Who are we? Part 4
By: Seeker
We seem to have some evidence of a past civilization that has since vanished from history. Myths and other records from the past tell of Golden Ages, times when Man lived in peace and plenty, when we ‘knew’ the Gods.
So why aren’t there coke bottles? Where is the evidence of a high-level society?
One reason could be that our type of civilization isn’t the only possible way to live. In fact there is considerable evidence this isn’t even a good way for us to live. Never have we had so many ‘things’ in our lvies nor has the standard of living been so good for so many.
Never has there been so much rampant unhappiness in the world. En masse, the people are turning to alcohol, to drugs, religion, and any escape they can find. We’ve become a race that seeks thrills, people who endanger our very being to try to find stimulation. The levels of anger are rising in our societies as our level of effectiveness in controlling the influences in our lives falls towards zero.
We deride the past, failing to learn from it, finding people who lived before us to be primitives who had no chance of being our equals. We look to the past solely to measure how much better we are, yet there are things in our past we cannot duplicate today.
Somehow, as you read of the past, it comes through that with all their problems, their strife and hardship, the people of the far past were perhaps more content with things, more contributive to their society, than we are today
What have we lost in our path into the hedonistic world of pleasure at all costs?
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