Terrence Mckenna believed that we are here for a purpose. That our existence is not meaningless. We have been bought forth by the Earth to fulfill a purpose. This was part of his theory of novelty as an active force in the universe, the driving force behind events, in fact. This is demonstrably true. Without novel occurances, there is no progress of any sort. And novelty increases with time.
The same is true of the human race. 800,000 years ago Homo Erectus learned the manipulation of fire. This event is celebrated by every culture. Prometheus stealing fire from the gods, figuratively speaking, was the beginning of something only a very few lifeforms on this planet are capable of: Technology. At first, progress was slow, with few tools, there are only limited tools it's possible to invent. But over time, we learned, and unlike other species, we learned from each other. We were able to continue the technological research of our predecessors, without having to work out all the stuff they did by themselves. Like a concrescant wave, technology advances exponentially thrugh epigenetic activity: language, reading, writing, teaching. We are living in miraculous times, day by day we discover more and more amazing things about the universe, our planet, and ourselves, and we are learning to do ever more amazing things. And as our technology evolves to its inevitable end point, our social structures are become ever more complex, our culture ever more symbolic. Surely humanity is headed down the birth canal, our gestation completed, to take our place as one collective consciousness in some unimaginable future that is just round the corner, but completely invisible.
As Mckenna puts it, "We who five million years ago were animals, now can kindle, on our deserts, and if needed; over the cities of our enemies, the very power that lights the stars at night"
I guess my point is, something's coming. Something enormous is going to happen, and everyone can feel it, subconsciously. And that's why society is in such a panic. People are becoming freer, and that terrifies lots of them. They beg and plead for a return to the rules, the structures, the old ways of the dominator paradigm.
In our lifetime, everything is going to change, but I don't think we should be frightened. We should embrace our destiny.
Next Week: Less esotericism, more real life guaranteed
The same is true of the human race. 800,000 years ago Homo Erectus learned the manipulation of fire. This event is celebrated by every culture. Prometheus stealing fire from the gods, figuratively speaking, was the beginning of something only a very few lifeforms on this planet are capable of: Technology. At first, progress was slow, with few tools, there are only limited tools it's possible to invent. But over time, we learned, and unlike other species, we learned from each other. We were able to continue the technological research of our predecessors, without having to work out all the stuff they did by themselves. Like a concrescant wave, technology advances exponentially thrugh epigenetic activity: language, reading, writing, teaching. We are living in miraculous times, day by day we discover more and more amazing things about the universe, our planet, and ourselves, and we are learning to do ever more amazing things. And as our technology evolves to its inevitable end point, our social structures are become ever more complex, our culture ever more symbolic. Surely humanity is headed down the birth canal, our gestation completed, to take our place as one collective consciousness in some unimaginable future that is just round the corner, but completely invisible.
As Mckenna puts it, "We who five million years ago were animals, now can kindle, on our deserts, and if needed; over the cities of our enemies, the very power that lights the stars at night"
I guess my point is, something's coming. Something enormous is going to happen, and everyone can feel it, subconsciously. And that's why society is in such a panic. People are becoming freer, and that terrifies lots of them. They beg and plead for a return to the rules, the structures, the old ways of the dominator paradigm.
In our lifetime, everything is going to change, but I don't think we should be frightened. We should embrace our destiny.
Next Week: Less esotericism, more real life guaranteed
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