The Will of Sauron
From: Steinerhead
Date: Sat Dec 27, 2003 10:28 pm
Subject: The Will of Sauron
I've been seeing and feeling the "Will
of Sauron" in everything lately -- masses of people inclosed
in their little machines, going to their little, or big jobs,
hurrying to buy all the little things that bring to us a temporarily
soothing euphoric experience for our black hole souls to gobble
up like a starving dog. The hole is huge, and the Will is strong.
"There is no life in the void, only death." And if
death is indeed a lack of motion, then many of us are indeed
dead in our ability to think. In our day and age, each one of
us needs to destroy the Ring of power -- which mutilates our
hope, and strangles our compassion -- that exists within ourselves.
If we cannot do this then we as a species will remain like Orcs
-- evolutionarily mutated beings filled with lust, greed, and
the will to exonerate only themselves, and their Masters of Power
and War.
"To bear a ring of Power, is to be Alone."
And how many of us are ready to really be
-- Alone. Alone with our own madness; alone with our failed Ideals
as to what Truth and Love are, or were; alone with our own ignorance,
that so often turns into the sword of arrogance; alone with our
carnal desires; alone with the Gollum that lives within us all;
and how alone was Frodo, when, after all that he had been through
to get there, he stood over the fires of Mount Doom and claimed:
"The Ring is Mine".
In his quest to destroy the Ring, Frodo was
stabbed by the Witch King with a blade that left a wound that
would never fully heal. How many of us are soul murdered and
stabbed by the "neither living nor dead" Witch Kings
of our time. Existing in the shadows of a society that they created
to perpetuate with machine like efficiency the mindless hoards
of order followers who's souls have been stabbed and injected
with a placebo freedom that inhibits thought and intensifies
euphoric feelings.
"Darkness has a hunger that's insatiable,
and lightness has a call that's hard to hear."
But there are fleeting glimpses, of something
that makes sense beyond words, that on occasion will catch our
minds eye. With practice these glimpses can become more apparent,
and perhaps even understood. Within these moments a kind of inner
certainty starts to take hold, and the insatiable hunger starts
to diminish, and perhaps a little wisdom starts to settle in...
And if "true wisdom stems from knowing,
that you know nothing," then I must be very wise. For recently
I realized that all that I think that I know is nothing, when
it comes to living the idea of true self-sacrifice. That the
intellect, as wonderful as it is, really is but "an infentestimal
fragment of a mirror, such as a child might hold up to the Sun,
expecting the Sun to be dazzled by it." "The Horror"
of being crucified, now breaths new light into the world. Love
now becomes "the burning point of life," and the "Will
of Sauron" becomes fuel for the fire.
Truth and Roaring Fires of Love
Mike
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From: golden3000997
Date: Sun Dec 28, 2003 6:48 am
Subject: Re: [anthroposophy_tomorrow] The Will of Sauron
Good Morning Mike and Everybody,
I'm sure that there are people among us here
who are getting a little tired of the Lord of the Rings analogies,
but to them, I ask forbearance and patience. I feel that these
movies are a gift to the world, even in light of my own love
for the books. In fact, I am reading the books again after many
years, and it is like I never read them before. True, it has
been at least 20 years since I last read them all through. The
films have re-kindled the story within me and I believe in many
other people. And many people are using the Lord of the Rings
as an analogy for our time, sometimes trivially, but mostly with
great depth and seriousness. Some try to "adapt" the
story a little too much, perhaps, but the simple fact that it
is pre-Christian is helpful, because even with Gandalf's "Resurrection"
theme, a direct link cannot be made with Christ. Gandalf is still
very human and he is not the Ring Bearer, the ultimate Savior,
just a powerful servant of the forces of Good, which are many
and varied.
I have also been thinking very much the past
few days about Frodo at Mount Doom. He actually failed, didn't
he? If it were not for Sam's love and strength of will and Gollum's
total passion, Frodo would have failed like Ilsidur (sp). He
knows this and it turns all praise and honor for him to ashes.
That is why he must leave with the Elves. He will need their
Healing for the rest of his life, maybe for all eternity. There
is a terrible sadness in his eyes and heart that makes the ending
of the movie so hard to bear.
What I take from this is that we ALL have
the possibility and maybe even the probablility of failing. The
wiser of the humans and elves in the story know that they have
already failed, at first contact, that they could not possibly
bear the Ring without immediately succumbing to its power. Each
one is tested and even though they "pass the test"
by not accepting or taking the Ring, at a higher level, it is
because they know they do not possess the forces to bear it.
They all fail at that level. Frodo walks a terrible tightrope
the whole time. He has enough courage and strength to resist
up to a point, but it is really Sam the whole time who bears
the Ring Bearer. Without him, Frodo would have had no hope. Sam
felt unworthy to bear the ring, but you know that he would have
pushed Frodo into the fire and gone in with him rather than let
him fail. This is to me, more that the Deed of Frodo, is the
"better love hath no man than he shall lay down his life
for another." You know that Sam is ready to do this at any
point necessary from the first moment. Only Frodo really knows
how much Sam deserves the honors and gratitude of all more than
himself. But he also knows that the nature of the Servant of
the Ring Bearer has no use for such accolades. It is a deep,
deep mystery that one can only meditate on, not ever to fully
comprehend with the mind.
There is an amazing little book by Taylor
Caldwell called "Dialogues with the Devil" which is
a series of letters between Michael and Lucifer. It has many
astonishing things in it, but the greatest revelation to me was
the fact that "Hell" is perfect and in "Heaven"
everyone can fail! It really is astonishing. We who have been
raised in a "normal" church have usually been taught
to believe that God and Heaven are "Perfect" and that
we, if we get there, will be perfect, too, or even worse, that
we need to be "Perfected" to get there at all whether
through our own religious observance, or through grace in Christ's
redemption. But in this book, Hell is "Perfect" and
both Men and Angels always walk the tightrope of Frodo, we always
can fail in either world. And it is this eternal possiblity of
failure that makes our triumph, however great or small, worthwhile.
For if we could not fail, we could not succeed or grow. I really
recommend this book to everyone. The closest thing I have ever
seen to it is Mark Twain's "Letters from the Earth."
CS Lewis' "Perelandra" trilogy is similar, too, but
not as direct.
There are Orcs among us, but also Elves (I
hope) and Wizards. I think of Steiner (of course) as a Gandalf
and I am wondering if it is the Anthroposophists who are, or
should be or could be the Elves. Anyone who can take up the knowledge
of Anthroposophy into his or herself inherits the wisdom of the
Elves to some extent, the hidden and almost lost and forgotten
knowledge of the Past - the lost worlds of Middle Earth. From
us is required the ability to turn this knowledge into Healing
for the world and for Mankind. Perhaps there will be those who
are Warriors of the New Age. Perhaps they won't be Anthroposophists
per se, like so many writers that we have been forwarding to
each other who are not "within our movement" but who
share the thirst and hunger for the truth and for righteousness
(careful use and meaning of this word intended). There are Sarumans,
too. Those who preach either a "Christian" or "New
Age" philosophy which uses the concepts of freedom and righteousness,
but by which many are fooled into spiritual slavery.
My heart tells me it is better to be Sam than
Frodo. To be a Servant of the Ring Bearer. It is just as perilous
outwardly, but more peaceful inwardly. But that is just the part
of me who so much fears failure speaking. But my heart is divided
and probably will be forever, for I also fear the Hell in which
we cannot fail. I always have. Ultimately, each will have to
find his or her place in the Fellowship and the destiny for which
we are born. How deeply we should be grateful for each other,
because no one can do this alone. No one.
Much love,
Christine
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From: golden3000997
Date: Sun Dec 28, 2003 7:53 am
Subject: Re: [anthroposophy_tomorrow] The Will of Sauron
May It Be
Music: Eithne N¨ª Bhraon¨¢in - Lyrics: Roma
Ryan
May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh! How far you are from home
Mornië ut¨²lië (Quenya:
Darkness has come)
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië (Quenya: Darkness has fallen)
A promise lives within you now
May it be the shadow's call
Will fly away
May it be you journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun
Mornië ut¨²lië (Quenya:
Darkness has come)
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië (Quenya: Darkness has fallen)
A promise lives within you now
A promise lives within you now
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From: Steinerhead
Date: Sun Dec 28, 2003 7:26 pm
Subject: Re: [anthroposophy_tomorrow] The Will of Sauron
In a message dated 12/28/03 3:54:56 PM golden3000997
writes:
May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh! How far you are from home
Mornië ut¨²lië (Quenya: Darkness has come)
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië (Quenya: Darkness has fallen)
A promise lives within you now
May it be the shadow's call
Will fly away
May it be you journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun
Mornië ut¨²lië (Quenya: Darkness has come)
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië (Quenya: Darkness has fallen)
A promise lives within you now
A promise lives within you now
Thank you Sam...
Mike
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From: golden3000997
Date: Sun Dec 28, 2003 9:26 am
Subject: Response to Jan - my StarBird
Hello Jan!
Happy Fourth Day of Christmas!
I try to copy both groups on many of my replies,
because both groups (Anthroposophy and Anthroposophy Tomorrow)
are dealing with many of the same issues. I feel like I have
friends in both and I can't always remember who is in which group.
I am not sure, though that when I reply to a post, the content
that I am replying to is forwarded as well. I can't see it on
my e-mail server. You are responding to my reply to Mike re:
The Will of Sauron. If you didn't receive his post with mine,
let me know and I will forward it, too.
You (Jan) wrote:
Hello Golden Christine,
Or do we not stand between the elves and the orcs, between Lucifer
and Ahriman, and walking Christward, bring both to balance? Frodo
was in credit, had deposits, savings of compassion in the True
World Bank, which enabled Gollum to live and so play a crucial
but ultimately essential part. I do not believe that we are called
to fight evil, but rather to transform it, which is more difficult.
I do not believe that the Ring is destroyed in the fire, but
will be alchemically metamorphosed in the crucible of Humanity
that burns softly with love. Because it deals with truths, the
story is also paradox. The supreme effort of each lonely individual
is essential, but nothing can be achieved without brotherhood.
Hence, Œwhere two or three are gathered......¹ Therein,
of course, lies our
hope!
Jan
I hesitate to bring the concept of Christ
into the Lord of the Rings trilogy, because it tends to lock
people's minds. The air of Middle Earth is somehow fresher without
the musty air of the libraries of Christianity. But just as He
was always there, so He is always there. Both Gandalf and Galadriel
affirm that "something" or "someone" has
brought the Ring to Frodo (or Frodo to the Ring) through Bilbo
and that even so, bearing the Ring is and must always be a Free
Deed. Through the books, too, I am sensing this Presence, always
unseen and unnamed. There is the Forza del Destino which creates
the unforseen circumstances which often seem so wrong and cruel,
but in the end have proved necessary and right. The Vishnu Karma
working through the reality of Human Freedom.
To be Alone and yet to be part of a Fellowship.
Is this not the paradox of our age? And the truth? For if each
one of us were truly alone, having nothing in the world to reflect
the ideas, imaginations, inspirations or intuitions which arise
in us - no Anthroposophical Society, no books and lectures, no
schools, eurythmy, healing centers, biodynamic farms, even no
internet groups such as these, would we each alone feel that
we were mad? Is not such perception deemed madness by the society
at large and has been so through history? Aren't there many people
out there who feel mad because they cannot find the confirmation
that they need and are told by psychiatrists that their imaginings
are nonsense - unreal - require medication to fight? Don't many
succumb to this madness and its accompanying despair in suicide
and other forms of self-anhililation? Because they cannot find
this Fellowship?
And on the other side, aren't there many who
join cults and churches and who are willing to surrender all
independent thought and forces of will for the sake of being
part of a Fellowship? Those who find it intolerable to bear the
burden of being Alone? This is to me, still the tightrope walk
- the Bridge of Khazad-Dum (boy, do I get sweaty palms just thinking
about that Bridge!!)
The Middle Way - the Way of the Christ - this
leads to Golgotha - to the pinpoint of the Time/Space continuum
in which we find Our Self alone. "Father, why hast Thou
forsaken me?" the moment that Christ, that God - for one
split second knew what it was like to be Human - to be ALONE
- unable to see, hear or feel God. It was that split second in
which God became able to call to Man in a Voice that Man could
once again Hear. This is the Transformation of Evil - the Breaking
of the Silence. "Out of the Silent Planet" is the first
of the trilogy by CS Lewis. We are locked in a sphere of Silence
- the only planet which cannot hear the Music of the Spheres
- the Voice of God. Can anyone imagine this moment for Christ
on the Cross? When all became Silent? Was this not the Great
Agony? Was this not the Ring of Fire? Was this not Hell on Earth?
Was this not the Great Crucible in which the Gold of God was
melted and destroyed? And then this Gold of God came through
the fire as the Risen Christ - the Sword which can pierce all
Silence - all Darkness. For Transformation is always a Death
and a Resurrection. That which is transformed must die to itself.
It is not a gentle process. We must all stand at the Foot of
the Cross and wait our turn to be Crucified. We must be Servants
of the Ring Bearer willing to fall into the Fire. Only then will
we be truly of the Fellowship. Only then we will be the Bearers
of the Golden Light. Only then will we walk, once again, with
God and with each other.
It is Sunday,
Christine
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From: golden3000997
Date: Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:34 am
Subject: Re: [anthroposophy_tomorrow] The Will of Sauron
My "maiden name" is Magee - what's
up with that, I wonder?
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