NATIONAL & PERSONAL CRISIS #8, The Doctrine of Historical Trends - Part 2 (12-8-24)

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Historical trends are related to the conflict between objective reality (life in the Divine Dynasphere) and subjective reality (life in the Cosmic System).
1. Believers are not only the products of their own decisions (not their environment), but the nation in which they reside is affected by their good or bad decisions.
2. Good decisions result in life in the divine dynasphere; bad decisions result in life in the cosmic system. It’s how the balance between these two works out at any given time in history that determines historical trends.
3. Arrogant individuals, groups, or nations never see the consequences of their own bad decisions related to the cosmic system.
4. For example, arrogance includes jealousy, bitterness, hatred, anger, vindictiveness, implacability, self-pity, and guilt complex. Decisions made with these mental attitudes accumulate and produce a national historical downtrend.
5. Preoccupation with self to the exclusion of objective reality is the greatest blindness problem in life and the major reason for criminality.