We live in perilous times.
peril, noun
1. serious and immediate danger
With each new Age, there is a reorganization that takes place. “Organized labor” has led to organized “bodies” as objects. As the Internet paves the way for Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), and the Internet of Bodies (IoB), the value of the Human Being and Nature comes second to Cybernetics and Cyberspace.
In the subtle transition of human society to A.I., we may be half-asleep, unable to see that we face the same threats as Nature. Slowly, our environment, security, and human rights are being replaced with Virtual Reality, Cybersecurity, and Digital Rights.
In our half-sleep state of consciousness, are we planting the seeds for our own extinction?
In forgetting our connection to the Cosmos and Earth, we have become convinced that a connection to the Metaverse will improve the human condition to bring an artificial telepathy and immortality. We forget we are already eternal beings through spirit, with the ability to develop the subtle gifts of clairvoyance, telepathy, and immortality.
In failing to think for ourselves, we take on other’s thoughts and live out other’s lives.
Normalizing Transhumanism
When we plug into the Internet, we become an extension of it; part of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN).
The Metaverse is a virtual Universe, a playground of illusion. Here, we see the frequencies and become part of the digital framework, through a digital ID. A digital Meta headset is a portal to travel through a digital avatar. Our digital twin allows us to play a tennis match without a partner, a court, a racket, or a ball.
Research going back two decades (The Mind and the Brain) shows that the way one thinks has a physiological effect on how the brain is shaped and developed. Our thoughts shape the neurological pathways that enable us to have thoughts.
You become what you think about all day long. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In contrast, living in a world saturated in frequencies and propaganda, connected to the Internet, cell phones and TV, technology directs new neurological pathways to create a “media mind.” Recent research shows Smartphone addiction impairs memory and the ability to retain new information.
Without discernment on how technology is used, the human nervous system and our thoughts are given over to artificial transmissions that tell us what to think. Machine learning is the dynamic of AI, teaching machines to imitate the way humans learn.
Human individual consciousness changes to group consciousness and then a Borg-like, cluster management.
What happens when human will power – the capacity to think, decide, and act for one’s self – becomes a machine activity?
Humans become automatons, subject to the will of IT engineers.
Children, most of all, are at risk. Comprehensive code curriculums are the new school curriculums, where every child gets a headset and a computer to follow a coder’s ladder. Once individual identity is blended to the group, no one thinks of him/herself as unique. Humanism becomes Transhumanism, with the merging of humans with machines (IoT), to do the bidding of an unseen programmer.
Where is the book in which the teacher can read about what teaching is? The children themselves are this book. We should not learn to teach out of any book other than the one lying open before us and consisting of the children themselves. — Rudolf Steiner, Rhythms of Learning
Objects without identity do not require a gender or a title. They are replaceable with Smart™ robots. They are deemed “non-essential.” They are expendable.
Can a dumbed-down humanity “wake up”?
The Solutions
To be human is to embrace a sense of Nature and Humanity.
Human life has a spiritual purpose. Each individual is endowed with unique gifts, purpose, wisdom, and genius. Our purpose is to unfold our unique character as courageously as possible.
Character is higher than intellect… A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.— Ralph Waldo Emerson
As every Age has its struggles, we are gifted life to persevere and remember why we are here.
How do we dial back A.I. in favor of spirituality and the rhythms of Nature? We remember how to be fully human.
Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) developed Anthroposophy, or “spiritual science,” to recognize that humans, like Nature are both matter and beyond matter.
Anthroposophy translates as “human wisdom” from the Greek Anthropos. and Sophia. Within Anthroposophy there is something intrinsically human.
Steiner’s genius developed the best elements from the ancient traditions and combined them from a spiritual perspective. Spiritual science is a synthesis of spirit and science because Steiner recognized that science, as true science (not consensus science), must be recognized by spiritually-minded people.
Steiner not only gifted the world with spiritual science, but also with the Waldorf School system, to adapt to the growing child, and Biodynamic Farming, to honor the sacred human connection to Earth, by nurturing and healing it (vs. dousing it with chemicals).
Since Steiner’s time, the concepts of “human wisdom” have been exchanged for “artificial intelligence,” with little opposition.
Fall of Humanity
The challenge for us is to recognize how spirit and matter have been separated, on purpose, when in reality they are a unified whole.
In order to change the duplicity of society, we must first change ourselves, by our thinking, our willpower, and our actions. As each of us is responsible for our choices, it is us, collectively, that are responsible for these perilous times, and for this Fall.
Our challenge is to reconnect to the sacredness of Earth and Nature for the evolution of Humanity. Steiner’s message to farmers was that the work they do on the land must balance the work they do on themselves. That message can apply to each of us, no matter what we do.
If we do not believe within ourselves this deeply rooted feeling that there is something higher than ourselves, we shall never find the strength to evolve into something higher. — Rudolf Steiner
I ride my bike through the valleys, cities, mountains, deserts, lakes and the sea front and cross rivers and streams and pastures and bikinis. I fly with the birds. Cruise control over a hundred miles and hour through the Utah straightaways. Winding through the endless twistys just to turn around to catch it all from the other side. Extreme heat. In the rain all day. Even a little snow. Freezing cold. All natures elements. Not just riding season. Wind. Extreme sideways wind and the sand and tumbleweeds. Calmness. Ecstatic. Singing my new songs. Or old ones.
Outstanding commentary, Dr. R! I agree with Jason above, too! Rosanne, I still can hardly see what I’m typing as it’s even worse since last year.
The three individuals you mentioned (Goethe, Emerson & Steiner) were giants among men and what they said still rings true to day in this lopsided country we live in plus other nations wanting to emulate us, and it’s sad to see so much of Mother Nature being destroyed for new dwellings, shopping malls, commercial businesses etc., but then the world’s population has increased by over 7 billion people since they wrote those priceless books on our true nature.
Thanks for writing this uplifting article,!
Thank you, Frank. What exactly can’t you see? What colors would you prefer?
100% correct and so easy to see if one is paying attention – I could not have put it into words as well as you.
Thanks for your feedback, always!