DEAR SOPHIA,

WHAT DO ARISTOTLE, ALEXANDER THE GREAT, NEW ROME, AND RUSSIA HAVE IN COMMON? THEY ARE ALL CONNECTED BY A COMMON THREAD.

FIRST, THERE ARE THREE ROMES. THE FIRST ROME IS THE ROME FOUNDED IN 500 B.C. THE SECOND ROME IS THE NEW ROME FOUNDED IN 324 A.D. AND THE THIRD ROME IS WHEN CONSTANTINOPLE FELL IN 1453 A.D. AND IT IS CONSIDERED THAT MOSCOW BECAME THE THIRD ROME.

SECOND, ARISTOTLE WAS THE TEACHER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. IT WAS ALEXANDER THROUGH THE TEACHINGS OF ARISTOTLE (AND ZENO) WHO CREATED THE IDEA OF AN ECUMENICAL WORLD. THIS ECUMENICAL WORLD IDEA IS THAT THE WORLD IS RULED FROM ONE CITY. THE GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCHY AND THE PATRIARCH IS CONSIDERED THE ECUMENICAL LEADER. IN TODAY’S WORLD WE HAVE ENVISIONED A ONE-WORLD GOVERNMENT. THE ROOT OF THIS IDEA COMES FROM ARISTOTLE AND ALEXANDER THE GREAT, LATER ADOPTED BY THE SECOND ROME AND STILL THE NOMENCLATURE OF ECUMENICAL EXISTS FOR THE PATRIARCH.

THIRD, WHEN CONSTANTINOPLE FELL IN 1453, IT IS DESCRIBED AS THE FALL OF THE ORTHODOX-BYZANTINE EMPIRE AND THEREFORE THE MOSCOW TSARDOM WAS THE ONLY REMAINING ORTHODOX CHURCH AND EMPIRE AND THEREFORE MOSCOW INHERITED THE MANTEL OF “THIRD ROME.”

this lasted until 1917. from 1917 – 1992, third rome was silent. the third rome has awoken from its slumber and now underneath the distractions you see in the world, there is the battle of three romes: THE LATIN ROME, WHICH IS OLD ROME; THE NEW ROME, WHICH IS BYZANTIUM; AND THE THIRD ROME, WHICH IS RUSSIA. UNDERNEATH THE CONFLICTS YOU SEE IN THE WORLD (ESPECIALLY IN UKRAINE) THIS BATTLE I HAVE DESCRIBED ARE THE DRIVING FORCES BETWEEN THESE POWERS TODAY: EUROPE, U.S., RUSSIA, AND CHINA AS AN INTERESTED PARTY IN THE OUTCOME OF THIS.

THERE ARE TWO LINES OF THINKING: OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL. THESE ARE THE DISTINGUISHED AS WESTERN AND EASTERN. YOUR HISTORY IS YOU SIT AT THE GATEWAY AND THE BRIDGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST. YOU ARE A PRODUCT OF ORIENTAL CULTURE BUT YOU ARE BEING RAISED IN AN OCCIDENTAL CIVILIZATION. THE OCCIDENTAL MIND DOES NOT GRASP THE subtleties OF ORIENTAL THINKING. FOR YOU TO FLOURISH, UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR CULTURE IS ORIENTAL, AND YET YOU CAN UNDERSTAND OCCIDENTAL. THIS WILL PUT YOU IN A POSITION LATER IN LIFE TO SUCCEED IN BOTH THE EAST AND THE WEST. I WILL DESCRIBE THIS IN A FUTURE POST. FOR NOW, I WANT YOU TO CONCENTRATE ON YOUR CURRENT STUDIES, AND DIG BENEATH THE SURFACE FOR THE TRUE HISTORICAL FORCES IN PLAY AND BE EXTREMELY SKEPTICAL OF EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN THE MAINSTREAM NEWS SOURCES. THEY ARE NOT TELLING YOU WHAT ARE THE TRUE CAUSES OF THE CONFLICTS TODAY.

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LOVE,

DAD