May 18, 2022
People say, ‘I’m fine when in fact, it almost never is’. Things are a mess because humans are in a very awkward and confusing stage in our development as a species. Technology evolved faster than we could adjust to, and now we’re scared little apex predators stumbling around the earth with massive prefrontal cortices overlaying a bunch of deep primordial conditioning. A rapidly developed capacity for language and abstract thought strapped on top of a fear response that our distant evolutionary ancestors developed to help them run away from long-extinct monsters with big sharp teeth. Are we really that far from our Neanderthal ancestors?
This sudden change has left us in a transition stage where we haven’t yet gotten the hang of the immense power which now seems troubled from within our skull. It’s left us at this weird, uncomfortable stage where we have the intelligence to do amazing things, but haven’t yet developed the wisdom to use this newfound capacity in a harmonious way. We now have the ability to conquer our own ecosystems using technology, but we lack the wisdom not to do so. Common sense is a punishment, because you have to deal with everyone who doesn’t have it.
We have the intelligence to invent nuclear weapons, but lack wisdom not to build or use them. We have the ability to plan for our individual futures, but lack wisdom to make sure our collective species has a future. We have the ability to think abstract thoughts, but lack the wisdom to refrain from building identities out of them. We have the ability to ask questions, but lack the wisdom to deeply question our own true nature and whether the world is really as it seems.
Why do we construct entire belief systems that are completely useless for learning to live in harmony with what is? We discover spirituality only to use it for vapid escapism and tyrannical, psychological domination. The ability to research human psychology only to use it to convince people to buy junk they don’t need and support wars they don’t want and vote for politicians they don’t like. The ability to invent mass media only to use use it to promote lies. The ability to technologically link billions of minds on the internet only to spend all our time arguing about nonsense or not using it to be better informed.
The ability to tell stories only to spend our energy using storytelling to manipulate and control each other.The ability to intimately appreciate beauty and mystery with a profound depth and complexity only to spend our entire lives frantically doing anything but that. We have the ability to do all these things skillfully and harmoniously; we just haven’t quite gotten the hang of it yet. Each has the ability to love themselves and others. The choice is within you! Concentrate on positive thoughts & feel the change !!
Arhata~
