This article reminded me of the penchant people have to suss out hidden meanings, always encrypted of course, as in every fifth word of the bible or something read backward. Maybe it's to do with an innate distrust of officialdom, written rules and laws, mandates and commandments. They must feel the "truth" is in there somewhere, but is not literal and obvious. Greater consciousness is indeed an unfolding, a distillation of all experience. Its origins are mysterious, but we should always be open to it, the essence being, no one has a monopoly on "truth", it is inexhaustible, and the word itself has many meanings and manifestations. But for practice purposes, some obvious truths have priority: the planet is a mess, and we are in existential danger from the situation. Common logic, human perception, intuition and consciousness tell us that we as a species must be able to solve the problem. Otherwise we'd be the only species not to have been given the means to sustain itself in its environment, in this case, one to a great extent of our own making. That would say something unacceptably nasty about the universe, and we should not be willing to believe it.
This article reminded me of the penchant people have to suss out hidden meanings, always encrypted of course, as in every fifth word of the bible or something read backward. Maybe it's to do with an innate distrust of officialdom, written rules and laws, mandates and commandments. They must feel the "truth" is in there somewhere, but is not literal and obvious. Greater consciousness is indeed an unfolding, a distillation of all experience. Its origins are mysterious, but we should always be open to it, the essence being, no one has a monopoly on "truth", it is inexhaustible, and the word itself has many meanings and manifestations. But for practice purposes, some obvious truths have priority: the planet is a mess, and we are in existential danger from the situation. Common logic, human perception, intuition and consciousness tell us that we as a species must be able to solve the problem. Otherwise we'd be the only species not to have been given the means to sustain itself in its environment, in this case, one to a great extent of our own making. That would say something unacceptably nasty about the universe, and we should not be willing to believe it.