Modern Homosapien

The word human is derived from the Latin word humanus, which is the adjective form
of the word homo meaning earthly being. The human body is an earthly organism. The
issue humanity faces today is the mechanization of the individual and the expansion of a
technocratic institution known as The West. The philosophies of the most arcane and
treasured contemplative traditions, reveal profound principles on the harmonious relationships
amongst humanity and nature, which seldom are upheld today in the secular world and in the
politically motivated mainstream religious sphere. The large portion of humanity drifted away
from such principles although such teachings are hidden in plain sight within the writings of the
great philosophers and mystics of this age. The religious institutions of Catholicism,
Brahmanism, and Islam cast aside their contemplative roots and engaged in religious warfare and
imperialism. What is the source of all this madness? The mind is fundamentally the origin of
conflict. If the mind is diseased then the family, society, and environment will spread its
sickness like a cancer. The disease is characterized by the confusion, disillusionment,
depression, and sociopathic-tendencies found within the mind of the individual. The wisest men
and women in history revealed a path to the eradication and transcendence of these afflictions.
The purpose of human life is the actualization of humanitys highest mental, physical, and
spiritual potential through the realization of enlightenment and it is only by this understanding of
oneself and of nature on a collective level that will save humanity from destroying itself. The
people of the modern era are disconnected from themselves, the wonders of nature, and the
spiritual wisdom of the ancient world. The society is engineered in a mechanistic fashion with
purely materialistic aims as collective goals. The philosophy of materialism, imperialism, the

disconnection from nature, and the mass confusion and conflict within the individual are
responsible for the environmental, social, political, and spiritual problems humanity faces today.
Within the mind exists the capacity to transcend the frailties of human nature, which
manifest in the form of greed, hatred, and delusion. Upon the exacerbation of such instinctual
qualities; the manifestation of violence and tyranny occur. Inhumane actions are only possible
through inhumane intentions. Sociopathic and evil intentions are housed in a troubled and often
abused personality. Inhumanity is defined by a characteristic sociopathic disregard for life and
an absolute lack of concern, or even an intention to inflict harm and destruction, on the welfare
of other people. Anything which inflicts unnecessary pain and suffering upon another individual
or nation is considered inhumane. If war is fought for the sake of protecting the homeland it is
still a tragedy because innocent lives will be lost. In the case of self-defense, people are justified
to take the life of their attacker if retaliation is the only way to survive such an altercation. In
war, blood is almost always shed for geopolitical, financial, or religious motives. War is totally
inhumane and can only be enacted by a sociopathic congress or state that is more concerned with
destabilizing various regions in order to exploit economic resources than with whatever
nonsensical lies are spread over the media. How crazy must these politicians be to say that
bombs will bring peace? Our world is run by inhumane people and sure Americans can say its
the people who choose! Sure and each time Americans choose they pick another corporate
prostitute, another sociopathic carpet bombing, drone striking, aggressor. Nonetheless,
humanness is defined by the totality of human experience. Humanness includes what may be
considered suffering, pain, depression, lust, anger, jealousy, hatred. At one point or another most
people will experience these emotional and psychological states. Humanness also encompasses
sublime and joyful qualities like happiness, peace and love. The extreme of negative qualities

leads to inhumanity because then such a person wants to annihilate the humanness and welfare of
others and violate natural order. Within people is an inherent quality of goodness. This can
easily be proved by observing children. If a child is not given love and attention during his/her
early years, then during the adolescent phase of development a wide variety of emotional issues
will be observable. Inherent goodness within people is also proven whenever children are raised
to be killers. At first a child will refuse to torture or strangle and animal to death. The child will
cry and vomit until he/she has been whipped and beaten enough to know that taking life is the
only way to avoid further pain. Inherently humans wish for life to flourish and prosper. When
natural order is violated through harming other people, engaging in the destruction of people and
nature, inhumanity turns its disfigured head. No other creature on Earth kills millions of its own
kind for territory. Only humans destroy the environment and move onto another lush oasis only
to turn it into a wasteland.
The positive side of humanness is defined by qualities such as peace, joy, and
companionship. The mystical side of humanness is experienced and embodied by qualities such
as omnipresence and a transcendence of the ordinary. Humanity has the capacity to experience
realities beyond time, space, and form. Humanity has Tao, the source and mother of all things,
as the foundation of consciousness itself. It is those exemplary individuals like Socrates, through
the guidance of his inner Daemon or Holy Guardian Angel, urged us to vanquish all knowledge
and question everything until even the perception of knowingness is determined. People like
Lao-Tzu and Buddha embodied the highest qualities of humanness such as universal love and
compassion, but all these sages taught that the highest virtues are attained by knowing oneself,
which meant directly knowing the non-duality of Tao or Nirvana. The source of confusion in
our world is rooted in imbalances and unnatural lifestyles, but most of all it comes from a sense

of being lost within. The world is full of lost people who are searching for some sense of
belonging. Why is humanity lost? Because our entire society steers us away from introspection,
stillness, nature, and our true selves: the Tao. Lao-Tzu said, When the Tao runs the world, the
horses work the farms. Without Tao the horses are led into war along the borders. You see if
people want more and more it can only lead to disaster (Kwok 118). When the world is ruled
with wisdom, virtue, and harmony, then all affairs are taken care of, but in the world today
humanity is ruled by hidden hands and motives which are seldom revealed to the public. The
society must raise children to be heroes in order for humanity to truly thrive, but such a thing is a
serious threat to society because once people find fulfillment within themselves they wont work
for their happiness. People definitely wont buy useless junk to feel happy. Heroes,
contemplatives, mystics, artists, and philosophers are not profitable worker bees that can simply
be manufactured like the rest of the sleeping populace. Chaos, confusion, and war are profitable
so of course corporate entities and governments will attempt to condition a populace to follow
orders and treat our politicians like saviors. Peace, fulfillment, love, and happiness engender the
fulfillment of the individual and a part of the Way. Returning to what is natural, discovering
who we truly are, and spreading compassion is the beginning of a better world. How come this
is not taught in school?
In the West people are indoctrinated with Christian values, but are not giving the tools of
mental development to actualize and live up to such values. This simply creates a contradiction
within the person and sense of failure for lacking the capacity to be Christ-like. In the East the
same principles of universal compassion, self-sacrifice, and virtue are held in esteem, but people
are taught how to embody these principles by practicing mental and ethical development through
yoga, meditation, and study. The method of practice is the principle element which has been

absent in Western culture (aside from the Mystery Schools of Greece & Pythagoras). How can
the individual improve him/herself if improving oneself in American society means improving
your circumstances? How can people know themselves if what a person is is defined entirely by
what they own? American culture is completely backwards thinking no wonder people are
walking around like soulless zombies in Wal-Mart. Tyler Durden in Fight Club said, We have
no great war, our war is a spiritual one. We have no great depression, our depression is our
lives. The only way out of this mess is to re-engineer the entire society towards a naturalistic,
holistic, and virtuous lifestyle.
Why do we need religion and science to tell us what the truth is? People dont know the
truth to be within themselves. People dont know that the acupuncture meridian system was
discovered (not invented) by a couple sages with extraordinary paranormal abilities. The
Buddha coined the term Rupa-Kalapa and stated that it disappeared and re-appeared a million
times in one second and was the foundation of all matter (Goenka). Lao-Tzu said Everything
comes from nothing, yet the Big bang theory wasnt expounded until the 20th century (Kwon
56). People still have such capacity for discovering truth in matter and exercise such abilities
today, but what are we told in school? Were told that those people are fakes and charlatans and
that only religious nuts believe in such things. Were told that the mystical is just imaginary and
that the realities our ancestors spoke of for thousands of years were just bio-chemical
hallucinations. I know that there is a pathway to the truth and that the seed of the mother is
within every individual on this planet. If every person was taught how to nurture this seed then
peace would be prominent. Its been proven over and over in prisons and mental health
programs that yoga, meditation, and even a proper education totally transform people. Truth,

peace, and happiness are essential to humanity and the decline of such is in tandem with the
destruction of the environment and humanity itself.
Despite the negative commentary in this work, Id like to inform the reader that my views
on the direction of the human race are very positive. Society is definitely transforming and
although we dont have a revolution on our hands we do have a gradual awakening. Each
passing year fast food restaurants are losing money because more and more people are eating
organic. Each passing year more and more people begin to question the validity of the media
and authenticity of the American corporatocracy. A reawakened spirituality is also growing in
the West because terms like non-duality and mindfulness are now used in classrooms
whereas 30 years ago the only places youd find those terms were in books like I Am That by
Nisargadatta and Be Here Now by Ram Dass. Meditation is a super hot topic in neuroscience
because apparently meditation masters are considered the happiest people on planet earth.
Above anything else people are questioning more. People are questioning whether the dogmas
of reductionist materialism are authentic, or why the Catholic Church has a long history of
pedophilia issue with young males, or why the term Illuminati has become mainstream? What is
this all about? With the internet people are doing their own research and sharing their own
discoveries about the world. On this track more and more people will step out of zombie land
and into present time. The pinnacle of humanness is the realization of enlightenment and we are
on the road to building a culture which can support an environment of peace, community, and
internal and cultural development. It begins in small places like Googles Search Within
Yourself meditation program or the landmark neuroscience study on meditation; the
International Shamatha Project by B. Alan Wallace. It starts with alternative news stations like
Russia Today and Aljazeera who are ripped apart by mainstream media simply for digging a bit

deeper. Big brother is spreading his influence wide across the globes and into the very depths of
our collective consciousness, but hidden beyond the confines of time and subjectivity exists and
unlimited source of truth and goodness. It is this source which more and more people are getting
in touch with today. It is that sense of I Amness and the love which flows from it that will
save our world.