Extropianism

[Eric the Green]

(06-21-2021, 05:26 AM)Captain Genet Wrote:

(06-20-2021, 05:04 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: It's like this. If people are not grounded in the knowledge of chakras, then they only function from their brains. They are likely dominated by their lower brains too. The Awakening revealed that modernism has no heart; only a brain. Our modern culture literally has no heart, and we are living and walking around in our modern structures and computerized lifestyles with no heart. Thus we are often unkind and lack compassion, and don't know how to relate to others. Educated as a modern, I count myself among these.

Modernism (whether Randian or Bolshevik) has no heart. But New Age has no sceptical brain. It accepts ideas as true because they sound cool, or are different from the beliefs of GI "fascists", or make one feel good. Some people also discarded modernist scepticism in order to subscribe to Evangelicalism or neo-Nazism.

I try to live according to Stapledon's advice, have the head of a modernist sceptic but the heart of a Christian saint.

I gather that, and I think that's great. The trouble is that your view of things is too narrow, especially when it comes to the discoveries of the Awakening. Like many younger folks today, you cut yourself off from it because you don't like some aspects of it. But it's there, and it's vital and necessary for human growth and liberation and respect for Nature. Rather than Boomers rejecting beliefs of the GI "fascists", it is now Millennials who reject the ideas of "looney Boomers." Both were often wrong in their rejections. Generations need to learn from each other, not just reject what has been given to them.

I agree that New Agers are often lacking in skepticism. That's not a reason to toss it all out. The esoteric and mystical traditions are quite venerable and were not adopted by people because they were cool, but because they work and reveal deeper reality. The New Age Movement has brought them back and out and in many cases updated them and added to them.

It's fine to emulate a Christian saint, but your emulation is based on following ideas in your brain. That does not get us there. Having a heart really means that you know about, are conscious of, and can focus on your heart chakra. Most Americans are completely blinded by modernism to this vital knowledge and practice. Many young people have gone back to enthusiastically and fanatically rejecting this kind of knowledge as un-modern "woo-woo." It is not. In the days of Christian sainthood, believers were not so cut off from this knowledge as modernists are. It is embedded in western tradition.

Quote:Current capitalism does not want subservient industrial robots like Victorian capitalism did, but consumers who believe buying a newest iPhone actualizes their potential. Self psychology (Fromm, Maslow and Rogers) as well as New Age psychology are great tools for marketing. If these were useful for challenging capitalism, they would be popular in socialist countries, but the Reds were clever enough to understand this kind of psychology is capitalist woo.

I respect martial arts, but the issue is the ancient masters did not understand human anatomy and physiology the way modernist medicine does, so they made up stuff to explain why the techniques work. Like, instead of "flexing your abs" they would call it "directing chi into your abdominal region". This is no better or worse than Aristotle's humours theory. There is no excuse to believe in either in 2021. Of course strong abs are necessary to protect your vital organs.

I dissent; current capitalists have always wanted subservient robots, and it's not much different today. They want obedient workers who don't question the boss. They want people who accept corporate culture. And they want robotic consumers too. Self-realization psychology is very valuable and insightful, and in no way is it woo. The chi theory is true, and even Aristotle's humors still have some relevance. I disagree with rejecting modern medicine, yes, but I also disagree with rejecting Oriental, New Age and traditional approaches. Some scientific verification can show whether they work or not. Acupressure has been verified.

But your view is just rejection of the Awakening, and I disagree. The Awakening is my life, and I would have no life without it. Before 1966, the world was just a boring, lifeless machine, with no spirit and with nothing worth doing or working toward. I threw it over and I won't go back. The Awakening reveres everything valuable, and includes everything valuable. The Spiral Dynamics motto applies: transcend, and include.

NO, martial artists are not "flexing their abs." Martial arts is about consciousness, which you ignore. You don't flex your abs, you focus on your center of gravity, your solar plexus chakra. That's what gives them their power. Martial arts is not based on muscle. You missed the whole idea.

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Quote:The Wizard of Oz is actually a story of how we can recover these three vital chakras. And if we don't, we are lost, and not at home. And there's no place like home.

I've thought it's a children's adventure story. Some people believe it's an economic allegory, calling for the use of silver-based currency.

NO. It is well-known that the author was acquainted with esoteric spiritual philosophy. It is an allegory of the soul and its functions, and is basically a hero's journey story, the archetype of almost all stories. The Wizard of Oz is perhaps the greatest American classic.