FOOD FOR THOUGHT
In order to get people to think, I distributed the following quest-
ions, in the summer of 2018, at the UEA and in Norwich.
Philosophy
Who Are We? Why Are We Here?
Do you believe that each of us has a body, a mind and a soul?
What is the purpose of the soul?
Where is the mind? Is it the same as the brain?
Is there Life after death? How long for?
Have you lived before? If so, on how many occasions?
Is there more to Life than meets the eye/brain?
Human nature and human behaviour, what is the difference?
To be or not to be! How are you having yourself be today?
Do you think that all religions will unite one day? When?
What is the reason for our existence in the material realm?
Politics
What are the dangers of allowing large amounts of wealth and power to reside in the hands of a few?
Why are we always fighting each other individually, in groups and as Nations?
Is the present system working? If not, why?
Which parts would it serve us to do away with, which could be retained and/or altered for the better?
When will we stop supporting warfare and transfer the resources saved – about a million dollars a minute! - to humanitarian purposes?
Should we continue to live in huge, ever expanding cities, conurb-ations and megalopolises?
Is the abolition of privately and publicly owned property a good idea? What could take its place? How?
Would you like to see a return to the countryside?
What does 'Self-Governance' mean?
How could society be organised in socially just and ecologically sustainable ways?
What is the difference between 'A Political Rebellion' and 'A Social Revolution'?
Economics
When will all financial transactions be conducted in complete openness and transparency?
Should we replace all currencies with a single 'OWT' monetary system?
Could we ever do away with money altogether, thereby creating 'A World of Free Access'?
What will be its advantages and how would it work?
Environment
Why is it taking so long to introduce electric cars globally?
What is ‘The Big Stink Theory’?
Why, in general, are we, the human race, destroying the planet?
Could we take better care of our bodies, minds and surroundings?
Education
Has the institution of school outlived its usefulness?
Is the present education system working?
What are the pitfalls of being educated 'from above'?
Which parts would it serve us to do away with?
We are more than just the left-hand side of the brain. What other areas of personal growth and development are there?
How could a liberating, self-regulatory approach be achieved?
What should be the aim of an education system?
Does ‘the media’ try to manipulate ideas and opinions? Why?
SOME POSSIBLE ANSWERS
Who Are You?
You are a human being, i.e. a spiritual being in human form, having a body, a mind and a soul, going through a life time of experiences.
This physical universe came into being at the time of the ‘The Big Bang’ and was created by ‘The-All-That-Is’, which some people call ‘GOD.’ (For the reason for this, see ‘Notion of Unity.’)
‘The-All-That-Is’ also divided itself up into many spiritual beings. Thus, you are an individuation of the whole. (This is your essence, a word derived from the Latin verb, esse, meaning ‘to be.’)
‘GOD’ is not a supernatural being who lives ‘out there’, separate from us & our surroundings, but a consciousness, a force, an energy which exists everywhere.
Indeed, for these reasons, Life can be said to be 'GOD', physicalised. Therefore, you are a part of ‘GOD’, not apart from ‘GOD.’
Why Are You Here?
The sole purpose of your life, in the material world, is to re-present the greatest version of the grandest vision of yourself.
There is a multitude of states of being from which you are able to choose. Thus, is this who you are and who you wish to be?
Consequently, while you are in the realm of the relative, it will serve you well to look after, to be a good steward, of your body and mind.
For the longer you remain healthy, physically and mentally, the more opportunities you will have to re-create yourself anew.
(Hence, be careful about what you put into your body and my mind, both of which will benefit from being regularly exercised.)
Your soul continues after the death of your body, in spirit form, and can be reincarnated, whenever it chooses.
And so, you are able to raise the level of your awareness in the physical world and become ‘Christed’, i.e. more evolved, a state of being we can all aspire to and achieve, so long as we wake up, re-member and move on!
Oneness
We and everything around us are made of energy vibrating, sub-atomically, at different frequencies, a physical and metaphysical energy which came into existence at the time of ‘The Big Bang.’
We and everything around us, therefore, are interconnected, interrelated and interdependent, an important message which is emerging from both Science and Spirituality.
This new and re-discovered knowledge, called Gnosticism by non-literal interpreters of sacred texts, has a similar meaning to the term Science, i.e. from the Latin verb, scire - to know, to find out.
Thus, once this more mature level of understanding is attained, it will be seen that there is no difference between the physical and the metaphysical.
In particular, as a result of this enlightenment, we will all begin to re-cognise, i.e. know again, that We Are All One.
The Present Moment
As a race of human beings, we are here in order to evolve as a society.
At present, our civilisation is in the first stages of its evolution.
This is because most of us are behaving as children, some of us as adolescents and a few of us as young adults.
We are, therefore, a primitive civilisation but with the possibility of moving on to the next, more advanced stage in our development.
But first we must take care not to destroy ourselves in the meantime. (See CwG Essay - especially, CwG, Book 2, page 205.)
An Enhanced Perspective
Can you think of a better, more complete way of viewing the world?
