Post by MagnetMan on Dec 20, 2008 14:12:39 GMT -5
In the 14th Century a Hindu philosopher named Shankar postulated an atomic theory which stated the matter is illusory (maya). Six centuries later Einstein proved that matter is basically condensed energy.
What this all boils down to is that we and our lives are aspects of a vast cosmic illusion. Reality is relative to a state of consciousness. In order for the individual to feel secure, he or she must join a majority contract that defines what matters in life. Our individual sanity is based then on a consensus of the majority's opinion. If this opinion is challenged in any serious way by any individual who refuses to agree, the specter of mass insanity and subsequent chaos looms.
Our fundamental American security blanket is based on Representative Government: Democracy: Capitalism: Christianity. These are nationally accepted as the only true realities. This consensus of American values was established in the 18th Century by our founding fathers. In order to secure and preserve this American reality, we have been and still are prepared to send our sons into war and kill anyone who challenges it. We have invested in a vast armory of nuclear over-kill to ensure and protect it.
At the start of the 21st Century, the illusion that has sustained America's sense of security for almost three centuries, started to slowly unravel at the seams. 29 young men with box-cutters slipped past the vast military defense system and brought the tallest symbols of a Capitalist empire crashing to the ground in a pile of rubble. A growing panic about what constitutes reality, and therefore security, started then. Entire nations have been designated as evil. We condone the torture of anyone who challenges our illusion. Our private conversations are eaves-dropped on.
Underlying the gradual collapse of America's sense of security is the basic fact that the vehicle designed by our founding fathers is harder to keep running. It is a rickety old vehicle that burns too much gas and pollutes the environment. The roads and bridges it runs on also need serious attention.
The four pillars our sense of security rests on need serious re-evaluation
Our idea of Republic as security is an illusion.
Having one's vote represented in congress by men we knew personally and trusted may have made sense in the days when mass communication was limited to the speed of a horse. In this era if instant mass communication, placing the responsibility of your vote in the hands of a complete stranger makes no sense and is widely open to corruption.
Democracy is also an illusion and always has been.
The initial idea was to remove power from royal birth and place it in the hands of the ordinary man. One man/one vote sounds very well when shouted from the oratory dais, but in reality it makes little sense. According to this system any callow youth with no record of significant achievements in life can nullify the vote of a respected elder. The natural conservative/liberal divisions in social outlooks have also served to dilute political enthusiasm. As a result voter motivation in general has suffered. Less than half the electorate trouble to go to the polls.
Capitalism is an illusion.
It is based on the premise that national creativity, competitiveness and productive effort will not materialize or be sustained without the liquidity of money. This artificial concept denies the basic evolutionary impetus of human genius and puts a cap on our full creative potential. In order to keep the power of capital investment viable, governments limit the printing of promissory notes. Only a limited number of ideas can go into production and the majority of the work-force is trained to remain uncreative while serving on the mass production line. The net result of this artificial restriction is that more than three quarters of the planet is under or unemployed and half of the children are starving. While the artificial barriers that this vastly restrictive monetary-based system remain in place, the real work of managing a planet with everybody fully engaged in stewarding it as a single family estate, can never materialize.
Christianity is an illusion.
We do not have the sole ear of Almighty God nor do we dictate who goes to heaven. That idea was promulgated by the Bishops ad Nicosia nearly two millennia ago and is patently not relevant on the global stage today.
What we need is an entirely new set of illusions – new ideologies that requires a global consensus to sustain and make as New Age of human evolution seem real
What this all boils down to is that we and our lives are aspects of a vast cosmic illusion. Reality is relative to a state of consciousness. In order for the individual to feel secure, he or she must join a majority contract that defines what matters in life. Our individual sanity is based then on a consensus of the majority's opinion. If this opinion is challenged in any serious way by any individual who refuses to agree, the specter of mass insanity and subsequent chaos looms.
Our fundamental American security blanket is based on Representative Government: Democracy: Capitalism: Christianity. These are nationally accepted as the only true realities. This consensus of American values was established in the 18th Century by our founding fathers. In order to secure and preserve this American reality, we have been and still are prepared to send our sons into war and kill anyone who challenges it. We have invested in a vast armory of nuclear over-kill to ensure and protect it.
At the start of the 21st Century, the illusion that has sustained America's sense of security for almost three centuries, started to slowly unravel at the seams. 29 young men with box-cutters slipped past the vast military defense system and brought the tallest symbols of a Capitalist empire crashing to the ground in a pile of rubble. A growing panic about what constitutes reality, and therefore security, started then. Entire nations have been designated as evil. We condone the torture of anyone who challenges our illusion. Our private conversations are eaves-dropped on.
Underlying the gradual collapse of America's sense of security is the basic fact that the vehicle designed by our founding fathers is harder to keep running. It is a rickety old vehicle that burns too much gas and pollutes the environment. The roads and bridges it runs on also need serious attention.
The four pillars our sense of security rests on need serious re-evaluation
Our idea of Republic as security is an illusion.
Having one's vote represented in congress by men we knew personally and trusted may have made sense in the days when mass communication was limited to the speed of a horse. In this era if instant mass communication, placing the responsibility of your vote in the hands of a complete stranger makes no sense and is widely open to corruption.
Democracy is also an illusion and always has been.
The initial idea was to remove power from royal birth and place it in the hands of the ordinary man. One man/one vote sounds very well when shouted from the oratory dais, but in reality it makes little sense. According to this system any callow youth with no record of significant achievements in life can nullify the vote of a respected elder. The natural conservative/liberal divisions in social outlooks have also served to dilute political enthusiasm. As a result voter motivation in general has suffered. Less than half the electorate trouble to go to the polls.
Capitalism is an illusion.
It is based on the premise that national creativity, competitiveness and productive effort will not materialize or be sustained without the liquidity of money. This artificial concept denies the basic evolutionary impetus of human genius and puts a cap on our full creative potential. In order to keep the power of capital investment viable, governments limit the printing of promissory notes. Only a limited number of ideas can go into production and the majority of the work-force is trained to remain uncreative while serving on the mass production line. The net result of this artificial restriction is that more than three quarters of the planet is under or unemployed and half of the children are starving. While the artificial barriers that this vastly restrictive monetary-based system remain in place, the real work of managing a planet with everybody fully engaged in stewarding it as a single family estate, can never materialize.
Christianity is an illusion.
We do not have the sole ear of Almighty God nor do we dictate who goes to heaven. That idea was promulgated by the Bishops ad Nicosia nearly two millennia ago and is patently not relevant on the global stage today.
What we need is an entirely new set of illusions – new ideologies that requires a global consensus to sustain and make as New Age of human evolution seem real
