/lit/ - Literature

>>14356250
My literary focuses are children's literature and weird fiction, and this also translates into my preferences for video games. I like light-hearted cheery games like Yono and the Celestial Elephants, Hamtaro GBA games, Rune Factory, and many more, but I also enjoy horror/macabre games like Darkwood, Blasphemous, Silent Hill, and etc.

Dualism is absolute, and the wise privilege the light over the darkness. Anyone who denies this is going to hell.

>>13563613
Behold a visual representation of Spenta Mainyu.
Infinite and tranquil,
Wondrous and serene.

In some sense, they are much more mature and honest than a lot of "high-literature". Don't people realize that picture books and children's literature are close to the light of Ahura Mazda?

I wish I could just lock nihilists into a cage and whip them while they're forced to read picture books, children's literature, and watch classy cartoons. I would do this in order to open their hearts to the light and see the divine spark in all living things. I'd wear a nice white cloak and veil with Avestan symbols on it as I whip the nihilists while playing chanting music. Put aside the Ligottian and horror fiction for a bit and open your heart to the divine light.

>>13466143
I agree with your criticism of the Abrahamic God. However, the Zoroastrian God, Ahura Mazda, does not have this issue. Before explaining why, let me state the Gathas is the only portion that goes back to Zarathustra, and the rest of Zend-Avesta was written more by other mobed, some with conflicting opinions. From my own reading of numerous translations of the Gathas and various other texts, I have come to my own historical deductions, which I could indeed defend.

In Zoroastrianism, Ahura Mazda initially created the world to be in complete order and tranquility but then the chaotic Ahriman attacked out avarice, causing the intermixture of conflicting good and evil. The Gathas seems to indicate that Ahura Mazda was not responsible for the existence of Ahriman. Moreover, the Bundahishn uses the metaphors of a "orb of light" or "celestial sphere", which Ahura Mazda initially crafted, and then Ahriman attacked out of avarice with his darkness and destructive spirit.

One can easily see that Ahura Mazda was not omnipotent or omniscient since it was due to a cosmic accident that Ahriman attacked. Rather, Ahura Mazda is claimed to have an "edge" in the ongoing conflict with Ahriman's chaos.

One can assist Ahura Mazda in his on-going battle by embodying "Spenta Mainyu". Mainyu simultaneously means both "mentality" and "spirit" while "Spenta" means holy or sacred. Spenta Mainyu is the Holy Spirit of Ahura Mazda which can connect to our minds, and it can help oppose "Angra Mainyu", which is the destructive spirit of Ahriman.

The path of privileging Spenta Mainyu is called "asha", which refers to Truth and Order, whereas the path of giving into Ahriman is called "druj", which refers to Lie and Disorder.

If we look at Mazdakism, Manichaeism, Zurvanism, and other Zoroastrian sects, we see they all refine or modify this dualistic dialect in their own ways, and it does not contradict the spirit of the Gathas.

The idea that Zoroastrianism was "monotheistic" is nonsense. It was more of a cosmological dualism. The Abrahamic God is responsible for both good and evil, which means that on higher levels of realization one sees the unity between good and evil. However, in most Zoroastrian sects, there is no unity between good and evil.