F.: All human suffering is rooted in not living naturally, and all suffering persons are living unnaturally or supernaturally. Those living unnaturally can be recognized by their self-destructive behaviors. Those living supernaturally can be recognized by their magical thinking, by their belief in modernized versions of ancient gods, by their acceptance of ancient myths and superstitions as fact, by their disdain for scientific evidence, and by their belief in non-factual explanations for naturally-occurring events. Persons also suffer from the influence of those who would program them to think, feel and behave as the programmers want them to think, feel, and behave. All of those influences drive persons to live (as if unconscious) in a fashion that is not natural.
Persons, however, suffer not only from the disadvantage of faulty conditioning and programming that results in their behaving out of alignment with the natural functioning of the totality of the universe. They also face the obstacle of an evolutionary mutation. Humans are proud of the fact that the limbic system developed as much as other parts of the brain to make humans “the most intelligence species” on the planet, claiming they are far superior to birds and animals that have an underdeveloped limbic system. Yet it is the developed limbic system in humans that helps make them the most emotional species on earth. It is also that part of the brain that makes persons susceptible to being influenced to live supernaturally, or to live unnaturally, or to live in a state of emotional intoxication, and to become addicted to drama and chaos.
The ego loves to lay claim to its supposedly god-given dominion over animals and the planet, yet it is persons (thinking emotionally, unnaturally and supernaturally) that are destroying the environment; killing others of its species not for survival but while fighting over supernatural concepts; destroying “relationships” by fighting over emotional “issues”; and destroying themselves through suicide or self-destructive behaviors. Who has dominion over what? Look at what humans are up against in an effort to be restored to sanity: while the limbic system drives the natural defensive behaviors, it also inspires the adoption of the emotional ego-states that inspire accepting chaos and drama as “normal.” While it inspires the natural search for food in order to survive, it also inspires the unnatural emotional intoxication which results in mistaking for “true love” what is actually nothing more than limbic-stimulated courtship rituals, genital swelling, and sexual pleasure.
The cortex is the greater influence on birds and animals, which live naturally. The limbic system has become the greater influence on humans. The emotions now have dominion over reason and logic among persons. The cortex provides the animal kingdom’s link with reality as it inspires birds and animals to process stimuli received rather than act with no evaluation. It is a less-influential limbic system which allows birds and animals to determine the significance of the information received from happenings in their environment and ultimately separate real threat from perceived threat.
It is that strong limbic system in humans which inspires over-reacting, assuming an offensive posture rather than a defensive mentality, and living supernaturally and unnaturally. It is being dominated by their emotions that causes persons to mistake threats to their false identities and cultivated images for real threats. Now, throw into the human mix with those influences the conditioning and programming that all are subjected to and you have billions walking about the planet who do not know who they are and who fight to defend the false roles that they have assumed as identities. Is it any wonder that humans have no ability to differentiate the true from the false, have a propensity to destroy self and others, and typically live in a state of chaos? Is it any surprise that persons are usually physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually intoxicated? How obvious is the insanity of unnatural and supernatural living? How clear is the sanity of living naturally instead, according to the order of the universe and the natural functioning of the totality? How obvious is the need among persons for Realization...for being restored to sanity by being in touch with reality? Please enter the silence of contemplation.
Persons, however, suffer not only from the disadvantage of faulty conditioning and programming that results in their behaving out of alignment with the natural functioning of the totality of the universe. They also face the obstacle of an evolutionary mutation. Humans are proud of the fact that the limbic system developed as much as other parts of the brain to make humans “the most intelligence species” on the planet, claiming they are far superior to birds and animals that have an underdeveloped limbic system. Yet it is the developed limbic system in humans that helps make them the most emotional species on earth. It is also that part of the brain that makes persons susceptible to being influenced to live supernaturally, or to live unnaturally, or to live in a state of emotional intoxication, and to become addicted to drama and chaos.
The ego loves to lay claim to its supposedly god-given dominion over animals and the planet, yet it is persons (thinking emotionally, unnaturally and supernaturally) that are destroying the environment; killing others of its species not for survival but while fighting over supernatural concepts; destroying “relationships” by fighting over emotional “issues”; and destroying themselves through suicide or self-destructive behaviors. Who has dominion over what? Look at what humans are up against in an effort to be restored to sanity: while the limbic system drives the natural defensive behaviors, it also inspires the adoption of the emotional ego-states that inspire accepting chaos and drama as “normal.” While it inspires the natural search for food in order to survive, it also inspires the unnatural emotional intoxication which results in mistaking for “true love” what is actually nothing more than limbic-stimulated courtship rituals, genital swelling, and sexual pleasure.
The cortex is the greater influence on birds and animals, which live naturally. The limbic system has become the greater influence on humans. The emotions now have dominion over reason and logic among persons. The cortex provides the animal kingdom’s link with reality as it inspires birds and animals to process stimuli received rather than act with no evaluation. It is a less-influential limbic system which allows birds and animals to determine the significance of the information received from happenings in their environment and ultimately separate real threat from perceived threat.
It is that strong limbic system in humans which inspires over-reacting, assuming an offensive posture rather than a defensive mentality, and living supernaturally and unnaturally. It is being dominated by their emotions that causes persons to mistake threats to their false identities and cultivated images for real threats. Now, throw into the human mix with those influences the conditioning and programming that all are subjected to and you have billions walking about the planet who do not know who they are and who fight to defend the false roles that they have assumed as identities. Is it any wonder that humans have no ability to differentiate the true from the false, have a propensity to destroy self and others, and typically live in a state of chaos? Is it any surprise that persons are usually physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually intoxicated? How obvious is the insanity of unnatural and supernatural living? How clear is the sanity of living naturally instead, according to the order of the universe and the natural functioning of the totality? How obvious is the need among persons for Realization...for being restored to sanity by being in touch with reality? Please enter the silence of contemplation.
Tomorrow: NATURAL LIVING: IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE TOTALITY
