The three pillars of humanity will soon fail!?

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Re: The three pillars of humanity will soon fail!?

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Dragonsend wrote: 12 Mar 2019, 16:35 We have indeed been through scares of all three mentioned global warming, depressions and recessions, and unrest of society for those reasons . I believe that once something is known, then a solution can be found.
These are some signs indeed. I hope that the people all over the globe will be able to join in the efforts to combat some of these challenges, especially climate change and environmental degradation.
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The author actually mentions more than three pillars, and these include taxation, economics and several other social subjects. A sad reality of life is that in order for society to exist, there have to be systems and order regulating its function. Many mystics are not socially inclined individuals and often have impractical notions about how people should live their lives. Although I do not agree with the authors view on these subjects I do feel that he has certainly offered some good advice about self-realisation, however, I would never consider that he would be suitable in a position of political authority. This is merely an observation and not criticism, as that same argument would apply to many politicians in positions of power in the world today.
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To think he was open to new experiences in the Amazon but tried to discern whether they were authentic.
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Like other people who've replied, I think that even if he took the vision seriously, he doesn't have a way to prevent it from coming to fruition, so he's focused on his spiritual journey, not saving the whole world.
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nooregano wrote: 18 Mar 2019, 04:04 A lot of religious ideas talk about this collapse of humanity. I think the author did take his vision seriously, but chose to focus on "raising consciousness" instead of slipping into the negative clutches of fear.
That is a good point, indeed. Almost every religion speaks of the end of the world, but from different perspectives. The author really seemed to focus on enlightenment rather than desperation, which I believe is a good way to approach these issues.
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I think that the author took the idea seriously enough to mention it in his book. And since he alone cannot prevent this occurrence, he is doing all he can by putting his spiritual books out into the world.
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Well, I think he took it seriously enough to write a whole book about spiritual enlightenment so that the human race can survive total destruction, and only huge part of it will suffer unimaginable terrors. Either way, when you think of it, it's already happening. I mean, look at what we've done to our planet? We literally breathe and eat plastic and other garbage. And when the economy finally falls, society will too, cause we're so focused on money as an end in itself, not as a means to accomplish other things.
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Kibetious wrote: 12 Mar 2019, 00:41 What I am certain about is that as long as people live, they will always be existence of economy. If the three pillars were to fall, then it would be very detrimental to human existence on earth.
It's an interesting and very insightful thought. Indeed, if the three pillars would fall, that would mean that people are no longer on earth.
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Not to be totally pessimistic, but I feel anyone who's paid attention to the world feels that everything is constantly on the verge of apocalypse.
But, if you consider, many countries have already experienced different forms of apocalypse and destruction of society, economy and ecology. In history this has happened many times. It's a very first-world way of looking at the future when many countries are already suffering.
Of course we should take into consideration these dangerous and prevent them, but it isn't anything new.
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I believe this is a common vision or feeling that many people experience. As for his reaction to it? What would you do?
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Might just be for dramatic effect? Or so that he can point to any bad news and show that, see, it's connected to one of the pillars, proving that the vision is right. For example, unseasonable storms and trash buildup could be ecology collapsing.
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The end of the world as predicted by many religions is to be preceded by the collapse of most things. When and how is not known. I don't think the author was unduly perturbed by it though.
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I do not really take these things seriously. Such kinds of descriptions are even mentioned in the religious scriptures but who knows the genuineness of them.
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I don't think he took the three pillars very seriously. What he did take seriously was the message that he was to combine the aiki principles with the sotai-ho and that this would lead to enlightenment. He dedicated many years of his life to this activity.
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Rangerkay wrote: 11 Mar 2019, 14:25 I really don't feel that he took it seriously, but I think it's hard to take seriously these days. I mean...it does seem that society is moving in that way AND almost every religion has a "doomsday" prophecy. He barely touched on any of it throughout the book and what little he did touch on made it seem as if he was "meh" about the whole idea.

Maybe part of the reason that he came across that way is because society as a whole is desensitized to the entire idea. Look at how many "end of the world" scares we have experienced since year 2k.
I do believe that a human brain thinks a little below level when it comes to a subject like the end of the world. It is more like wasp to think about the collapse of the tree on which it attaches its nest. Therefore it really doesn't strike home to a lot of people untill a certain act or movement that can build enough momentum.
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