Humanity sucks

[xander]

Humanity as a whole doesn't suck any more or less than any other lifeform. Some humans are worse or better than others. We are here for a reason, we are part of the universe and are NOT seperate from the divine.

Xander

[Fat_Turkey]

The original intent of this topic was to say the idiots are taking over. And nobody says it better than NOFX, with their song very aptly named "The Idiots are Taking Over." I highly suggest you download it.

Anyways, since I posted the original topic yon 3 months ago, I've had a bit of a change. I still hate almost every person in high school, but they're just immature and it's not my problem if they catch Chlamydia and rot away the rest of their vapid lives.

Later
~FT

[beavis]

Humanity as a whole doesn't suck any more or less than any other lifeform.

Humans killed millions of species. I dont know of any species that monkeys made extinct. Humans suck more.

[wisp]

FT,
Your observations and feelings seem quite justified to me. The responses here are great.
If it means anything, when High Days are out, some will become more aware. Unfortunately, many will continue to hang onto their dramas and crutches to get by.
The way I see your H.S. experience is, you are drawing the attention of others. What you see to be negative responses, I see as a compliment, and a strength you have. Could there be something those that watch you like a hawk want (or need?). Maybe you should find out what it is?  I suspect you spark something in people.

[Tony M.]

I really believe that we'll be alright in the future. Our society acts just like a wave pattern (read this somewhere) with spirituality at one end and materialism on the other. We are now at the top of materialism and I do believe that in the next century we, humankind, will become more spiritual.

I mean, more and more people are getting fed up with society the way it is. I was one of those that thought money was very important but now I only want money because it represents freedom and I've grown to be spiritual and not materialistic anymore.

More and more people will get fed up with life the way it is and will start their search on what's really important. The way I did it was to first buy a book written by Anthony Robbins and after that I started reading more and more and automatically discovered spirituality.

No matter how big are ego's will get, there still is something inside of us that reminds us that we are supposed to be spiritual beings. Sad thing is that there are a lot of people that will discover this when they are old.

And another thing: it's the small things that count. You being friendly to a person that maybe doesn't deserve it at that time can have a big positive effect in the future. I read an article on how "the clapping of the wings of a butterfly can lead to a hurricane at the other side of the world". Everything is connected so start with the small things that end up being big things.

That's all for know I think....

[bacsy]

i can understand your anger at the materialistic majority of people fat turkey but what u have to understand is that everything moves in cycles and so just as this age of materialism is at its peak,eventually it will end,and a new age of spiritualism will begin. the ancient indian scriptures tell of the immense cycles the world and the universe go through,here is an extract from one of the scriptures-The 3600-year period of Treta Yuga will start in A.D. 4100; its age will be marked by common knowledge of telepathic communications and other time-annihilators. During the 4800 years of Satya Yuga, final age in an ascending arc, the intelligence of a man will be completely developed; he will work in harmony with the divine plan.

A descending arc of 12,000 years, starting with a descending Golden Age of 4800 years, then begins for the world; man gradually sinks into ignorance. These cycles are the eternal rounds of maya, the contrasts and relativities of the phenomenal universe. Man, one by one, escapes from creation's prison of duality as he awakens to consciousness of his inseverable divine unity with the Creator.

i hope my post helps you understand why there are so many ignorant people in todays world

PEACE!

[RooJ]

cool, You think when the wave/cycle goes to its spiritual side governments will stop spending such a large amount of there/our money on developing new and more efficient weapons to kill other humans with?

[Tony M.]

What I'd like to see the government do first is to include spiritual type of books (not too spiritual) in the curriculum for students. There are more people that say that this could be a first step in "healing the world".

I enjoy reading books about happiness, living in the "now", positive thinking and stuff like that and I think other people of my age will enjoy these kinds of books as well. And I think almost every student would much rather read these kinds of books than some dull schoolbook with info they will probably never use.

Let's make this happen!

[WhiteLight]

A start would be to stop reading and believing the bollocks in the news and to stop watching TV.

TV dumbs people down.

Why worry what's happening to innocents in Iraq if you can tune in to the latest exploits of the characters in your soap opera of choice?

People are sold a lie. Buy this, buy that you'll feel so much better - bollocks, people are basically brainwashed into thinking of themselves, their immediate family(not always though)and everyone else can go swivel .

I'll add more later, tired, midnight and an early start in the morning.

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[Tony M.]

I for one stopped watching television, because of obvious reasons. I don't even watch the news anymore. Why look at all the sadness in the world? Won't it make you sad as well? And what constructive purpose does watching other peoples sadness have anyway? If you want to make the world a better place, start by giving the right example. Show people that you care about them but do not get caught up in their sadness. That has not got any constructive side to it.

I still follow some of the news on teletext/ceefax (how do you call it in the US?) because I don't want to come across too indifferent of what's going on in the world.

[Fat_Turkey]

Well..look at us!

Nobody cares about anything anymore. People are getting away with being total dipsh**s, when before they were disciplined into learning. Nowadays most people aged between 13-17 are going around being drug, doped up, and either making girls pregnant or being the girl who is pregnant. Nobody seems to give a damn about spirituality anymore, only pompous churches that only seem to be blocking the paths to spirituality and connection with whatever divine being Humanity has been seeking since the beginning!!

Nowadays, people only live to go to school, get a job, breed, then die. And the more we breed, the more resources we consume. If we ever become an interstellar race, we will go from planet to planet eating and eating, like some kind of swarm. As Agent Smith from The Matrix put it, we are no longer mammals, no, we are a virus - a disease.

Those of us who are philosophical, metaphysical, and actually believe that we have a higher purpose on this obviously doomed plane are labelled tree-hugging New-Age hippy idiots. Most of us are accused of being drug dealers. Some kids at school think I smoke pot just because they found out some of my earlier (and more idiotic) beliefs (such as the ki blast, yes, I was one of them). And that was a year ago, and they're still going at me.

Humanity is doomed to itself. Its killer will be not a god nor sentient being nor a virus nor a catastrophic meteor crash, but itself. Being the only species that would harm itself, to the extent of cold blooded murder, it makes you wonder why Humankind is such a great species. Perhaps less than a third of the human population gives a damn about spirituality and is willing to seek it out, or at least do some philosophy. I even had the notion of making a club at school for philosophy, but then I remembered that I go to a school which the majority of dumbf***s that go there are from the other 2/3 of the population - idiots, sheep, morons, materialists(ESPECIALLY, materialists), conceited bastards, just to name a few.

Where has the equality gone? Where have all the good things gone? The Black-Eyed Peas made a fantastic song about exactly what its name is, WHERE IS THE LOVE!? Well? Where is it? Where is the spirituality, the vital part of human essence that keeps some of us from being mechanical sheep, bent on following media portrayed illusions, buying materialist goods, destroying the world through their very existance. Where is the THOUGHT??.

I mean, people don't think for themselves anymore. They have retarded politians doing it for them! Look at freakin' George Bush. A dyslexic moron that got through school because of his family name and his family's big bucks. And when someone with real wisdom comes along, they shun them with retarded names like "freak," "dumbass" and even "gay."

Humanity = sheep. Humanity = idiots. Face it. People are stupid. There is probably only a MAXIMUM of 1/3 of the human population that is probably worth their existance here, who actually seek out higher purposes and actually contain some bit of WISDOM that so flourished centuries before. Why do you think communism fails? Because unwise greedy morons run the systems.

Shallow idiots running around proud of their Vodafones and pretty boots and skirts and BMWs, and when asked a philosophical question they take it literally and make it out as if YOU are the idiot.

So here's the big question? What on Earth is the cure? I mean, lately I've had bitter-sweet dreams of humankind being almost extinct, yet the aftermath was the greatest piece of existance you can imagine. And you know why? No more dipsh**s. No more sheep, and no more idiots. People were wise and people had respect and people actually strived for spirituality instead of money.

Thank you
*steps off soap box*
~FT

[RenaissanceMan]

The real problem lies with human beings as a collective group.  Individually, they can be anything they want.  They can strive for any goal, high or low.  Collectively, nothing much changes.  There is too much inertia.
The other problem is that emotion rules the decisions of the masses, not reason.  These emotions are usually negative - fear, anger etc.
The trouble with humanity 'swinging back' towards spirituality is the type of spirituality that will be pushed at people.  Typically it's been a prejudiced, intolerant set of beliefs that are usually set in stone - eg State Religions.  It's never worked.  It usually ends up creating massive inequality with some kind of priesthood.
What I am saying, is that humanity as a group never gets it right.

[Tyciol]

Wave pattern? Screw it, there's nothing saying we can't have both spirituality and materialism.

Do you think in the dark ages when people were starving and had nothing that they were spiritual? They didn't have time, they had to kill each other for food. Any visions they might have had were inspired by hunger.

[RenaissanceMan]

Wave pattern? Screw it, there's nothing saying we can't have both spirituality and materialism.

Good point.

Do you think in the dark ages when people were starving and had nothing that they were spiritual? They didn't have time, they had to kill each other for food. Any visions they might have had were inspired by hunger.

People look back at these time periods with a kind of romantic nostalgia, when in fact these were dark, barbaric times where the vast majority lived in poverty and misery.

[Telos]

I love humanity!!


Wow. That was really strange. Try saying that out loud and honestly mean it. You just want to laugh, don't you? It's so absurd.