We are experiencing a pandemic of self-proclaimed, often fake titles and credentials. False images are popular, while the truth is ignored.
A wise man once said: “the soil is very poor, a breeding ground for idiots”. In repetition of this, we now live in an era where low quality entertainment and the instant gratification of our most primitive desires takes priority.
People don’t learn from history because they are not interested in history. The same goes for other ‘general education’ faculties. Few people can point their location on a map. Quiz show participants and American presidents are well known to fail on geography.
People reach for mentally crippling, aggression provoking drugs while the ‘new age hangmen’ are polishing their old nooses, wearing a smile on their faces.
The news presents us with long episodes, showing the crying faces of victims of crime, but no solution. To add insult to injury, the villains escape with impunity or lenient sentences, free to re-commit, creating fear and anxiety in the community. Fear mongering, be it irresponsible or deliberate, is rife, creating mental illness.
Throughout the ages, those in power have always been habitually encouraging the working class to keep breeding cheap labour and cannon-fodder; little has changed.
Preachers and creators with small congregations are often those who don’t sell themselves out to populism, fame and potential scandalism. Stupidity goes viral on social media. Con artists always had, and still have, large followings. The sincere remain un-noticed. The question is, why don’t people want to experience the real world in all its fullness, grandeur, and glory?
We are experiencing an era of highjacked spirituality, operating as a commercialised, indoctrinated pseudo spirituality, as well as a lack of, or the complete absence of spirituality.
The world is in need of a spiritual renaissance, a revival of our spiritual senses and the dawning of a culture of content vigilance.