The Second Insight - "Conciousness"

The Second Insight extends our consciousness of historical time. It shows us how to observe culture not just from the perspective of our own life-times but from the perspective of a whole millennium. It reveals our preoccupation (to manipulate natural resources for our own benefit, to raise our standard of living, our sense of secular and economic security in the world) to us and so lifts us above it. When you see human world now, you should see this obsessiveness, the intense preoccupation with economic progress. The problem was that our focussed, obsessive drive to conquer nature and make ourselves more comfortable had left the natural systems of the planet polluted and on the verge of collapse.

Now, however, we have spent enough time settling into the world. It’s time now to wake up from the preoccupation and reconsider our original question. What’s behind life on this planet? Why are we really here?

Aren’t we responsible towards nature?…..how much can we exploit it, where does it stop? Do we give back what we take from nature? Aren’t we disturbing the balance by taking too much? At this rate, will this planet be an ideal habitat for our future generations? THINK!!!