venting about the negatives of modern culture

[a1pha]

This is a source of my frustrations as well, I actually am doing something about it, and it's like a single person trying to stop a runaway freight train with only their hands.

A single person can only divert the train - not stop it. That fact you think you can is telling and might require you to put that ego in check. That you are frustrated by something like not being able to change humanity as we know it screams of grandeur.

As others already said, focus on the little things in your life instead of trying to change the course of humanity. You will likely be much less frustrated by this approach. Good luck.

 

[Psilociraptor]

That wasn't my intent at all. Just adding to the discussion how I often find myself on both sides of this fence. I apologize for using the second tense, that's just a habit. I do plenty of bitching and moaning myself and in no way trying to invalidate that as part of the process. Always acknowledge where you are in your journey truthfully. But I have to be cautious about letting the disease in because... Yes, I think the sorts of apathy and negativity we see around us are the results of mass ecological and sociological imbalance and thus disease. I have lost my mental and physical health because of modernity. I'm as pissed off as they come. But for my own sake I have to regularly embrace the wonderful madness of it all. I have to be able to seek the beauty so that I can manifest it personally into the world for both myself and others to make this a better life. Because health comes from within as much as it comes from the outside. And I suck at that! Your post is valid. It's justified. In one mode of perspective it is entirely truthful. I just hope, as I hope for all, that it doesn't define your whole experience. For your awareness you deserve to be happy and empowered. Not that you're not. But reaffirmation is good.

But I'm right beside you man. Hoping to stay alive long enough to watch this shit fall. I hate that for all the good people out there who will undoubtedly be hurt by that, but a quick swift end to the suffering beats the alternative. I just need to know before I die that my kids aren't going to end up the victims of some new world order type shit. I sincerely hope that humans get a long hard look at reality before they reengage the same old frivolous games. For myself I'm definitely trying to build a life towards permaculture. Reconnecting with the land, reestablishing healthy human communities and social interactions. We've gained a lot and lost a lot as a species. I feel if we took the time to learn from our experience we could embrace both comfortable and meaningful lifestyles that will transcend generational differences . But humans seem bent on making the same old mistakes. Continually avoiding the nature of their situation and trying to patch up the consequences with bandaids as they drive it further and further into a state of utter dysfunction. Nearly everything about modern culture is a total sham from our priorities to our concept of education to our concept of medicine to the fact I'm restricted from planting renewable food in place of crabgrass and chopped off clovers (which is quite the luxury out here considering most lawns are straight up homogenized:roll: ) Crazy world brother...

 

[Praxis.]

This is a source of my frustrations as well, I actually am doing something about it, and it's like a single person trying to stop a runaway freight train with only their hands.

A single person can only divert the train - not stop it. That fact you think you can is telling and might require you to put that ego in check. That you are frustrated by something like not being able to change humanity as we know it screams of grandeur.

As others already said, focus on the little things in your life instead of trying to change the course of humanity. You will likely be much less frustrated by this approach. Good luck.

a1pha beat me to it, but if you're just a single person doing the work then you aren't doing it right. I don't mean to come off as abrasive, but there are sooo many people working together right now and winning tangible things for their community. Go be a part of something. I promise you, there are people out there if you put in the effort to find them.

Living on a mountain, growing plants, getting high, and acting nice to people in your immediate surroundings isn't what the world needs right now.

 

[Psilociraptor]

This is a source of my frustrations as well, I actually am doing something about it, and it's like a single person trying to stop a runaway freight train with only their hands.

A single person can only divert the train - not stop it. That fact you think you can is telling and might require you to put that ego in check. That you are frustrated by something like not being able to change humanity as we know it screams of grandeur.

As others already said, focus on the little things in your life instead of trying to change the course of humanity. You will likely be much less frustrated by this approach. Good luck.

I think frustration is an acceptable human emotion, but I do agree with changing yourself instead of the world. Love and well-being is as infectious as fear. The people who changed me the most are not the ones yelling for change, posting Bernie Sanders posts constantly, or warning doom and gloom about the current situation. They're the ones projecting hospitality and an abundance of love. The ones passionately living the life they want to see and being better off for it. I think until the mind can rationalize that certain changes do in fact lead to better outcomes, it will maintain the current track. Ie you can complain about global warming all you want but until someone sees you sustenance farming with a smile on your face and a comfortable fulfilling lifestyle they aren't going to do shit because they believe their situation is unavoidable. They believe they need that 9-5, that money = medicine, that stuff = happiness. You have to fill the gaps in your own life and lead by example. And don't expect people to change. If you're doing it right, they will

But again we're all human. Frustration and complaining is necessary to maintain sanity sometimes

 

[Ufostrahlen]

PS, Ufostrahlen: 4.6. Automatic Installation

Thanks,

apt-get install --fix-missing

did the trick. Wasn't instant karma, just a reminder to stay away from cultural pessimist discussions, if I want a running system.
People either get their act together or they are bound to disappear from earth. We all know what to do.

 

[a1pha]

did the trick.

Automation is amazing once you create a deployment server. Boot over PXE, select image, done. Automated installs for my Win and Ubuntu systems removed so many headaches from my life.

 

[Ufostrahlen]

did the trick.

Automation is amazing once you create a deployment server. Boot over PXE, select image, done. Automated installs for my Win and Ubuntu systems removed so many headaches from my life.

I'll have a look into this, thx.

 

[brilliantlydim]

I feel you eg, but I agree with No Knowing here

They poison the water. Make us compete. Put us in debt. Sell us out to reptilian aliens....

But seriously YES the government is ignorant at best and pure evil at worst. And the apathy to the situation is maddening.

BUT my life got so much better when I dropped all the, "ITS F'ED UP HERE!" talk and just put ALL my mental resources into what I could do to heal myself, those close to me, and people who are open to it.

Contemplating THE HORROR of modern civilization WILL drive you into self-destructive apathy or WORSE [Apocalypse Now anyone?]

Yes it's completely deranged sooooo,......begin the cyber-shamanic healing engines fueled by visions of future paradise NOW

Just focus on what you can do. May lead you to art, permaculture, herbalism, traveling side-shows....whatever but do something to bring some joy and healing to everyone. [Or at the very least, yourself!]

According to many wisdom traditions we are coming out of the Dark Age into the Energy Age right now. [Kali Yuga to Dwapara Yuga in Hindu Cosmology {Hopi, Ancient Greeks, Egyptians have similar systems with different names}] Taking this long view of humanity really helped me put my own life into perspective and made me realize I am planting the seeds of change for next few thousand year ascent to the Golden Age. There may have to be a collapse or two somewhere in there but we are on the way. This cuspe of the Dark Age into the Energy Age seems rough. BUT DAMN THANK THE OMNIVERSE I wasn't born in the actual Dark Ages where many in Europe had to farm dirt while only having access to homemade beer to drink and living to 30 was old.[Throw corpses in the well? sure why not they're out of sight] War was a welcome respite from that hell-time of history.

TLDR: We are on the upswing folks but, we have alot more darkness to shake off before we hit the light. ALSO, decisions you make NOW do affect future evolution so do it up good for them future humans. Doom and gloom is lame.

Modernity is a double edge sword indeed...

My issue has more to do with the general attitude of first world people.

I do indeed focus on the positive, but you can not ignore the negative.

I don't think it's "complaining" in any way to vent about the downfalls of human existance, this is the nature of the situation, and while most are content to ignore it and simply not think about it, others of us are confronted with the worst of humanity everyday, and are not content to simply put it out of mind.

-eg

Yes we shouldn't ignore it, but we don't want to dwell or focus on it. Focus on you and the good you can do. Making your decisions based on what you know is right. Step by step you will change the world by changing yourself, and that's all any of us can do. Have faith in the universe and follow your heart.

This is why I feel I was misunderstood.

I never dwell or focus on these things, this is the single thread where I've vented about these things, I'm a very happy person, and I promote positivity, though I feel it is healthy to take out a space to vent in an appropriate manner. These things are not the focus of my life, they do not consume me or cause me any unhappiness, but they happened to be on my mind when I initially wrote the first post of this thread, rather than leave these things on my mind, I'll express my frustrations in a way that doesn't hurt anybody or anything.

I've also been completely disenfranchised from mainstream culture, and I could just stay in my mountain paradise, being fully self-sustaining and free from the modern world, I only come into Babylon because I think I can help these people...

Just like the bodhisattva will leave nirvana and return to samsara tonaide other sentient beings... for me it's frustrating because I could just sit in my own private nirvana, yet I don't, and it can be frustrating.

-eg

I simply said "we don't want to dwell or focus on it (the bad)". I'm definitely not accusing you of being a negative person or someone who dwells on negativity. I think most of us here understand you just fine, and can probably relate quite well. I simply added my 2 cents to the topic you started.

 

[entheogenic-gnosis]

This is a source of my frustrations as well, I actually am doing something about it, and it's like a single person trying to stop a runaway freight train with only their hands.

A single person can only divert the train - not stop it. That fact you think you can is telling and might require you to put that ego in check. That you are frustrated by something like not being able to change humanity as we know it screams of grandeur.

As others already said, focus on the little things in your life instead of trying to change the course of humanity. You will likely be much less frustrated by this approach. Good luck.

So when you see climate change, this doesn't bother you at all?

When you see people starving in the third world while Americans waste enough food to feed the third world, this doesn't bother you?

When you see violence and warfare, this doesn't bother you?

When you see materialism, commercialism, excessive consumption, gluttony, etc...being programmed as core cultural values, this doesn't bother you?

Again, I focus on the positive, and I am a very happy person, but it's important to understand the reasoning behind your own rejection of culture, and it's human to feel empathy for the sufferation of fellow sentient beings and planet.

Nobody will care and change these problems unless they are confronted by them, and your "bliss by turning a blind eye" advice seen as detrimental as well, it's ok to be upset by injustice, it's what you do with those feelings of frustration and of being upset that makes a difference, you can't simply ignore the aspects of reality that need work.

Again, people are going to hear what they want to, it doesn't matter what I've said in the least.

Maybe pay attention to the message, rather than accuse the messenger of being negative or egotistical.

There are huge issues with this culture, the mainstream is polluted.

I think the reason people get so angry when I point these things out is because they enjoy or buy into the aspects of culture which need to change, I'm guessing that materialism, excessive consumption, consumerism, commercialism, television, and fabricated culture that focuses on the worst of humanities desires, is "the dream" to most....

Which is the problem, people have no respect for nature, I'm not complaining, I'm stating the fact of the situation, culture promotes material fetishism and excessive consumption, this is not complaining, or being negative, it's stating the fact of the situation...excessive consumption and rampant materialism are not sustainable in a system of finite resources, this is a fact...

...and yet when you point these things out your told "stop complaining and check your ego"

These things should bother you, these aspects of culture should seem repugnant to you, and claiming I'm not doing anything for venting on the issue is a joke, how could you possibly know what I am doing in the real world?

People will hear and think what they want regardless of the situation, if they don't understand something they fill in the blanks with their own assumptions and act on it, rather than asking, "what did you mean?" I was never given a fair chance, and if in the loads of text I've posted in this thread all you can get out of it is "this person is negative and egotistical" than you obviously missed the point entirely.





-eg

 

[entheogenic-gnosis]

I feel you eg, but I agree with No Knowing here

They poison the water. Make us compete. Put us in debt. Sell us out to reptilian aliens....

But seriously YES the government is ignorant at best and pure evil at worst. And the apathy to the situation is maddening.

BUT my life got so much better when I dropped all the, "ITS F'ED UP HERE!" talk and just put ALL my mental resources into what I could do to heal myself, those close to me, and people who are open to it.

Contemplating THE HORROR of modern civilization WILL drive you into self-destructive apathy or WORSE [Apocalypse Now anyone?]

Yes it's completely deranged sooooo,......begin the cyber-shamanic healing engines fueled by visions of future paradise NOW

Just focus on what you can do. May lead you to art, permaculture, herbalism, traveling side-shows....whatever but do something to bring some joy and healing to everyone. [Or at the very least, yourself!]

According to many wisdom traditions we are coming out of the Dark Age into the Energy Age right now. [Kali Yuga to Dwapara Yuga in Hindu Cosmology {Hopi, Ancient Greeks, Egyptians have similar systems with different names}] Taking this long view of humanity really helped me put my own life into perspective and made me realize I am planting the seeds of change for next few thousand year ascent to the Golden Age. There may have to be a collapse or two somewhere in there but we are on the way. This cuspe of the Dark Age into the Energy Age seems rough. BUT DAMN THANK THE OMNIVERSE I wasn't born in the actual Dark Ages where many in Europe had to farm dirt while only having access to homemade beer to drink and living to 30 was old.[Throw corpses in the well? sure why not they're out of sight] War was a welcome respite from that hell-time of history.

TLDR: We are on the upswing folks but, we have alot more darkness to shake off before we hit the light. ALSO, decisions you make NOW do affect future evolution so do it up good for them future humans. Doom and gloom is lame.

Modernity is a double edge sword indeed...

My issue has more to do with the general attitude of first world people.

I do indeed focus on the positive, but you can not ignore the negative.

I don't think it's "complaining" in any way to vent about the downfalls of human existance, this is the nature of the situation, and while most are content to ignore it and simply not think about it, others of us are confronted with the worst of humanity everyday, and are not content to simply put it out of mind.

-eg

Yes we shouldn't ignore it, but we don't want to dwell or focus on it. Focus on you and the good you can do. Making your decisions based on what you know is right. Step by step you will change the world by changing yourself, and that's all any of us can do. Have faith in the universe and follow your heart.

This is why I feel I was misunderstood.

I never dwell or focus on these things, this is the single thread where I've vented about these things, I'm a very happy person, and I promote positivity, though I feel it is healthy to take out a space to vent in an appropriate manner. These things are not the focus of my life, they do not consume me or cause me any unhappiness, but they happened to be on my mind when I initially wrote the first post of this thread, rather than leave these things on my mind, I'll express my frustrations in a way that doesn't hurt anybody or anything.

I've also been completely disenfranchised from mainstream culture, and I could just stay in my mountain paradise, being fully self-sustaining and free from the modern world, I only come into Babylon because I think I can help these people...

Just like the bodhisattva will leave nirvana and return to samsara tonaide other sentient beings... for me it's frustrating because I could just sit in my own private nirvana, yet I don't, and it can be frustrating.

-eg

I simply said "we don't want to dwell or focus on it (the bad)". I'm definitely not accusing you of being a negative person or someone who dwells on negativity. I think most of us here understand you just fine, and can probably relate quite well. I simply added my 2 cents to the topic you started.

Oh, and my bad if my reaction was inappropriate, and I probably was reacting to the thread in general and not your post specifically.

I'm sure it's very easy to understand everything I've said, however the replies in general didn't seen to match the subject matter or tone of what I was attempting to get across, maybe this was intentional, maybe not, regardless, I'm only trying to respond accordingly.

-eg

 

[entheogenic-gnosis]

I hear ya, EG.

I was gonna post this link the other day, but held off...your post brought it right back:

Neoliberalism sees competition as the defining characteristic of human relations. It redefines citizens as consumers, whose democratic choices are best exercised by buying and selling, a process that rewards merit and punishes inefficiency. It maintains that “the market” delivers benefits that could never be achieved by planning.

Attempts to limit competition are treated as inimical to liberty. Tax and regulation should be minimised, public services should be privatised. The organisation of labour and collective bargaining by trade unions are portrayed as market distortions that impede the formation of a natural hierarchy of winners and losers. Inequality is recast as virtuous: a reward for utility and a generator of wealth, which trickles down to enrich everyone. Efforts to create a more equal society are both counterproductive and morally corrosive. The market ensures that everyone gets what they deserve.

We internalise and reproduce its creeds. The rich persuade themselves that they acquired their wealth through merit, ignoring the advantages – such as education, inheritance and class – that may have helped to secure it. The poor begin to blame themselves for their failures, even when they can do little to change their circumstances.

Never mind structural unemployment: if you don’t have a job it’s because you are unenterprising. Never mind the impossible costs of housing: if your credit card is maxed out, you’re feckless and improvident. Never mind that your children no longer have a school playing field: if they get fat, it’s your fault. In a world governed by competition, those who fall behind become defined and self-defined as losers.

Among the results, as Paul Verhaeghe documents in his book What About Me? are epidemics of self-harm, eating disorders, depression, loneliness, performance anxiety and social phobia. Perhaps it’s unsurprising that Britain, in which neoliberal ideology has been most rigorously applied, is the loneliness capital of Europe. We are all neoliberals now.

Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems

Financial meltdown, environmental disaster and even the rise of Donald Trump – neoliberalism has played its part in them all. Why has the left failed to come up with an alternative?

www.theguardian.com

Sign'o'the times, indeed.

RIP Prince.

I'm interested n where you were going with all this, it does somewhat play into the grievances regarding modern culture that I've brought up, but from a completely different perspective than mine...

Could you elaborate on Neoliberalism?

-eg

 

[hug46]

Nobody will care and change these problems unless they are confronted by them, and your "bliss by turning a blind eye" advice seen as detrimental as well, it's ok to be upset by injustice, it's what you do with those feelings of frustration and of being upset that makes a difference, you can't simply ignore the aspects of reality that need work.

I recently got back in touch with a friend over the internet after about 30 years. When i asked how he was and what he was doing he replied "not too good" and just told me to google his name and the name of his son. Turns out that his boy (18 years old) had a very short and intensely spiralling bout of depression and threw himself in front of an express train.
A year on my mate and his family have thrown themselves into creating a trust that focusses on the prevention of mental illness in young people.

The other day i saw a conversation that he was having on facebook and my pal was explaining to someone that he was liasing with the government and the reply he got was "what do you do for a living? How can an individual just talk to the government, surely you need a collective to get the attention of a governemt?" My mate's reply was "you under estimate what a driven and capable individual can do".
And this is it. If you feel that strongly about something and you think that you can do something worthwhile and positive go and do it! Go and try to stop the train.

I do all that "concentrate on the little things, consume less and be nice to people" thing and to be quite honest i think that it is a bit of a cop out that helps to relieve guilt, complacency and the overwhelming-ness of it all. You don't necessarily have to be some kind of a superhuman to be a game changer. Just determined and not lazy.

A question i have about being some kind of saviour of the world/humanity type person is how it affects the personal relationships that one is involved in. I wonder how Ghandi's wife and kids dealt with him deciding to starve himself half to death? I would feel the back of my partner's hand if i decided to stop eating and lay about the house all day.

 

[Praxis.]

People have asked you repeatedly in this thread what you're doing about these things, why you think they are happening in the first place, and what you suggest others do--your answers have been vague, at best. You're not the only person on the nexus who cares about the world, this topic comes up every few weeks here and it most always ends the same way.

I won't speak for others, but I think folks get fed up with the same rhetoric about "the modern world" that inevitably pops up around here--a world that makes it possible to enjoy our favorite chemicals and share about our experiences online with one another. If you're going to critique this system, which you have every right and reason to do, take the time to develop an adequate analysis. This is an academic community, and we take what people say seriously and hold them to that.

Some people here have literally devoted their entire lives to making the world a better place. If you want to have a real conversation about that kind of work, you can't get defensive when people inquire about what you're doing to support your grievances with real-world action. You mentioned that you're doing things, but you feel like a single person trying to stop an oncoming train--so what is it that you're doing? If you want to see real systemic change, you need to organize with other people, period.

I get where you're coming from--it's really frustrating when people tell you to "focus on the little things" or to "be grateful" or "look inward" when we're talking about the atrocities that exist in our world. But instead of getting defensive, and saying that nobody understands you, why not bridge that gap by exploring real-world strategies that have been used in the past or that are being used now? There are productive ways to talk about these issues, and there are ways to talk about them that aren't useful and that people perceive as "complaining".

And yes, I would lump Terence into that category. He seemed like a nice guy, I enjoy his work. But no, I don't think he's at all relevant to the conversations we need to be having and so I tend to roll my eyes and move along whenever he's cited in these sort of discussions.

I don't mean to be aggressive here, and I know it may be perceived that way, but I'm (and others here, I'm sure) absolutely itching for serious dialogue about these issues. Threads like this are a tease.

 

[arcologist]

We WILL see some sort of worldwide catastrophe sometime in my lifetime, there's really no way around it. To avoid it, we would have had to start changing our reproduction and energy consumption habits a 100 years ago…

Carrying Capacity and Population Overshoot:

Carrying Capacity and Overshoot

www.paulchefurka.ca

We have far surpassed the carrying capacity for our species on this planet and only continue to wreck the place. Lots of people are going to die due to lack of food/water as climate change and lack of oil disrupts food distribution. "Green" technologies within the framework of capitalism won't solve the problem either because capitalism encourages middlemen who have their own environmental impact, thereby reducing the efficiency of the entire system.

 

[dreamer042]

I've also been completely disenfranchised from mainstream culture, and I could just stay in my mountain paradise, being fully self-sustaining and free from the modern world, I only come into Babylon because I think I can help these people...

Just like the bodhisattva will leave nirvana and return to samsara tonaide other sentient beings... for me it's frustrating because I could just sit in my own private nirvana, yet I don't, and it can be frustrating.

You really wonder why people are saying ease up on the ego game? The Bodhisattva is a monk, not a messiah. Not forcing awakening, only waiting patiently till all beings become aware of their own Buddha nature, at their own pace, in their own time.

This is a source of my frustrations as well, I actually am doing something about it, and it's like a single person trying to stop a runaway freight train with only their hands.

Yet we do stop the train with our hands. It's just a bit easier to do from inside the locomotive where we can reach the brake lever than it is when we are standing on the tracks.

I notice that A LOT of your posts are merely long sections of transcripts from Mckenna raps reposted ad nauseum. I'd suggest you may fair well to turn off the Terence reruns and explore some other thinkers and philosophies for a while. Perhaps the Dalia Lama or some Alan Watts?

Yes we shouldn't ignore it, but we don't want to dwell or focus on it. Focus on you and the good you can do. Making your decisions based on what you know is right. Step by step you will change the world by changing yourself, and that's all any of us can do. Have faith in the universe and follow your heart.

I think this one does bear repetition however, as it hits the nail squarely on the head.

 

[anne halonium]

i never " get " these threads.

we have hallucinogens.
THE definition of success!
so whats the complaint?

if someone doesnt have hallucinogens,
i can see the handicap,
but, that shouldnt be the case here...........

dont whine, win,
we have that kind of power.
use it.

 

[spacexplorer]

Mammon, God of lust and wealth is a god too many of us worship in this day and age. How much time do you spend focusing on money? How much time do you focus on love? Where do your true priorities lie? Who's your true God? Don't lie to yourself.

 

[entheogenic-gnosis]

I really did not want to return to this thread...

I thought I had made an error in my presentation, maybe was misunderstood, or maybe I was nit clear, regardless, I felt perhaps my intentions were not clear, and, yes, there was emotion involved, and emotion can lead to irrational thoughts...

I apologize.

I've really been working on conflict.

Specially from a spiritual standpoint, though I get mixed messages, even in the same text...

there's nothing personal here, if there's any conflict it should be in ideas alone.

I don't pay attention who I am talking with, o don't regard their social status, or don't regard spirituality, I simply say what I think, sometimes good ideas result, other times not.

I keep.emotions out of this, I'm here to complete research over anything else, I mean I like hearing the communities views and opinions, but primarily I'm here to learn.

These distractions, seem to go deeper than anything that was said, I didn't intentionally make any contentious statements, I simply vented my feelings.

It seems for a community that focused on an ego dissolving drug that there's a good deal.of it here.

If I bother you guys and you don't want me here, say it and I'll leave.

-eg

 

[entheogenic-gnosis]

This is a source of my frustrations as well, I actually am doing something about it, and it's like a single person trying to stop a runaway freight train with only their hands.

A single person can only divert the train - not stop it. That fact you think you can is telling and might require you to put that ego in check. That you are frustrated by something like not being able to change humanity as we know it screams of grandeur.

As others already said, focus on the little things in your life instead of trying to change the course of humanity. You will likely be much less frustrated by this approach. Good luck.

a1pha beat me to it, but if you're just a single person doing the work then you aren't doing it right. I don't mean to come off as abrasive, but there are sooo many people working together right now and winning tangible things for their community. Go be a part of something. I promise you, there are people out there if you put in the effort to find them.

Living on a mountain, growing plants, getting high, and acting nice to people in your immediate surroundings isn't what the world needs right now.

Your right...

Actually your right...

So then what can I do?

I'm not a social person, I enjoy solitude, I'm never going to be able to get a bunch of people to follow me into anything, let alone follow me into a political agenda.

I've thought I was selfish for simply isolating, for saying "the world is a mess and I'm powerless, so I'll remove myself from it"

But what can be done?

Spiritually isolation is not a selfless act, unless it's preformed for the banned it of others.

You want to stop suffering for other beings, but if they won't allow you or give you a chance, it's a failed effort.

What do you think the world needs right now?

-eg

 

[tseuq]

To me, there is nothing wrong with culture itself. Seeing it as a tool, a developmental need in/of our past, and not holding on to its dogmas desperatly makes me able to live with/in it.

What do you think the world needs right now?

What do you mean by "world"? All Humans on earth or the planet itself or ...?

Living on a mountain, growing plants, getting high, and acting nice to people in your immediate surroundings isn't what the world needs right now.

Thus, there acutally are people, in this particular moment, living on a mountain, growing plants, getting high and acting nice to the people in their surrounding, it seems to be absolutely what the world needs now.

I think we are doing pretty good, slowly processing, evolving and hey, we are still on this planet. In my opinion, people have never been so "free" before.

But what can be done?

In my opinion, following our own intentions is the "best" one can do. Asking others for what to do seems difficult to me, because maybe you have great ideas yourself but then limit yourself to the lousy ideas/imagination of others.

Like anne said previously, "live the legend".

What lies between dreams and reality is called action. [I don't know who is the author] Therefor, the transformative process from an idea to reality might be important.

The real value is in the lessons you learn through integrating the experiences during days after you dose.

I'm not a social person, I enjoy solitude,..

For not being social, I see you hanging around the nexus and having conversation with others many times.

If I bother you guys and you don't want me here, say it and I'll leave.

Where does this come from and what do you expect from a question like this? What is your own feeling about taking part in the nexus? Is it bothering you, leave, do you enjoy it, stay.

Welcome to the nexus, we are one.

tseuq