Monday, April 26, 2021

"I that speak unto thee am he" - Corona-Pandemic Came from Cupidities

 




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Corona-Pandemic Came from Cupidities


According to Emanuel Swedenborg (8 February 1688 – 29 March 1772), a Swedish pluralistic-Christian theologian, scientist, philosopher and mystic, who became best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell (1758), diseases of human beings can be explained as follows:

CONCERNING DISEASES. ((All diseases, with man, exist from no other source [than that just described], and very many only from cupidities, as for instance, from excessive indulgence of various vices, and from the number of them, as from the various bodily delights from lascivious practices, and from anxiety about the future. These are the real causes of all diseases. Nor is death itself from any other source, than by reason of sin. These things vitiate the blood: when this is vitiated, they obstruct and choke up the very small vessels - wherefore diseases break out. Hence it is that diseases correspond to those spheres which are from hell. If mankind had lived in a state of good, then a man would wane, even to the utmost feebleness of age; and then, when the body could no longer minister to the internal man, that man would pass away from its earthly body, without disease.)) (
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Although he did not especially mention infectious diseases by viruses, all diseases must include such infectious diseases.  It is not clear how infectious diseases by viruses are related to human cupidities such as desires for wealth or carnal desires, but this corona-pandemic was generated in the world seeking for wealth and worldly pleasures. 

If the mankind had been engaged in pursuing justice, welfare, promotion of peace and environment preservation, and love of humanity, they should have put all resources to disease eradication and succeeded in creating veritable panaceas or medical treatments.

The the total amount for medical expenses in the world in 2016 was about 7.5 trillion dollars, while total amount of military spending in the world in 2019 was about 1.9 trillion dollars.  In addition, the market scale of entertainment service and leisure industries in the world is about 1.5 trillion dollars; and the total market scales of food and beverage industries in major 34 countries in 2015 was about 8 trillion dollars.

Therefore, the mankind are spending medical expenses almost equal to costs for foods and beverages and twice larger than military and entertainment expenses combined.

However, to conquer all diseases, it seems necessary to cut military and entertainment expenses as much as possible and further introduce more healthy foods and beverages.  And, more importantly, men should adapt a new religion, philosophy, and mind sets on their life to decrease material cupidities as much as possible.   

Diseases ultimately lead to death.  In this sense, diseases must be handled spiritually.  And to clean up and purify the environment where diseases are generated, men should be first sublimed.   For this purpose, reading Swedenborg might be useful, as reference, as well as the Bible, since he saw the spiritual world while living in this world. 


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John 4, King James Version
25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?