(12-04-2015, 07:12 PM)SargeMaximus Wrote: It seems very possible that we SHOULD be a hive mind (and that this is already the case) because so much of human existence is inescapably fused with social... stuff. I don't know how to name it but look here, on this very board. People looking to get better with women (social) looking to improve their lives for social reasons. It's all social. The more I've gone through AM, the more I've realized that the idea of "being your own man" is an impossible to achieve concept, because I rely on other people without fail. I can't have sex with hot girls by myself. I need the hot girls in order to do that. I can't be an "alpha" without "betas", etc. This kind of unity is seen throughout life, and the more I think of it, the more I realize that this is, most likely, what is f*cking our species up, as a whole. The whole "us vs. them" paradigm is no good, since you can't get them without us, we're both sides of the same coin. A "bad man" is the same as a "good man" biologically. Labels are all that changes things, and I truly am starting to believe it is the labels that are killing us.
MORE so now that we're trying to be more "tolerant" because we're pointing out MORE labels. It's crazy because the more we specify and analyze and make "different" through labels, the more alone (and afraid) we feel. Thus the only way out of it is to reverse the spiral and move towards unity.
I visited a local park today. The beautiful green lake, kids running around, the warmth of the sun, everything was utterly heart whelming. But I also found myself surrounded by young boys and girls whose activity (taking selfies) I didn't approve of. I wished, at that moment, that they drop their act and be genuine. Why did I judge them not being genuine? Anyway, I ignored them. I felt a serene sense of oneness beside that lake, I felt so small and yet peaceful. My peace was soon disturbed by another group taking selfies, I overheard one of the girl say, "This is going to facebook." And I thought, "Foolish people! Don't they understand how superficial and approval seeking is this?" Soon they departed and my mind flashed back to the times when I took selfies, and it wasn't long ago. Actually, it was in the same park, 50 meters away from where I was sitting.
I did something myself what I resent in other people, I judged. And all the time I judged people for being judge full.
The point is, our thoughts are like boomerangs. Others are a mirror of our own selves. The label we put on others are the very labels that define us. "He is a terrible man!" - No, he isn't a terrible man, he is a mirror who shows you a part of yourself that you find terrible.
So yeah, labels are killing us. "Individuality" and "being your own man" is making us nothing but lonely. We label and tell ourselves that we are different. They are different. But at the end of the day, we are being exactly the same in our differences.
P.S. - The video in the 1st post isn't streaming for me, any alternatives?
