I agree we should seek to become as conscious as possible. However, I believe many people think that spiritual awakening leads automatically to happiness. It does not. It simply means a higher level of awareness. If you are truly aware you could not be happy with the current society. However, you may be driven to more awareness and helping others which will one day lead to us evolving as a species or destroying ourselves.
Another possible reply is the mystery surrounding what reality is. What is illusion? I think we are all connected souls having a human experience. This body is a temporary container.
It depends. If you see there is an underlying intention of growth behind the barbarism you, as a conscious observer have a choice about how you let it continue to affect your life. Buddha said life is suffering and we can learn to be in the world but not of the world.
Your comment reminds me of a paragraph I recently read from Robert Aziz's book on Synchronicity, Jung and Religion:
"Speaking with an acquaintance at his home in Kusnacht in 1938, Jung, reflecting on this problem of suffering, commented that in the East the objective is to eliminate suffering, "by casting it off," whereas in the West people resort to drugs seeking to suppress it. Suffering, Jung continued, is a serious problem, and we must seek to overcome it, yet in actual fact the "only way to overcome it is to endure it." #JPRS #p44
I would like to believe that but that’s not my experience or that of people I meet at Pagan/Shaman gatherings and retreats. But I’m not a Buddhist though have visited monks and a Buddhist nun. Each to there own path Borza. But after reading half a dozen or books or so on Buddhism I realised there were a lot of rules, traditions and male dominated hierarchy which felt more like main stream religion. I prefer the guides and signposts my path gives me. The simplicity of worshipping Mother Earth and nature being my church resounds with me. Namaste.
I agree we should seek to become as conscious as possible. However, I believe many people think that spiritual awakening leads automatically to happiness. It does not. It simply means a higher level of awareness. If you are truly aware you could not be happy with the current society. However, you may be driven to more awareness and helping others which will one day lead to us evolving as a species or destroying ourselves.
Another possible reply is the mystery surrounding what reality is. What is illusion? I think we are all connected souls having a human experience. This body is a temporary container.
Ever hear of Baha’i?
It depends. If you see there is an underlying intention of growth behind the barbarism you, as a conscious observer have a choice about how you let it continue to affect your life. Buddha said life is suffering and we can learn to be in the world but not of the world.
Your comment reminds me of a paragraph I recently read from Robert Aziz's book on Synchronicity, Jung and Religion:
"Speaking with an acquaintance at his home in Kusnacht in 1938, Jung, reflecting on this problem of suffering, commented that in the East the objective is to eliminate suffering, "by casting it off," whereas in the West people resort to drugs seeking to suppress it. Suffering, Jung continued, is a serious problem, and we must seek to overcome it, yet in actual fact the "only way to overcome it is to endure it." #JPRS #p44
Ever hear of the Electric Universe and Thunderbolts Project?
https://youtube.com/user/ThunderboltsProject
I would like to believe that but that’s not my experience or that of people I meet at Pagan/Shaman gatherings and retreats. But I’m not a Buddhist though have visited monks and a Buddhist nun. Each to there own path Borza. But after reading half a dozen or books or so on Buddhism I realised there were a lot of rules, traditions and male dominated hierarchy which felt more like main stream religion. I prefer the guides and signposts my path gives me. The simplicity of worshipping Mother Earth and nature being my church resounds with me. Namaste.
You should check out the Baha’i: https://youtu.be/GPKEkSXhtgw