Ladies and gentleman, this video from 1974 introduces some interesting, and in my opinion very valuable concepts. Its a bit long, which means that not many people will consider watching it, but I believe it is worth sharing. Its amazing that all of this was being talked about over 40 years ago. There is so much opportunity to make improvements! Its very exciting. I understand the appeal of not considering pessimistic thoughts such as people are fighting and killing each other unnecessarily because certain people and populations dont see eye to eye and the general population accepts war as an inevitability or our society is devastating the delicate natural systems of the Earth, upon which our own well-being intrinsically depends, because we are not intelligent enough (or our consciousness has not evolved enough) to understand the implications of our actions and thus we are incapable of working together to improve our society such that our needs can be met without imperiling the ability of future generation to meet their needs. I understand that considering these negative ideas is not conducive to improving ones overall happiness and that it does not seem that considering these ideas could possibly do any good. If you ask me, we must first recognize and define the problems that we face before we can hope to solve them. It is extremely valuable to consider the state of the planet, where we are, where we would like to be, etc. because it really is our own psyche that governs our experience, drives the evolution of the self, and in turn drives the evolution of society. Its easier not to think about these things but its important to consider them and actually quite fun and exciting if you let it be. Perhaps it is futile to try to accelerate the evolution of society. Perhaps it is futile to try to have a positive influence on people. Perhaps it is futile to try to aid in facilitating change that will help preserve the environment and improve quality of life. Perhaps. If it is futile, I will keep trying anyway, because everyone should do what they believe in. The meaning of life is a life of meaning. https://youtube/watch?v=lBIdk-fgCeQ Some might say well we dont have any problems, we are doing fine. If you really look at things you will see that we have a lot of obvious problems, problems that we are linked to through compassion, problems that effect each of us every day whether we realize it or not. Of course our lives are incredible. We have it better in the US today, generally speaking, than anyone ever in history. Realize though the cost of this luxury...the true price of these conveniences...Its not just you, in your little body, in your little place, in this little time...its everyone, everything, everywhere, from the beginning to the end. Zoom out.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 01:18:28 +0000