Our culture believes that matter generates consciousness this has led us to materialism which currently guides our way of life, which is tumbling into chaos.
A NEW PARADIGM* (PARA DYNE) REPLACING MATERIALISM!
It is obvious to most clear thinkers that the human race has positioned itself, in a precarious situation, where a (self inflicted) question of survival is manifest. Today the US zeitgeist is permeated with a certain amount of morbidity ( i.e an unhealthy mental state). This adds credence to "things need to change". This human state of affairs is proof the the paradigm we are following (materialism) is plainly wrong.
Today the global paradigm is materialism, this not only refers to an obsession with stuff, possessions but more precisely it is a philosophical theory that regards matter and its motions as constituting the universe, and all phenomena, including those of mind, as due to material agencies. The question! Does consciousness arise from matter or does matter arise from consciousness?
Like all other eras in human history we have among us critical thinkers, I am not one of them, however I feel that I can recognize them. I also understand that we need to listen to them. To name a few: Donald Hoffman, his work includes "do we see reality as it is? We do not is the answer and there is proof, Bernardo Kastrup helps us understand why we do not see things as they truly are and much more. Chris Hedges explains the decay of the US empire, how the government was sold to the oligarchs. David Cay Johnston gives us a clear picture of the Trump phenomenon. Thomas Campbell unifies Philosophy, Physics and Metaphysics. Physics i.e matter and energy, metaphysics i.e being and knowing. When you seek out these names you will then come in contact with other critical thinkers and entire organizations dedicated to bringing about the next global paradigm. One that will be minus conflict. Let's not forget Ralph Nader.
Not only has science shown us that we do not see reality as it is we've also discovered that what is there can not stand on its own, meaning there is something deeper. This is actually quite simple, in that everything we know that exist is finite and being finite cannot have an independent existence.
Consider our eye sight, we do not see things like a camera lens rather we see light waves that the brain reconstructs and we take this as reality. There is no possible way to know for sure that what we are seeing represents what is actually there. We are being told that we are not seeing things as they actually are and there is proof. You will have to delve into this to get that understanding. This is not a cop out as I said I am not a critical or gifted thinker.
When I first heard that "we do not see things as they are" I thought that sounds like deception. It turns out that if we saw things as they truly are (truth) then science demonstrates, that we would not have survived. This is telling us that our understanding of Evolution is in need of new thinking.
It is the immense suffering caused by our materialistic paradigm that deeply upsets me and has me searching for ways to end our pain. It does not have to be this way. The current global leadership is inept, incoherent, immature, silly and unfortunately very dangerous. They are obsessed with the possession aspects of materialism and have subsequently (in the US) burdened almost the entire population of our country. We are being enslaved. In order to get away with this, clever corrupt politicians turn citizen against citizen. The criminals (Congress, not all) are owned by the Oligarchs. As I write this people are being killed, people are starving, the planet that supports all life is literally being poisoned. We must realize that none of this would be happening, it wouldn't be possible if we were acting through intelligence.
So is there a new paradigm that will end conflict? Yes there is and I should say it isn't actually new however through new research its meaning is being broadened. Idealism is what will alter the behavior of the species, and it must because the way things stand now humanity is not a viable species. We are not viable because at any moment we are capable of self destruction. This outcome can be traced back to its root cause "materialism" thereby proving that the our guiding paradigm is wrong. Idealism is being bolstered even demonstrated to be a correct philosophy through rigorous research and critical thinking. The foundation for Idealism lies in the fact that it postulates that everything is mental, mentation. Further this mentation takes in the entire universe, everything that exist, is encompassed by a universal mind. We could also state it as such "consciousness is the ground of being". There is of course the intellectual aspect to Idealism and we need to be aware of the spiritual aspect of Idealism which we can trace back to the early days of Buddhism. Idealism is really quite simple, it is putting forward an undivided reality (from the web) any of various systems of thought in which the objects of knowledge are held to be in some way dependent on the activity of mind. It is a mind blowing realization to understand that there is only one thing, "mind". Until the individual mind understands this, true Idealism cannot manifest.
There are better descriptions of Idealism, follow some of the leads and you'll find them. Do we find the idea that there is a right way to live disconcerting, we've got it wrong from the outset. Some will view this as utter nonsense while the quality of life diminishes on an almost daily basis. The proof (possible self destruction, that we are not a viable species seems a very convincing axiom. Yet again there are those that will stay the course. A large segment of our population has been manipulated into hating people they don't even know. They are being used by the Oligarchs, swayed by mostly undelivered promises. This is materialism in action.
Idealism surely encompasses human decency, living a good life which will only happen when we see things as they are not as we wish or hope them to be.
DT AKA Bill Rogan
* I could never spell or pronounce this word.
