A society that destroys the environment that supports it, I would not consider to be intelligent life. It's like the cancer that ultimately kills itself by destroying the host it feeds on.
The rhythm of life is give and take. It is necessary to put things back into the system. To not do that is to foul your own nest - to use up all the natural resources greedily.
There's degradation of the environment. But the real issue is the degradation of one's inner environment.
They've destroyed their environment, by and large. They've eliminated most other species on the planet, which is just an indication of their sloppiness and their deadness and their oblivion - but even more so, they've cut themselves off from happiness.
The level of evolution in this world is not exactly high.
People think they can tame the earth. How absurd! The vanity of human wishes is endless. It is more fun to dance with life.
Its funny how human beings tend to think that they're the masters of the earth never realizing that the earth, for a time, simply tolerates its tenants and then, when the mood strikes, it shifts its continents around.
The strong conquer the weak. The weak serve the strong and hope to become strong so they can conquer others who are weaker.
The vast majority of beings who incarnate on this planet are at the stage of their evolution where power is the dominant theme. They are learning about power. That is why we live in a world where there are so many wars and so much destruction.
People on this planet are currently preparing to blow themselves up in ultimate thermonuclear wars. We are living among beings whose state of mind is destruction.
A realistic recognition of the human condition is that it is corrupt beyond belief. What do you suppose would happen if the police all took a week off?
The operative condition on this particular planet, the central mode which human beings follow, is fear. We are taught to fear.
Consider that we live in a world predicated upon fear. The underlying assumption is that human beings are innately evil and must be groomed and controlled. That is the dichotomy that is set up within the human mind, good and evil.
Societies on this planet are based upon fear, not upon love. The strong dominate the weak.
The most knowledgeable person is not necessarily the person who runs the government, nor the church, nor the business.
People are kept in line in society because they fear punishment. The assumption that underlies this mentality is that a human being will follow their desires without mitigation.
In this world we see more passion than dispassion. We see more fear than knowledge. Armies rule the world. Fear-net is happening. Consequently, everyone is raised with fear embedded in their consciousness.
Overcoming fear is a critical factor for anyone who wishes to be really happy, or anyone who wishes to become enlightened
Who's to say what's right or wrong? The courts and the society can be totally wrong. Nazi Germany, what did they say was the right thing to do? To destroy and burn Jews.
This is a dark age. That's not news. It's a dark time when we have to be particularly aware of danger.
While the comforts of modern civilization and technological success or economic success seem at the moment quite fulfilling, I can assure you that all of these things are transitory and will fall away.
Just because you are innocent does not mean that others cannot harm you. History teaches us that lesson.
Human beings, when they encounter that which can't be understood, either run away from it, run towards it blindly, or just rationalize it out of existence.
There are a lot of human beings out there who are very hostile towards anything that rocks their perceptual boat.
They'll kill you in a minute rather than deal with truth. It's more convenient because then they can forget about it and rationalize your death.
