Pyramid and Upside Down Pyramid

The pyramids are the last of the seven wonders of the world to survive time and weathering.

There are religious fanatics that assume that the future of human time is wrapped up in the measurements of the pyramids. For those of you wondering, this is not that type of blog. I would not dare disrespect God in thinking he put his messages into a human built structure on earth which is disintegrating as I write this. God gave us his word then his word incarnate as a man, Jesus. That is all that is needed.

What I will do is humbly provide a way to view human actions using the shape of a pyramid or triangle whichever is more comfortable for you. If you are having a hard time visualizing just look at the back of a dollar bill. See the pyramid and the eye on top. This is a good example of where mankind is at this very moment.

Mankind has built a world full of people, 6.7 billion strong at this writing. Are all these people directing their own lives? Are there people set up over the cities? over their districts? over their countries? over their food? over their money? Yes in all catergories. They may have taken the position. They may have been elected into position. Either way we will find that this pyramid-like structure is familiar everywhere that you go. There is nothing wrong with this in itself. Even God set a husband over his wife and children. So structure is needed. But does God's structure look like the pyramid on the back of the dollar bill?

Before you answer lets look where this world's pyramid structure has gotten us. Eccl 8:9 says that man has dominate man to his injury. Do we not see this today? The top of the world's pyramid dominates those below. We, at or near the bottom of this pyramid, look to be a little closer to the top. The song "We're movin on up" from the Jefferson's TV show comes to mind. It is cultural to do this but is it spiritual. Most times to move up you have to step on a few people to do it. Or at the least ignore some or deny where you came from to move up. How many examples can you think of that people denied their heritage to fit in or gain some sort of foothold to a greater benefit or privilege? The larger applications we see in the world today just expand on this reasoning. The US denies plenty of their actions that don't fit in with their image of being the super power. "Never let them see you sweat". Very ego filled way of thinking. Again this is directly related to feeling superior over others even if it is not true. You can "fake it till you make it". There is that pyramid lurking again.

There are many examples of the pyramid in the main institutions of our society such as coorporations, churches, and government. How about the service portion of society like, firefighters, police, and military? Our personal lives have individuallized examples of pyramid mindset like being in management, having a better car or home, having more education, better family heritage, just simple have versus have-nots. Anytime we station ourselves over another person for any selfish reason it is in the spirit of the pyramid. If we have station over another person due to duty or rank and we take selfish action with in that, it is in this same spirit. It can be applied to many of day to day mundains because this world is permeated with this spirit.

Is God's system of dealing with us in the same vein? Does it look similar to a pyramid? Does God sit on top and lord over us? Mark 10:42-45 describes how we should be. “But Jesus, after calling them to him, said to them: “YOU know that those who appear to be ruling the nations lord it over them and their great ones wield authority over them. 43 This is not the way among YOU; but whoever wants to become great among YOU must be YOUR minister, 44 and whoever wants to be first among YOU must be the slave of all. 45 For even the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister and to give his soul a ransom in exchange for many.””

According to Jesus a Christian's way of dealing with each other is going to appear opposite to the worlds way. Take the pyramid on the back of a dollar and turn it upside down. This is an inverted pyramid, an upside down pyramid, for ease of use I will call it a pyranot.

With this pyranot (inverted pyramid) you have the apex or point at the bottom and the wider base (now the top) at the top. This means the people as a whole are on the top and the goal is to get yourself lower towards the bottom. The ultimate example of the bottom of the pyranot is Jesus. By far, Jesus giving his life as ransom for all of mankind gives him the spot to this. Plus he is strong enough and perfect enough to balance us on the edge. We have no reason to fear.

If we are ones interested in getting closer to Jesus and doing what he does, how do we go about lowering ourselves to him. In the scripture we just read he said to "be a slave to all". We must be willing to be a slave to our wives, husbands, children, in-laws, enemies. This is a tall order because of the world we live in. Slavery and servitude has been badly demonized due to the history of the United States. No one likes the thought of being a slave or having slave ancestry. Almost seems perfectly orchestrated to keep us from following Jesus footsteps. I believe Jesus way has been hidden because the world is bent on keeping us on this upward climb.

I need to back up here before I go too far into explaining the pyranot effect on our lives. I need to state directly who is on top of the pyramid. We have indicated Jesus is at the bottom of the pyranot so who is ultimately leading us away from Jesus? None other than Satan himself. He is often the devil in the details and minds not when you step on someone else on your way to him or to the top. So the world's system of getting ahead is really a system designed by Satan himself which started wayback in the garden of Eden as Eve fell prey to the idea that she can have knowledge above what she needed. Actually this idea started in Satan's own mind when he thought he could rule as a God himself. This system is so intricate that not a lot of humans will see it even if it shown to them. We are in essence the offspring of Adam and Eve you know.

The pyranot does exist but to utilize it, it requires we empty ourselves and use humility to allow ourselves to help the people we touch up. We do that best by being their slave or servant. This is why Jesus says these things. Acts 3:19 says “Repent, therefore, and turn around so as to get YOUR sins blotted out, that seasons of refreshing may come from the person of God." Why does it say turn around?

After we repent, do we just stop what we are doing? No the scriptures didn't just say repent and stop that. They said repent and turn around. Let's think about the pyramid and pyranot configuration for a moment. Remember it looks like a diamond. At the top is Satan's system of doing things and at the bottom is Jesus' way. For example, if we were verbally abusive to our spouse and Jesus said Acts 3:19 to you, here is one way you could utilize this visual. At the time of the abuse you are well within the top portion of the diamond because you are downgrading your spouse making them feel smaller than you and making yourself prominent in the relationship. When you decide to turn around, you have to start making your way down to Jesus now. This is going to require you to cross over from the pyramid portion to the pyranot portion of the diamond which means you must start thinking in servant terms. "What will make them feel unthreatened and comfortable?" You have to place this person on your shoulders. You must raise them up and continue to hold them. That is what it means to get closer to Jesus Christ.

When we repent and turn around, this is our opportunity to show Jesus that we are trying to get to him. Maybe with this visual in our mind it can help us to see where we are from the top Apex to the bottom Apex of this diamond.

Introduction

Welcome to my blog.

My pseudonym is Poetech. I have been a Jehovah's Witness at heart up till Oct 2007 and am no longer considered a practicing JW since April 08. Since October I have ravenously been researching and discovered many things about Jehovah's Witnesses and the effects that they have had on families and society. This is one of things that has confirmed so much about the image that is promoted amongst their members and the other image that is relayed to those of privilege. You can review My 2 other sites to review my work up until now. www.jehovahswitnessbooks.com and jehovahswitnessbooks.blogspot.com. These sites give a reader a different perspective on the Watchtower and I think allows them to make the decision on their own.

This blog I am now creating is going to take my research into a different direction. In researching the Watchtower, I was also researching other religions and different points of view on the world situations. As most witnesses know this is totally impossible within the organization and prohibited. In my freedom I ran into all kinds of things which included conspiracy theories and similar unpopular thinking. This may be scary for some but for me I always remained grounded in the scriptures and prayed diligently to gain knowledge and understanding.

What I want to share in this blog is a discussion that puts mankind's actions on display within the scope of its relationship to fleshly thinking or spiritual thinking. Seems a big topic but I will use a simple rule that should lay out across time and situations that may even be applicable in your life as well.