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This is really the challenge for the future. We can build a civilization like nothing the world has ever seen. But can it be a human, a *human* civilization? Can it actually honor human values? It's one thing, the rate of invention or gross national product or production of industrial capacity -- all of these things are all very well. But the real dilemma for human beings is how to build a compassionate human civilization. The means to do it come into our ken at the same rate as all these tools which betray it. And if we betray our humanness in the pursuit of civilization, then the dialogue has become mad.
Originally posted by andy1033
reply to post by emsed1
I think the only world where people would feel compassion for people, would only be a world of one gender, without sex, and greed.
Thats a whole lot of work to do, before you guys get there.
Originally posted by Sirius20
Originally posted by andy1033
reply to post by emsed1
I think the only world where people would feel compassion for people, would only be a world of one gender, without sex, and greed.
Thats a whole lot of work to do, before you guys get there.
I think this is the problem that we're facing right now. People that think that there can be no positivity and no change in people. I don't see why we would need one gender and no sex. I do agree with you that greed plays a big role with people today, but it seems to me that anytime there's someone who wants us to start being positive towards others, people jump on them with their pessimism and negativity by saying it will never happen and it's pointless for us to even try. That's the problem. You have this thought in your head that nobody can change and actually want to do something. Boy, do I pity how you feel about the world. Sure, I personally see the bad things in life and sometimes it depresses me the way people act, but at the end of the day, I still live my life as positively as I can and I try to help anybody that I can to the best of my ability. There is good in people. We're all human beings, every single one of us are part of the same species and the sooner that we learn that, the sooner we can start to right all the wrongs that we have done to plague this planet and actually get along with each other. The last point in your comment really confuses me. Are you somehow separated from the rest of us or are you just too good already to even be bothered with actually trying to bring something positive to the table?
Mulder, I completely agree that we need to start showing people that believe something may happen in 2012 that it can be positive just as much as it can be negative. I have my own theory on what 2012 is going to bring and frankly, I think that it can be as positive and wonderful as you want it to be or as disastrous and horrifying as you can imagine. I had my own experience where I saw something similar to what I'm talking about right now. At the time, it was the scariest thing that I've ever experienced, but looking back at it now I see it as the single greatest moment of my entire life. It completely changed me, but without that experience, I wouldn't be here right now looking at any alternative suggestions on how the world works. I would still be asleep and believing everything that I hear on TV. This experience happened before I took any time to look at 2012 and what people were saying about it. Reading up on 2012 after the fact, only gives me more reason to believe that we're on the brink of the most profound discovery in human history. Does this mean that I know what's going to happen and everyone else is wrong or there's some people who are somewhat right but I have all the answers? No. This is just for me. It doesn't matter what other people tell you is going to happen. It's what you think is going to happen. My personal thought is that every single possibility that can happen will. So each individual person is going to experience exactly what they think will happen. If you think nothing will happen in 2012, then that's exactly what's going to take place. It will come and go just like any other day because you closed yourself off to the possibility that something could happen. The same goes with the people buying into the fear. If they think the world is going to be destroyed, then that's probably what they're going to experience. I'm still not convinced that 12/21/2012 is the exact date though. I'm actually more curious about 10/28/2011. There's talk that that date is the one where everything converges into one and all possibilities will take place simultaneously. Here's a video talking about that date, although I couldn't find the one I was looking for yet.
Originally posted by jonnydavx
Ok, i agree with what your saying but how do you go about creating this positive energy?
Originally posted by rainfall
I am constantly sending out 'good vibes' into the collective consciousness day and night through prayer (positive thought) and meditation...
There is no doubt in me that this 'end of the cycle' event will be positive and spectacular...
S&F friend
PEACE and LOVE...