Greetings from the Order and Ordinance. We’re back for the final installment of our “Actions against Evil” series. Today, we’ll be addressing the updates involving what the Ordinance and Xyphoites as a whole can do together as a community to combat and defend against Deceptuary’s evil under Yrridthmas designation. We’ll also address our secular audiences who may not believe in the Philosophy but recognize the objectively cruel behaviors of key factions across the globe and want to help any way they can. Let’s start.

The Ordinance itself, under this current echelon, has the agenda of using openly verbal and materialistic means of defending against evil. As any long-time readers have noticed, our Commentary has shifted significantly from simply teaching about the Philosophy to directly addressing issues happening all across the world. We often name specific cases by name, relate them to the Philosophy, identify the fault or evil in those situations, and state the Xyphoist response to them. My colleague Vox spent their entire Period addressing several of those issues, for example. My general understanding is that most of our Commentary from here on out will be much more specific in picking out key problems and examples of corruption in the world and how to address them from a Xyphoist standpoint. This is the “verbal” or outward expression as dictated in the criteria for Yrridthmas that we’re talking about.

Materialistically, we intend to use any resources or funds we accrue for the Ordinance and apply those funds and resources to helping mitigate the suffering of others caused by corrupted forces. This generally means making charitable donations of any funds we receive, organizing or mobilizing persons to help volunteer to help in critical situations, advocating for vulnerable demographics or groups that are often the target of evil’s petulance, and setting up spaces of safety and sanctuary for both those vulnerable populations but all persons seeking relief from this onslaught. Our Ordinance site is where all these efforts will be updated when we have the resources necessary for those operations, and we must reiterate that the Ordinance site is the current page for Project Sacred Hill—which is technically a secular operation open to all volunteers and benefactors and will be run in a secular fashion independent to the religious nature of the Ordinance itself.

For all our readers here who have simply been peering in but aren’t religiously-affiliated to the Order but are interested in helping mitigate the cruelty of the world anyway, there are plenty of secular, non-religious things you can do if you so choose to; this also applies to those of other religions who wish to help against some objectively cruel things happening as of late. First and foremost, if you care for our recommendations, always looking at things from a human empathy standpoint is pretty standard. It’s far too easy to be cruel, but seemingly challenging to be kind. We’re currently witnessing very sinister forces at work whose only true goal is spreading misery and wrapping themselves in all different types of hatred. Always recognize that everyone has a story, everyone has a pain somewhere, and much of this is inflicted by the conditions of our own societies and the cruelty and carelessness that inflict them.

Advocacy for human rights and civil rights in whatever organizations you choose to or are currently affiliated is a big thing that non-Xyphoites can do. We are all human here, we all enjoy our rights, and we all want to make sure we keep them and that others can be liberated in the same fashion. This is a global issue, as so many incidents of human rights abuse sicken this planet. Advocating and understanding these issues by standing informed and educated is a great way to help. Once you stand up for yourself, stand up for others so they can too stand up for others.

We touched on the Xyphoist perspective on wealth before, and how in our Ordinance, those of us who are wealthy wield a special kind of societal power and are morally and spiritually obligated to use it for the greater good. Speaking back to the Philosophy, a wealthy Xyphoite should not hoard the excesses of their power when great suffering is taking place—as it is now. Those who are of this status should use this blessing for the good of the world, to mitigate the worldly suffering caused by Deceptuary’s evil. Donate to help those wronged by evil, understand that hard-working tip-dependent worker is doing the best they can and tip them well. Use the excesses of your power just as Nature uses the excesses of Its spirituality to give you the existence you enjoy now. The suffering of the world is much like a plague, if you don’t help contain it, such suffering will touch you too. Just as a core tenant of the Philosophy, worldly self obsession and greed are abhorrent, and one cannot be a good Xyphoite and be sickened with extreme avarice.

For the non-Xyphoist side, we still encourage charitability, but once again, we are not here to preach or tell you what to do, only if you want the recommendation, we would recommend that as a good starting point.

Before I ramble on too long, I think we get the drift. Human empathy, charitability, call out evil when you see it. It’s pretty cut and dry.

Finally, it’s time for the weekly reset. Remember to rest when you need to, collect and care for you mind, care for others, stand back up, keep marching. Evil isn’t stopping and neither shall we. Have a good rest of your Sacred Day. Next week we will do an overview of the Caishon Xyphozon and its key figures.

—ruX