As we advance in the fields of science and technology, in artificial intelligence and robotics and automation of every kind; as we study and work so hard to invent and develop and then further improve every invention we can think of, every device we can dream up that would undoubtedly make our lives easier, we also stray father and father away from our true nature, and from everything which is meant to make us naturally satisfied with this experience we call life. We dedicate ourselves to the knowledge of physical and technical things because we can see our progress when it comes to these things, but we ignore the vast landscape that is our psychic and spiritual reality. As we dedicate all our time and energy to knowledge, we neglect the wisdom that is necessary in order to handle that knowledge and its consequences. When we move too fast and just make things without putting much thought into how they might affect our reality as human beings, things can start getting complicated very quickly. Now, the problem with all that we’re doing is not the knowledge itself, or all the new technology or products or scientific advancements; the problem is our growing dependence on all these things, and the results that come with it, which we’re only now starting to see. We are becoming weaker and more disconnected from each other, and even from what it means to be human beings in this natural world. We’ve created a highly advanced and civilized society in which everything is readily available and accessible to all who have the money, yet we as human beings are always unavailable to each other, and interactions have to be scheduled and are calculated and cold. University students these days can’t do math or spell as well as we before, because now we rely on calculators and autocorrect which we all have on our phones. We don’t see each other as often because we can get our messages across through calls or even text, so there’s no need to see each other face to face. What is convenient becomes detrimental. Friendships and relationships in general aren’t properly nurtured, and people are increasingly having trouble finding anyone else they can truly connect with. Everybody is engaged in the constant struggle just to survive, with no time for hanging out or for being there for a friend. In today’s professional business world, things have to work in the exact way they’re expected, and everyone has a reputation to uphold, especially corporations. Human beings, as employees, become nothing but tools in the advancement of a company goal, in the mission to make more and more money for the owner. The problem with this way of life is that we are simply not machines, and nothing good can come of us living as if we were. Sure, collectively we’re not sure if we were created for a purpose, but if we were, it certainly wasn’t for the purpose of generating profit for any organization. Money is not real, and its value is imaginary. It is nothing but a human invention that will one day be forgotten. The illusion seems real because we all treat it as such, but whenever the system changes, so does the money. We, on the other hand, are real. Our bodies are real, and our souls are even realer. We are nature itself, witnessing ourselves as this never-ending process of expansion which we call creation. We truly are consciousness experiencing itself, and all the good and all the bad we put into the world comes back to us in one way or another. As we merge with machines and the internet and social media, we need to remember to have real connections. We need to remember to breathe in the air when we walk outside, to look at the trees and the grass and the sky and the animals. We need to build up our bodies and minds, and we need to remain sharp. We need to remember that what makes life worth living is the journey itself, not the destination. The destination, as far as we can tell, is death, and that’s probably not somewhere we should be too eager to arrive at.
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