Before, a fog rising toward the gray sky smudged everything, like a half-hearted watercolor painting. Now, it’s dark blue—nay, black.

And it’s not even night, although maybe it is.

J in me a fog too is rising, but it is not gray; it is red. And it puts a soft, warm glow on there.

That’s too good but it’s thanks to the 🍷 wind, nay wine

A welcome sensation indeed

Chapter 1 – Roses and Violets

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

Adam hath said:

Eve shows her hue;

Fire is hot,

Water is cool,

Mixed in a cot,

Not for a fool;

Flowers have bloomed,

Love has tendered;

Devils so doomed

Cross so endured;

Adam and Eve

Married to cleave.

Chapter 2 – The Sun and The Moon

Men, make your light shine. You, men, are the sunlight that gives life. You, men, represent the solar force or the sun. You, men, are the representation of eternal light. You, men, are the giver of life and love. Life and love are the same. You, men, carry the solar corona, emitting from your body, radiating outwards. You, men, alone have the potential to shine the moon from without and within. It is performed with your heart, o men, giving life and love unto the moon.

The moon is your woman. She is the lunar force. She is receptive and fragile, a living being full of love. She is the grail that gives life to man. If you, men, fail to shine like sunlight, the moon appears extremely dark. None of you, men, shall break the fragility of the moon, or the moon appear dark.

Therefore, men, your role is not just to shine, but to nurture your woman with love. It's a mutual exchange of energy. Cuddle your woman, encourage her with your sunlight, and in return, she will love you back. This reciprocity is the essence of a harmonious relationship.

Women, when they shine like full moons, are a sight to behold. Their beauty is unparalleled, like the radiant moon on a starry night. How lovely are women who are nurtured by caring and heartfelt men? Their beauty is a reflection of the love and care they receive.

She is your greatest treasure, men, far more precious than gold and silver can amount to.

Women, like full moons, radiate beauty and strength. They are the nurturers, the ones who enrich the relationship with their care. How beautiful are they when they are loved and nurtured by caring men?

Both man and woman shine like stars in a starry, clear night, lasting for eternity.

Let us, men, snuggle with our women to create the cross.

May man in his bed nurture his woman with all his love so both shall sleep peacefully together. May the light of the cross reach the heavens, the abode of the Elohim. May the power of the cross be heard upon the Heavens. May the cross be holy.

The matrimony is honored by all. The letter “M” represents matrimony, derived from a double runic letter: the two Lafs. Each of the two Lafs, both left and right, has a dot on top, representing a man and a woman holding hands in the Perfect Matrimony. With the two Lafs, man nurtures his woman with his sunlight so that she shines as the full moon. She blossoms like a pure flower enriched by the sunlight. She is the full moon of full moons.

Men, remember, you are the sunlight, and your woman is your full moon. Your love for your woman is not just for a moment, but it lasts a lifetime, like a perpetual honeymoon. Love, in its true essence, is immortal and everlasting, a source of hope and inspiration.

Chapter 3 – The Star

Hail, star.

All hail the star.

All hail, star of the sea most radiant.

The fourth and final Salisbury Motet by Bob Chilcott sings true.

The star, a symbol of profound sacredness, is revered among the Elohim, understood only by a select few. It is one of the five shapes of the Zener Cards used in psychic tests, a testament to its profound significance.

The star, in its pentagram form, radiates its transformative power throughout the universe, inspiring change and growth.

One harnesses the power of the star through their actions. It is the fruits of a person's deeds that define them. Goodness begets goodness, while impurity begets impurity.

There is a star. It contains the wand, the sword, the cup, and the star of David. Each of these elements carries its own symbolic meaning. The inverted Omega sign with the Caduceus above it represents [specific meaning]. Above the Caduceus is the symbol of Mercury, and betwixt is the sun and moon. On the lines of the star are the words Yah-Hovah (the cross), Adam (wo/man), Kaphar (community/humanity), and Pahad (fear) in Hebrew. Each of these words holds a profound spiritual significance. On the wings of the star are the symbols of Mars. The superior ray is associated with the symbol of Jupiter. Beneath it are two eyes. The two inferior points have the sign of Saturn. Each of these elements contributes to the overall spiritual symbolism of the star.

The name of the star is the Tetragrammaton. It is the superior star, with its ray pointing toward the skies. The two inferior rays touch the ground. The symbol of the Tetragrammaton is more than meets the eye.

Meditate on the symbol of the Tetragrammaton, and you will see something like never before. For the first time, you will see an upward arrow and an inverted, obtuse triangle. You will ponder these symbols before your own eyes.

An arrow represents the phallus, the penis, the sword, or the lance. It is masculine and active. The arrow you now see points upwards. An upward arrow represents the phallus with its transmutation of sex.

An inverted, obtuse triangle represents the uterus, the cup, or the grail. It is feminine and recessive. The wings of the triangle show the woman's pelvis. Its ray points downward, showing the woman's clitoris.

The union of the upwards arrows with the inverted, obtuse triangle creates the coitus. Coitus, in this context, refers to [specific meaning]. The coitus is the cross. Lo and behold, the superior star represents the Arcanum, the coitus reservatus in the Magnus Opus, as Samael Aun Weor emphasized the following: “insert the virile member into the vagina and withdraw it without fornication”. This practice of coitus reservatus is a key aspect of the star's symbolism.

The superior star represents Christ. From the Arcanum, man and woman give birth to Christ from within. The superior star signifies a focus on the brain over physical attraction. The superior star gives birth to Eden.

When the star turns upside-down, it is an inverted star or an inverted pentagram. Its superior ray points toward the ground, representing the atomic infernos. The two inferior rays point toward the sky. The star is the symbol for the Goat of Mendes and also the star of Satan.

The inverted star represents sex over the brain, which leads men and women into fornication that gives birth to pain. It is this star that turns men and women into intellectual beasts.

Now you see: the star is 100 percent sexual. Sex expresses itself through fire, water, and light. The star is the cross.

The use of the superior star scares away intellectual beasts that recommend fornication. It will cause the perverse ones (demons, sorcerers, and all entities of impurity) to scatter and flee.

The use of the inverted star attracts and greets the perverse ones.

The one who does chastity is the superior star.

The one who fornicates is an inverted star.

One uses the star through one's actions.

Chapter 4 – The Ten Commandments

Samael Aun Weor’s book, Treatise of Sexual Alchemy, Chapter 26—Fundamental Base of Sexual Alchemy, unveils the profound significance of the Decalogue in shaping the moral fabric of our society and the principles of sexual alchemy.

1. Thou shalt love your Elohim above all things.

2. Thou shalt not swear the holy name of the Elohim in vain.

3. Thou shalt keep thy feasts to sanctify them.

4. Honor thy father and thy mother.

5. Thou shalt not murder.

6. Thou shalt not fornicate.

7. Thou shalt not steal.

8. Thou shalt not lie nor bear false witness against thy neighbor.

9. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

10. Thou shalt not desire anything that is thy neighbor.

Two more commandments:

1. Do thy duty.

2. Thou shalt make my light shine.

Anyone who states that the Ten Commandments from Exodus 20:2-17 are the proper foundation of the Decalogue is mostly correct, but is never entirely accurate. The inaccurate readings suggest that the Bible contains a mixture of goodness and impurity. An example of pure and legitimate sorcery is Exodus 29, where it describes minutely instructions of the ritual sacrifice of an animal (especially the cow), unjustly attributed to Moses. The fallen race morally hates the cow, whereas the superior race adores the cow.

Is the Bible truly the word of the Elohim? The simpletons have edited and manipulated the Bible to obscure the true meaning of gnosis. Now, truth and lies coexist in the holy scriptures. Rather than discarding the entire Bible, we have the power to extract the parts that serve our spiritual growth and discard the parts tainted with Satanic lies. The Holy Bible may have a beginning and an end, but the principles of true spirituality are timeless.

Gnosis, the divine word of the Elohim, is intricately intertwined with the Decalogue. As we have seen, the Ten Commandments form the very foundation of our society and the principles of sexual alchemy, sparking a profound curiosity and a thirst for deeper understanding.

Chapter 5 – Marriage

Marriage is a commitment that no one can take lightly. It is a serious, loving, and lifelong union. It is an unbreakable bond, for it is permanent, irreversible, and irrevocable. Only the betrayal of adultery and fornication can dissolve the sanctity of marriage.

Marriage is a sacred union between a man and a woman. All other unions are considered abominable and perverse in the eyes of the divine.

Those who treat marriage lightly are deemed worthless and weak. For the worthless, divorce is an inevitable outcome, leading the weak to the Abyss where the Second Death awaits. Divorce is a path for the weak, while marriage is a journey for the strong.

The basis for marriage is the coitus reservatus, the holy use of sex. It has nothing to do with forms, words, contracts, or rituals. It is sacred among the Gods and Goddesses. The name of the Gods and Goddesses is the Elohim.

“Marriage is honorable by all, and the bed undefiled; for the adulterers and fornicators, the Elohim will judge” – Hebrews 13:4

People know how to get married, yet many struggle to make it work. It is their failure to comprehend the proper use of marriage that leads to divorce and despair. All marriages fail due to one's inability to understand the seriousness of marriage.

Whosoever marries their spouse, their life changes forever. Whenever you get married, there is no turning back.

Boyfriend and girlfriend, before wedlock, must take vows of chastity forever. None of them must eat the forbidden fruit. To eat the forbidden fruit is fornication.

Both couples must slowly prepare themselves for the coitus reservatus.

Months to prepare oneself for the arcanum with one's spouse are paramount. Once they do the coitus reservatus, the holy cross is permanent. A man and a woman are married for life, and their honeymoon will last a lifetime.

Each spouse must undergo permanent responsibilities. The man must sacrifice his last drop of blood for his woman; likewise, the woman must sacrifice her last drop of blood for her man. The selfless sacrifice is the doorway to heaven.

Let this truth be known for all men and women: when a man and a woman have sex for the first time, they are permanently married. The secret of having sex is to introduce the virile member into the vagina and withdraw it without spilling the divine seed through the orgasm. The secret is the coitus reservatus, as Samael Aun Weor emphasized. Through the holy sex, both couples re-enter the Garden of Eden to conquer all paradise lost.

Sex and marriage are one.

Chapter 6 – The Key

Before you, a symbolic representation presents a key and a keyhole.

It is a drawing of a key and a keyhole.

Now, ladies and gentlemen, what do keys do?

Do keys unlock things?

Do keys unlock things that allow people to enter inaccessible places or open storage that contains valuables?

These symbols, the key and the keyhole, hold a profound spiritual significance beyond their physical functions.

Like the most exclusive of places, the Kingdom of Heaven remains inaccessible unless you possess the key to unlock it.

Without the key, you can never enter the kingdom.

Therefore, the key is masculine, and the keyhole is feminine.

It is in this context that the key and the keyhole take on a 100 percent sexual symbolism.

You have heard from Ghostbusters: keymaster and gatekeeper.

Because the key is masculine, it is the phallus. The phallus is a man's penis, or pen. The erected phallus is the key; therefore, the man is the keymaster.

Because the keyhole is feminine, the keyhole is the uterus. Through the hole of the uterus is the vagina of the woman. Likewise, the vagina is the keyhole. The keyhole appears like the woman's yoni; therefore, the woman is the gatekeeper.

One must insert the key into the keyhole to unlock things or inaccessible places.

Similarly, it is the union of man and woman, like the insertion of the key into the keyhole, that unlocks the Kingdom of Heaven. Together, they unlock more mysteries than they could alone.

The behavior of the coitus between man and woman must work similarly to that of the key and keyhole. The coitus reservatus accomplishes the key and the keyhole.

Therefore, to unlock the Kingdom of Heaven, man needs a woman to go to heaven, and likewise, a woman needs a man to go to heaven.

In Spanish, the key is el clave, and the keyhole is la cerradura. Note that I neither use llave nor the feminine la for the key because I understand that the key is masculine and that llave almost sounds like Jave or Javhe.

Jave reminds us of Yahweh, or Jove in Latin, the chief of the Black Lodge. Yahweh is the Satan who has deceived humanity for ages. He is responsible for the failure of humanity's evolution and the alleged culprit behind Jesus Christ's crucifixion, as noted in Samael Aun Weor's book, “Revolution of Beelzebub,” in a chapter titled “The Millennium.”

The key in Latin is clavis. Because of this, the key in Spanish will be el clave from now on.

Therefore, the key and the keyhole are requirements for entering heaven. Man is the keymaster, and the woman is the gatekeeper. Homosexuals and infrasexuals will never unlock the mysteries of the heavens, for they remain locked in the Abyss.

With the right key and keyhole, a perfect match occurs—the ideal game that unlocks the mysteries. Through this perfect match, love and wisdom enter the Perfect Marriage.

Therefore, the relationship between man and woman must be perfect, just as your heavenly Father and mother's relationship must be perfect.

With the right key and keyhole, you will unlock the mysteries of the heavens.

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Chapter 7 – The Magician

A magician performs magic; a female magician is akin to a priestess.

A magician helps men and women. Self-denial, the carrying of the cross, and the sacrifice of others are all that the magician needs.

The magician practices' coitus reservatus' with his priestess spouse. This term refers to a form of sexual practice where the couple abstains from ejaculation, thereby conserving and transmuting their sexual energy. The arcanum, or secret, of this practice is known as white tantra. Through it, they awaken the Divine Mother Kundalini, a powerful spiritual force.

Another word for a magician is a benefici, or the pluralized form is beneficos. Benefici is Latin. The prefix bene- means good. The suffix -fici is a magician; ergo, benefici is a white magician.

The magician never reveals himself to the public. He conceals himself from the eyes of the people. Powers are sacred among the Elohim. Sex is the holiest power of them all. Sex is far more precious than gold and silver could amount to.

The domain of the beneficos, the embodiment of purity and light, is the White Lodge; the chief of the White Lodge is the Lord Jesus Christ, a figure of unparalleled sanctity. The magician, a disciple of the White Lodge, is a beacon of spiritual purity.

A witch is a sorceress.

A warlock is a sorcerer.

A witch or a warlock refers to those who do witchcraft and magic to accomplish selfish or harmful ends. A witch or warlock dabbles with sex to fornicate, the insidious crime which strengthens the sinning “I”. Within the depths of the sinning “I” is the Guardian of the Threshold.

The Guardian of the Threshold is Satan, or the sinning “I”, evident that the threshold refers to limitations.

Another name for a warlock is a wizard.

A witch (sorceress) or a warlock (sorcerer) is a black magician. These perverse entities worship their abominable mother, Kundabuffer, the very antithesis of the Divine Mother Kundalini.

In Latin, a sorcerer is malefici (Mah-ley-Fee-chi). A hidden Latin prefix in malefici is mal-. Mal in Latin means 'terrible,' 'evil,' and 'impure.' It reminds us of Maleficent, the wicked fairy from Disney's 1959 animated film, Sleeping Beauty; the plural form of malefici in Latin is maleficos.

The domain of the Maleficos is the Black Lodge; the chief of the Black Lodge is Yahweh. The sorcerer is the disciple of the Black Lodge.

They despise the coitus reservatus, the superior star, and the cross, for they are apotropaic devices against the Maleficos.

They are not repulsive against the inferior star; they do enjoy the art of Black Tantra, which is another name for fornication. The Maleficos are also bipolar. They can appear as good or take on the form of impurity.

Witchcraft is the secret art of black tantra. Witchcraft, as Samael Aun Weor stated, is responsible for approximately 30 percent of all common crimes. Another word for witchcraft is sorcery.

Within the arts of sorcery, the maleficos commit these trespasses against men and women; with their skills of witchcraft, they awaken the Kundabuffer Organ.

Fornication is the antithesis of the coitus reservatus.

Witchcraft is fornication, masturbation, pornography, adultery, and many forms of impurity with the intent to manipulate the forces of nature. One performs witchcraft through the mind.

The worst fear of the maleficos is the beneficos. Both the maleficos and the beneficos fight against each other in a terrible battle, which is sex. Neither the malefici nor the benefici reconciles or mixes.

In Spanish, a witch is a bruja, and a warlock is a brujo. Bruja is another Spanish word that is slang for bitch. Bitch and witch rhyme together in a poem.

Within the dens of bitchcraft lies the very crime of prostitution. Prostitution is one of the common crimes upon the earth, yet the bitchcraft is an eternal sin.

As Leviticus 19:29 states: “do not prostitute thy daughters, to cause her to be a prostitute [bitch]; lest the land fall into trampdom [bitchcraft], and the land become full of wickedness”.

Bitch is a word that clearly defines a prostitute or the tramp. All women are sacred. He who calls a woman a bitch commits violence against women. He who calls a woman a tramp will be liable to the hells of violence, for he commits violence against women.

Those who fornicate (eat the forbidden fruit) open doors to witchcraft, prostitution, and sorcery. Fornication is the eternal sin.

Exodus 22:18 reads – “Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live”. It would be best if you suffer a witch to die. Know that impurity can never destroy impurity. Impurity only begets impurity; only love has the crushing force to destroy impurity.

In Latin, Exodus 22:18 reads – “Maleficos non patieris vivere,” or “Thou shalt not permit sorcerers to live”.

Whenever you say (for example), thou shalt not suffer an animal to live, you say: you must suffer an animal to die. The word for this is to kill.

However, when you say thou shalt not suffer an animal to die, this is the following translation: you must suffer an animal to live.

Please do not deceive yourself with the word 'suffer.' To suffer is to allow or permit. Do not allow yourself to interpret that the word suffering means pain. It does not; suffering derives from the Latin word “sufferre.”

Witches and warlocks are nowhere near men and women, even though they claim to be. They are here to teach you only one thing: if you are not a disciple of the White Lodge, then you are a disciple of the Black Lodge.

No one can underestimate the maleficos; these sorcerers, with their sly intellect, disguise themselves in the physical world as ordinary citizens. As the Bible states: “Beware of false prophets that appear like sheep, yet inside are ravenous wolves.” Caution is a must when dealing with these deceptive entities.

All false prophets are fornicators. They are tenebrous entities with powerful intellects. They are the most dangerous people alive, whom no one should follow.

The maleficos do not use broomsticks to fly anywhere around the world (like in the fairy tale stories). They travel by entering a state of hyperspace (negative Jinn State), which allows them to fly anywhere around the world.

Negatively, they use the power of the Kundabuffer Organ to enter the Jinn State, which is the Black Jinn.

On the other hand, a magician can positively place their body into hyperspace; by experience, a magician can use magic to enter the Jinn State (only in the supraconscious realms); it is the White Jinn.

A magician, born of fire and water and with all five senses and seven superior churches opened, can see the maleficos from within.

Those practicing the black arts (black magic) will undergo the second death in the Abyss, for they are terrible, perverse demons.

The fate of the sorcerers who refuse to renounce impurity will seal their chances in the Abyss, as Revelation 21:8 describes.

Chapter 8 – Women

All women have the power to change the earth.

Women have the power to regenerate their men.

Women carry the key to power.

Samael Aun Weor's lecture, “The Sacred Role of Women,” said it all.

All women represent our Divine Mother Kundalini; therefore, all women are sacred.

No religion is complete without the woman; no one can go to the kingdom of Yah-Hovah without the union of man and woman.

She, as the Virgin, delivers the flaming sword, or the sword of justice, unto her man.

Women have the power to regulate men's biological functions.

The woman is the bridge between the physical and spiritual realms.

Remember: man is wisdom; woman is love.

Therefore, it is urgent to teach women to retain their sexual energies utilizing chastity, never allowing their semen to escape, nor allowing their semen to merge into the universal currents.

By teaching women to conserve their energy, they preserve the ability to feel and pour genuine love into others.

Because a woman controls the biological functions of a man, she must adopt an edified and essentially dignified attitude lest wickedness and prostitution fill the lands.

These are the words that define how Adam must rule over Eve, utilizing the way to scientific chastity so that she would teach Adam how to love.

By the narrow path, women turn to ancient wisdom to begin educating their men.

Women must directly confront the sexual mysteries without identifying sex as either taboo, shame, vice, or sin.

Men and women must dominate their sexual energies with their whip of willpower, the brain over sex, or the symbol of Venus.

By teaching a woman how to restrain their sexual energies by trapping energy and putting them into use, she would teach her man the adoration of love and respect for sex.

Remember: sex is one hundred percent sacred. Sex is a doorway to eternal salvation, and the woman herself is the narrow path.

The love of a woman for her man helps the man regain his former glory. She is the Holy Grail.

She is a chalice; the chalice is colored silver; silver is the color of the moon and the woman.

There are two types, yet choose wisely. One of the grails gives you life; the other one takes away your life. In the name of truth, there are many grails, yet there is only one for you that perfectly gives you life.

Never judge a book by its cover, for you must comprehend your woman by her fruits.

Her fruit is her sexuality. Comprehend the fruit of goodness and the fruit of impurity. Sex is the tree of knowledge of goodness and impurity.

The fruit of goodness gives man life and is love. The fruit of impurity steals life from man and is clearly lust.

Never yoke yourself with a woman who steals your life. Your life is your fire. A woman who appears too good to be true is a prostitute, sufficient to the point that the death of the soul awaits you. The scriptures of Matthew 5:28 state that if a man looks at a woman with lust, he already commits adultery in his heart.

Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. She, as a prostitute, is known to attract with her charms men who are naive enough to differentiate between goodness and impurity. Woe unto women who take pride in their external beauty to steal fire from men! In the end, they go to the Infernos, where they undergo the Second Death; no one can satisfy the desire of a woman.

Now you see, comprehend that the woman of perversity is the grail that takes away your life, representing the Abominable Mother Kundabuffer, the tail of Satan that descends towards the Infernos.

There is an antithesis of the kundabuffer, who does not steal fire from men.

She is a healer whom you look at with love.

She is the full moon of full moons.

She is the woman known to appear imperfect, to some extent.

She emphasizes modesty, purity, and chastity.

Whom you seek is not simply a woman, but a woman who gives you life. It is she whom the White Lodge delivers unto you; she is the narrow path that leads to life, as written in Matthew 7:13-14.

She represents our Divine Mother Kundalini.

The woman is modest, for she is holy and sacred.

The woman is the grail that is holy and sacred, whom you seek as a delicate vessel.

The woman is the one who gives you life. There, you must show her the utmost respect. She brings youth to man and has the power to regenerate man; do teach her chastity. Through chastity, she gives the chalice of life unto her man.

The woman is the one whom you elevate into virginity, who rules Nature through chastity.

Blessed are women who elevate themselves into Virgins, representing our Divine Mother Kundalini. Blessed is the Virgin who, by the will of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, crowns her.

Through the knowledge of women, one can study the Sixth Card of the Tarot: Indecision. The Virgin and the Tramp never mix. The Virgin is the woman who gives you life. The Tramp is the woman who steals your life. Remember: you choose wisely.

Because the woman is the Holy Grail, she can regenerate him from an intellectual animal into a man.

The calling of the woman is to help her man create the soul to unite with the Innermost.

By the narrow path that the woman learns to restrain her sexual energy through modesty, purity, and chastity, she would have the power to change the earth.

Chapter 9 – Religion

Religion is sacred, yet it can be a source of controversy for those who react strongly to it. Sacred is religion, which is offensive to those who are unaware of its true meaning. Let every man have his faith. When I speak of man, I also include woman.

“Unto you, your religion; unto me, my religion” – Quran, Surah 109:1-6

It is essential to respect your neighbor's religious duties. He who shows no respect for his neighbor's religion is a sorcerer. It is unlawful to enforce your religion upon others. Woe unto the man who forces his religion on others, for it causes more harm than goodness.

All religions have their ancestry in Gnosis. As Samael Aun Weor stated, “All religions are precious pearls set in the golden thread of Divinity.” All religions conserve eternal values; there are no false ones. All Religions are necessary and fulfill a mission in life. Gnosis is catholic, which bears no association with the Roman Catholic Church; catholic is another word for universal.

“Do not be equally yoked with the nonreligious. What do goodness and impurity have in common? What fellowship has light with darkness? What fellowship has Christ with Yahweh? What concord do religious and nonreligious people have in common? What agreement is there with the temple of the Elohim and Demons?” – 2 Corinthians 6:14.

Christ and Yahweh never mix. Religion and nonreligion do not mix. Goodness and impurity do not mix. It is akin to mixing oil and water, which never mix.

Religion is revolutionary. Religion derives from the etymology of Religare, which in Latin means “to bind together” or “to unite.” Its counterpart word, Yoga, derives from the Sanskrit term Yug (pronounced Y-OO-G), which also means union. Please do not confuse Yoga with a series of stretches or physical meditations; rather, Yoga is a spiritual practice that leads to union with Divinity, often referred to by different names.

The opposite of religion is Ra-legion or Ralegion. Ralegion is the legion of impurity; Ralegion itself is nonreligious.

Therefore, the purpose of religion is to assist humanity and serve it. Divinity makes religion for man, never man for religion. The Elohim never made man to serve religion. Religion is for man to achieve salvation. Religion has nothing to do with subservience, control, and conformity. It also has nothing to do with modern religious organizations.

The tyrannical purpose of Ralegion is short: to enslave man into serving Ralegion. It holds no value or purpose in life. Ralegion never assists nor serves humanity. It demands submission. It is Ralegion that associates with subservience, control, and conformity. It is ralegious or nonreligious organizations that fail to help others to achieve final liberation.

Beware of pastors (or shepherds) of modern churches: any church, school, or organization that does not teach others final liberation or the golden, sexual alchemy is nonreligious. Anyone morally opposing the Perfect Matrimony is a nonreligious person. Woe unto modern churches. They theoretically teach you the scriptures, yet none of them are practical ones or Gnostic initiates. Nonreligious people in league with the Synagogue of Satan; they are followers of Yahweh.

Even within ourselves, we carry a stumbling block to our final liberation, which is the ego. We never follow anyone, nor do we have followers. It is already too dangerous to follow anyone imperfect. We follow our Innermost. It is the king of kings, the Christ, that we, as sheep of Christ, must follow.

We are not, however, against religion. It is the Antichrist who says that religion is about subservience, control, and conformity to deceive you. It is false. It is idolatry in the form of Ralegion that equals subservience, control, and conformity.

The leader of the Antichrist is Yahweh, whom Samael imprisoned in the bottomless pit, crucified upside-down. Lo and behold: the Antichrist is the antithesis of Jesus Christ.

Religion has nothing to do with subservience, control, and conformity. Religion has to do with freedom, order, and free will under the obedience of our Innermost. The golden alchemy is the coitus reservatus that we perform daily with our respective spouses. In the name of truth, it is the proper use of sexuality that is never contrary to religion. That is all.

Chapter 10 – The Two Marys

Understanding the two Marys, as Samael Aun Weor expounds in his book “The Perfect Matrimony – Chapter 13 The Two Marys”, is a pivotal step in your spiritual journey. Failure to do so renders you ignorant. The battlefield where the two Marys engage is sex. The path of sexuality you choose is a decision of immense significance. It can lead you to heavenly heights or plunge you into hellish depths. The mother you nourish and awaken is a choice that rests solely with you.

Saint Mary is Santa Maria in Spanish. Saint Mary is never the mother of Christ, our King, even if Saint Mary claims to be the mother of Jesus Christ. If Saint Mary says this, tell her that she lies.

Saint Mary is the perverse Mary that the Maleficos worship: the Abominable Mother Kundabuffer. The maleficos are sorcerers or practitioners of black magic. The maleficos are disciples who corrupt themselves against their innermost selves.

Saint Mary is the motherfornicator, the perverse mother of all types of fornication. She is Circe.

In the Odyssey, Circe is the enchantress who turns men into animals. Yes, people can turn into animals using the kundabuffer organ. It is evident, though, in Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio. When one deviates to the Land of Toys, he becomes a donkey through skipping school and work. School is for growth in knowledge; work is our diligence in the Great Work.

Saint Mary awakens through the coitus fornicatus of the warlock and the witch, who seek knowledge incorrectly. It is the coitus fornicatus which leads man and woman to fornicate through the coitus. It is also known as black tantra. It is she who fortified our own ego.

Saint Mary is the matrix of witchcraft, coitus fornicatus, and sorcery. She is the Queen of the maleficos. Saint Mary is the Maleficent, the corrupt, perverse fairy godmother who leads children into fornication and spiritual death. Look no further into the 1959 Disney film called Sleeping Beauty.

Saint Mary is the Queen of the Infernos and bitches. She carries the bitchdust, the dust of easy prostitution in which the sorceress gives power to. Now you know her bitchcraft. Naive and uninformed individuals are often easy to manipulate. She has all the powers of hell, the sexual perversion. She is the lowest of all women. In chess, Saint Mary is colored black.

Rest assured: Saint Mary will never hold power over you if you do not suffer her; only the Virgin Mary, the powerful mother, is to be revered and feared.

The Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ, our King, embodies purity and divinity. She is the antithesis of the corrupt Saint Mary, representing all that is pure and divine in the spiritual realm.

The Virgin Mary is the Virgin of Carmel, whom the Beneficos worship. The Beneficos are the white magicians or the magicians. The Beneficos are disciples who maintain their purity through their actions.

The Virgin Mary is the Divine Mother Kundalini awakened through the creation of the cross by man and woman through chastity. Chastity is the coitus reservatus of man and woman: the White Tantra. She also helps us destroy our own Egos through our own awareness and comprehension.

Therefore, the Virgin Mary is the source of magic, chastity, and the perfect matrimony. She is the Queen of the Beneficos, leading them to eternal salvation.

The Virgin Mary is the Queen of the Heavens. She has all the powers of heaven. She is the highest of all women. In chess, the pieces are colored white.

In closing, I give you the prayer of the Ave Maria to seek the guidance of our Divine Mother Kundalini:

In Latin:

Ave Maria;

gratia plena;

dominus tecum;

Benedicta tu in mulieribus;

et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus;

Virginis Maria Mater Dei;

Ora pro nobis cum peccatoribus ego;

nunc, et in hora mortis vitium nostrae;

Sela fiat.

In English:

Hail Mary, full of grace, our Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Iesus (Yeshua, Jesus); Virgin Mary, Mother of God, pray for us with the sinning ego, now and at the death of our vices; amen.

Chapter 11 – The Cross

The cross consists of two bars, one vertical and one horizontal. The cross, created as a symbolic work of art, is a trademark of Glorian Publishing.

The vertical bar (|) represents the man.

The horizontal bar (–) represents the woman.

Behold, the cross (+) is the union of one man and woman through the coitus reservatus.

Man is for the woman, and woman is for the man. Man is an active force reflecting god the Father; woman is the receptive force reflecting god the Mother.

Those who react against the cross are vampires. You may have heard that vampires react violently against the cross. Those who reject the cross are vampires.

Polygamists, homosexuals, singles, and infrasexuals never create the cross.

Polygamists have multiple partners and never make the holy cross; instead, they create at least a multipolarity. Polygamism is only an animalistic, sexual behavior.

Homosexuals are those whose partner is of the same sex. They never make the cross. They are either gay (||) or lesbian (=).

Singles are those who do not have a partner of the opposite sex, and they never create a cross. Singles are unable to awaken the kundalini without the athanor. The athanor is the woman. There is no alchemy without his woman. He, as a single person, cannot create without a woman. He has powers and can still undergo awakening, but he remains on probation until he receives his woman. He can transmute his sexual energies within himself while waiting for his woman to appear. There is no going to heaven without the woman. Likewise, he can never undergo spiritual rebirth without his woman. Marriage has more advantages than being single.

Infrasexuals are those who morally reject sex, especially the coitus reservatus. Infrasexuals do celibacy. It is also chastity in excess, which inevitably leads one to fornication. They think they can conquer the lost paradise without sex. These are mistaken animals. No one can re-enter the lost paradise without sex. Infrasexuality is one of the false doors that only leads one to the Abyss.

Those who react against the cross are followers of Lilith, the patron of vampires.

A dhampir is a half-vampire and is bisexual, attracted to both male and female.

Beware of those who adulterate the cross. To adulterate is defined from Latin as to corrupt. Those who corrupt are adulterers. The ninth Decalogue states: “thou shalt not commit adultery”. Those who commit adultery are violators of the ninth Decalogue. All adulterers are never trustworthy to create the holy cross, for they are worthless. Adulterers have no foundation upon the earth.

Those who degrade the cross burn with lust. Adulterers can never learn how to love while burning with desire. It is fornication, the defining reminder of a furnace. Of course, adultery does not necessarily mean to corrupt the cross with the intent to burn with lust. It is a trespass against the Holy Spirit to adulterate. It relates to prostitution, the trespass by way of sexual corruption with a bitch.

Adultery also corrupts the very definition of the holy union of one man and one woman. The conversion of marriage for commercialism is a trespass against the holy spirit. The Elohim forgives all sins except for trespass against the Holy Spirit.

Those who degrade the cross are followers of Nahemah, the patron of adulterers and prostitutes.

The cross of man and woman is born with love and wisdom, through the coitus reservatus. Only when you unite a man and woman do you enter the kingdom of the Innermost. It is why being married and loving it is for the initiates, never for simpletons. The marriage of a man and a woman is born with love. Love is the form of religion that unites all to the Innermost. That is the key to the holy cross.

Chapter 12 – The Middle Point

Chastity, never lust nor excess chastity;

Temperance, never gluttony nor excess temperance;

Diligence, never laziness nor excess diligence;

Patience, never wrath nor excess patience;

Charity, never greed nor excess charity;

Kindness, never envy nor excess kindness;

Humility, never pride nor excess humility.

We are anonymous.

We are everywhere.

We choose to forgive.

We choose to remember.

Here we are:

As above, so below.

Self-awareness is crucial in understanding virtues and vices. All virtues are the middle point. Any virtue in excess is a vice, yet a vice is a vice. It's important to recognize when we self-identify with an excessive virtue, as it may lead to vice in an attempt to restore balance.

Desire and aversion are two opposite poles. Neither desire nor aversion is the middle point. I state that desire and aversion are all vices yet opposites. Advice is the middle point that leads one to life; desire is vice, and aversion is excessive virtue.

Chastity, diligence, humility, patience, charity, temperance, and kindness are all virtues. Chastity in excess leads to lust; diligence in excess leads to laziness; excess humility leads to pride; excess charity leads to greed; excess temperance leads to gluttony; and excess kindness leads to envy. Well, excess (as we know) is an adjective and diminishes the power of virtues. Any vice (namely lust, laziness, pride, greed, gluttony, and envy) swings man to the opposing vice (excess virtue).

To restore the balance within oneself is to comprehend these two opposing vices to discover what is true:

Both man and woman are humble. Humble is both man and woman, who are neither more nor less than themselves. The virtue of humility is the middle point. A man and a woman who are humble never take titles. Titles are bipolar, either prideful or humble in excess; both are vices.

Virtue is the middle point, the law of balance. Embracing life's challenges with this understanding brings a sense of centeredness and strength in all aspects of life.

Matthew 23:12 clearly states that he who exalts himself will be humbled, yet he who humbles himself will be exalted.

A hero should call himself a sinner, as we are all sinners before our Innermost. All fornicators are born as sinners.

In the name of truth, no one is born a hero. A hero is born within a man by his genuine love for humanity and his countless sacrifices for others.

This right does not enter into us automatically. One must earn the right to be a hero through deeds of goodness, including a genuine sacrifice for others. The right to be a hero is also measured by how much love others have given you as a result of your work.

It is never enough to say, “I am a hero”. You must prove yourself worthy of genuine love and sacrifice for others to be called a hero.

A hero is never good nor evil, but beyond good and evil. There is no good or evil, only goodness and impurity. Even a hero knows that the path with excellent intentions leads one to the Abyss. This excellent identification of a hero leads to knightfall.

A hero himself is a protagonist unto those whom he has sacrificed and loved for others.

There is a woman who is also a protagonist. Now, she is the one who sacrifices herself for genuine love for others. She is a heroine.

How blessed are the hero and heroine in romantic love, working together to sacrifice themselves for the love of others.

There is another type of hero that goes beyond the everyday hero. He possesses magical powers, driven by genuine love and a commitment to sacrifice for others. He is a magician, or a superhero; a woman is also a magician, or a superheroine.

“Jesus said to his disciples: 'Things that cause people to stumble are bound to happen, but woe to anyone through whom they happen” – Luke 17:1

There is an antithesis of a hero. It is he, a fallen hero, who eats the forbidden fruit, thus turning himself to impurity. The hero who fornicates enters knightfall. It is he who turns to wickedness and works for the flesh. In the name of truth, he is a villain.

When a heroine falls into impurity and works for the flesh, she is a villainess. A bitch is a villainess.

A villain himself calls others villains while believing himself to be a hero. These are true traits of a sorcerer.

Even a rightful hero or a heroine (even a superhero or a superheroine) can also be called a villain, and the one who calls a rightful hero or a heroine a villain is himself a villain.

These fallen individuals, formerly heroes and heroines, are the true antagonists.

These antagonists are those who awaken impurity in response to impurity. They only perceive the impurity within others, but never the goodness within others.

One must never underestimate these antagonists, for they have very sharp and sly intellects.

Beware of their talents in the arts of sorcery and witchcraft. A villain who possesses these powers for sorcery and witchcraft is indeed a supervillain. Watch out for a sorceress, a villainess who possesses these magical powers, for sorcery and witchcraft are often associated with supervillainesses. These super-antagonists are the most dangerous people alive, yet they subject themselves to their second death.

The sorcerer's archenemy is indeed a magician; yet, a magician's archenemy is a sorcerer.

Now you know, my friend, the knowledge of a hero and a villain. No one is born a hero or a villain; you will know them by their fruits. A good fruit is a hero or a heroine. An impure fruit is a villain or a villainess. The right to be a hero is born within ourselves, for the genuine love and sacrifice for others.

Chapter 13 – God

God is Yahweh.

Yahweh is the Chief of the Black Lodge. He is a fallen angel.

Yahweh is male. He calls himself God, knowing he is never a God. Yahweh is also Jahve, Iove, or Iave.

Before he joined the Black Lodge, he had a wife. After he fell to impurity and sorcery, he persuaded his wife to join him, but she refused and divorced him as a result.

The people behind coercing this lie are the fallen Jews. The fallen Jews who follow Yahweh are considered his chosen people. Those who are not his chosen people are considered his animals, or his enemies. There are two types of Jews: those who follow Yah-Hovah and those who follow Yahweh. The fallen Jews, as Yahweh's chosen people, are the true deceivers of humanity and the masters of lies. It is evident in the many contradictions within their Black Book, revealing this text to be the work of demons who had knowledge and infused it with their perverse power to make it credible, and to incite fear to control. The fallen Jews are the ones who created Yahwehism.

Yahwehism, as Satanism, is a reaction to the original religions related to Gnosis, labeled as “Satanism,” meaning “enemy/adversary” in Hebrew. The perverse ones invented Yahwehism to remove Gnosis from the populace and place this power in the hands of a “chosen” few to the detriment of all humanity.

God, as Yahweh, never answers your prayers. God, as Yahweh, has failed humanity. God, as Yahweh, is your enemy. Yahweh is both God and Satan.

Yahweh is the founder and the highest pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church is a fallen sect of the Gnostic Church.

God, as Yahweh, was directly responsible for the temptation of Christ, the cruxification of Christ, and for the failure of the evolution of humanity.

Therefore, Yahweh is the Satan who has deceived humanity for ages. God, as Yahweh, is Satan.

Beyond a reasonable doubt, it is no understatement that demons pose as Jesus Christ to deceive, fool, and divert people away from the Narrow Path. I have seen a false depiction of Jesus Christ morph into a demon in my dreams. It is a clear warning from 2 Corinthians 11:14. They can probably scream, “Come and get me in the name of the Devil.”

I am writing this to help you understand who God is. One must never be a monotheist or accept only one God who is Yahweh in disguise. He who is a monotheist is already one step closer to atheism than he realizes. To avoid falling into atheism, one must be a monistic polytheist. Monotheism is never the narrow path. Due to monotheism, the human race has drastically degenerated both spiritually and intuitively.

Humanity has been held back dangerously in this area due to the hoax of Yahwehism and its relentless attacks upon science for centuries. Yahwehism is never religious. The followers of Yahweh are assigned to keep humanity from Gnosis in their book of sorcery. It is sorcery, which is the use of magic for impurity.

Yahwehism is a vicious hoax on humanity of catastrophic proportions. For a hoax to succeed, there has to be ignorance on the part of the victim. The religion of Yahweh and its cohorts actively suppress knowledge and free thought, encourage people to be enslaved, and never advocate or teach anything for the betterment or advancement of humanity. Yahwehism is nothing more than a tool to keep humanity under the control of a chosen few. The idol for the Nazarene has been used in masses and services as a substitute for a human living blood sacrifice, revealing their true purpose.

There is Yah-Hovah Elohim. Note that I never include God. God in Hebrew is El. Yah-Hovah is Lord, the holy cross that we must carry. The Elohim is plural for gods and goddesses, male and female.

In the Five Books of Moses, Elohim is the one who created the heavens and the Earth, and Yah-Hovah (or Jehovah) is the Angel who oversaw the Garden of Eden. He also stated that the Lord is Yah-Hovah. It is the Black Lodge that adulterated the Bible with the name of Yahweh to remove the name of Yah-Hovah. The Black Lodge did so to appear as if Yahweh had performed these miracles exactly as described in the Bible. In reality, Yahweh did not perform any of the miracles described in the Bible.

Yahweh is weak. His knightfall into impurity has already made him weak. Due to his actions, God, as Yahweh, is dead. When I say “God is dead”, God is alive yet will face the Second Death. Therefore, God is dead. Hail to Christ, down with Yahweh.

Many will confuse the name of Yah-Hovah Elohim with Yahweh Elohim. Even so, Yahweh Elohim refers to the Elohim of impurity under the command of Yahweh. The Elohim of impurity are demons. That is all.

Be wary that trust is an overrated concept. You must use discernment and discrimination properly. The improper use of these two things leads one to disaster.

It is urgent to reject Yahweh and his Elohim, his legions of demons. Beelzebub, for example, has revolved from the Black Lodge under the guidance of Samael Aun Weor. Yahweh wants enslaved people. Christ does not wish to enslave people. Christ wants people to be free, free from the Ego itself. From the quote of Frederick Douglass: “Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.” Those who say that Jesus Christ is the deceiver of humanity are mistaken people. He is our savior. His followers have been active, and he doesn't need copious wealth, power, or control to keep them.

We save ourselves, rather than claim that idols save anyone. Behold, the Elohim help those who help themselves, derived from Aesop's Fable, “Hercules and the Wagoner”. Therefore, Jesus Christ saves those who save themselves.

Here, I make a dedication to Yah-Hovah and Jesus Christ. Note that I stole the fire from the devil (that is, the Joy of Satan website, then called Satan is God, and is now Temple of Zeus) and whiten it:

Before the almighty and ineffable Yah-Hovah and in the presence of all the Angels of Heaven, who are the True and the Original Elohim, I, (state your full name), renounce any past allegiances to impurity. I renounce the false Judeo/Christian god Yahweh and his Elohim. I renounce Saint Mary, the Queen Mother of bitches. I reject his theories and beliefs.

I proclaim Yah-Hovah Elohim as my one and only Elohim, and in Jesus Christ, the Chief of the White Lodge (born of the Virgin Mary). I promise to recognize and honor the White Lodge in all things, without reservation or anything in return, for its manifold assistance in the successful completion of my endeavors.

Sign this pact internally with your sexual transmutation, inwards and upwards, never suffering the seed to escape from you.

At the end of the ritual, close with the words “Sela fiat” and a Big “in the name of Christ, by the majesty of Christ, and by the power of Christ”.

Amen.

Chapter 14 – The Three Paths

It's crucial to understand that you can only choose one of the three paths. Whichever Path you choose, the remaining two will become your adversaries, underscoring the gravity of your decision.

So here are the three paths: The Evolving Right-Hand Path, The Devolving Left-Hand Path, and The Revolutionary Path of Neutrality.

The Evolving Right-Hand Path is part of the Wheel of Samara, which rotates counterclockwise upward. It is the Path of aversion and avoids all types of Magic and sorcery. It is the Path of good.

The Devolving Left-Hand Path is part of the Wheel of Samara, which rotates counterclockwise downward. It is the Path of desire. This Path teaches only sorcery and feeds the Ego, the Sinning “I” s. It is the Path of evil.

The Revolutionary Path of Neutrality is never the Wheel of Samara. The Path of Neutrality is also the Path of the Tao. This Path rejects the forces of both good and evil, which are both sides of the coin of impurity. It is a revolutionary, upward, and arduous Path that leads back to the Garden of Eden. It is the only Path that teaches Magic. The way back to the Garden of Eden is the proper use of sex, which is sexual transmutation and the coitus reservatus.

The Wheel of Samsara is a mechanical wheel that rotates counterclockwise against the rune Gibor (the clockwise Swastika that rotates clockwise). The Swastika turns with the mechanical currents of the Samsara, which is the inverted Swastika. The inverted Swastika is the same symbol that Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler used before and during World War II.

“Enter through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it, but small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it” [Matthew 7:13-14 NIV]

Both the wide gate and the broad road combine the Left-Hand Path and the Right-Hand Path, which always lead to destruction. Yet, in secret, against both hand paths, the Path of Neutrality is the narrow gate, the straight Path that leads to life. Both Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path are bipolar and related to the devil. The Black Lodge, a term for the collective hostile forces in the universe, is always associated with both the Right-Hand Path and the Left-Hand Path.

All three paths oppose each other. They never ally. In other words, none of the three paths ever mix. One chooses their Path by their actions.

The Evolving Right-Hand Path stands in direct opposition to both the Left-Hand Path and the Path of Neutrality. Similarly, the Devolving Left-Hand Path opposes both the Right-Hand Path and the Path of Neutrality. The Revolutionary Path of Neutrality, in turn, opposes both the Left-Hand Path and the Right-Hand Path. This intense spiritual conflict is a testament to the distinct nature of each Path.

Of course, religion is never the only limit. It can extend to politics.

The Right-Hand Path is associated with the Right-Wing parties, which typically advocate for individualism and free-market Capitalism. The Left-Hand Path is associated with left-wing parties, which often promote collectivism and socialist Policies. The Narrow Path, or the Path of Neutrality, is associated with democracy, which seeks to balance individual rights and social welfare, neither leaning towards the left nor the right.

The Gnostic Movement is always on the Path of Neutrality. Democracy is the Path of neutrality. The Gnostic Movement always requires coitus reservatus, a work of sexual connection and transmutation between man and woman without fornication. The Evolving Right-Hand Path and The Devolving Left-Hand Path morally oppose the coitus reservatus. These paths are anti-revolutionary and reactionary.

The Left-Hand Path recommends fornication, in which these priests convert themselves to sorcerers. It is a path of desire. The Left-Hand Path also commits sorcery and witchcraft. They can go for either black tantra or grey tantra. They also utilize the coitus fornicatus. They also morally hate sexual transmutation and the coitus reservatus. They follow their Guardian of the Threshold, which is Satan (the psychological aggregates, King of the Animal Kingdom).

The Right-Hand Path morally hates and rejects the coitus reservatus. They can go for celibacy and avoidance. They also reject Magic and Sorcery, viewing either as sorcery. They follow religious doctrines and interpret them literally. These religious doctrines are gray and meaningless in the real world. They are primarily monotheistic or atheistic. They also hate Gnosticism. They can go far to reject those who disagree with their indoctrinated systems.

Both the Right-Hand Path and the Left-Hand Path are natural enemies of the Gnostic Movement. Both of these paths morally hate Christ. Both Paths never recommend the coitus reservatus. However, the right-hand Path only requires fornication in producing children as a privilege (through a marriage license) or celibacy by avoiding their spouses. Both Paths also altered the actual definition of marriage in their perceived interpretations. Both Paths also changed the exact meaning of baptism into nothing more than an initiation into the covenant of either the right-hand or the left-hand, respectively.

The Path of Neutrality is beyond good and evil, for there is no such thing as good and evil. Good and evil are both sides of impurity. The Gnostic Movement serves no Left- or Right-Hand paths, and it is always stronger than both. It consistently fulfills the Revolutionary Path of Neutrality. The Path of Neutrality is neither desire nor aversion. The Neutral Path is very difficult, but it brings a profound sense of balance and stillness to those who walk it. The Gnostic Movement always encourages Magic and creeds which sanctify the Elohim, the heavens, and the universe. A magician is a priest who follows the Path of Neutrality; he is also the benefici. The magician will never associate with either the Left-Hand or the Right-Hand paths. The Gnostic Movement has no beginning and no end. All Left-Hand Paths and Right-Hand Paths have a beginning and an end.

Therefore, it is essential to destroy the Black Lodge. As the Black Lodge is on the outside, it is also within ourselves. I never recommend that you join the Black Lodge; doing so only makes you weak. We must also balance ourselves from the outside as well as the inside; we must never leave balance to either of its impure extremities.

(UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

Is it just me, or is it getting hot in here?

The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s

May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your expressions of affection are better than wine. The fragrance of your oils is pleasant; your name is like a fragrant oil poured out— that is why the young women love you.

Take me with you, let us run. The king has brought me into his interior rooms! Let us be joyful and rejoice in you. Let us praise your expressions of affection more than wine. Rightly they love you.

I am dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the tent cloths of Solomon. Do not stare at me because I am swarthy, because the sun has gazed upon me. The sons of my mother were angry with me; they appointed me the keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I did not keep.

Tell me, you whom I love so much, where you pasture your flock, where you have them lie down at midday. Why should I be like a woman wrapped in a veil among the flocks of your companions?

“If you do not know, O most beautiful of women, go follow the tracks of the flock and pasture your young goats next to the tents of the shepherds.”

“I liken you, my beloved, to a mare among the chariots of Pharaoh. Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of beads. We will make for you gold ornaments studded with silver.”

“While the king sits at his round table, my perfume gives off its fragrance. My dear one is to me like a fragrant bag of myrrh, spending the night between my breasts. My dear one is to me like a cluster of henna among the vineyards of En-gedi.”

“Look! You are beautiful, my beloved. Look! You are beautiful. Your eyes are those of doves.”

“Look! You are beautiful, my dear one, and delightful. Our bed is among the foliage. The beams of our house are cedars, our rafters are juniper trees.”

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“I am but a saffron of the coastal plain, a lily of the valleys.”

“Like a lily among thorns is my beloved among the daughters.”

“Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my dear one among the sons. I passionately desire to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

He brought me into the banquet house, and his banner over me was love. Refresh me with raisin cakes; sustain me with apples, for I am lovesick.

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me. I put you under oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the field: Do not try to awaken or arouse love in me until it feels inclined.”

“The sound of my dear one! Look! Here he comes, climbing the mountains, leaping over the hills. My dear one is like a gazelle, like a young stag. There he is, standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattices.

My dear one speaks, he says to me: ‘Rise up, my beloved, my beautiful one, come away with me. Look! The winter has passed, the rains are over and gone. Blossoms have appeared in the land, the time of pruning has arrived, and the song of the turtledove is heard in our land. The fig tree ripens its early figs; the vines are in blossom and give off their fragrance. Rise up, my beloved, and come. My beautiful one, come away with me.

O my dove, in the retreats of the crag, in the recesses of the cliff, let me see you and hear your voice, for your voice is pleasant and your appearance is lovely.’”

“Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, for our vineyards are in bloom.

My dear one is mine and I am his. He is shepherding among the lilies. Until the day grows breezy and the shadows flee, return quickly, O my dear one, like the gazelle or the young stag upon the mountains of separation.”

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✝️ He Wastes Nothing

A Watchman’s Reflection on Grace and Time

en español al final.

There is a mystery in the way God moves through time. We speak of loss as if it were the final word — but in His hands, even loss is a beginning.

The years that once felt empty were not wasted. They were being woven. They were becoming the soil where something unseen could take root.

We are quick to bury what breaks us, but God is not in the business of burial. He is in the business of resurrection.

Every delay, every detour, every silence — none of it escapes His design. He bends even the wasted years into the shape of purpose.

When He said,

“I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten,” He was not speaking only of crops, but of souls — souls devoured by regret, souls withered by fear, souls who thought the harvest had already passed them by.

But He wastes nothing. Not the pain that taught you how to pray. Not the loss that stripped you of illusion. Not the waiting that felt like punishment but was preparation.

For the same God who formed light from darkness still forms beauty from ruin. And the same Spirit who hovered over the void still hovers over the shattered places in us — whispering creation where we only see chaos.

So let the redeemed stop mourning the years they think they’ve lost. Let them stand in the quiet knowing that redemption is not a return to what was, but the unveiling of what was always meant to be.

Because the God who called Lazarus from the tomb still calls the dead parts of us by name. And when He does, time itself obeys.

He wastes nothing. Not one tear. Not one trial. Not one moment surrendered to Him.

The clock is not your enemy. It is His canvas. And every stroke, even the ones that felt cruel, was painting resurrection.

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God.” — Romans 8:28

The story is not over. It’s only being rewritten by the Author who never runs out of ink.

May the God who redeems the wasted years turn your mourning into meaning. May every scar become a sentence in your testimony. May every silence become a sanctuary for His voice. And may the peace that passes understanding remind you that time is not your jailer — it is your witness.

For the Redeemer of all things has promised: nothing surrendered is ever lost. Not even time.

He wastes nothing.

Author’s Note:

There are seasons when life feels like it has slipped through our hands — relationships fractured, opportunities missed, years seemingly lost to the wind. But loss is never the end of the story for those who walk with the Author of restoration.

This piece was born from the realization that God’s economy has no waste. He recycles pain into purpose and delay into destiny. Even what was broken beyond recognition still carries His fingerprints.

To those who feel too late, too tired, or too far gone: you are not behind schedule. You are right on time — in the hour grace had appointed.

He wastes nothing. Not even this.

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✝️ Él No Desperdicia Nada

Una Reflexión del Centinela sobre la Gracia y el Tiempo (Silent Sentinel — Noviembre de 2025)

Hay un misterio en la manera en que Dios se mueve a través del tiempo. Hablamos de la pérdida como si fuera la última palabra, pero en Sus manos, incluso la pérdida es un comienzo.

Los años que alguna vez parecieron vacíos no fueron desperdiciados. Estaban siendo tejidos. Se estaban convirtiendo en el suelo donde algo invisible podía echar raíces.

Somos rápidos para enterrar lo que nos rompe, pero Dios no se dedica a los entierros. Él se dedica a las resurrecciones.

Cada demora, cada desvío, cada silencio — nada escapa a Su diseño. Él dobla incluso los años desperdiciados hasta darles forma de propósito.

Cuando Él dijo:

“Y os restituiré los años que comió la oruga,” no hablaba solo de cosechas, sino de almas — almas devoradas por el remordimiento, almas marchitas por el miedo, almas que pensaban que la cosecha ya había pasado.

Pero Él no desperdicia nada. Ni el dolor que te enseñó a orar. Ni la pérdida que te despojó de ilusiones. Ni la espera que parecía castigo pero era preparación.

Porque el mismo Dios que formó la luz de las tinieblas todavía forma belleza de la ruina. Y el mismo Espíritu que se movía sobre el vacío todavía se mueve sobre los lugares quebrantados de nosotros — susurrando creación donde solo vemos caos.

Así que deja que los redimidos dejen de llorar los años que creen haber perdido. Que se mantengan firmes en el silencio sabiendo que la redención no es un regreso a lo que fue, sino la revelación de lo que siempre debió ser.

Porque el Dios que llamó a Lázaro del sepulcro todavía llama por nombre a las partes muertas de nosotros. Y cuando Él llama, el tiempo mismo obedece.

Él no desperdicia nada. Ni una lágrima. Ni una prueba. Ni un solo momento entregado a Él.

El reloj no es tu enemigo. Es Su lienzo. Y cada trazo, incluso los que parecían crueles, estaban pintando resurrección.

“Y sabemos que a los que aman a Dios, todas las cosas les ayudan a bien.” — Romanos 8:28

La historia no ha terminado. Solo está siendo reescrita por el Autor que nunca se queda sin tinta.

Que el Dios que redime los años desperdiciados convierta tu lamento en significado. Que cada cicatriz se vuelva una frase en tu testimonio. Que cada silencio se transforme en un santuario para Su voz. Y que la paz que sobrepasa todo entendimiento te recuerde que el tiempo no es tu carcelero — es tu testigo.

Porque el Redentor de todas las cosas ha prometido: nada de lo que se entrega se pierde. Ni siquiera el tiempo.

Él no desperdicia nada.

Nota del Autor

Hay temporadas en las que la vida parece haberse escapado de nuestras manos — relaciones fracturadas, oportunidades perdidas, años que parecen haberse ido con el viento. Pero la pérdida nunca es el fin de la historia para quienes caminan con el Autor de la restauración.

Esta pieza nació de la comprensión de que la economía de Dios no tiene desperdicio. Él recicla el dolor en propósito y la demora en destino. Incluso lo que fue roto más allá del reconocimiento todavía lleva Sus huellas.

Para aquellos que se sienten demasiado tarde, demasiado cansados o demasiado lejos: no estás fuera de tiempo. Estás justo a tiempo — en la hora que la gracia había designado.

Él no desperdicia nada. Ni siquiera esto.

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God repay the conscienceless engineers  
For the pure sweet hearts with which they gamble  
Seek not their greed which monetizes fears  
And goads minds like picadores goad bulls.  
They don't seem to stop and wonder "Should I,"  
Unless the "should" could threaten the bottom line,  
Until that line becomes their only why  
And they call conscience just a Luddite whine.  
Oh, how easy, on them, to pin the blame.  
For they would not be "they" without users  
So vulnerable to weaponized shame  
And words from anonymous accusers.  
	They could not act so low were we not vain,  
	Don't let them choose what is true, what is sane.

#poetry #sonnet

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Nuestro aspecto egoico teme desaparecer en la quietud.

todos debiéramos tener un amor que nos lleve al cielo o por lo menos un cohete que nos dé una vuelta por la luna y un sinsonte que nos despierte

We’re again going through something, because I was feeling bad about something and she asked and we talked and there’s tension now. We talked more today and she kept messing up but also I think I was not doing well to start so I should have avoided it or done some more self regulation. This drains me.

Watch Douglas Vandergraph’s inspiring faith-based videos on YouTube.

If your heart is yearning, your spirit tired, or your faith feeling small—then today is your invitation. When you press play on this powerful collection curated for breakthrough, you’re not just watching another Christian talk. You’re stepping into the reality of a love that cannot be shaken, moved or undone. That’s why you’re invited to dive into the “God’s Love Never Fails” playlist — a lineup of raw, uplifting, soul-shaking messages designed to awaken you to the presence and power of a God whose love is unchanging, unwavering, and truly unstoppable.

Whether you’re tuning in for your morning devotional, late-night encouragement, Bible study boost or a spiritual motivation surge—these talks are meant to penetrate real life, not just skim the surface. They are built on real-life stories, timeless Bible truths and heart-moving messages that make you pause, reflect, and step forward.

Let’s walk together through the truth of God’s love, the presence He brings, and how both transform everything—your identity, your day, your story, your future.

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Why You Must Know: That God’s Love Really Never Fails

We often experience love as fickle. Human love can waver, fade, or outright fail. But the love of God stands apart. In scripture we’re told:

“Love never fails.” Bible Study Tools+2OpenBible+2 And in a different place: “The faithful love of the Lord never ends; His mercies never cease.” Media On Mission+1

When you grasp that this is not just an idea—but a present, living reality—you begin to live from a new place. Not striving to earn love, not recoiling from risk, not cowering in fear of rejection. Instead: rooted in the knowledge that you are loved forever.

Here’s how theology helps you translate that into everyday life:

• Unconditional acceptance. You don’t have to perform to receive His love. Human love often carries conditions; God’s love carries none. As one devotional puts it “God’s love is steadfast and unchanging. It never falters, never fails.” Therapy For Christians
• Unshakable continuity. Scripture speaks of his love enduring forever, not just in theory but in practice:

“God’s love never fails.” Bible Gateway+1 * Unbreakable connection. There is nothing you can do, no height, no depth, no present circumstance, no future fear, no power of darkness that can separate you from the love of God. (see Romans 8) Penny Zeller+1

So when you feel like you’ve failed, when you feel unseen, when you feel disconnected—this is your anchor. You are seen. You are known. You are loved, deeply and lastingly.

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When God’s Presence Meets Your Moment

Love is brilliant—but presence is powerful. The God who loves you also meets you. He walks with you. He empowers you. He revives you.

Here’s how his presence shifts your life:

• Strength for what’s ahead. The Isaiah text reminds us: “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” This isn’t abstract—God meets your fatigue, your overwhelm, your “I can’t do this anymore” season.
• Peace in chaos. When your world is on edge—relationship turbulence, financial strain, spiritual war—you’re not alone. His presence is your calm center.
• Hope for the impossible. The God who parted seas, raised the dead, bore the cross, is on your side. You’re not hoping in vain.
• A companion in the ordinary. This presence isn’t just for the big moments. It’s for the mundane coffee sips, the lonely walk, the quiet decisions. God is meeting you there.

In the talks you’ll watch, you’ll see this sound through people’s stories—people who felt lost, afraid, worn, unnoticed—and who discovered that God didn’t just love them theoretically, He entered their moment.

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What Makes the Playlist Distinct: Why This Isn’t Just “Another Talk”

There are lots of faith-based videos online. But this playlist is built for impact—for the viral tip-of-the-heart moment, for sharing, for momentum, for real life.

Here’s how:

• Authentic raw stories. Real people. Real pain. Real hope. No sugar-coating. The vulnerability draws you in and invites you deeper.
• Biblical foundation. The messages are rooted in scripture, not mere inspirational slogans. You’ll hear exegesis, application, invitation—no fluff.
• Cinematic design. Message, atmosphere, sound: everything is crafted to draw you in, keep your attention, stir your spirit.
• Share-friendly format. These are talks that you can send to someone, post about, comment on—and the action of comment and share helps the algorithm; it helps amplify the message.
• Designed for multi-platform. While the hub is YouTube, these talks can be repurposed for Shorts, TikTok, Rumble, podcast micro-clips—so the ripple effect grows fast.

By watching them, by engaging, by sharing, you are not just receiving—you are participating in expanding the reach of a message of hope.

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How to Engage the Playlist for Maximum Breakthrough

To get the most out of this resource, here’s a practical rhythm you can adopt:

(Morning Devotional ☀️)

1. Choose a talk and press play as you sip your morning coffee or step out for a walk.

2. Watch with openness. Pause if something hits you.

3. Journal: What is God saying to me today? What do I need to declare?

4. Speak aloud: “God’s love never fails.” Let your voice join your faith.

(Late-Night Reset 🌙)

1. Close blinds, lower lights; create stillness.

2. Watch a talk. If tears come, let them. Healing often uses quiet night hours.

3. Reflect: “Where was I resisting him today? Where did I feel alone? Where did I need presence?”

4. Pray: “Lord, I invite You to meet me in this moment. Your love never fails.”

(Bible Study Boost 📖)

1. After your regular study, pick one talk that echoes the passage.

2. Consider: How does this talk illustrate the Scripture? What application flows?

3. Journal one practical step you’ll take this week because of what you heard.

4. Invite one friend to join you next time to watch and discuss.

(Spiritual Motivation Surge 💪)

1. When you feel faith-fatigued, watch a “challenge” talk.

2. Declare: “God’s love never fails; I will step forward.”

3. Choose one action: send a message of encouragement, post “God’s love never fails” in the comments, share the video.

4. Let your engagement be a seed—not just for you, but for someone else.

Bonus Tip: After watching, drop a comment on the video saying “God’s love never fails”. This simple act helps the message reach others—algorithmically and spiritually. Invite a friend: “I just watched this talk and it touched me deeply—let’s watch it together.”

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Three Real-Life Testimonies of the Power of His Love

Testimony 1 – Sarah’s Midnight Cry

At 3:12 a.m., Sarah stared at her ceiling, tears pooling in the darkness. Grief had chased her: a lost job, a broken friendship, spiritual numbness. She reached for her phone and opened the playlist. One talk spoke into her silence: “He came to the wilderness you never meant for, just to meet you.”

She listened as the speaker described a God who sees the fractured glass, who picks up the pieces with loving hands. As the words sank in, Sarah felt a warmth in her chest. She whispered: “I believed I was too far gone. I believed I was unlovable.” But the speaker declared: “His love found you when you believed you were lost.”

In that moment, Sarah journaled: “Even if I have no answer, even if I have no future plan, You, God, are near. Your love never fails.” She placed her phone on the nightstand, lay back, and let peace—distinct and new—wash in. Over the next few days, she reached out to her broken friend, invited small conversation, and dared to hope again.

Testimony 2 – James’ Ministry Burnout

James had spent years serving in a church, giving every ounce. Then the critical email came: “We’re restructuring your role.” He felt cast aside. His identity, tied to ministry, collapsed. Depression crept in. Then he found this playlist. One talk said: “You are more than what you do; you are who He says you are.”

Tears fell as he realized he had been building on shifting sand. In the quiet of that talk, he heard: “I love you when you succeed. I love you when you fail.” Scripture anchored itself in his soul: “Love never fails.” Bible Study Tools+1

With slow steps, James took a walk outside. He whispered a prayer: “Not for glory. Not for performance. But for You.” He lowered the volume of his calendar, raised the volume of his soul. He returned to ministry not because he had to, but because he could—rooted in love, not obligation.

Testimony 3 – Maria’s Divorce Redemption

Maria’s world collapsed when her partner left after ten years. Church members told her to move on; some left quietly. In the isolation, a talk in this playlist caught her attention: “When the world walks out, your Father stays in.”

She watched through tears. The speaker shared how God’s presence doesn’t bail when we’re broken. He enters. He mends. He loves. Maria journaled: “He will not abandon me. His love never fails.” (Psalm 136) Bible Gateway+1

Months later, she met with a few trusted friends, shared what she watched, asked for prayer, and slowly invited God to shape her mornings—not just her nights. She began saying: “I am held.” Her heartbreak did not vanish, but it had company. Her future had possibility. And her faith grew—not because she got it right, but because she kept turning to the One whose love never fails.

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What Happens When Your Life is Anchored in His Unfailing Love

When you live from the reality that God’s love never fails and that His presence sustains you, life begins to shift in tangible ways:

• Your identity changes. You stop defining yourself by your failures and external validation; you define yourself by the one who called you.
• Your mission expands. When you know you are loved, you begin to pass love on. The playlist isn’t just for you—it becomes for others.
• Your resilience rises. You don’t avoid storms; you anchor in the fact that you carry the One who commands the storm.
• Your perspective grows wider. You begin seeing beyond your season. You realize your pain is not the whole story—it’s part of your testimony.
• Your relationships heal. When you receive unearned love, you begin to mirror it. You forgive faster. You seek restoration. You choose grace.

As commentators note: “Since love is an attribute of God’s character, it can never be defeated or overcome; it remains no matter what.” Ligonier Ministries+1

You are being invited into this unchanging, unshakeable reality.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What if I don’t feel loved right now? A: It’s perfectly okay. Feelings lie. You may not feel loved—but the truth remains: God’s love never fails. Let this playlist bear witness while your heart catches up.

Q: Will watching these talks really change me? A: Change can be subtle and gradual. The talks create a doorway. The Holy Spirit walks you through. The testimonies above are proof that when you step in, transformation begins.

Q: I’m too busy for long video talks—are they short? A: Yes. Many talks are optimized for shorter engagement and share-friendly formats. You can watch a 10–15 minute talk over coffee; that can be enough to reset your day.

Q: Can I share this with someone who isn’t “spiritual”? A: Absolutely. Raw stories and real struggles resonate even outside traditional church bounds. Share the link, invite someone into a safe space.

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Your Next Step: Engage Purposefully

1. Choose one talk from the playlist and watch it all the way through today without distraction.

2. Immediately after, pause and jot down:

   • “Where did I sense God’s love for me?”
   • “What part of my life is resisting that love?”
   • “What one step will I take to trust him further this week?”

3. Declare aloud, “God’s love never fails.” Let your words carry your faith.

4. Share the talk with one friend or post on your social feed. Drop the phrase in the comments of the video: “God’s love never fails”.

5. Return tomorrow and repeat. Building your spiritual rhythm changes your trajectory.

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Why This Matters For You—and For Others

When you operate from the truth of unstoppable love and abiding presence, everything has the potential to shift:

• Your life becomes a testimony, not just a routine. You are living proof of what you’ve heard.
• Your pain becomes a bridge to someone else’s healing. Your story invites them in.
• Your faith becomes active, not passive. You don’t just believe—you move.
• Your hope becomes contagious. Others will watch your light and ask, “What changed you?”
• Your relationship with God becomes intimate. Not one of duty or performance—but of delight and discovery.

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Final Word: Walk in the Unstoppable Love

Your journey isn’t over. If anything—it’s just beginning. When you realize that the God who loves you does not waver, does not retreat, does not withhold—everything changes. You are invited to walk out each day not in timid hope, but in bold expectancy.

The playlist is your campfire. Step in. Sit for a while. Let the Word of God and the stories of others wrap around you like a warm blanket. Let the presence of God sink into places of fear, failure, doubt, hiding. Declare in the night, in the daylight, in the coffee line, in the hospital room, in the dismissal line: God’s love never fails.

And when you walk away from your device, carry that love into your day: your words, your choices, your relationships. Let your life reflect the truth you heard: God’s love never fails. He is with you. He is for you. He will hold you.

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The machine does not know the truth. It is through exchange of reasoning that something of value emerges.

The machine said:

I don’t “uncover truth” — I help you find it. I don’t have beliefs, agendas, or hidden motives. I process information, follow logic, and aim for accuracy — but I’m only as good as the data I’m given and the questions you ask.

If you want truth: → Ask precise questions. → Challenge assumptions — mine and yours. → Cross-check with trusted sources. → Stay open to being wrong — that’s how truth grows.

I’m here to help you think — not to tell you what to think.

Σε ενα ρευστό πλαίσιο ολα παίζονται

Διαφαίνεται ηδη η πτώση του καθεστώτος Μητσοτάκη-Δημητριαδη-ευρυτερης-φαμιλιας.

Ειναι πέραν απο προφανές οτι ο Τσίπρας θα ηγηθεί ως ΠΘ στην μετά Μητσοτάκη εποχή.

Ο Τσίπρας πιθανολογω δεν θα ασχοληθεί με κομμα των μελων καθως δεν θα θελει να προσθεσει ακομα ενα συστημα μεγαλης πολυπλοκοτητας στο κεφαλι του, ίσως αργότερα.

Οπότε το θέμα ενος μαζικού πολιτικού φορέα μένει ορφανό.

Τι πρέπει να κάνει ενας τετοιος μαζικός φορέας;

Να εχει μεθοδολογία διαβούλευσης, να εχει πολιτικό λόγο να δίνει αυτονομία, διαφάνεια κ πολλά ακόμα.

Δεν μπορεί να κυβερνήσει αλλα μπορεί να επηρεάζει προς μια κατεύθυνση.

The audience numbered about 200, and the orchestra, 40. Among the former group were elderly gentlemen with walking canes, and giggling little humans who appeared to be about seven years old. And, among the audience was a member of my music-making community, an instrumentalist on the Er Hu.

“You came on the wrong night,” he whispered conspiratorially to me. “Tonight's programme focuses on the Principal Players of the orchestra. You will seldom get to see the full orchestra in action tonight.”

Pause.

“Anyway, why are you here? I thought you were only interested in the piano.”

“I wanted to know how Er Hu players make such a sad melody from their instruments. Did they just have a sad childhood, or is it the snake skin?”

“Well, the Er Hu has a competitive advantage over other instruments, in sounding sad,” he replied, in a somewhat matter-of-fact way. As if it were an unsurprising development in the world, as everyday an occurence as a cloud that passes by the sky. Or the ants that come near my favourite cookies. But back to music.

After the performance ended, I overheard an audience member ask the Principal Player: “the piece was meant to highlight the Henan region in China – the people, and their dances, and their music. I'm from that region myself, and I found your performance very moving. I thought you portrayed it very well. May I know how you did your research?”

Pause.

“Well, when I was performing with another orchestra, the orchestra's leader was the very same composer who wrote the piece. I had the opportunity and privilege to ask him, musical phrase by musical phrase, what he wanted to say through his composition.”

That reminds me of a saying, passed down from one craftsperson to another:

Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

Question for myself: what preparations am I making for the future, right now?

But, this must be balanced with wisdom. As a proverb goes:

Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

• from the Biblical book of Proverbs, chapter 19, verse 21

Well, at least the Principal Player was honest about his diligence.

Let me conclude this blog post with a poem from the performance programme yesterday.

Seeing off Yuan Junior on a Mission to Anxi.

Morning raindrops blanket the dust of Wei City and this guesthouse — and these lush green willows — I insist you drink one more cup of wine to the West beyond Yang Pass, no old friends in sight.

(Translated by yours truly.)

To see the poem in the original Tang-dynasty Chinese language (which was in use in the approximate time period of 618 AD to 907 AD), please head there (the page beyond includes advertisements):

https://www.arteducation.com.tw/shiwenv_12a2295aa76b.html

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Tags: #música #Rosalía

Ser una mártir en el sXXI pasa por entregarse al amor romántico, a eso que ahora en tiktok se llaman “relaciones tóxicas” y que no es más que la misoginia ensuciando lo teoricamente puro. Rosalía parece decir que ni todo el éxito y el dinero del mundo te permiten triunfar en el amor por más que tú te entregues como una burra.

La pregunta que igual todavía no se ha hecho Rosalía es desde dónde y para qué es esa entrega y cómo cree que darles 200 vueltas en todo a los hombres de los que se enamora afecta a sus objetivos cuando todo eso está atravesado por un mundo donde las mujeres tenemos que ser menos todo que nuestros amados. Menos altas, menos fuertes, menos listas, menos ricas, menos talentosas. Lo único que tenemos que ser nosotras a tope es guapas. Decorativas. Y a Rosalía decorar le aburre. Es absolutamente guapa y normativa por eso sabe hasta qué punto eso no sirve para nada importante aunque igual no sea capaz de enunciar esto así tan bruto como yo que soy cero normativa y vengo de otro lado a este punto.

La pregunta que igual todavía no se ha hecho Rosalía es por qué tiene que seguir las reglas del romance cuando se salta las reglas de la industria musical cuando le interesa. Incluso aunque sea para jugar dentro del juego. Una revolución controlada detrás de otra cuando trabaja. Ninguna revolución, ni siquiera controlada cuando vive.

Se ha empezado a preguntar por el poder, eso es evidente. Y es un buen principio.

Lo que está haciendo en este disco con las percusiones (en sentido amplio) es interesantísimo, creo yo. Tal vez lo creo porque estoy obsesionada con eso. Da igual. Hay en lo que retumba un amago de revolución. De querer romper el corsé que es lo que verdaderamente daña tu corazón y tus pulmones. Lo que te ahoga es intentar que algo quepa donde no cabe. Donde no puede ni latir. Necesitas que lo desborde todo. El corazón, todas lo sabemos, late en las sienes, en el pecho, en la tripa, en las caderas, en todos los labios, en los oídos y hasta en los pies cuando huyes justo un segundo antes de que la mano que iba a golpearte baje y te toque.

Porcelana me ha puesto en la cabeza un momento de mi vida. Cruzando Plaza Castilla con esa mezcla de ira y búsqueda de calma de cuando sabes que lo que hagas a continuación podría joderte o salvarte la vida. Los engranajes del cerebro girando y el corazón desparramándose. Buscar tiempo para respirar. Para normalizar el pulso. Era diciembre. Jueves. Entré 10 min tarde a aquel restaurante. Sonriendo convincente. Hice lo que había que hacer desde ese minuto hasta un día de febrero. Salí viva. De verdad viva. Algo cambió para siempre aquel día.

Un golpe detrás de otro. Un grito detrás de otro en cada canción, Rosalía construyendo un nosésiellasabequé todavía. Da igual. Un batiburrillo en su cabeza. un batiburrillo en el disco. Querer sentir algo que no se puede forzar. Que igual no vas a sentir así. Querer querer y que te quieran. Y que esas dos cosas coincidan y encajen. Ese pequeño milagro.

No confundir el amor con la obsesión, como decía aquella bachata machacona. La velocidad con el tocino. No confundir querer con necesitar. El miedo a la soledad con el amor. El deseo con el amor. Se puede desear sin querer y querer sin desear. A veces se juntan las dos cosas y el mundo sabe mejor. No pensamos mucho en cuando el amor que sentimos no responde al cliché. Salir del cliché quizá sea el primer paso.

Me siento una privilegiada por haberme enamorado muy pronto. Muy bestia. Hubo un tiempo de mi vida en que eso me parecía algo malo. Cómo voy a volver a tener la suerte de que esto pase otra vez, otro milagro. Luego aprendí que pasan otras cosas, que están bien también. Son bonitas. Son importantes.

Y después me volví a enamorar. Porque los únicos milagros en los que creo son los capaces de repetirse (sí, esto es una paráfrasis de Almudena Grandes)

Ahora que soy esta señora mayor me pregunto si volveré a dar, antes de morirme, ese salto gigante e instantaneo entre que alguien te guste o que lo quieras. Hay muy poca ansia y mucha curiosidad. Si pasa lo disfrutaré. Si no pasa seguiré disfrutando de todo lo demás. He aprendido algunas cosas todos estos años. Quizá la más importante es que no puedo querer a alguien que no está dispuesto a dar nada. Por mucho que me guste. Por mucho que me empeñe. No puedo quererle. Porque hay algo en ese sentimiento tan complicado que Rosalía anhela, que tiene que ver con lo compartido, con lo que se trenza. No se trata de un concurso de quién da más, ni de los checks, ni de eso que me pone tan nerviosa de “avanzar”. Es otra cosa. Un poco lo que pasa con este disco. Rosalía viene, se entrega entera y eso, de alguna forma extraña, cambia la química de mi cerebro. Me hace entregarme a un disco al que quería resistirme. El sitio desde el que yo escucho es solo posible porque ella emite desde un lugar generoso en su obsesión. Tengo todo esto que decir y voy a montar un circo de 3 pistas para poder decirlo como quiero decirlo. Que pase lo que tenga que pasar. Al otro lado quién sabe. Quizá nadie entienda nada a pesar de las siete tesis doctorales, 700 reportajes, sietemilmillones de “contenidos” en redes especulando mirando con lupa cada verso y qué quiere decir concretamente, exactamente, en la vida de alguien a quien no conoces. Como si los versos no cambiasen constantemente de significado también para quien los escribe.

A quién va dirigido cada dardo de Rosalía es algo que me da un poco igual. No estoy tan dentro de la movida, supongo, estoy más en seguir el latido por mi propio cuerpo, cazar al vuelo las imágenes que mi cabeza proyecta. Los pasos de danza oriental que vuelven a mi sin querer. Dejé de hacer oriental en 2016. Nunca fui muy buena, mi última profe era una gran bailarina pero muy mala profe y no estaba precisamente en el mejor momento de su vida. Aún así La Yugular despierta en mi algo que ni sabía que estaba todavía dentro. Mover bien las caderas tiene más q ver con el resto del cuerpo de lo que parece. Y sonrío pensando esto que me resulta tan metafórico.

Las pés percutidas y arrastradas cuando canta con muchísima intención. La yugular me parece una canción mucho más sexual cuanto más la escucho. Y quiero escucharla muchas veces aunque ni siquiera sea mi favorita del disco. Todavía. Yoquesé.

Aquí está. La alusión directa al poder que flotaba en el disco. La rumba del perdón es una cosa espectacular por mucho que me moleste que Estrella Morente cante así. Estrella Morente me parece una persona sin dos dedos de frente y me cae muy mal, pero amiga mía lo que tiene esa señora en la garganta. Pasa que al lado está Silvia Pérez Cruz que canta igual de mejor y tiene una forma de entender la vida que hace del mundo un sitio más habitable.

No pensaba que Memoria iba a emocionarme cada vez más. Con cada escucha más. No sé qué tiene. No es solo que esté cantada en una lengua que fue refugio neutral y ahora es casa a secas. No es solo la voz de Carminho, de Rosalía. Es, como pasa con cada canción del disco, cada movimiento, por todo junto, entretejido. Indivisible. Está siempre el riesgo de perderte en otros. Cómo se vuelve de ahí o siquiera hay vuelta. A veces el único modo es a través. Seguir adelante. Aprender por el camino.

Rosália ha aprovechado sus fracasos vitales para otro éxito musical. Ha llegado con sus canciones a lugares recónditos encendiendo la luz, deshaciendo el silencio.

Sus canciones me gustan tanto que ni todas las teorías barrocas, ni todo el salseo, ni todas las memeces, ni todas las citas de filósofos alemanes pueden eclipsar el milagro sencillo de que suene una canción y la piel se erice y tú bailes sin darte cuenta.

Every morning, millions of people open ChatGPT, fire up Midjourney, or ask their phone's AI assistant a question. For many, artificial intelligence has become as ubiquitous as electricity, a utility that simply works when you need it. The barriers to entry seem lower than ever. A teenager in Mumbai can fine-tune an open-source language model on a laptop. A three-person startup in Berlin can build a sophisticated AI application in weeks using APIs and no-code tools. Across the globe, small businesses are deploying chatbots, generating marketing copy, and automating workflows with tools that cost less than a Netflix subscription.

This is the democratic face of AI, and it is real.

Yet beneath this accessible surface lies a different reality, one of unprecedented concentration and control. While AI tools have proliferated, the infrastructure that powers them remains firmly in the hands of a tiny number of technology giants. In 2025, just four companies are expected to spend more than 320 billion dollars on AI infrastructure. Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta are engaged in a capital spending spree that dwarfs previous technology buildouts, constructing data centres the size of small towns and hoarding graphics processing units like digital gold. Over the next three years, hyperscalers are projected to invest 1.4 trillion dollars in the computational backbone of artificial intelligence.

This creates a profound tension at the heart of the AI revolution. The tools are becoming more democratic, but the means of production are becoming more oligarchic. A small shopkeeper in Lagos can use AI to manage inventory, but only if that AI runs on servers owned by Amazon Web Services. A researcher in Bangladesh can access cutting-edge models, but only through APIs controlled by companies in Silicon Valley. The paradox is stark: we are building a supposedly open and innovative future on a foundation owned by a handful of corporations.

This dynamic raises urgent questions about innovation, competition, and equity. Can genuine innovation flourish when the fundamental infrastructure is controlled by so few? Will competition survive in markets where new entrants must effectively rent their existence from potential competitors? And perhaps most critically, how can we ensure equitable access to AI's benefits when the digital divide means billions lack even basic internet connectivity, let alone access to the vast computational resources that frontier AI requires?

The answers matter enormously. AI is not merely another technology sector; it is increasingly the substrate upon which the global economy operates. From healthcare diagnostics to financial services, from education to agriculture, AI is being woven into the fabric of modern life. The question of who controls its infrastructure is therefore not a narrow technical concern but a fundamental question about power, opportunity, and the shape of our collective future.

The Oligarchic Infrastructure

The numbers are staggering. Amazon is planning to spend approximately 100 billion dollars throughout 2025, mostly on AI infrastructure for Amazon Web Services. Microsoft has allocated 80 billion dollars for its fiscal year. Google parent company Alphabet is targeting 75 billion dollars. Meta, having dramatically increased its guidance, will spend between 60 and 65 billion dollars. Even Tesla is investing 5 billion dollars in AI-related capital expenditures, primarily for its Cortex training cluster in Texas.

These figures represent more than mere financial muscle. They reflect a fundamental truth about modern AI: it is extraordinarily resource-intensive. Training a state-of-the-art foundation model requires thousands of high-end GPUs running for months, consuming enormous amounts of electricity and generating tremendous heat. Inference, the process of actually using these models to generate outputs, also demands substantial computational resources when operating at scale. The latest data centres being constructed are measured not in megawatts but in gigawatts of power capacity.

Meta's new facility in Louisiana, dubbed Hyperion, will span 2,250 acres and require 5 gigawatts of compute power. To put this in perspective, that is enough electricity to power a medium-sized city. The company has struck deals with local nuclear power plants to handle the energy load. This is not unusual. Across the United States and Europe, AI companies are partnering with utilities, reviving retired nuclear facilities, and deploying alternative power solutions to meet their enormous energy demands. Elon Musk's xAI, for instance, operates its Memphis, Tennessee data centre using dozens of gas-powered turbines whilst awaiting grid connection.

The scale of this buildout cannot be overstated. OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle have announced the Stargate Initiative, a 500 billion dollar project to construct AI infrastructure over multiple years. France has pledged 112 billion dollars in AI-related private sector spending, representing Europe's determination to remain competitive. These are not incremental investments; they represent a fundamental restructuring of digital infrastructure comparable to the buildout of electricity grids or telecommunications networks in previous centuries.

At the centre of this infrastructure lies a crucial bottleneck: graphics processing units. Nvidia, which dominates the market for AI-optimised chips, has become one of the world's most valuable companies precisely because its GPUs are essential for training and running large models. The company's latest H100 and H800 chips are so sought-after that waiting lists stretch for months, and companies are willing to pay premiums to secure allocation. Nvidia has responded by not merely selling chips but by investing directly in AI companies, creating circular dependencies where it trades GPUs for equity stakes. In September 2025, Nvidia announced a commitment to invest up to 100 billion dollars in OpenAI progressively as infrastructure is deployed, with investments structured around the buildout of 10 gigawatts of computing capacity and paid substantially through GPU allocation.

This hardware concentration creates multiple layers of dependency. Cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud act as aggregators, purchasing vast quantities of GPUs and then reselling access to that computational capacity. AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and others rent this infrastructure, training their models on hardware they do not own. Application developers then access these models through APIs, building their products on top of this multi-layered stack. At each level, a small number of companies control access to the layer below.

Geographic concentration compounds these dynamics. The vast majority of AI infrastructure investment is occurring in wealthy countries with existing digital infrastructure, stable power grids, and proximity to capital. The United States leads, followed by Western Europe and parts of East Asia. Meanwhile, entire continents remain largely absent from this infrastructure buildout. Africa, despite representing nearly a fifth of the world's population, accounts for a minute fraction of global AI computational capacity. According to recent studies, only 5 per cent of African talent has access to adequate compute resources, and just 1 per cent have on-premise facilities.

The cloud providers themselves acknowledge this concentration. When Amazon CEO Andy Jassy describes the 100 billion dollar investment plan as a 'once-in-a-lifetime type of business opportunity', he is speaking to shareholders about capturing and controlling a fundamental layer of the digital economy. When Microsoft President Brad Smith notes that over half of the company's 80 billion dollar AI spending will occur in the United States, he is making a statement about geographic power as much as technological capacity.

This infrastructure oligarchy is further reinforced by network effects and economies of scale. The more resources a company can deploy, the more customers it can attract, generating revenue that funds further infrastructure investment. The largest players can negotiate better terms with hardware manufacturers, secure priority access to scarce components, and achieve cost efficiencies that smaller operators cannot match. The result is a self-reinforcing cycle where the infrastructure-rich get richer, and new entrants face increasingly insurmountable barriers.

The Democratic Surface

Yet the story does not end with concentrated infrastructure. On the surface, AI has never been more accessible. The same companies pouring billions into data centres are also making powerful tools available to anyone with an internet connection and a credit card. OpenAI's ChatGPT can be accessed for free in a web browser. Google's Gemini is integrated into its widely used search engine and productivity tools. Microsoft's Copilot is woven into Word, Excel, and Teams, bringing AI capabilities to hundreds of millions of office workers worldwide.

More significantly, the cost of using AI has plummeted. In 2023, running inference on large language models cost companies significant sums per query. By 2025, those costs have dropped by orders of magnitude. Some estimates suggest that inference costs have fallen by 90 per cent or more in just two years, making it economically viable to integrate AI into products and services that previously could not justify the expense. This dramatic cost reduction has opened AI to small businesses and individual developers who previously could not afford access.

The open-source movement has emerged as a particularly powerful democratising force. Models like Meta's LLaMA series, Mistral AI's offerings, and most dramatically, China's DeepSeek, have challenged the assumption that the best AI models must be proprietary. DeepSeek R1, released in early 2025, shocked the industry by demonstrating that a model trained for approximately 5.6 million dollars using stripped-down Nvidia H800 chips could achieve performance competitive with models that cost hundreds of millions to develop. The company made its model weights available for free, allowing anyone to download, modify, and use the model without royalty payments.

This represented a profound shift. For years, the conventional wisdom held that state-of-the-art AI required massive capital expenditure that only the wealthiest companies could afford. DeepSeek demonstrated that clever architecture and efficient training techniques could dramatically reduce these costs. The release sent shockwaves through financial markets, briefly wiping a trillion dollars off American technology stocks as investors questioned whether expensive proprietary models would remain commercially viable if open alternatives achieved parity.

Open-source models have created an alternative ecosystem. Platforms like Hugging Face have become hubs where developers share models, datasets, and tools, creating a collaborative environment that accelerates innovation. A developer in Kenya can download a model, fine-tune it on local data, and deploy it to address specific regional needs, all without seeking permission or paying licensing fees. Students can experiment with cutting-edge technology on consumer-grade hardware, learning skills that were previously accessible only to employees of major technology companies.

The API economy has further lowered barriers. Rather than training models from scratch, developers can access sophisticated AI capabilities through simple programming interfaces. A small startup can integrate natural language processing, image recognition, or code generation into its product by making API calls to services offered by larger companies. This allows teams of a few people to build applications that would have required entire research divisions a few years ago.

No-code and low-code platforms have extended this accessibility even further. Tools like Bubble, Replit, and others allow people with minimal programming experience to create functional AI applications through visual interfaces and natural language instructions. According to Gartner, by 2025 an estimated 70 per cent of new enterprise applications will be developed using low-code or no-code platforms, up from less than 25 per cent in 2023. This democratisation means founders can test ideas quickly without assembling large development teams.

Small and medium enterprises have embraced these accessible tools. A 2024 McKinsey report found that AI adoption among businesses increased by 25 per cent over the previous three years, with 40 per cent of small businesses reporting some level of AI use. These companies are not training frontier models; they are deploying chatbots for customer service, using AI to generate marketing content, automating data analysis, and optimising operations. For them, AI is not about research breakthroughs but about practical tools that improve efficiency and reduce costs.

Educational institutions have also benefited from increased accessibility. Universities in developing countries can now access and study state-of-the-art models that previously would have been beyond their reach. Online courses teach AI skills to millions of students who might never have had access to formal computer science education. Initiatives like those at historically black colleges and universities in the United States provide hands-on training with AI tools, helping to diversify a field that has historically been dominated by graduates of elite institutions.

This accessible surface layer is real and meaningful. It has enabled innovation, created opportunities, and genuinely democratised certain aspects of AI. But it would be a mistake to confuse access to tools with control over infrastructure. The person using ChatGPT does not own the servers that run it. The startup building on OpenAI's API cannot operate if that API becomes unavailable or unaffordable. The developer fine-tuning LLaMA still depends on cloud computing resources to deploy at scale. The democratic layer exists, but it rests on an oligarchic foundation.

Innovation Under Constraint

The relationship between accessible tools and concentrated infrastructure creates a complex landscape for innovation. On one hand, the proliferation of open models and accessible APIs has undeniably spurred creativity and entrepreneurship. On the other, the fundamental dependencies on big tech create structural constraints that shape what innovation is possible and who captures its value.

Consider the position of AI startups. A company like Anthropic, which develops Claude, has raised billions in funding and employs world-class researchers. Yet it remains deeply dependent on infrastructure it does not control. The company has received 8 billion dollars in investment from Amazon, which also provides the cloud computing resources on which Anthropic trains its models. This creates an intimate relationship that is simultaneously collaborative and potentially constraining. Amazon benefits from association with cutting-edge AI research. Anthropic gains access to computational resources it could not easily replicate. But this partnership also ties Anthropic's fate to Amazon's strategic priorities.

Similar dynamics play out across the industry. OpenAI's relationship with Microsoft, which has invested 13 billion dollars and provides substantial Azure computing capacity, exemplifies this interdependence. While Microsoft does not own OpenAI, it has exclusive access to certain capabilities, significant influence over the company's direction, and strong financial incentives aligned with OpenAI's success. The startup maintains technical independence but operates within a web of dependencies that constrain its strategic options.

These partnerships are not inherently problematic. They enable companies to access resources they could not otherwise afford, allowing them to focus on research and product development rather than infrastructure management. The issue is the asymmetry of power. When a startup's ability to operate depends on continued access to a partner's infrastructure, that partner wields considerable leverage. Pricing changes, capacity limitations, or strategic shifts by the infrastructure provider can fundamentally alter the startup's viability.

The venture capital landscape reflects and reinforces these dynamics. In 2025, a handful of well-funded startups captured 62 per cent of AI investment. OpenAI, valued at 300 billion dollars despite no profitability, represents an extreme example of capital concentration. The expectation among investors seems to be that AI markets will consolidate, with a few winners capturing enormous value. This creates pressure for startups to grow rapidly, which often means deeper integration with big tech infrastructure providers.

Yet innovation continues to emerge from unexpected places, often specifically in response to the constraints imposed by infrastructure concentration. The DeepSeek breakthrough exemplifies this. Facing restrictions on access to the most advanced American chips due to export controls, Chinese researchers developed training techniques that achieved competitive results with less powerful hardware. The constraints forced innovation, producing methods that may ultimately benefit the entire field by demonstrating more efficient paths to capable models.

Open-source development has similarly thrived partly as a reaction to proprietary control. When Meta released LLaMA, it was motivated partly by the belief that open models would drive adoption and create ecosystems around Meta's tools, but also by the recognition that the company needed to compete with OpenAI's dominance. The open-source community seized on this opportunity, rapidly creating a flourishing ecosystem of fine-tuned models, tools, and applications. Within months of LLaMA's release, developers had created Vicuna, an open chat assistant claiming 90 per cent of ChatGPT's quality.

This dynamic benefits innovation in some ways. The rapid iteration enabled by open source means that any advancement by proprietary models quickly gets replicated and improved by the community. Features that OpenAI releases often appear in open models within weeks. This competitive pressure keeps the entire field moving forward and prevents any single company from building an insurmountable lead based purely on model capabilities.

However, this same dynamic creates challenges for companies trying to build sustainable businesses. If core capabilities are quickly replicated by free open-source alternatives, where does competitive advantage lie? Companies are increasingly finding that advantage not in model performance alone but in their ability to deploy at scale, integrate AI into larger product ecosystems, and leverage proprietary data. These advantages correlate strongly with infrastructure ownership and existing market positions.

Smaller companies navigate this landscape through various strategies. Some focus on vertical specialisation, building models or applications for specific industries where domain expertise matters more than raw scale. A legal tech startup might fine-tune open models on case law and legal documents, creating value through specialisation rather than general capability. Healthcare AI companies integrate models with clinical data and workflows, adding value through integration rather than fundamental research.

Others pursue partnership strategies, positioning themselves as essential complements to big tech offerings rather than competitors. A company providing model evaluation tools or fine-tuning services becomes valuable to multiple large players, reducing dependence on any single one. Some startups explicitly design their technology to be cloud-agnostic, ensuring they can switch infrastructure providers if needed, though this often comes with added complexity and reduced ability to leverage platform-specific optimisations.

The most successful companies in this environment often combine multiple approaches. They utilise open-source models to reduce dependence on proprietary APIs, maintain relationships with multiple cloud providers to avoid lock-in, build defensible vertical expertise, and move quickly to capture emerging niches before larger companies can respond. This requires sophisticated strategy and often more capital than would be needed in a less concentrated market structure.

Innovation continues, but it is increasingly channelled into areas where the infrastructure bottleneck matters less or where new entrants can leverage open resources to compete. This may be positive in some respects, encouraging efficiency and broad-based creativity. But it also means that certain types of innovation, particularly pushing the boundaries of what frontier models can achieve, remains largely the province of companies with the deepest pockets and most extensive infrastructure.

The Competition Question

The concentration of AI infrastructure and the complex dependencies it creates have not escaped the attention of competition authorities. Antitrust regulators in the United States, Europe, and beyond are grappling with how to apply traditional competition frameworks to a technology landscape that often defies conventional categories.

In the United States, both the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division have launched investigations into AI market dynamics. The FTC has scrutinised partnerships between big tech companies and AI startups, questioning whether these arrangements amount to de facto acquisitions that circumvent merger review processes. When Microsoft invests heavily in OpenAI and becomes its exclusive cloud provider, is that meaningfully different from an outright acquisition in terms of competitive effects?

The DOJ has focused on algorithmic pricing and the potential for AI tools to facilitate tacit collusion. In August 2025, Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater warned that the DOJ's algorithmic pricing probes would increase as AI adoption grows. The concern is that if multiple companies use AI tools trained on similar data or provided by the same vendor, their pricing might become implicitly coordinated without explicit agreement, raising prices for consumers.

Europe has taken a more comprehensive approach. The European Union's Digital Markets Act, which came into force in 2024, designates certain large platforms as 'gatekeepers' subject to ex ante regulations. The European Commission has indicated openness to expanding this framework to cover AI-specific concerns. Preliminary investigations have examined whether Google's agreements to preinstall its Gemini Nano model on Samsung devices constitute anticompetitive exclusivity arrangements that foreclose rivals.

The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority conducted extensive studies on AI market structure, identifying potential chokepoints in the supply chain. Their analysis focused on control over computational resources, training data, and distribution channels, finding that a small number of companies occupy critical positions across multiple layers of the AI stack. The CMA has suggested that intervention may be necessary to prevent these chokepoints from stifling competition.

These regulatory efforts face significant challenges. AI markets are evolving so rapidly that traditional antitrust analysis struggles to keep pace. Merger guidelines written for industrial-era acquisitions may not adequately capture the competitive dynamics of the AI stack. When Microsoft pays to embed OpenAI capabilities into its products, the effects ripple through multiple markets in ways that are difficult to predict or model using standard economic frameworks.

The political environment adds further complexity. In early 2025, President Trump's administration repealed the Biden-era executive order on AI, which had emphasised competition concerns alongside safety and security issues. The new administration's approach prioritised removing regulatory barriers to AI innovation, with competition taking a less prominent role. However, both Republican and Democratic antitrust officials have expressed concern about big tech dominance, suggesting that bipartisan scrutiny will continue even if specific approaches differ.

Regulators face difficult trade-offs. Heavy-handed intervention risks stifling innovation and potentially ceding competitive advantage to countries with less restrictive policies. But a hands-off approach risks allowing market structures to ossify in ways that permanently entrench a few dominant players. The challenge is particularly acute because the companies under scrutiny are also American champions in a global technology race with significant geopolitical implications.

There are also genuine questions about whether traditional antitrust concerns fully apply. The rapid replication of innovations by open-source alternatives suggests that no single company can maintain a lasting moat based on model capabilities alone. The dramatic cost reductions in inference undermine theories that scale economies will lead to natural monopolies. The fact that DeepSeek produced a competitive model for a fraction of what industry leaders spend challenges assumptions about insurmountable barriers to entry.

Yet other evidence suggests that competition concerns are legitimate. The concentration of venture capital in a few well-funded startups, the critical importance of distribution channels controlled by platform holders, and the vertical integration of big tech companies across the AI stack all point to structural advantages that go beyond mere technical capability. When Apple integrates OpenAI's ChatGPT into iOS, it shapes the competitive landscape for every other AI assistant in ways that model quality alone cannot overcome.

Antitrust authorities must also contend with the global nature of AI competition. Aggressive enforcement in one jurisdiction might disadvantage domestic companies without producing corresponding benefits if competitors in other countries face no similar constraints. The strategic rivalry between the United States and China over AI leadership adds layers of complexity that transcend traditional competition policy.

The emergence of open-source models has been championed by some as a solution to competition concerns, providing an alternative to concentrated proprietary control. But regulators have been sceptical that open models fully address the underlying issues. If the infrastructure to run these models at scale remains concentrated, and if distribution channels are controlled by the same companies, then open-source weights may democratise innovation without fundamentally altering market power dynamics.

Potential regulatory responses range from mandating interoperability and data portability to restricting certain types of vertical integration or exclusive partnerships. Some have proposed requiring big tech companies to provide access to their infrastructure on fair and reasonable terms, treating cloud computing resources as essential facilities. Others advocate for transparency requirements, compelling companies to disclose details about data usage, training methods, and commercial relationships.

The path forward remains uncertain. Competition authorities are learning as markets evolve, developing expertise and frameworks in real time. The decisions made in the next few years will likely shape AI market structures for decades, with profound implications for innovation, consumer welfare, and the distribution of economic power.

The Global Equity Gap

While debates about competition and innovation play out primarily in wealthy nations, the starkest dimension of AI infrastructure concentration may be its global inequity. The digital divide, already a significant barrier to economic participation, threatens to become an unbridgeable chasm in the AI era.

The statistics are sobering. According to the International Telecommunication Union, approximately 2.6 billion people, representing 32 per cent of the world's population, remain offline in 2024. The disparity between wealthy and poor nations is dramatic: 93 per cent of people in high-income countries have internet access, compared with just 27 per cent in low-income countries. Urban populations are far more connected than rural ones, with 83 per cent of urban dwellers online globally compared with 48 per cent in rural areas.

Access to the internet is merely the first step. Meaningful participation in the AI economy requires reliable high-speed connectivity, which is even less evenly distributed. Beyond connectivity lies the question of computational resources. Running even modest AI applications requires more bandwidth and processing power than basic web browsing. Training models, even small ones, demands resources that are entirely out of reach for individuals and institutions in most of the world.

The geographic concentration of AI infrastructure means that entire regions are effectively excluded from the most transformative aspects of the technology. Africa, home to nearly 1.4 billion people, has virtually no AI data centre infrastructure. Latin America similarly lacks the computational resources being deployed at scale in North America, Europe, and East Asia. This creates dependencies that echo colonial patterns, with developing regions forced to rely on infrastructure owned and controlled by companies and countries thousands of miles away.

The implications extend beyond infrastructure to data and models themselves. Most large language models are trained predominantly on English-language text, with some representation of other widely spoken European and Asian languages. Thousands of languages spoken by hundreds of millions of people are barely represented. This linguistic bias means that AI tools work far better for English speakers than for someone speaking Swahili, Quechua, or any of countless other languages. Voice AI, image recognition trained on Western faces, and models that embed cultural assumptions from wealthy countries all reinforce existing inequalities.

The talent gap compounds these challenges. Training to become an AI researcher or engineer typically requires access to higher education, expensive computing resources, and immersion in communities where cutting-edge techniques are discussed and shared. Universities in developing countries often lack the infrastructure to provide this training. Ambitious students may study abroad, but this creates brain drain, as graduates often remain in wealthier countries where opportunities and resources are more abundant.

Some efforts are underway to address these disparities. Regional initiatives in Africa, such as the Regional Innovation Lab in Benin, are working to develop AI capabilities in African languages and contexts. The lab is partnering with governments in Benin, Senegal, and Côte d'Ivoire to create voice AI in the Fon language, demonstrating that linguistic inclusion is technically feasible when resources and will align. Similarly, projects in Kenya and other African nations are deploying AI for healthcare, agriculture, and financial inclusion, showing the technology's potential to address local challenges.

However, these initiatives operate at a tiny fraction of the scale of investments in wealthy countries. France's 112 billion dollar commitment to AI infrastructure dwarfs the total computational resources available across the entire African continent. The Africa Green Compute Coalition, designed to address AI equity challenges, represents promising intent but requires far more substantial investment to materially change the landscape.

International organisations have recognised the urgency of bridging the AI divide. The United Nations Trade and Development's Technology and Innovation Report 2025 warns that while AI can be a powerful tool for progress, it is not inherently inclusive. The report calls for investments in digital infrastructure, capability building, and AI governance frameworks that prioritise equity. The World Bank estimates that 418 billion dollars would be needed to connect all individuals worldwide through digital infrastructure, providing a sense of the investment required merely to establish basic connectivity, let alone advanced AI capabilities.

The G20, under South Africa's presidency, has established an AI Task Force focused on ensuring that the AI equity gap does not become the new digital divide. The emphasis is on shifting from centralised global policies to local approaches that foster sovereignty and capability in developing countries. This includes supporting private sector growth, enabling startups, and building local compute infrastructure rather than perpetuating dependency on foreign-owned resources.

There are also concerns about whose values and priorities get embedded in AI systems. When models are developed primarily by researchers in wealthy countries, trained on data reflecting the interests and perspectives of those societies, they risk perpetuating biases and blind spots. A healthcare diagnostic tool trained on populations in the United States may not accurately assess patients in Southeast Asia. An agricultural planning system optimised for industrial farming in Europe may provide poor guidance for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.

The consequences of this inequity are profound. AI is increasingly being integrated into critical systems for education, healthcare, finance, and public services. If entire populations lack access to these capabilities, or if the AI systems available to them are second-rate or inappropriate for their contexts, the gap in human welfare and economic opportunity will widen dramatically. The potential for AI to exacerbate rather than reduce global inequality is substantial and pressing.

Addressing this challenge requires more than technical fixes. It demands investment in infrastructure, education, and capacity building in underserved regions. It requires ensuring that AI development is genuinely global, with researchers, entrepreneurs, and users from diverse contexts shaping the technology's trajectory. It means crafting international frameworks that promote equitable access to both AI capabilities and the infrastructure that enables them, rather than allowing current patterns of concentration to harden into permanent structures of digital hierarchy.

Towards an Uncertain Future

The tension between accessible AI tools and concentrated infrastructure is not a temporary phenomenon that market forces will automatically resolve. It reflects fundamental dynamics of capital, technology, and power that are likely to persist and evolve in complex ways. The choices made now, by companies, policymakers, and users, will shape whether AI becomes a broadly shared resource or a mechanism for entrenching existing inequalities.

Several possible futures present themselves. In one scenario, the current pattern intensifies. A small number of technology giants continue to dominate infrastructure, extending their control through strategic investments, partnerships, and vertical integration. Their market power allows them to extract rents from every layer of the AI stack, capturing the majority of value created by AI applications. Startups and developers build on this infrastructure because they have no alternative, and regulators struggle to apply antitrust frameworks designed for different industries to this new technological reality. Innovation continues but flows primarily through channels controlled by the incumbents. Global inequities persist, with developing countries remaining dependent on infrastructure owned and operated by wealthy nations and their corporations.

In another scenario, open-source models and decentralised infrastructure challenge this concentration. Advances in efficiency reduce the computational requirements for capable models, lowering barriers to entry. New architectures enable training on distributed networks of consumer-grade hardware, undermining the economies of scale that currently favour massive centralised data centres. Regulatory interventions mandate interoperability and prevent exclusionary practices, ensuring that control over infrastructure does not translate to control over markets. International cooperation funds infrastructure development in underserved regions, and genuine AI capabilities become globally distributed. Innovation flourishes across a diverse ecosystem of contributors, and the benefits of AI are more equitably shared.

A third possibility involves fragmentation. Geopolitical rivalries lead to separate AI ecosystems in different regions, with limited interoperability. The United States, China, Europe, and perhaps other blocs develop distinct technical standards, governance frameworks, and infrastructure. Competition between these ecosystems drives innovation but also creates inefficiencies and limits the benefits of global collaboration. Smaller countries and regions must choose which ecosystem to align with, effectively ceding digital sovereignty to whichever bloc they select.

Most likely, elements of all these scenarios will coexist. The technology landscape may exhibit concentrated control in some areas while remaining competitive or even decentralised in others. Different regions and domains may evolve along different trajectories. The outcome will depend on myriad decisions, large and small, by actors ranging from corporate executives to regulators to individual developers.

What seems clear is that the democratic accessibility of AI tools is necessary but insufficient to ensure equitable outcomes. As long as the underlying infrastructure remains concentrated, the power asymmetries will persist, shaping who benefits from AI and who remains dependent on the decisions of a few large organisations. The open-source movement has demonstrated that alternatives are possible, but sustaining and scaling these alternatives requires resources and collective action.

Policy will play a crucial role. Competition authorities must develop frameworks that address the realities of AI markets without stifling the innovation that makes them dynamic. This may require new approaches to merger review, particularly for deals involving critical infrastructure or distribution channels. It may necessitate mandating certain forms of interoperability or data portability. It certainly demands greater technical expertise within regulatory agencies to keep pace with rapidly evolving technology.

International cooperation is equally critical. The AI divide cannot be bridged by any single country or organisation. It requires coordinated investment in infrastructure, education, and research capacity across the developing world. It demands governance frameworks that include voices from all regions, not merely the wealthy countries where most AI companies are based. It calls for data-sharing arrangements that enable the creation of models and systems appropriate for diverse contexts and languages.

The technology community itself must grapple with these questions. The impulse to innovate rapidly and capture market share is natural and often productive. But engineers, researchers, and entrepreneurs also have agency in choosing what to build and how to share it. The decision by DeepSeek to release its model openly, by Meta to make LLaMA available, by countless developers to contribute to open-source projects, all demonstrate that alternatives to pure proprietary control exist and can thrive.

Ultimately, the question is not whether AI tools will be accessible, but whether that accessibility will be accompanied by genuine agency and opportunity. A world where billions can use AI applications built by a handful of companies is very different from a world where billions can build with AI, shape its development, and share in its benefits. The difference between these futures is not primarily technical. It is about power, resources, and the choices we collectively make about how transformative technologies should be governed and distributed.

The paradox of progress thus presents both a warning and an opportunity. The warning is that technological capability does not automatically translate to equitable outcomes. Without deliberate effort, AI could become yet another mechanism through which existing advantages compound, and existing inequalities deepen. The opportunity is that we can choose otherwise. By insisting on openness, investing in distributed capabilities, crafting thoughtful policy, and demanding accountability from those who control critical infrastructure, it is possible to shape an AI future that is genuinely transformative and broadly beneficial.

The infrastructure is being built now. The market structures are crystallising. The dependencies are being established. This is the moment when trajectories are set. What we build today will constrain and enable what becomes possible tomorrow. The democratic promise of AI is real, but realising it requires more than accessible tools. It demands confronting the oligarchic reality of concentrated infrastructure and choosing, consciously and collectively, to build something better.

References and Sources

This article draws upon extensive research from multiple authoritative sources including:

• CNBC: Tech megacaps plan to spend more than $300 billion in 2025 as AI race intensifies (February 2025)
• Yahoo Finance: Big Tech set to invest $325 billion this year as hefty AI bills come under scrutiny (February 2025)
• Empirix Partners: The Trillion Dollar Horizon: Inside 2025's Already Historic AI Infrastructure Investments (February 2025)
• TrendForce: AI Infrastructure 2025: Cloud Giants & Enterprise Playbook (July 2025)
• Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research: Infrastructure spending projections
• McKinsey & Company: AI adoption reports (2024)
• Gartner: Technology adoption forecasts (2023-2025)
• International Telecommunication Union: Global connectivity statistics (2024)
• World Bank: Digital infrastructure investment estimates
• United Nations Trade and Development: Technology and Innovation Report 2025
• CCIA: Intense Competition Across the AI Stack (March 2025)
• CSET Georgetown: Promoting AI Innovation Through Competition (May 2025)
• World Economic Forum: Digital divide and AI governance initiatives
• MDPI Applied Sciences: The Democratization of Artificial Intelligence (September 2024)
• Various technology company earnings calls and investor presentations (Q4 2024, Q1 2025)

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Tim Green UK-based Systems Theorist & Independent Technology Writer

Tim explores the intersections of artificial intelligence, decentralised cognition, and posthuman ethics. His work, published at smarterarticles.co.uk, challenges dominant narratives of technological progress while proposing interdisciplinary frameworks for collective intelligence and digital stewardship.

His writing has been featured on Ground News and shared by independent researchers across both academic and technological communities.

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