t some sort of competition to see which religious belief is the better team; we don’t need to wear a team jersey to be faithful and to follow our philosophy, so adorning ourselves with the Xyphokonic Sigil would be silly and arbitrary while also potentially be seen as preaching or proselytizing. This extends to speaking about our philosophy to those that don’t ask about it. Brining up your faith in casual conversation in public is part of that sin of preaching and proselytizing.

    Xyphoites will also respect the spiritual liberty of others and the autonomy others have over their own paths in life. We aren’t going to go around telling other people they can’t believe in divergent faiths; we also expect this in return, and will not tolerate being stopped in our own personal practice of our philosophy within our Sacred Grounds. We are will defend our faith if we are attacked over it, but attack against us must first follow, and defense is key over aggression whenever possible.

    We should refrain from narcissism or obsession in Self. Nothing clouds judgement and good action than being self-absorbed. It’s quite easy as humans prone to Hubris to fall into that hole, but carrying around a morbidly self-obsessed attitude is almost certainly going to lead to a path of bad actions that will cause suffering to those around you.

    Going along with self-obsession, humility and humbleness, moderate application, and modesty in personality are key. Well not giving up on yourself and being meek, always remaining grounded and kept in well-order is crucial to being able to calmly and adequately uphold Xyphoist Philosophy. No one here is invincible, nobody here is divine, we are all mortals in this world and being reminded that the Cosmos can wipe us of this existence just as soon as it ushered it in is tantamount. With the suffering that inflicts this world, those who have the privilege to even read these commentary from a digital source are already in a place of extreme comfort compared to much of the human population on this planet alone. We, as Xyphoites, should remain grateful for what we have been offered or have acquired, and should work to mitigate worldly suffering so that others too can experience this level of safety and order. Stability is the enemy of Deceptuary, and the Order offers its namesake as a way to ward off his foul ambitions. Every bite of food is cherished, every roof that shields off a storm is cherished, every breath taken is cherished. It could be worse, and it could be your last, it could the be last time you see another enjoy these gifts; cherish it while you are able to, for we as Xyphoites understand that Death is eternal, inevitable, and companion to aid in the spiritual cycle, and part of what makes LIFE what it is.

    We hope these discussion on Xyphoist action were helpful in forming the bases of how we should conduct ourselves in life as Xyphoites. We have given basic actions in these commentary, and all other action stems off of this and what is already within the Xyphoist Philosophy. Remember, Prayer without Practice is nothing but Preaching, and we do not PREACH. We DO, we ACT, and we EMBODY the Prayer in our ACTION. Have a Sacred Day.

    —ruX