Supremacism – the belief or ideology of superiority, control and domination. That some particular group is superior to all others and has a right to dominate, control and subjugate others. (1)(2)
When we think of supremacy we tend to picture Nazis, war, mass genocides, white supremacy (e.g. Ku Klux Klan) or something similar and we tend to think that it is something that happens somewhere else in the world and/or that it is an extreme event and that we are not affected by it or do not partake in it in our daily lives – but is this actually true?
Supremacy is alive and thriving in our societies under many guises and forms that we may not fully realise or recognise. It is not just restricted to group activity but can also be present in our individual actions.
For example, people are being belittled, bullied, abused and harassed every day on the internet and social media. Children and teachers are being bullied every day at school. Workplace bullying is extremely common. Every parent who tries to dominate their children is engaging in it. Anyone dominating or abusing someone in a relationship is doing it. The mainstream media engage in it every day. Any form of discrimination is supremacy. And before you think that you do not engage in any of the above consider that even judging someone or viewing them as different, separate or inferior for any reason is supremacy.
Every time we hold someone in judgement we are treating them as less than equal to us and seeking to control, dominate and subsequently subjugate them. We may not like to hear or read this but this is actually what is occurring.
Every time we meet another human being, do we hold them as a fellow human being, a member of our own species and respect them as a highly sensitive being equal to all others? Do we see or sense this first and foremost or do we first see the differences or project our own ideas or expectations on to them and allow that to prejudice our perception?
Supremacy starts with our daily interactions and relationships – these are the seeds that are sown and grow quickly into tall toxic weeds.
A word that we may be more familiar with is bullying and this is the same thing on a smaller scale but still carries the same force as supremacism. As I have outlined in the examples above, some forms of bullying are obvious to us and some may not be so obvious.
Every time we do not treat others with decency and respect we are holding them as less than human.
As humans, we are all equally precious and highly sensitive beings that are loving by nature, so to hold another less than this is denying who they are, it is denying their very inner essence. In this denial we denigrate and reduce someone to be far less than who they are.
Everyone deserves at the very least, decency and respect because we are by nature decent and respectful. We know this must be true for when we do not experience decency and respect in our world we feel hurt, pain or suffering.
To be clear in this blog, I am not saying that we all need to agree with each other. There will be of course times when we have a different viewpoint on life, a different way of living, a different perception on what is truth. This is perfectly healthy and inevitable in any free society. There is a way to respectfully disagree if that is what is needed when an agreement or a consensus cannot be reached. So no one needs to be forced to agree, submit, conform or sign up to anything, for that would be supremacy in itself.
That said, there is a big difference between respectfully disagreeing and seeking to crush, destroy, dominate and suppress others simply because they have a different lifestyle, philosophy or point of view to yourself.
“A person who develops real understanding of life will have true compassion. With true compassion one will become free of suffering. Why is this so? It is so because true understanding means that you will know how to respect all the choices another has made, choices that have led to all that you see before you. You may not agree with the choices but respect for them must lead over the reactions you have to them. As you deepen your respect, your reactions lessen, then disappear.” (Serge Benhayon, Esoteric Teachings & Revelations Vol II, Pg. 71)
What we are talking about here is live and let live – the basic premise of true compassion. Allowing everyone the freedom to choose between differing viewpoints or ways of living and allowing them to co-exist and to cross pollinate, then eventually the one unified truth will naturally come through that benefits all of humanity. For this to occur there needs to be a genuine equal respect given to all and this will allow the real truth to emerge.
“Love for others and respect for their rights and dignity, no matter who or what they are: ultimately these are all we need. So long as we practice these in our daily lives, then no matter if we are learned or unlearned, whether we believe in Buddha or God, or follow some other religion or none at all, as long as we have compassion for others and conduct ourselves with restraint out of a sense of responsibility, there is no doubt we will be happy.” (Dalai Lama XIV) (3)
True compassion is not tolerance as even with tolerance (and the word gives it away) we are essentially begrudgingly putting up with another and pretending to get along with another even though we privately still see them as wrong or inferior, so tolerance is still supremacy.
We can be as nice and polite, friendly, cordial and even professional as we like and still feel superior.
Supremacy can be an attitude whether it is expressed outwardly or not. We may think we are not being judgmental or superior to others if we don’t say it openly but expression is in all of our movements too, so how we go about our day will carry this seed of superiority and separation even if we think we are concealing it. The truth is the recipient of this force still feels it too.
Could it be that there are some in this world who deliberately, aggressively protect or defend their views or way of living so that the flaws in them are not exposed? Is this more about self-interest and maintaining a dominance over others, rather than supporting humanity to find the answers to the questions that we all seek and that definitely need answering?
Supremacy is a force that is designed to suppress and subjugate humanity to be far less than its true nature. It holds us back as a human race.
So why do we seek to control each other and life itself?
It has been documented that supremacy is an ideology founded on fear which in some way justifies the aggressive or violent actions e.g. white supremacy. (4)
As we have all experienced, the world can be a harsh, unsafe place to be in and we have all been affected or hurt by the world in one way or another in our lives. So is it possible that supremacy is a form of security or protection or a way of coping with the harsh realities of life?
Perhaps despite its ugliness and despicability, it is a reaction to the harshness of the world and a method of controlling life from fear of being hurt by it again.
We do not need to judge anyone who engages in supremacy (including ourselves) but perhaps bring a greater understanding as to why it occurs and why it exists in our societies.
This is not to say we need to accept it either, as it is a form of abuse that should not belong in our world and we do need to be calling it out and saying ‘no’ to it wherever it pops up, starting with an honest look at our own lives.
The key to knocking out supremacy is firstly understanding that we are all one human race living on the one planet and in that sense equal. Secondly, we are all equally delicate, highly sensitive energetic beings and we have all been deeply hurt or affected by the world in one way or another.
We can easily feel this by simply looking deeply into the eyes of another human being and connecting to the precious essence of someone, which goes way deeper than any outer appearance, behaviour or belief.
If we accept this viewpoint, it becomes clear that we are all in this together and we all have a common experience of the world. It also becomes clear that it is ridiculous to be attacking or fighting or seeking to dominate each other.
Can we see that we have way more in common than we do have differences?
Can we feel the potential that we have to support and raise each other, with no-one left behind or left out, rather than clambering over each other to be at the top?
Can we work together to clean up the stinky mess that is this planet of ours, rather than simply fighting to be at the top where the air may appear to be slightly less putrid but actually still stinks?
Can we sense the inter-connectedness of humanity, designed to work together in collaboration for a bigger purpose?
References:
- Yourdictionary.com. (2019). Supremacy dictionary definition | supremacy defined. [online] Available at: http://www.yourdictionary.com/supremacy [Accessed 24 Feb. 2019].
- Collinsdictionary.com. (2019). Supremacy definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary. [online] Available at: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/supremacy [Accessed 24 Feb. 2019].
- Goodreads.com. (2019). A quote by Dalai Lama XIV. [online] Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/144337-we-can-reject-everything-else-religion-ideology-all-received-wisdom [Accessed 24 Feb. 2019].
- The Atlantic. (2019). The Resurgent Threat of White-Supremacist Violence. [online] Available at: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/the-resurgent-threat-of-white-supremacist-violence/550634/ [Accessed 24 Feb. 2019].
By Andrew Mooney, Physiotherapist, complementary health practitioner, Cornwall, UK
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The way the world is heading through the lies of the media and politicians we can all start to align to our Soul so we remain non-reactionary to the way everything is misconstrued.
Andrew you ask the question
“So is it possible that supremacy is a form of security or protection or a way of coping with the harsh realities of life?”
I believe that behind the security and protection you speak of is an energy that wants control over all of humanity as it has always done. We are no more than puppets being controlled by for now, an unseen energy that owns the model of life that keeps us all subjugated. We are encouraged to explore life and every possible desire is at our command, as long as we don’t question or wake up to the fact that we are controlled.
Control is a key motivating factor in any behaviours of supremacy – control to not get hurt, albeit in the process one hurts another and actually more deeply oneself too (for we cannot do to another what we have not first done to ourselves).
Every time we do not treat others with decency and respect we are holding them as less than human. – This is a great point and exposes how we can all indulge in not treating another (or perhaps ourselves) with less than what we all deserve.
This is a great observation Henrietta, if we don’t treat ourselves with at the very least decency and respect, we are devoid of a reference point on how to treat and be with others. The statistics say that most abuse occurs within families. For example, in an article in the Daily Telegraph today the office for National Statistics released that this month police recorded 259,324 offences flagged as domestic abuse related. From March to June 2020 – a 7 percent increase on 2019 and a 18 per cent increase on 2018. The article goes on to say this means that 2 offences were committed every minute.
Just because we change the word, does not mean that the behaviour ceases to exist – for example bullying is just another word for supremacy only on an individual level, as so well expressed in this blog. We may not have a Nazi camp here now, but we might has well with the level of bullying that abounds. Hence supremacy has gone no where even though the name as been changed to the many different behaviours that we can see in society. Likewise, slavery has not disappeared in our current world, but is simply called human traficking now.
Andrew what we are witnessing on a daily bases is that we do not live in a free society. That is one of the biggest lies we have all fallen for.
Far more insidious than attempts for world domination by super powers who on an economic scale have yoked many countries to it so that they have become so dependent from a financial stand point that the dominate country feels it can threaten another country with economic collapse if they do not toe the line, – is the energy behind the country, which very few people are even aware of. We have switched off or dulled our senses to feel energy so much that the vast majority of us have been blind to what has been happening. World supremacy without having to fire one shot in anger. We have no one but ourselves to blame as we have collectively focused on profit and greed instead of what is truly taking place.
They want to act in a way that can make a person feel less, happens more often that we might care to admit.
For example recently I was with some friends and they showed me this huge Black vintage car. To be honest it looked like something an evil character in a film would drive, so that the audience would be in no doubt who the villain was. My friend was driving the sweetest little vintage car and as we left the car park to drive onto the main road the huge Black car let my friend out first and then once on the main road roared past us its 4 litre engine roaring. I got to feel how this was an act of complete supremacy with the stink of domination, control and subjugation directed at my friend. It was interesting to note how the act was not lost on anyone and how my friend made excuses as to why this was done feeling all the time the insult. This left me wondering what gives us the right to crush another? What is it about us that wants to act in such in-human ways?
When two people meet and openly discuss how they are living and connecting to there Essences, Souls / Inner-most- heart this is the most divine purpose and deepens our relationship with the Heavens / God.
” Supremacy can be an attitude whether it is expressed outwardly or not. We may think we are not being judgmental or superior to others if we don’t say it openly but expression is in all of our movements too, so how we go about our day will carry this seed of superiority and separation even if we think we are concealing it. The truth is the recipient of this force still feels it too.” Such a profound paragraph.
“Can we see that we have way more in common than we do have differences?.” We are all the same under the skin. I am also reminded of hen’s eggs – some may be brown, white or speckled, but crack them open and they are all alike – egg yolk and egg white. You couldn’t tell whether their shell was brown or white.
Our alignment to our Soul and the ensuing True-Love, which is to not impose upon another, kick starts the Joy in our lives and the appreciation of our divine connect.
‘Every time we do not treat others with decency and respect we are holding them as less than human.’ To only be aware of this will give every human being the opportunity to at least feel what lives within them and heal the hurt that causes the behaviour that doesn’t come from this level.
I am discovering Annelies that if I am not treating others with decency and respect it is because I’m not treating myself first with decency and respect.
Supremacy is spread far wider than is currently known or accepted. I get the feeling that there’s still so much more to uncover about how this is weaved in and through human life.
Absolutely Leigh, as slavery is still go on and increasing in numbers.
The fact that things are getting worse is perhaps the only way we may all wake up and see the games at play within all of life, the supremacy energy currently running throughout life is there to see but we need to be willing to do just that. How willing are we?
In denigrating another you denigrate yourself as it is feeding the energy of denigration for another to denigrate you.
Each action has a consequence and as everything is energy and everything is because of energy, we must first choose to have a certain energy come through us before we can express it to another. When we say yes to this it infuses us just as much as the person we direct it to.
Lately I have dis-covered how this energy of supremacy is like an addiction as it can be in our daily conversation, subtle, sometimes covered by so called humor but ever present. We are so used to it we don’t even recognise it at first but when we start to honor our sensitivity we are able to feel our expression is seperating us instead of uniting, leaving behind individualism.
It’s not uncommon for workplaces to have an element of bullying but rarely does it get mentioned or addressed. Many times it is put down to a ‘personality clash’ and ignored.
Sadly true Julie and the person who expresses what they are feeling or the ‘whistle-blower’ are often the ones who get attacked.
‘For example, people are being belittled, bullied, abused and harassed every day on the internet and social media. Children and teachers are being bullied every day at school. Workplace bullying is extremely common. Every parent who tries to dominate their children is engaging in it. Anyone dominating or abusing someone in a relationship is doing it. The mainstream media engage in it every day. Any form of discrimination is supremacy. And before you think that you do not engage in any of the above consider that even judging someone or viewing them as different, separate or inferior for any reason is supremacy.’ How many of us are really willing to go there? The above paragraph starkly exposes the lack of quality in our lives and yet how many of us are really prepared to see the level of rot we consider the norm? We are so far down the road of lovelessness that we do not want to raise our heads above the parapet and admit to what we have aligned to and accepted.
‘Supremacy starts with our daily interactions and relationships – these are the seeds that are sown and grow quickly into tall toxic weeds.’ We turn to supremacy when we feel we are inadequate and have to compensate for it. By making others feel lesser we are in control of making ourselves feel better, but in lacking the connection to self and to others, this false confidence has to be continually fed. It has an insatiable appetite.
Gosh this was sobering to read ‘consider that even judging someone or viewing them as different, separate or inferior for any reason is supremacy.’ You are right that is a form of supremacy and this just highlights for me that even when I don’t think I am doing it I have been! It seems it is more rife than I thought! Like really rife! So if all the subtle forms of supremacy have gone on for eons being ignored and not addressed then of course this will lead to other forms. This just shows how important it is for us to knuckle out and address not only this but other things such as comparison, jealousy and be absolutely honest with ourselves in order to address and debase this once and for all.
Absolutely Vicky but as I am learning it all has to start with my relationship with me as this is the only thing I am really in control of. I have only begun to learn this because of the reflection of others who are farther down the road in their own relationship with themselves. Without them I would still be in the consciousness of supremacy thinking those ‘subtle’ thoughts described, without realising what I am adding to the pot of humanity.
michelle819 like you I am learning that my relationship to me is all important as this reflects how I am with all others. This goes against my upbringing, as a child I was taught that children should be seen and not heard, and the females of the family were taught to put others first and that it was a selfish act to think of ourselves at all.
Yes and it all starts with absolute honesty, as you say. Even feeling that we are inferior is just the opposite end of the spectrum. None of it is loving.
Letting go and disconnecting feelings and deepening our connection of everyone as being equal and then holding those proponents of individuality, nationality and all-is good in the same equal love we have for everyone is paramount in our evolution.
I’m understanding more that for humanity to work together, individually we have to learn to work together with our Soul.
It does not have to be country wide or global, it is in the way we interact with the shopkeeper, the cleaner or our CEO – it is all one and the same. If you play lesser and if you play smaller … all feeding the same behaviours in our society.
Well said Viktoria – it is about being equal with all for we are all essentially from the same source.
We get something out of being supremacist – usually the need for this force comes due to our own insecurities. We need to feel better than another to feel good about ourselves, it’s fake, it’s a game, it’s just something we need to make ourselves feel good.
It is in the little undermining moments where without even a word we look at another person and decide we are above them. It comes from an insecurity and a need to feel worthy because when you feel your worth you feel the worth of others also.