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That is 100% a cabalic axiom if you know anything about the New Testament and esotericism.
Matthew 7:7-8
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
<facepalm>
You missed the whole point.
the scripture is a clarification and an exhortation that GOD and Heaven RESPONDS. God is not only the Creator. He is also responsive. Thus, YOU knock, HE opens the door.
So, you want the door open? Do you sit and wait for it to open? Or do you (help yourself/take action/take steps to bring about the result you want)?
That is certainly the positive interpretation of that phrase, but is that how it has been sold to the modern world?
That's certainly not the interpretation of most that utter it in my experience.
Hmmm. How else can it really be interpreted.
Saying "God doesn't exist so you have to do it yourself" or "God's not going to help, so you have to do it yourself" would be one thing, but
"Heaven helps those who helps themselves" is simply that helping yourself - aka "taking (some) responsibility for your situation is virtuous" - is good and valuable.
A bit like, get off your ass, and don't wait around being a victim.
I guess my observations may well be overshadowed by my own prejudices in regards to this, but referring to this as a cabalic axion strikes me as .... strange.
In what sense does your experience tell you that most people use this expression?
It’s origin is from the pre-Christian Greeks, was famously repeated centuries later by the most obvious cabalic infiltrator of the founding fathers, and in popular media is oft repeated by some of the most ungodly people in the modern era to reinforce their selfish choices.
The idea goes against much of the Gospel as Jesus often helped those that were the least deserving by the estimate of his disciples and the world.
https://fwsumc.org/the-bible-doesnt-say-that-god-helps-those-who-help-themselves/
https://nationsu.edu/unbiblical-statements-christians-believe-god-helps-those-who-help-themselves/
https://www.adamhamilton.com/blog/why-god-helps-those-who-help-themselves/
God put us on this earth to DO things.
I will not for a moment entertain the idea that this simple fact of life is somehow a "Cabalic axiom".
In every instance I have ever seen it uttered its been to reinforce the satanic "service to self over all others" mindset of the material world.
I have to wonder if there isn't a reason why you are attracted to that, and you see that "in every instance"...
Often one sees what one resonates with, even if the connection is a negative resonance (aka negative attraction).
I have never once perceived others to use this expression in that way. I have always experienced it as an affirmation that God will bless those who take the initiative and do not simply play the victim or wallow in self-pity. Always as such an affirmation.