Homo-Artefact

[waechter418]

Homo-sapiens is lately trying quite hard (desperate?) to turn himself into a Homo-artefact, and to create a virtual habitat for the latter. In conformity with his possession & defence complexes, he structures it like a medieval fortress, whose outer courts are dedicated to commerce and entertainments, whereas the inner are to house the programming and the administration, while the nucleus is for the sciences and military to hide and protect the ruling class, and the temples of its god mammon.
Structures like that have been around much longer than Sapiens and originate from the hope to be able to realize oneself through isolation and fortification– whereby the latter is foremost to protect the possession complex and its spoils, both having grown quite formidable in the realm of Sapiens i.e. the Occidental culture.
And as he is not willing to leave his booty behind, he has to find ways to transform it into digital/virtual treasure, and to fend of the growing masses of his hungry (and angry) “third world” victims (second world connotes probably the time/space his rip-off takes) – which is not going to be easy, as he still needs them to help him plunder their last resources.
With dividing the planet into a prodigal north, where paranoia and possession complexes are cultivated, and a deprived south whose cultural contributions are mega slums which breed crime and violence, Sapiens sets of an dynamic that will either culminate in the masses of the south overrunning the civilisations of the north – if so, probably not in a civilized manner, but rather as envisioned by his apocalyptic prophets – or the north trying to wipe out the southern problem – which is not going to be pleasant either, considering its arsenals of ABC weaponry, and Homos habit to try to solve his problems with genocide and mass-murder – as (to give a few examples) he has demonstrated with the elimination of the inhabitants of the Americas, the burning and gassing of neighbours which have different beliefs, opinions and skins, and the bombing and atomizing of his women and children. And Sapiens, whose emotions are as unstable as those of Homo, cannot be expected to be more human, less so since his warfare becomes increasingly wicked, cowardly and devastating. Nor should one be deceived by his me-culpa-attacks and his wallowing in humanisms and self-pities, because they are schizophrenia-typical seizures and – as experience shows – very short lived.

[Pam Seeback]

Hopefully, a more hopeful vision of the fortress of Homo:

Created fortresses of self, be they ancient or modern, be they of civilized culture or of nature culture represent the resistance of Self to realize its nondual nature, a truth that is realized only after the fortress has fallen.

There is strong evidence that since the arrival of the internet, the fire of resistance to realize one's empty nature is blazing at apex intensity in co-relation with its collapse or dissolution. Hand in hand with websites and forums that extol the perceived virtues of a walled-off self collective are websites and forums dedicated to questioning the wisdom of the defense and attack position, including of course, the ultimate journey of self inquiry, that of questioning one's nature beyond any and all identification with a self.

Which leads one to logically conclude that the defense and attack passions caused by fortress building are a necessary requirement for their eventual transcendence or 'seeing through', almost as if the fire of self passions is the fuel needed to burn them down.

[waechter418]

Allow me to respond with quoting chapter 22 of "Selfrealisation" (waechter418.wordpress.com) titled "Warrior"

Every R/P system, epoch, culture & generation brings fourth warriors to cleanse and fortify itself. They appear in drabs of saints, uniforms of generals or cloaks of magicians, their weapons are swords, letters, mantras, invocations, mathematical formulas, as well as electric guitars and Molotov cocktails.

The warrior is to counteract the proliferation (or globalization) of weaknesses – i.e. to stabilize the equation of strong & weak forces.

The warrior is to eliminate that which impedes and to encourage/strengthen that which furthers Selfrealisation.

[Flanker27S]

As much as the scenario of a balancing of the quality of life between the South and the North is irrealistic with the leading role of predatory capitalism, it is definitely desirable, as it would lessen the possibility of physical harm, hunger, unemployment and all of these direct threats on our lives, which would, in consequence, free us of our fears that prevent us from realising ourselves.