Our shared assessment of reality creates this situation. We assume and act as if the spiritual and the physical are fundamentally different. Morris Berman writes that this creates a 'basic fault', a space that we try to fill with objects and substitutes for direct authentic engagement. If instead we were to declare that the spiritual (subtle) and the physical (gross) are essentially the same thing we may develop a different style for representing consciousness. Our consciousness grows or degrades collectively, and it would seem to be about time for us to question the root assumption that, in my opinion, enforces or at least ensures stratified social systems.
Thank-you for your efforts and voice Caitlin.
Our shared assessment of reality creates this situation. We assume and act as if the spiritual and the physical are fundamentally different. Morris Berman writes that this creates a 'basic fault', a space that we try to fill with objects and substitutes for direct authentic engagement. If instead we were to declare that the spiritual (subtle) and the physical (gross) are essentially the same thing we may develop a different style for representing consciousness. Our consciousness grows or degrades collectively, and it would seem to be about time for us to question the root assumption that, in my opinion, enforces or at least ensures stratified social systems.