Quote from: knucklebrain1970. In nature there is species consciousness. Humans have lost this, and I believe it is essential for the survival of the planet. Why has it been lost? Because we no longer reflect upon the big picture and what is really necessary.
Exactly. One must delve into the pseudo-record of history to locate the wrong turn. The western mindset is where the imbalance lies. During the middle ages, in Europe, science became respected, amazing people with its awesome abilities to predict patterns. Predicting patterns had always been solely the domain of the universally obeyed church which held sway across most of Eurasia in some form. In those days, everyone was deeply touched by the influence and thought of metaphysical/cosmic truth. Science helped to fracture this unity at an integral point in history when people increasingly questioned the church's power anyway. Science predicted the tides, stars, seasons, weather and more and more things that the all encompassing church had claimed complete interpretational power of. Thus, people slowly began to put their faith in science to be able to answer the ultimate question, the most meaningful question, "Why am I here?" So, largely for this reason, Science became what it is today.
The problem is that, over the process of time, inside the fog of specialization and fragmentation which is the side effect of empirical study, people gradually, incrementally forgot why their ancestors put their faith in science. It is very understandable. It's just like the side effects of manufactured drugs, a modern fruit of science. Valium or Zoloft may make you feel better but they're not very conducive to oral tradition or coherency. Weak parallel but effective nonetheless. We took the road of science to understand how to become one again, to answer our religious questions. Today, with the sudden (historically speaking) explosion of specialization, general literacy and information on other cultures with their own numerous views on the ultimate, people have become even more removed from the original unified wish to understand metaphysical truth.
All I'm saying is that technology did not start this split, it was partially cultural and largely related to the church. There WAS a reason to look down the scientific avenue, but people sadly forgot why they were looking and now largely go on automatic. Einstein didn't forget, I quote: "I want to know God's Thoughts, the rest are details." You see, in the middle ages, the whole race focused on what one must today search out an obscure forum like this one to discuss and THIS is what fueled the rise of science/technology. At least some of us remember on some level. Count yourself lucky! As a matter of fact, I believe the USA was basically created by Freemasons so that they could freely move toward the divine in their own way.
I sincerely hope that the 100 Monkey Theory is true! I feel just like you do and I see how people became somewhat innocently misled. Aristotle planted the seed and it sprouted during the middle ages. The mind became accentuated and the heart retreated, but it was almost an accident. Now, one must see that even Crowley was on to something when he said "The only way out is in." Isn't that a fitting prescription for a patient who has gone too far out of himself? All we can do now is try to help ourselves, thus helping everyone by being at our best so that we can actually help others.
If you want some hope, though, seach for "photons entanglement" on yahoo and read about Quantum Entanglement! Science is beginning to draw itself back toward the center.
