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The great mind hack they have done is to convince us that it is for our own good to drink their bath water.

 “…..this dark underbelly, which is underway has caused many thought leaders to question the ethical basis of where this version of Transhumanism is taking us.

A philosophical question that I ask myself is:  what would be the nature of our consciousness if and when we achieve senescence or conquer death? 

What is the type of world we create, what is the quality of life in that world?

Who will be setting the rules when Transhumanism is thrust on humanity?

The most vital and central question this Sutra evokes is whether we have made ourselves comfortably numb and dependent on dogma, conjecture and other’s opinion. 

Perhaps we should blame ourselves for our own disembowelment of our own authority? 

This infatuation with gurus or exotic teachers, ancient texts and lineages that give comfort because  echo our beliefs, betrays our inability or fear of standing on our own.

That cliched Matrix that you speak about , is composed of theocrats, technocrats that deploy Artificial Intelligence and is the new Intelligentsia….”

 

 

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