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Under this motto no one cared about the victims who were slaughtered in the many arenas. The entire gladiatorial entertainment scene was built on slaughtering the 'unsuccessful.' This motto that was pioneered by Aristotle had the effect to shut out spirituality, and this quite effectively so.
The countless thousands who observed the slaughtering of the 'unsuccessful' during the festivals of Rome, which became evermore numerous, both in Rome itself and in Roman capitals of occupation, cheered as the victims were put to death by the victors in the games, or by wild animals let loose against people tied defenseless to wooden stakes. As this fascism escalated, and the demand for victims increased, many a person who cheered before wound up sooner or later on the floor of the arena. The atmosphere that this disrespect for the human being had created, represents an extreme case of walking by on the other side, which quickly became an atmosphere of doom. By its escalating fascism that any void of spirituality brings about, the Roman society had become literally unfit to survive.
That the wholesale murdering in Rome was not an isolated case, is evident by the economic devastation that is currently sweeping the world. When the IMF began quietly to raise its ugly head against the poor nations in tropical regions, demanding austerity upon austerity, the 'rich' world closed its eyes and pretended not to see the pain and the dying. The resulting defeat of its spiritual conscience soon enabled the same austerity to be imposed on its own shores. This escalation has now reached a point at which austerity has become a global phenomenon that is murdering an estimated 100 million people each year. And the game still escalates.
The fact becomes evermore pronounced, that, whenever one finds a lack of spirituality, one finds a tendency towards fascism, because without spirituality one is confined onto a domain of conflicts with having the resources to confront the conflicts with corrective measures. On the other hand, someone with a highly developed spirituality cannot help to embrace in his efforts to uplift the human scene, the whole of humanity. In Truth, humanity is one, and the whole of humanity is supported by the same principle. One cannot mock these by drawing dividing lines across humanity. To do so, would imply that one doesn't know anything about them. One has no choice, but to embrace all humanity. This, however, ties spirituality to politics.
The American statesman and economist, Lyndon LaRouche, has often been criticized for being involved in the international arena. "Are there not enough problems at home to correct?" some people say. It should be noted that Franklin Delanor Roosevelt has likewise been severely criticized by Churchill for his determination to halt colonialism around the world, and to cause global economic development that would have given some meaning to the world's struggle against Hitler's fascism.
The fact is, F. D. Roosevelt and Churchill had operated precisely from the two diverse platforms that Christ Jesus so vividly illustrated with the parable of the Samaritan. According to the platform that Christ Jesus has outlined, neither F. D. Roosevelt nor Lyndon LaRouche could see an option open not to get involved. Whoever understands the infinite range of the human intellect, and its power for discovery and self-development towards a boundless horizon, cannot walk idly by or make a detour around humanity which lies injured by fascism, or the effects of their own fascism arising from insanity. This option does not exist for anyone who is concerned about truth and justice. Furthermore, concern for truth and justice is the natural manifest of spirituality. Truth and justice are not found on any other platform.
Whoever speaks of spirituality, as literally every religious organization on the planet does, but speaks and acts contemptuously about humanity or shows no concern about advancing truth and justice, is far from dealing with spirituality at all. Such persons are involved in mythology and self-delusion. Christ Jesus made this quite clear in the parable of the Samaritan. Love for humanity in the proof of the pudding, as it were, which necessarily involves a concern for truth and justice. Christ Jesus pointed out strongly that nothing less will do. "This do, and thou shalt live!"*(Luke 10:28)
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