Humans, a Perspective pt. 2

How do I think the ways in which humans communicate with and think about one another serve us in the 21st century?

There is a wealth of information being shared over the internet. There are millions of minds connecting in a way and at a rate like never before. Therefore we must learn the difference between informing and fear mongering. There are those of us who share information and knowledge that they've acquired, which can help others live a more fulfilling, balanced life. And then there are those who use their knowledge/information to berate others. The fact is, one day each of us will die/transition (at least, physically). For most of us that live in Western civilization, we have greater freedom in choosing whether it will be a fast or slow death. We can take all the preventative measures in the world to prolong our lives: read books, avoid overly processed foods, alcohol, air pollution (smog, cigarettes), exercise and etc, but this only prolongs the inevitable. Now this by no means suggests that we should all run out to have a hamburger at the Heart Attack Grill and watch TV all day. However, we shouldn't go around thinking evil of one another and being full of distrust, projecting that on the whole of humanity simply because selfishness is the agenda of a select few (and compared to the BILLIONS inhabiting this planet, yes it is a select FEW).

Instead of fear mongering and tearing down, we need to inform yet be compassionate. Many focus on the evil of the government and corporations, the "beast" etc but we have to remember that these entities are comprised of PEOPLE and they are still connected to us. They represent our lowest nature. To paraphrase Mark Twain, who has the humanity to pray for Satan when Satan is being Satan??

Part of the problem with human thinking in the West is that we have gone so far into individuality that we forget how we are all connected (collectivism). Not only have we deluded ourselves into thinking that we are separate, almost exalted, from the rest of nature and the universe but from one another. This creates for us a prison in the mind. So the whore, the murderer, the addict, the "slave", the "beast" that one thinks is separate from them is actually a part of them and is reflecting back to them the lowest potential of humanity.

The point of this post is to encourage everyone to think and communicate with one another in a much more balanced way. Radical, extreme ways of thinking and communicating come from going unchecked for long periods of time, being allowed to so far down one's own rabbit hole until one is too afraid to come out.