Why does mankind refuse to change for the better?

[BlakeGood88]

I swear, it's getting worse, every day. If we don't change for the better, any sooner, then we might end up like the dinosaurs or worse, in an "H.G. Wells Time Machine" type future where mankind is divided into two races; the Eloi and the Morlocks. I'm not making this up, either. I am being dead serious! There is so much hate in our world and vile people who do cruel things and it's not improving for the better. First of all, it seems that mass shootings are now an everyday thing. Then you have people on the internet refusing to be nice and they ALWAYS get away with it and that's just wrong! Nothing is being a addressed with bullying and the congress seems to careless. I really hate to see where mankind will be, in the next 100 years. I don't even want to imagine. Be optimistic all you like, but I bring up a good point.

[Rah nam]

It will get worse before it gets better. Everything hidden and suppressed has to come to the surface. Everything hidden has to be seen.
And 99% of the population have no idea what was hidden for a very long time.

Can not imagine. And mostly to gruesome to look at.

[Uma]

We just know more about what's going on in the world than we did before - all that bad stuff has been happening for millennia. And knowing about it is the first step in doing something about it don't you think?

[inavalan]

I swear, it's getting worse, every day. If we don't change for the better, any sooner, then we might end up like the dinosaurs or worse, in an "H.G. Wells Time Machine" type future where mankind is divided into two races; the Eloi and the Morlocks. I'm not making this up, either. I am being dead serious! There is so much hate our world and vile people who do cruel things and it's not improving for the better. First of all, it seems that mass shootings are now an everyday thing. Then you have people on the internet refusing to be nice and they ALWAYS get away with it and that's just wrong! Nothing is being a addressed with bullying and the congress seems to careless. I really hate to see where mankind will be, in the next 100 years. I don't even want to imagine. Be optimistic all you like, but I bring up a good point.

It might just be that those who evolve, and know better, move on to other planes of existence, and don't reincarnate on Earth anymore. It's like a school: every year an older generation (better educated) graduates, another younger one (uneducated) enrolls.

The best each one of us can do is to better ourselves firstly, then work with the closest to us to better themselves. Asking the world to change as we believe is better is useless. Besides, on every issue there are honest people who firmly believe opposite things. Who's to say who's right and who's wrong in absolute terms?

Are you doing all you can do about yourself?

[inavalan]

As they say: it's better to be lucky, young, healthy, rich, ...

[Dargor]

Simply put, this world and it's inhabitants are beyond saving. A lost cause.

[Busby]

BlakeGood88; Your words make me terribly sad. I feel strongly for all who have to bear a weight through life.



Simply put, this world and it's inhabitants are beyond saving. A lost cause.

It's really not so. We are in a visible mess but this is only because we live in a world where information is now instant, everywhere and not secreted. The world is a better place than it ever was, that we have leaders and politicians who look upon their careers as more important that the people they represent is our own fault. We are the ones who vote them in and invite them to represent us publicly, leaving the real problems unsolved.
There is today less poverty in the world, less hunger, less disease, less exploitation and less ignorance. India and China are good examples of countries taking the first steps out of hopelessness. Most of these improvements are due to individuals in all walks of life, people who have not forgotten compassion.

So there really is hope.

Don't give up.

[Dargor]

BlakeGood88; Your words make me terribly sad. I feel strongly for all who have to bear a weight through life.





It's really not so. We are in a visible mess but this is only because we live in a world where information is now instant, everywhere and not secreted. The world is a better place than it ever was, that we have leaders and politicians who look upon their careers as more important that the people they represent is our own fault. We are the ones who vote them in and invite them to represent us publicly, leaving the real problems unsolved.
There is today less poverty in the world, less hunger, less disease, less exploitation and less ignorance. India and China are good examples of countries taking the first steps out of hopelessness. Most of these improvements are due to individuals in all walks of life, people who have not forgotten compassion.

So there really is hope.

Don't give up.

I really hope you are right. But truthfully, I don't even need to watch any news to recognize the condition of humanity. 99% of the people I meet these days are all selfish egoistical narcists, especially those of around my age. I've spent a whole year meeting new people and trying to make new friends. Trying to be friendly and social, giving everyone a fair chance to prove themselves, without any success. All the f#cks I gave were simply being trampled. And members here always act surprised because of my misanthropic nature? Give me a break. Of course, being optimistic about a bright future isn't wrong, but I know this heavenly utopia we all dream of isn't going to happen anytime soon. It simply isn't happening. This universe is way too cruel to allow it.

I no longer hold any emotional attachments to this world at all. To me, Earth is nothing more than a prison I wish I could leave.

[inavalan]

Simply put, this world and it's inhabitants are beyond saving. A lost cause.

Saved by whom? From what?

I don't think there is any "saving" involved here.

[Dargor]

Saved by whom? From what?

I don't think there is any "saving" involved here.

I don't mean literally saved from a disaster like in a superhero movie. I'm just saying that the insanity on this world is irreversible. Those who identify themselves as ''light workers'' are fighting an impossible battle that is already lost. That's what I truly mean.

[Rah nam]

I really hope you are right. But truthfully, I don't even need to watch any news to recognize the condition of humanity. 99% of the people I meet these days are all selfish egoistical narcists, especially those of around my age. I've spent a whole year meeting new people and trying to make new friends. Trying to be friendly and social, giving everyone a fair chance to prove themselves, without any success. All the f#cks I gave were simply being trampled. And members here always act surprised because of my misanthropic nature? Give me a break. Of course, being optimistic about a bright future isn't wrong, but I know this heavenly utopia we all dream of isn't going to happen anytime soon. It simply isn't happening. This universe is way too cruel to allow it.

I no longer hold any emotional attachments to this world at all. To me, Earth is nothing more than a prison I wish I could leave.



Your statement seams to be highly emotional

[BlakeGood88]

Simply put, this world and it's inhabitants are beyond saving. A lost cause.
Pretty much.

[BlakeGood88]

People need to watch the 1960 and 2002 versions of the Time Machine. The latter one really paints a dark future for mankind! The 1960 version may be a little outdated, but the 2002 version shows us that the Morlock leader was so right about mankind and the prices it had to pay, for being greedy and vile! I feel like that might happen in real life. Some catastrophe destroys 90% of all of mankind, along with ALL modern technology and we end up in some primitive stone age future, 800,000 years later, because of our greedy and evil ways!

[leadville]

Some of you guys have enormously fertile imaginations. :D

[Rah nam]

Some of you guys have enormously fertile imaginations. :D



This can only be a compliment.
It takes great imagination to advance a civilisation.

No imagination, no progress.
It is for that reason, imagination in children is stifled.

[Dargor]

Your statement seams to be highly emotional

Highly emotional? Not sure what you're talking about here...

[BlakeGood88]

I'm glad there's some people who are aware enough to know this world actually is getting worse, instead of trying to sugarcoat it with "sunshine and rainbows". Right now, someone is stalking me on YouTube and other places and he's trying act like he's my dad or something. I cannot stand the user! Everyone stay away from a user named ChuckyGuy98, he's a bad person! He won't stop stalking me and I wish I could report him for online harassment! If he tries to talk to you, please block him!

[Dargor]

I'm glad there's some people who are aware enough to know this world actually is getting worse, instead of trying to sugarcoat it with "sunshine and rainbows". Right now, someone is stalking me on YouTube and other places and he's trying act like he's my dad or something. I cannot stand the user! Everyone stay away from a user named ChuckyGuy98, he's a bad person! He won't stop stalking me and I wish I could report him for online harassment! If he tries to talk to you, please block him!

I also know two members here who just can't mind their own business and always feel the need to give me useless advice to break me down even more or lecture me about the ''error'' of my ways even though I didn't ask for their advice to begin with. Whenever I try to reason with them they either won't reply or just twist around it. Says more about them than about me, doesn't it? I'm not going to give out names because I don't like gossipping, but should one of them read this post they will know without doubt I'm talking about them.

[Dargor]

It's a pity folk can't adopt a similar approach to mine.

I don't give advice unless it's been sought and unless I'm sure I understand exactly what someone is asking for. Then if I'm confident I have relevant experience and/or knowledge I may offer my thoughts for consideration.

One of them constantly says I need to quit my job and spend all my money on a godforsaken trip to whatever fairytale place on my own (even though this is completely irrelevant, but whatever). The other one makes the assumption he knows EVERYTHING about me and automatically assumes whatever is holding me down is because of my own fault, even though it isn't. Yes, if I were a criminal in jail perhaps. But that is not the case.

[leadville]

One of them constantly says I need to quit my job and spend all my money on a godforsaken trip to whatever fairytale place on my own (even though this is completely irrelevant, but whatever). The other one makes the assumption he knows EVERYTHING about me and automatically assumes whatever is holding me down is because of my own fault, even though it isn't. Yes, if I were a criminal in jail perhaps. But that is not the case.

Perhaps, then, you need to tell them to shove their advice or simply put them on ignore? Only you can decide what's right for you.

[BlakeGood88]

I'm so sick and tired of being bossed and bullied around by almost everyone on the internet. "You haven't matured. You can still continue to lie to us" wah! Seriously, that's the only replies and comments I ever get, either that or someone is cyberbullying me with words like "autistic", "sperg", and "manchild". See why I hate the internet so much! Do I have a problem with other people's opinions? Maybe. Do I respect them, not always, but there are some out there who don't respect my opinions! I want people to know that I have matured and I look back at the days when I was in my 20s and I did some stupid things. Seriously, I have grown out of it and people STILL insist that I'm lying! There's this user named GamerSpax who won't leave me alone and I'm getting really sick and tired of him thinking that I'm stabbing everyone in the back or throwing them under the bus! He also blabs on about how I'm scum, a coward, and heartless and it really makes me mad. This guy won't stop. Funny thing, he used to be trolled a lot, a decade ago when me made amateur game reviews, spreading internet drama, and even tried to sue people, who were harassing him. He's only doing this to me because he used to be treated like scum by everyone. He claims he has matured, but I dunno? Cyberstalking and bossing me around, how is that maturity?

[BlakeGood88]

Maybe you would consider becoming a member on another website where all that **** doesn't happen?
Changing usernames doesn't always work. If only time travel to the past was possible. I could prevent myself from doing all of this ****!

Here's the problem though. Let's say backwards time travel was indeed possible; I would run into some kind of "twin paradox" where I would convince my past self not to make a YouTube account to where I would supposedly make a "LOLcow" out of myself. When I got back to the present; the timeline's version of me, co-exists with the current timeline version of me. Sure, that timeline's version erased this bad timeline; where my username "03bgood" become a punching bag for trolls, but in the new timeline; not only does 03bgood not exist, there are now two of me! One who was from a timeline where I made those "mistakes" on the internet, and another who didn't, thanks to his future self, warning him.

[BlakeGood88]

I suggested you try a different website - not change your username.
This is the only website where people are nice to me. Everywhere else, people treat me badly; like on YouTube, Reddit, Disqus, etc. and no matter how many times I say that I've matured and moved on, they don't believe me and try to use evidence against me. It's just the internet is cursed by this PC/SJW bull****, that's all! I mean, what did I do wrong in a past life to deserve all of this?

My mother doesn't even undestand what's going on. She think its trolls, but that was like 2-3 years ago. I keep telling her that people are treating me like sh** because "I SOMEHOW lie to them about maturing" when really, I'm not.

Here's a good example of what I'm talking about:

"It happened and I am going to acknowledge it. You know why? Because this sort of thing happens constantly with you. You keep doing this and you always believe you’re in the right. It’s bad when others do it, but when you do it, it’s ok? If you acknowledged your mistakes and tried to make up for them with no lies, then we would all be done, but you didn’t. You clearly aren’t sorry for what you did so people will call you out on it." ~ Disqus

That's only a mild example. The others are much worse! That's only scratching the surface!

[leadville]

This is the only website where people are nice to me. Everywhere else, people treat me badly; like on YouTube, Reddit, Disqus, etc. and no matter how many times I say that I've matured and moved on, they don't believe me and try to use evidence against me. It's just the internet is cursed by this PC/SJW bull****, that's all! I mean, what did I do wrong in a past life to deserve all of this?

My mother doesn't even undestand what's going on. She think its trolls, but that was like 2-3 years ago. I keep telling her that people are treating me like sh** because "I SOMEHOW lie to them about maturing" when really, I'm not.

Here's a good example of what I'm talking about:

"It happened and I am going to acknowledge it. You know why? Because this sort of thing happens constantly with you. You keep doing this and you always believe you’re in the right. It’s bad when others do it, but when you do it, it’s ok? If you acknowledged your mistakes and tried to make up for them with no lies, then we would all be done, but you didn’t. You clearly aren’t sorry for what you did so people will call you out on it." ~ Disqus

That's only a mild example. The others are much worse! That's only scratching the surface!

You didn't even ask me which website I was meaning but it seems you're good here so there's no need to try another anyway. You're happy here it seems.

[BlakeGood88]

You didn't even ask me which website I was meaning but it seems you're good here so there's no need to try another anyway. You're happy here it seems.
It's social media in general. It's almost like I was never meant to be born this far into the future since I can't get along with nobody, no matter what I do. Is it possible I was meant to be born, decades earlier? I mean I'm not too happy with stores closing, because of people buying stuff online. That and Netflix is trying to make TV obsolete. I sometimes wonder what life would've been like as a kid in the 50s, instead of the 90s; for better or worse.

[inavalan]

I read today that "Internet addiction may be added to the list of mental disorders" ... I already knew it.

[BlakeGood88]

I read today that "Internet addiction may be added to the list of mental disorders" ... I already knew it.
That's saying something!

[BlakeGood88]

Yet you continue to put yourself out there on it - can you see why your approach seems illogical and inconsistent?
Hate to say it; I was born in the WRONG decade. I should've been born between 1948-1968.

[BlakeGood88]

And I hate to say this but you don't communicate well, even in this simplest of interchanges. I think that's your problem rather than supposedly being born in the wrong decade.... :icon_frown:
What you are implying? I have good communication skills. Now direct eye contact, that's a different story.

[Sapphirez]

I swear, it's getting worse, every day. If we don't change for the better, any sooner, then we might end up like the dinosaurs or worse, in an "H.G. Wells Time Machine" type future where mankind is divided into two races; the Eloi and the Morlocks. I'm not making this up, either. I am being dead serious! There is so much hate in our world and vile people who do cruel things and it's not improving for the better. First of all, it seems that mass shootings are now an everyday thing. Then you have people on the internet refusing to be nice and they ALWAYS get away with it and that's just wrong! Nothing is being a addressed with bullying and the congress seems to careless. I really hate to see where mankind will be, in the next 100 years. I don't even want to imagine. Be optimistic all you like, but I bring up a good point.


*sigh* well this question to me hits home because I both think I know the answer and also need desperately to apply it to myself. lack of consciousness is part of it, but much of it has to do with people being too far deviated from themselves, or their inherent nature and nature in general. the deeper it gets the harder it is to revert to our true selves. and sometimes it seems we need community or camaraderie to help us realize what we need or could know, and support to get there. the paradigms in the mainstream are currently to keep us in the dark, nescient, and separate to our detriment. more people need to get together and keep sharing information and insight til the right truths are at the forefront and commonly held as they should be. anyway.. nature is key and that includes our inherent love nature that is native to human beings, and probably beings in general but I can't claim to know thaatt much about it lol. We are so complex yet still simple. We need nature and touch with divinity between us and beyond us. We even need to help create it and participate in it.. and I believe most all people can be redeemed and returned to their great divine state. but we need improved culture to facilitate this

[Astro]

I swear, it's getting worse, every day. If we don't change for the better, any sooner, then we might end up like the dinosaurs or worse, in an "H.G. Wells Time Machine" type future where mankind is divided into two races; the Eloi and the Morlocks. I'm not making this up, either. I am being dead serious! There is so much hate in our world and vile people who do cruel things and it's not improving for the better. First of all, it seems that mass shootings are now an everyday thing. Then you have people on the internet refusing to be nice and they ALWAYS get away with it and that's just wrong! Nothing is being a addressed with bullying and the congress seems to careless. I really hate to see where mankind will be, in the next 100 years. I don't even want to imagine. Be optimistic all you like, but I bring up a good point.

"Why does mankind refuse to change for the better?"

It seems as if there is too much corruption in place in the world, too much to overcome. Life in many societies' has so many needs', demands', & distractions': family, work, education, rest, socialising, media, entertainment, etc. etc.
I tend to find that many people are too hopeless, or dis-empowered to do anything about the problems' we face. Others don't seem to care.

[Shivani Devi]

I just thought about a saying... "Don't worry about what others are doing, worry about what you are NOT doing".

I like to think about it this way, that the world I see is not "my reality". I have heard there are wars, hatred, hostility etc in other dimensions...but they are no more as real to me than a movie on the TV set is...The gamut of human existence is pure fantasy for me.

Some may say that I live in delusion or have created a fantasy world all by and for myself, but if ignorance is bliss, then give me the bliss at all costs...even my own sanity, because it is much preferable to any alternate reality.

[Sapphirez]

I just thought about a saying... "Don't worry about what others are doing, worry about what you are NOT doing".

I like to think about it this way, that the world I see is not "my reality". I have heard there are wars, hatred, hostility etc in other dimensions...but they are no more as real to me than a movie on the TV set is...The gamut of human existence is pure fantasy for me.

Some may say that I live in delusion or have created a fantasy world all by and for myself, but if ignorance is bliss, then give me the bliss at all costs...even my own sanity, because it is much preferable to any alternate reality.

I like where you began with that lol and think it is of profundity, but the latter part I think is probably a lot what is wrong with the world. now first you are absolutely right, especially when we seem to have a personal issues, it is up to us to change our own selves and world rather than looking at what is wrong with others or whatever else besides us. this is a lesson I am learning slowly but surely. and afterall we can only control ourselves.

I just saw a post of yours about the book you're writing and it sounds spectacular! and I wonder how much farther you've gotten into it since you last posted in your thread over a year ago.. I'm sure others would be interested in an update if you feel like posting in it, but anyways I am bringing it up because something that has helped me a lot is a tapping/acupressure/affirmation/cbt type therapy called EFT, which there is surprisingly a section on this forum for, albeit not a very active one. so you mentioned a chapter on cbt and I wanted to inform you about EFT because it is that and thensome. I do think that cbt can have its own value and sometimes it's just nice to talk to someone freely, but EFT has been studied vs it and comes up more effective in a shorter amount of time.

It has helped me a lot along with a friend who practices it and has done it with me online or through the phone, though it is something you can do yourself too or follow along with youtube videos. it helps us become more conscious and aware of our situations and deal with deep-rooted issues that may be responsible for repeating them. the main focus for me with them, besides the personal issues I address, is to remind myself that I can control how I deal with what happens to me and I should remain graceful and grateful and only then can I best deal with unwelcome situations, which I can find further meaning from. which is similar to your philosophy except that at the end you tout ignorance as bliss which might be the main problem with the world.. If more people care about more people's issues and situations, then we can stop turning blind eyes and come together better, or have the guts to face our own issues if others spotlight them instead of allowing us to obscure them in shadows where they can stagnate and cripple us.

So I believe too we must take responsibility for ourselves and be accepting of what is past and present, but from there we have a clear canvas to create what we want. it is too easy in my opinion to get stuck and dwell on darkness that threatens to take over us, and we have to overcome this, but sometimes the input or interest of others is just what we need, and besides we are not here alone so we should be able to come together to help each other, even if just a little bit with a token of honesty. I think that if more people were willing to stand up for and stand up to others we would have a brighter world with more positive activity as a result. that being said, I do hold dear the philosophy of realizing what I can do in any given situation to make it better for myself (and hopefully others though usually in my case they are fighting me trying to make things better for them lol) and I love the way your quote puts it so succinctly

one last thing, while I do think we should at least in some ways be more involved with each other's worlds to cast more light, I do agree that we should not obsess about wars and tragedies and all these terrible things because then they get more power they don't need

[Shivani Devi]

I like where you began with that lol and think it is of profundity, but the latter part I think is probably a lot what is wrong with the world. now first you are absolutely right, especially when we seem to have a personal issues, it is up to us to change our own selves and world rather than looking at what is wrong with others or whatever else besides us. this is a lesson I am learning slowly but surely. and afterall we can only control ourselves.

I just saw a post of yours about the book you're writing and it sounds spectacular! and I wonder how much farther you've gotten into it since you last posted in your thread over a year ago.. I'm sure others would be interested in an update if you feel like posting in it, but anyways I am bringing it up because something that has helped me a lot is a tapping/acupressure/affirmation/cbt type therapy called EFT, which there is surprisingly a section on this forum for, albeit not a very active one. so you mentioned a chapter on cbt and I wanted to inform you about EFT because it is that and thensome. I do think that cbt can have its own value and sometimes it's just nice to talk to someone freely, but EFT has been studied vs it and comes up more effective in a shorter amount of time.

It has helped me a lot along with a friend who practices it and has done it with me online or through the phone, though it is something you can do yourself too or follow along with youtube videos. it helps us become more conscious and aware of our situations and deal with deep-rooted issues that may be responsible for repeating them. the main focus for me with them, besides the personal issues I address, is to remind myself that I can control how I deal with what happens to me and I should remain graceful and grateful and only then can I best deal with unwelcome situations, which I can find further meaning from. which is similar to your philosophy except that at the end you tout ignorance as bliss which might be the main problem with the world.. If more people care about more people's issues and situations, then we can stop turning blind eyes and come together better, or have the guts to face our own issues if others spotlight them instead of allowing us to obscure them in shadows where they can stagnate and cripple us.

So I believe too we must take responsibility for ourselves and be accepting of what is past and present, but from there we have a clear canvas to create what we want. it is too easy in my opinion to get stuck and dwell on darkness that threatens to take over us, and we have to overcome this, but sometimes the input or interest of others is just what we need, and besides we are not here alone so we should be able to come together to help each other, even if just a little bit with a token of honesty. I think that if more people were willing to stand up for and stand up to others we would have a brighter world with more positive activity as a result. that being said, I do hold dear the philosophy of realizing what I can do in any given situation to make it better for myself (and hopefully others though usually in my case they are fighting me trying to make things better for them lol) and I love the way your quote puts it so succinctly

one last thing, while I do think we should at least in some ways be more involved with each other's worlds to cast more light, I do agree that we should not obsess about wars and tragedies and all these terrible things because then they get more power they don't needVery profoundly stated.

I started writing a book once...finished three chapters of it, then lost interest. I realised I had said everything I wanted to say in about 30 pages, and came to the awareness that a book wasn't meant to be written in an abridged form at the outset and I could not come up with so much "filler rubbish" in order to extend it out into any kind of readable tome...clearly, I have neither the patience nor aptitude for book writing and I had to discover that the hard way.

I have also moved on from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) which deals more with Radical Acceptance of things we have no power to change.

I have looked into EFT and Rapid Eye Movement Desensitisation, but realised that these procedures were "not for me", even though I seek to address my concerns at a subconscious level, so I am going back into doing Yoga Nidra on a more intense and involved level...not leaving it just for those times when insomnia bites.

[BlakeGood88]

Very profoundly stated.

I started writing a book once...finished three chapters of it, then lost interest. I realised I had said everything I wanted to say in about 30 pages, and came to the awareness that a book wasn't meant to be written in an abridged form at the outset and I could not come up with so much "filler rubbish" in order to extend it out into any kind of readable tome...clearly, I have neither the patience nor aptitude for book writing and I had to discover that the hard way.

I have also moved on from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) which deals more with Radical Acceptance of things we have no power to change.

I have looked into EFT and Rapid Eye Movement Desensitisation, but realised that these procedures were "not for me", even though I seek to address my concerns at a subconscious level, so I am going back into doing Yoga Nidra on a more intense and involved level...not leaving it just for those times when insomnia bites.

I tried several attempts at writing books. Most of them are incomplete. However, I did complete a short story about a teenage boy having a past life as a little girl, during the Great Depression, who is that struck and killed by an oncoming train. I also made it halfway through writing a full novel about a guy who finds out he exists as a female, in a parallel universe.

[ImthatIm]

A little simple math says people on earth will double in size in 50 or so years.
So magnify the problems accordingly.
Of course interruptions to population growth can happen.( Flu epidemic, Nuke war. major species die off. etc.)
I prefer the old glass half empty or half full saying. I am half full at this present time. In my opinion it usually comes down to Love vs fear the ultimate test on planet testing grounds.
See you on the other side.

[Lucky 1]

BlakeGood88; Your words make me terribly sad. I feel strongly for all who have to bear a weight through life.





It's really not so. We are in a visible mess but this is only because we live in a world where information is now instant, everywhere and not secreted. The world is a better place than it ever was, that we have leaders and politicians who look upon their careers as more important that the people they represent is our own fault. We are the ones who vote them in and invite them to represent us publicly, leaving the real problems unsolved.
There is today less poverty in the world, less hunger, less disease, less exploitation and less ignorance. India and China are good examples of countries taking the first steps out of hopelessness. Most of these improvements are due to individuals in all walks of life, people who have not forgotten compassion.

So there really is hope.

Don't give up.


I absolutely agree......things are not worse...they are better in every way compared to even the recent past....by recent I mean the last few hundred years.....

Compared to what the human species endured over the eons since we came out of Africa .....the troubles we face today are nothing.

As said before....because of the instantaneous of the modern news cycle....things look far worse than they really are.

Just 700 years ago......the sun experienced a solar minimum (The Maunder Minimum)....global temperatures dropped like a rock....there were world wide crop failures and 10's of millions starved to death.

600 years ago....the "black Plague" (bubonic plague) circles the globe in a pandemic that killed an estimated 25 million people.

1915......the Spanish Flu circles the globe in a pandemic that killed up to 500 million people depending on who you talk to.....

That too recent for you???

How about this......the DNA record shows that somewhere around 75,000 years ago before the great diaspora that saw humans finally come out of east central Africa.....some great cataclysm nearly wiped us out! As in extinct!

At that time the human population died off and was wiped out to the point that there was exactly 41 woman of child bearing age.....that's it!

41 woman that could have babies........those 41 woman were ALL that stood between us and oblivion.

This is why today there are exactly 41 different genetic strains of human being accounting for all the diversity you see in us world wide.

The fact is that we are the toughest, smartest and most adaptable species to ever crawl from the primordial ooze......we have faced extinction an untold number of times over the eons and have always managed to make it.

Right now I personally think we are living in a golden age......on average we live far longer then we ever have....even the poorest among us has food, housing ,access to health care and an education....why? Because we take care of our poor to an extent we never have in history.

There is a part of me that believes that no matter what gets thrown at us we will always figure out a way to survive because at our core we are survivors!

Frankly.....You folks who are whining about the end being near need to toughen up and grow a pair and celebrate your proud genetic heritage as the "Thinking Hunter" who always finds a way!

[Sapphirez]

Very profoundly stated.

I started writing a book once...finished three chapters of it, then lost interest. I realised I had said everything I wanted to say in about 30 pages, and came to the awareness that a book wasn't meant to be written in an abridged form at the outset and I could not come up with so much "filler rubbish" in order to extend it out into any kind of readable tome...clearly, I have neither the patience nor aptitude for book writing and I had to discover that the hard way.

I have also moved on from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) which deals more with Radical Acceptance of things we have no power to change.

I have looked into EFT and Rapid Eye Movement Desensitisation, but realised that these procedures were "not for me", even though I seek to address my concerns at a subconscious level, so I am going back into doing Yoga Nidra on a more intense and involved level...not leaving it just for those times when insomnia bites.

thank you, sorry I'm seeing this so late I just hop and skip around the forum and so I've wound back here. I can definitely relate to your sentiment of being unable to write a book with a bunch of filler, even though my posts seem to be chock-full of filler lol. but I'd like to write books some day myself, however the more I learn and understand, the fewer words are needed to relay the concepts. but I guess that the filler is for people who aren't able to arrive at the same conclusions or see the sense of whatever situation or phenomenon..

Granted there are a lot of details I've found along the way, but for instance a book about how to eat properly could be summed up in a sentence or paragraph easily.. yet there is a lot more information to punctuate and define what's stated, and maybe part of writing involves acting as if you're trying to reach multiple different audience member types.

I guess the other thing is, informative or enlightening books have to waste a lot of their pages on debating against the b s that those misled and the mainstream have polluted the airways with. For instance I would write about how humans are best to eat fruit (which you've now seen me talk about so sorry if the topic is exhausted) and mind food combining. I could say that really simply in a sentence with a bit more detail, but nobody will likely buy it right away because they've been programmed and brought up to believe all sorts of contradictory "information" So I would have to illustrate why eating fruit makes the most sense, and why other options make less sense or are senseless. However since my original post had to do with the idea of how counterproductive talking about negative or dwelling on the unwanted is, I'd have to figure out a reasonable way to go about that other than just talking smack about what isn't gonna work or be worthy of human consumption.

But the topic of diet is far different than the more esoteric spiritual matters and practices, which also have less of an established following or factual basis in the mainstream, so yeah it's not the same but I would want to write a book about what to eat first so that is the example I used. I would want to tell peD
ople other stuff too though and that would probably take less paper space. like about Eden energy exercises and EFT and what purity to follow for non-edible product usage etc.. and how important art and other such hobbies are. I guess I just want to clear and clean the slate of people and free and inspire them to create the divine magic they were put here to uniquely contribute.


Dialectical Behavioral Therapy sounds pretty stellar. I wonder how does it work though? Not that EFT is the only way to achieve resolution, and it is just a rebranding of an older concept or combination of concepts, so I am not necessarily personally attached to it, but still I found it to be the closest non-consumable thing to a panacea I've come across so I'm inclined to inquire what it is about EFT that seemed unsuitable for you, and if you would volunteer, what resources you checked out to find yourself uninterested in pursuing it? I'd love to know more about DBT and your experience with it if you'd like to share.


Yoga Nidra also sounds awesome! from my quick google search anyway (well actually I ditched Google and am using a DuckDuckGo search page instead lol). I'm interested to hear more about that from you too if you don't mind. According to one link it just involves being in corpse pose and becoming more aware of the body, thoughts, sensations, etc.. I know obviously it goes deeper than that, but are those the basic requirements? I might start by trying that when I can't get to sleep.. and so it's also a form of somewhat easy meditation? Yoga and meditation are two things I've got books on and wanted to get into regular practice of for a long time. hehe one of the reasons I haven't tried meditation too much is because of sitting in poses, and since you can just lay there with the Yoga Nidra that'd probably be much better for me to get my toes wet with it seems



BlakeGood88 wow that seems painful writing half of a book or even a fraction of it and then not being able to finish! lol the closest I've done is writing a handful of pages of a sequel to Gone With the Wind in my 20s.. I don't know how many pages I wrote, on loose leaf paper.. perhaps a dozen to twenty.. and I guess my mom threw it away because I left it in a box in the remainder of my mildly trashed bedroom I couldn't take everything from at the time moving to a different state. such a shame, but I will never know if it was laughable or actually any good.


Lucky1 apparently back then people survived such things as the black plague by using herbs and natural remedies like that. same with more recent epidemics such as that of 1912.. around the time modern mainstream medicine was taking over and turning out medications made with petrochemicals gratis the likes of Rockefeller and JP Morgan type characters.. and homeopathy was a reasonably accepted and established form of 'medicine' before the oil takeover and those who were treated with it vs even aspirin ended up faring much better. Anyways, now it is insane how many people are on prescriptions and how awful over-the-counters are too. So if they continue in this manner it won't be long before people fall to a landslide of genocide.. which hints at the important matter of how ignorance and nescience are the main achilles heels of humans.. and the misinformation they've been misled with is the primary reason they suck (lol sorry but yeah every person is amazing in their own way but overall currently humankind basically 'sucks')

[JOHNTY]

GREETINGS,
The human race is not and never has been a lost cause - as has been mentioned. Planet Earth and all its inhabitants are evolving. There is no doubt on that issue. No matter what we do to it and our selves {our bodies) all is happening in and on this world is in accordance with God's plan - along with all life forms we are all being Spiritually Guided. Yes we have Free Will - but it is a 3rd Dimensional Free Will, because, in the bigger picture of things, we are part of entire universe that is also evolving. We must all learn to understand that, despite how we view ourselves and everything around us, no matter how horrible it may look, it is, and we, are all evolving within God's Love for us. All is how it should be and we cannot escape because, as I said God Loves us. This world of ours has a few more million years to go and within the designated time span we, and all life forms on it, will all evolve with it. Trust in the plan and trust in God.

[JOHNTY]

GREETINGS,
The human race is not and never has been a lost cause - as has been mentioned. Planet Earth and all its inhabitants are evolving. There is no doubt on that issue. No matter what we do to it and our selves {our bodies) all is happening in and on this world is in accordance with God's plan - along with all life forms we are all being Spiritually Guided. Yes we have Free Will - but it is a 3rd Dimensional Free Will, because, in the bigger picture of things, we are part of entire universe that is also evolving. We must all learn to understand that, despite how we view ourselves and everything around us, no matter how horrible it may look, it is, and we, are all evolving within God's Love for us. All is how it should be and we cannot escape because, as I said God Loves us. This world of ours has a few more million years to go and within the designated time span we, and all life forms on it, will all evolve with it. Trust in the plan and trust in God.

[JOHNTY]

GREETINGS,

LOL Looks like God felt it had to have a double impact on us all. LOL

[Sapphirez]

GREETINGS,
The human race is not and never has been a lost cause - as has been mentioned. Planet Earth and all its inhabitants are evolving. There is no doubt on that issue. No matter what we do to it and our selves {our bodies) all is happening in and on this world is in accordance with God's plan - along with all life forms we are all being Spiritually Guided. Yes we have Free Will - but it is a 3rd Dimensional Free Will, because, in the bigger picture of things, we are part of entire universe that is also evolving. We must all learn to understand that, despite how we view ourselves and everything around us, no matter how horrible it may look, it is, and we, are all evolving within God's Love for us. All is how it should be and we cannot escape because, as I said God Loves us. This world of ours has a few more million years to go and within the designated time span we, and all life forms on it, will all evolve with it. Trust in the plan and trust in God.



suuuuure that's easy for you to say :rolleyes:


jk I agree :tongue: :hug3: as hard as it is to comprehend and accept, especially as a nitpicking shadow squasher such as myself lol. there's no other way it could be is there.. just like in life we can conclude that everything is meant to be, because even if it possibly wasn't, it ultimately was and there's no going back only embracing the present and carrying forward

[Sapphirez]

I think one of the main things preventing us from evolving and embracing the light that is our right, is how stuck on their own misery and b s some people are.. It's clear that we have control over whether our life is a positive or negative nasty experience.. and some opt to throw themselves a constant pity party and fail to realize they've put everyone on the guest list and merely going near another person (even online) is like pressuring them to come when being invited to such a party is no favor and actually an intrusion whether they realize how selfish and controlling such self-centered negative behavior is or not. They think they are only effecting themselves and that it's unfair of everyone else to be making their existence so miserable yet they are the ones doing it to themselves And anyone they come in contact with.. at least they unwittingly attempt to drag others with them.. and then they feel even sorrier for themselves that others might react unfavorably to them in general or specifically.. it is one of the most exhausting exasperating ridiculous things and I wish such people would just get over it and start being grateful for their life and the infinite incredible possibilities each individual here has before them!


If such people don't get over their obsession with hating the world, themselves or others or creation or whatever, there's a much lesser chance those of us who put forth the effort to appreciate existence and this world will have to elevate reality where it belongs.. because life is beautiful and anyone who says otherwise is just being selfish and unrealistic, there are so many awesome answers we can find and share, and disregarding that part of the journey and everyday reality is one of the biggest insults to God or whoever created all the precious creatures and plants and sunshine and other phenomena in existence along with the mind-boggling capabilities and abilities and skills each person has access to and can master if so chosen. To shirk all of that is the biggest problem.. I am sure societal influences and those misguided puppeteers controlling numerous strings have something to so with our difficulty grasping how lucky and profound we are, but that is part of life at this point and we have to get over it and simply put effort forth into living and honoring the potential we have as people and a population here. cuz for one thing it's not even all about us, besides humans there are other creatures and life here that we have an impact on, whether for good or bad.. and there is really infinite good we can do. no point wasting time in bitterness and dragging those around us into it. that should be a crime.. and the punishment should be forcing such people to embrace their talents and environments and the simplicity of being an astoundingly capable and creative human here now.

[ActualityOfBeing]

I don't mean literally saved from a disaster like in a superhero movie. I'm just saying that the insanity on this world is irreversible. Those who identify themselves as ''light workers'' are fighting an impossible battle that is already lost. That's what I truly mean.

Where else could you discover who you are but in the imperfect?

[Shinsoo]

Even people on more evolved worlds can't get their shet together.

Wars, control, power, resources, trade, ALL have been a driving force for many issues between evolved alien races.

Awareness does NOT equal compassion. I wish people would stop looking down on other humans/society and stop believing light beings on other worlds are all evolved and good. I have run into just as many terrible ones as I have good ones.

Also, there are just as many sheep on the astral as there are on Earth. Ran into so many.

We are all works in progress, regardless of what point we are in our personal evolution.

[Miss Hepburn]

Where else could you discover who you are but in the imperfect?Excellent perspective!
Very wise understanding of creation.

And Sapphirez...great ....Just before this one above, 43.

JOHNTY...great...nope we are not a lost cause.
:smile:

(I haven't read every post, sorry....)

[ImthatIm]

Things are getting better everyday with a few set backs here and there.
You should have seen the unregulated pollution in the 50s and 60s. Rivers caught fire and smoke settled in on neighborhoods
so thick that you had to scrape soot off your automobile before leaving. Kids use to run behind the bug fumigator trucks and
have a play in the chemical spray just for fun.
Many diseases have been vaccinated and we haven't had a major flu epidemic since the big one in 1918 - 1919.
I think people have just become whinier. Because there are so many modern conveniences to complain about and time to complain.
And a flood of info from around the world. We are not out in the field tending to our survival.
Sure it is nice having your own swine but jeez the smell.

[Mr_Determined]

Australia has the Best FTTN NBN - National Broadband Network coverage for providing several major ISP Services all consisting of an average speed of 100Mbps.

Australia is ranked as 75th place behind every other country on the global statistic charts for having a brilliant 3rd World internet service. It's appalling to see Kenya & Nigeria are listed in the Top 20.

The reality behind our humble providers offer speeds of:

Download speed 96.26Kbps
Upload speed 37.85Kbps

Most web pages will periodically never load often resulting in timed out procedures. Sending or receiving relatively small files with unbeaten packet loss may take a period of several days or longer.

Our Internet is absolutely fantastic for all small business owners and large corporate companies nation wide.

Free WiFI is unheard of here!

I'm seriously looking forward to the Day The Internet Dies!

[Lucky 1]

Things are getting better everyday with a few set backs here and there.
You should have seen the unregulated pollution in the 50s and 60s. Rivers caught fire and smoke settled in on neighborhoods
so thick that you had to scrape soot off your automobile before leaving. Kids use to run behind the bug fumigator trucks and
have a play in the chemical spray just for fun.
Many diseases have been vaccinated and we haven't had a major flu epidemic since the big one in 1918 - 1919.
I think people have just become whinier. Because there are so many modern conveniences to complain about and time to complain.
And a flood of info from around the world. We are not out in the field tending to our survival.
Sure it is nice having your own swine but jeez the smell.

Exactly!

Things are NOT getting worse........they are getting better and have been for some time now!

[7luminaries]

In response to some of those who say things are great because humanity has begun to address some issues...
With all due respect, that is an extremely narrow and misinformed perspective if we do not consider equally the larger state of our global health.

There are some real negative impacts of humankind on the global environment and they cannot be ignored...meaning, the facts on the ground will begin to constrain and impact humanity ever more severely going forward.

Yes, global warming is one of them and the bulk of the evidence overwhelmingly points to the impact of humanity.
There is the rapid melting of the polar ice and the dieoff of the coral reefs, and real impacts to severe weather incidence, flooded coastlines, and the eventual degradation of the gulf stream and its moderating impact on global habitats and global weather patterns. Millions (and eventually billions, worst case) are predicted to die or be impacted from disaster, disease, starvation, war, forced migration, loss of our human habitats and economies and work and food production streams...But that's not all. There are -- unfortunately -- far more immediately ominous things to consider.
rapid declines in tropical forests due almost entirely to slash and burn agriculture and foresting and declines in ambient global oxygen content due to fossil fuel burning
the rapid die-off of many species (plant and animal), particularly in tropical regions, whilst globally vertebrate populations have fallen by 60% on avg over the last 40 years (varying by region)And, shockingly...
the rapid decline of oxygen levels in the ocean over the last several years in tropical areas (-40 to -50% change over the last 50 years),
the rapid decline of the insect population over the last 2 or 3 decades, from -45% to -76% of some species, such that most insects are estimated to be extinct in <75 yearsAll of these are hugely impactful and shocking outcomes which humanity have largely precipitated or causes, according to all known research.

The last 2 alone directly foretell catastrophic effects for global life and global food chains, due to precipitous loss of life in the oceans and in the soil.

We need to take a cold, hard look at our future. We need to begin to make better, wiser, more informed and sustainable choices. And we need to get over ourselves and our pride, TBH.

Haven't read the thread so if these have already mentioned, just adding my affirmation of the almost unfathomable urgency of our current situation.

Peace & blessings :hug3:
7L

[Altair]

Much will depend on where you look. If I look at development across the world I can present a picture that shows more and more people are living in a better condition than 20, 50 or 100 years ago. If I check today's medicine and communication tools available I can see it's better than decades ago. There is much opportunity for people today. Throughout much of history you could die from a simple infection. Not fun.

But this (Development) all comes at a cost of course. If I look at the environment or the decline of plant and animal life I can only shiver and can easily picture a very awful situation unfolding over the coming decades. And there is not even a 'dark' sense of relief in that either, since humankind will not learn from that, and will still be able to adapt to a world with drastically limited resources and a polluted world. People can survive in the cold and in the deserts, and we'll start to overpopulate Greenland, Antarctica, Canada, and Siberia. Then there will be too many people and too much pollution over there, and then what? On and on this goes... Agent Smith was spot on... LOL.

Politicians and businesses won't learn to limit economic growth, ever, because ''we must compete with other countries!'' The drive for economic growth and continued competition (i.e. 'separation') will come at the cost of most life forms, but with our superior intellect we'll still find ways to prolong our own ignorance. It's a perfect horror script if you ask me..! Burn everyone else but get punished yourself at the last moment...

[bond19834]

It really surprises.

[edithaint]

The world is exactly as it should be. No more, no less. We simply cannot protect or save everyone from every ill that might befall them, because nothing will ever please everyone. Our world is too complex, our needs and wants too different, for us to ever find an easy, peaceful, sustainable solution for whatever may plague you. Every choice has a cost and a benefit, every action an equal and opposite reaction. Plagues come and go, civilizations rise and fall, the tide ebbs and flows, we're born and we die. Your trash is my treasure, my meat is your poison. You lament the state of the world, while I watch the changing tide with bittersweet bemusement.