In the wake of the Canadian trucker protests and various other medical freedom movements, I got to thinking. A major obstacle for any such movement comes in the form of infiltrators, saboteurs and informants. It often seems that the organs of government dedicated to these functions are the most robust out of all of them. Accusations of "shill" and "agent" destroy many projects before they can even get out of the gate.
With that in mind, could there be any spiritual counters to the formidable resources dedicated to undermine such groups? Such as group practices that affirm the sincere shared purpose of the members and make the group inhospitable to anyone who joins with ulterior motives. Of course, such practices may have as a precondition some shared spiritual framework among the members, which would be difficult to apply to a movement as diverse as the Canadian truckers. It was moving to watch them assemble to sing "Oh Canada" but an agent provocateur can still probably sing well - there needs to be something more to it than that.
Can you comment on the ways in which you see honesty and loyalty manifesting in the higher planes compared to bad faith and deception? Would it be easiest to use a ritual which will simply fail in the presence of an insincere participant? Of course, in a large group such simple pass/fail testing is less efficient.
Thanks for any thoughts and for these weekly Q&As.
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Date: 2023-07-24 01:31 pm (UTC)In the wake of the Canadian trucker protests and various other medical freedom movements, I got to thinking. A major obstacle for any such movement comes in the form of infiltrators, saboteurs and informants. It often seems that the organs of government dedicated to these functions are the most robust out of all of them. Accusations of "shill" and "agent" destroy many projects before they can even get out of the gate.
With that in mind, could there be any spiritual counters to the formidable resources dedicated to undermine such groups? Such as group practices that affirm the sincere shared purpose of the members and make the group inhospitable to anyone who joins with ulterior motives. Of course, such practices may have as a precondition some shared spiritual framework among the members, which would be difficult to apply to a movement as diverse as the Canadian truckers. It was moving to watch them assemble to sing "Oh Canada" but an agent provocateur can still probably sing well - there needs to be something more to it than that.
Can you comment on the ways in which you see honesty and loyalty manifesting in the higher planes compared to bad faith and deception? Would it be easiest to use a ritual which will simply fail in the presence of an insincere participant? Of course, in a large group such simple pass/fail testing is less efficient.
Thanks for any thoughts and for these weekly Q&As.