Humans have a narrow view of what they are. Conditioned from birth by family and friends, they may not look deeply into how they are human. It is just what they have learned to be. It is like playing a game in which you slowly understand the rules and the strategies for playing well, but you don’t see it as a game. You may never consciously ask if there could be another way of being human. Who made the rules and the structure of this game? Can this way be changed? Is there a larger space that still includes humans? Is there a way out while still participating in Life?
Because it is difficult to ask these questions and to be aware of the conditioning of humanity, we find ourselves trying to fix the problems with tools that have either manufactured the situation in the first place or are inadequate for seeing clearly.
Humanity is in a battle with itself because it believes its divisions of identity are more important than its unity as a species. We are facing extinction because our desires are more important than the common ground with the planet. As we try to enhance our security and status with identity, more self-serving competition, and ambition, and without a firm grasp of the need for balance within humanity and the planet, we risk being unable to solve our problems.
Caught in the Neural Network
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