What are we doing as humanity!?…. This question is the beginning of a complex inquiry, which falls apart in my mind, as if there is not enough processing power to comprehend the understanding, the insights, the revelations that come through.
Thus far, it seems that humanity, if living unconsciously of its existence, identifies with the body, the mind, or the soul, giving their time to pleasant sensations, mistaking thoughts for truth, and reacting emotionally to everything. When enough people in a group, community, or country remain dormant enough that their consciousness does not expand, their awareness of themselves and their purpose fades into darkness, into an unnecessary avoidance of the inevitability of death, which makes them afraid of life, afraid to be, afraid of exploring and creating – all in exchange for momentary pleasure distractions. This can turn into destructive behaviour, both for individuals and collectives.
We can witness this behaviour everywhere. People who use more resources to create a protective illusion from anything harmful, such as building luxury houses or bunkers, buying unnecessarily large yachts, craving foods they don’t need for prolonged moments, being voluntarily lazy at work as they will be paid anyway, having hours-long small talks. They ignore any idea that makes their neurons twinkle a little, as a mental effort is required before they understand the dangers or rewards that might result. Countless examples could be given.
Generally, what makes a human, family, community, company, or country fall by its own, is a systematic approach towards life with ignorance regarding their responsibilities, manifesting as laziness in their behaviour. They do not want to know what they should do, because the thought itself will make them feel something which they mistake for reality. So they run from how they should be, for what is more pleasurable to be. Greece has done it. Romania has done it. Individuals everywhere are doing it. We all have to some extent.
Everywhere I have been, I have witnessed it to some degree or full extent. In my family, my dad had a small fortune when I was born, and he died poor and lonely. In school, most of my teachers, with the principal in the lead, never cared about the quality of education, wasting their time on useless projects. At university, professors who forgot how teaching works, what they are supposed to teach, and how they should behave with students…. At projects where I volunteered, project leaders who did not know the technicalities of the projects, nor could they understand if presented, as their only desire was to create something, to be seen, admired, while the quality of the outcome was taboo. In places I worked, where the money income and the ideas of the people in charge were absolutes, regardless of what wonders could have come out if the team was led towards it, not repressed into a mental submersion, leaving everything beautiful outcomes to chance.
Those people do not understand a critical truth – that absolute quality, doing the most with what is given, is the most important aspect of our existence together. Ultimately, what we do with our time, in this space we are in, is the result of our understanding of our memory, as individuals and collective. Quality does not need to be sold. Its value sells itself. Once someone is given a taste of it, they will leave everything worse behind. After I tasted a specialty coffee, I could never enjoy lower quality – I heard this from every coffee person who tried it. It is more expensive at the moment, but more reliable in the long run. Low-quality coffee affects the body differently, making the stomach digest faster, creating chaos in our system.
This truth applies everywhere, whether it comes to what we eat, read, talk to, work on, work with, go on, stand in, etc. Bridges built by people with this spirit of this vision lasted millennia. This is the path of the conscious human, for whom the survival instinct became a thriving force for living, creative rather than destructive. Individuals, families, communities, companies, or countries that thrive do not ignore new ideas, manifestations coming from within. They also choose to remember the past as it was, to avoid unnecessary mistakes. Sustainable development, therefore, comes from a vivid vision carved towards with a moment-to-moment mathematical calculation with error correction, scientific rationalization, constant awareness of the whole process, guided by trust in intuition, insights, in the people working with, as everyone wants to realize the best outcome.
The best constant outcomes form as a fusion of the knowledge comprehended to that moment with every potential possibility, realizing the best understanding of what has to be done in that present moment. This is perfectioning, as a continuous process of improving when the time allows and adapting when necessary.
What are we doing!?…. As humanity, it seems most people worked extremely hard to give the chance for a few individuals to discover, create, or invent easier means to work, so that at some moment in time, every human coming into the world will have unconditional access to self-realization. Few make the effort to envision, many make the effort to follow it through and bring it to reality.
Most worked in agriculture to feed those who created the great machinery used today. Most people work in factories to piece together a more comfortable life for those who create better technologies. Most people just work, while a few create beauty as an artistic manifestation, expressing emotions for the rest of the world to feel, as they will never reach that peace of being required to attain it alone. Most died in wars unknown, for a few to be the heroes. Most people bring the vision of a few to life. Most pass the ball for one to score. Most strive for a golden medal, for only the best to retrieve it. Most people watch a movie that few created. Two get together to create a form of consciousness that comes into this world, while many help it to thrive.
The common phenomenon in all of them is trust. Trust instead of ignorance. Trust in the inevitability of what has happened. Trust in what we envision as the future. Trust in our intuition. Trust in our insights. Trust in ourselves that through a scientific approach we can reveal the best options….options from which, with intuitive feeling, we will choose the best for what has to be done in the present moment. Trust in humanity, as humans always choose what is best for them, if trust is given unconditionally when the improvement is promising….. – at least the first time, then adapt on the way.
