On Delusion

 Prehistoric primitive humans likely had no need for delusion, they likely and almost undoubtedly just accepted the reality around them. That death is a natural part of life. They had no need of surplus and accepted what nature gave them as food, took nothing more and nothing less. This isnt to say they didnt have some worldview we might consider somewhat delusional, like animism. Its pretty much accepted that early primitive humans were animistic, the idea that all is imbued with spirit. This idea may seem absurd to us in the light of our current delusions and misinterpretation of reality, but is it that insane? Daoism and Zen Buddhism have these ideas, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. If you think about it, its quite logical compared to what many believe in today. But why are delusions rampant? Why is it that people do not seem to have a firm grasp of reality and in many cases knowingly reject reality for delusion?

I think civilization is so unnatural that humans seek out delusions in an attempt to explain their horrible reality created by civilization. That we are reduced to mere gears in a never ending and all consuming machine that labels itself "progress" and there seems to be no escape bears the question, why wouldnt humans create delusions to escape this newly created "civilized" reality? It seems human beings need delusion just to survive, just to avoid the sad reality that this forward progress is actually a progress towards species suicide, and potentially eco-suicide. 

There is comfort in delusion. There is comfort because it gives us something to look forward to outside of this death machine. There is comfort because some of these delusions attempt to explain this reality and how it is either our fault or someone elses fault we are not able to live some lavish life. There is comfort in the idea that there is some master plan and someone pulling the strings of this said plan. If someone is in control, then there is a meaning for this mindless march of alleged progress. That delusional meaning gives us the ability to carry on, slaving for this civilization that reduces all of us to domesticated animals on a miserable slaughterhouse farm. 

There is a need for many for these delusions, but for some we are beyond these delusions, we see them for what they are. We have no need of delusions and the dogmatism that accompanies them.

Hiatus

 I have been on hiatus for about 5 years or so. In that time I have learned and grown significantly. I have shed delusions and moved past dogmatic ideals and just, am. My blog will be reflecting this new self from this point forward.

The End of Man

 In Genesis we read how man came to know the truth, the knowledge of good and evil and was thus thrown from the garden or paradise to live a life of toil and hardship. I see this as an allegory for man discovering, whatever the reason, agriculture. Which inevitably led to civilization. Since then it has been a downward trajectory for human kind masked in the guise of "progress". Primitive hunter gatherers had a relatively easy and stress free life of relaxation and at times gathering, and rarely hunting to survive. While early agriculturalists led a life of hardship and toil, and were significantly less healthy than hunter gatherer counterparts. Agriculture led to civilization, which led to large scale conflict and this so called progress was only to further civilization itself. Math and geometry were developed as a means to build better agriculture. Military was developed to defend the surplus food and those that managed it. Growing technology is like slowly building your own prison in which you live and are now helpless to escape because you know no other way. This is domestication. Animals who are domesticated often have a much smaller brain than their wild counterparts, likewise modern human brains are 20% smaller than our ancestors from 20,000 years ago. Our dependence on technology is killing us, it is not making anything better. Look around, the rich are getting richer and the poor are growing poorer. The system isnt even bearable to live in. A small medical bill could bankrupt the average American. Just to get higher education one must drown themselves in debt from which they will never escape.

The end of man or humans themselves, to be more specific, is the modern techno-industrial system.