Dear Anonymous:
Sorry for the delay in responding to your comment. I am simply excited to have someone respond to the blogs that brings out conversation about the subject matter. In response to your observations, I have the following comments.
I have heard of the condition called Anti-Social Behavior Syndrome. It is characterized by individuals who have no empathy, compassion, or remorse about injury done to another person. Many of these individuals are, of course, in prison. For example, an individual who is imprisoned was asked if he was sorry he committed murder. His response was, "Not at all, he came home when I was robbing his house. I had to kill him."
The question is to what degree is a lack of empathy or compassion prevalent in mainstream society; particularly, where nationalism or patriotism is involved. If we are wired to believe that we are always right and any disagreement with another country means they are automatically wrong, then there is little hope for continued human existence on this planet. That is simply the history of human existence on this planet.
I tend to believe that we are all spiritual beings having a human experience. However, all spiritual beings are not equal in their perception of wisdom. Therefore, the extent to which we are available to spiritual insight in governing this planet is variable.
If we do not have a critical mass of spiritually insightful individuals that can influence the global consciousness toward human compatibility, then the never-ending process of winning and losing wars is our fate. You can easily see that the ultimate destination is either destruction of ourselves or the creation of a planet not habitable for human existence.
I think we have a critical mass of such individuals at present. They have not learned how to align as a force for global transformation. Remember, we are all still struggling to set aside our ego drive to be acknowledged in preference to aligning with others. The earth plane is a very challenging arena to master beyond human ego recognition or attachments. Where do we go from here? I'm not sure, but I do know where we are headed.
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