Every culture since the dawn of history has had to deal with anti-social behavior and we as individuals may have personal traits and habits which we may be striving to change. So when I talk about the artificial nature of the judgments of right and wrong and good and bad, I am not saying that undesirable behavior isn’t real, but rather that there might be a more life enhancing way to think about the entire notion of separation from the source of life, however you consider it.
People who grasp this core piece of how we humans have been tricked into thinking we are less than we truly are generally find the rest of their personal growth much easier to integrate.
Robert
That was a very serious dump of reality. Separation to divide and conquer through language and religious beliefs, as you stated, makes sense to me. However, finding new language and new religious (or spiritual) trainings is difficult to find as an individual. Men will find this a daunting task. It is almost not in our genetic code anymore. Kind of bred out of us. Technology and the media are too strong an influence to battle individually. So, I am glad you are taking this on as a “movement” where we can build a community and support different thinking…
Now what???….
As unfulfilling as much of our religious experiences growing up were, the church functioned as a meeting place where people of like minds could socialize, a function which has not found a replacement. Yay! We’re free of religion! Oops! What happened to my sense of continuity? What became of the vibrant sensations of breathing and blending voices with a whole lot of other folks (even tho most of the songs made no sense to me)? What became of my place in the larger community?
John, I honor the work you are engaged in with your online and in-person community, MastersOfTheJourney.com as a vehicle for meeting the needs left unmet by traditional religions.
You are correct to mention that if the old language doesn’t work so well, we need to develop what I call a language of relationship, which is what the Seven Dimensions of Communicating is designed for.