The Modern Error

Materialism is the modern error - the error of the Modern Era!

Preaching to the choir is all we can do.  Argument does not work - only reproduction in numbers of those who know the Absolute Truth to the point of an overwhelming crushing force of the Forces of Lies. 

Spirituality always wins in the long run.  The problem is generational mutations that seem to swamp out Spirituality before Darwin, or God, wipes the mutants from the face of the Earth.  

The greatest Truths are the simplest ones.  The number 6 - take this for example.  Where in physical space is the number 6?  You cannot find it in physical space.  Thus, there are non-material existents.  thus, Materialism is false.  Do you have evidence of the existence of the number 6?  No.  Do you have data to support the existence of the number 6?  No.  Numbers exist in the abstract realm of mathematics and have absolutely no physical attributes.  

Thus, we have demonstrated simply that we are capable of reasoning and thinking in a completely non-material way that is absolutely true.  Nobody can claim the non-existence of the number 6.  

Thus, there are areas of study - sciences - where data and evidence are completely irrelevant - and completely absurd.  (For advanced philosophers, we all know that even in the sciences, one cannot only use data or evidence, but that is for another time.)  

Thus, taking about things we know are absolutely true, but outside of the realm of the physical sciences, is perfectly acceptable, and in many cases, a superior form of thinking and reasoning.  

Closing ourselves off to non-material reasoning makes us half human.  And, half humans will not survive the Next Inevitable Darwinian purge.  The ancients said, "without a vision my people perish."  And, this means, in modern terms, we humans who do not conform to the conditions of survival, will not survive.  

Human survival in all places and all times requires non-physical reasoning.  Or, death.  

What shall you do?  Focus on Meaning and Vision.  Very simple, but sometimes hard.

Spiritual Retreats

To function efficiently, we have to have routines.  We wake at similar times, and perform certain morning routines, before beginning work.  Then we retire and settle in to close the day with more routines we repeat quite often.

When we get into autopilot, sometimes we get stuck and lose perspective.  Those fine-tuned to spirituality know that we must break the routine to regain perspective when we become numb or low energy.  We need something to break the repeating infinite loop to re-inject some life.

A country ride is one way to do this.  I recently took a drive through the desert to clear my head and to rejuvenate.  

Drinking to the point where you are no longer your normal self is another way of regaining spirituality.  Judaism and Christianity have sacred meals with wine for a reason.  All spiritual people know the importance of intoxication of some sort.  Teetotalers are generally lacking in spirituality unless they have another form of intoxication to reprogram the mind from routine boredom and numbness.  

But, one way or another, you have to break the routine when you approach numbness.  Perspective brings meaning, and Spirituality, at its core, is finding meaning.