In our world, in our pre-World War III condition, meditation is considered a cult activity and people who practice self-discovery are actually persecuted and ridiculed.
This is the age of electrical energy. The age of atomic energy hasn't really dawned yet, not in the way that atomic energy has evolved in other worlds.
Humanity actually has the gall to feel they are more advanced than they were; technology somehow defines intelligence. If technology enables you to kill more people, that doesn't define intelligence. An intelligent species survives.
There are those who want to revolutionize the world with meditation. I really don't think that is necessary. The world is already revolutionized.
Spiritual people are often persecuted because of their beliefs. Christians were fed to the lions. Jews were slaughtered in concentration camps. Various forms of persecution still exist today throughout the world.
Obstructions on the way to enlightenment, are you kidding? Hey, they crucify people here. You think this is an easy place?
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.
There are a lot of human beings out there who are very hostile towards anything that rocks their perceptual boat.
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.
Just because you are innocent does not mean that others cannot harm you. History teaches us that lesson.
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.
This is a dark age. That's not news. It's a dark time when we have to be particularly aware of danger.
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.
Overcoming fear is a critical factor for anyone who wishes to be really happy, or anyone who wishes to become enlightened
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.
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.
The most knowledgeable person is not necessarily the person who runs the government, nor the church, nor the business.
Societies on this planet are based upon fear, not upon love. The strong dominate the weak.
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.
The operative condition on this particular planet, the central mode which human beings follow, is fear. We are taught to fear.
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?
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.
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.
The strong conquer the weak. The weak serve the strong and hope to become strong so they can conquer others who are weaker.
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.
