Our social values are based on ancient tribal mythologies that has delivered the power over the many into the hands to a few. And there a lack of realistic checks and balances to control aggression and exploitation. This problem is derived from ancient moralities which amount to a belief that might makes right. Originally the man with the biggest muscles became the leader through sheer aggression. Industrialization of weapons has delivered power into the few who are in control of the military-industrial complex. This idea that might makes right has largely evolved through an ancient system of morality based on guilt and fear. The fear part boils down to the fear of death and the hereafter. There is a universal belief in life after death. Whether it might be heaven or hell is the issue that has divided the psyche into a good and a worthless portion. This guilt and shame business has a sort of hidden agenda. Forbidding most every natural human propensity has created sin and a lot of sinners. It starts with lust, and once you do a bad thing you fall into the trap. Most of us get trapped. Shame is the name of that game. Proposing the bliss of a heavenly hereafter as apposed to the eternal agonies of a firey hell; then claiming to be the arbiter of these fates has proved to be one of the most powerful and durable of all enterprises. Historically some of the greatest wealth ever amassed was brought about by selling tickets to heaven. By presuming to know who is good and who is bad, certain people have usurped morality by making up rules of conduct. A priesthood of holier-than-thou individuals gained and exploited moral power over others. When this power joins up with the muscle guy's power, you get a divine king or absolute monarchy. It is becoming ever more evident that something is missing in human history. Archaeologists tell us that ancient monuments were constructed by means well beyond our current technology. In various places giant stones weighing hundreds of thousands of tons were put in place with precision not achievable by the most advanced contemporary machinery. And also certain psychics and healers apparently have access to information which defies what we thought were the limitations of time and space. This leads us into the realms of mythology and psychology. Jungian archetypes are defined as universal, archaic symbols and images that derive from the collective unconscious, as proposed by Carl Jung. They are the psychic counterpart of instinct. It is described as a kind of innate unspecific knowledge, derived from the sum total of human history, which prefigures and directs conscious behavior. A shaman is someone that uses the Dream time to journey to non-physical worlds in an altered state of consciousness and returns to normal waking consciousness at will. Connecting with divine spiritual forces and universal creative energy, a shaman mediates with the spirit world for the purpose of guidance and healing. The term parapsychology refers to the scientific study of certain paranormal phenomena, referred to as "Psi" phenomena such as telepathy and telekinesis. The shamanic journey occurs by shifting awareness or consciousness in order to allow part of your soul to leave the body. Beyond what we call "the natural," there is also a quantum realm new to us. It is beyond time and space and may affect the nature of the brain and mind in mysterious ways. There even seems to be a Spirit World or an Astral Realm. And to top it all off, NASA has officially acknowledged the arrival of extraterrestrials. So, what does all this mean? Well, it is apparent that, “We are not in Kansas anymore, Todo.” Hard nosed objectivity is finally making way for conversations about the numinous etymology of inner experiences. The global pandemic has brought about a huge internet surge of online sages and sooth Sayers. Social isolation may have arrived in the nick of time to help save us from a 6th mass extinction that is apparently well under way. There are some outstanding luminaries worth mentioning:
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