Does Anyone Actually Win At Life?

Why Do We Lead A Life Of Pretending?

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The issue at stake here is as old as humanity, but it has never been truly confronted once and for all. As a result, societies have lived for over 5,000 years in an illusion that is now about to break us apart for good

Emotionally. Spiritually. And physically.

We have worshiped a culture of fakery for quite some time, and the price tag is the global epidemic of loneliness, social divides, global financial bankruptcy, and possibly another world war.

It is indeed time to ponder what we have been doing so far, because the real battle amid that is waged against our humaneness, as Greg Braden puts it.

The scariest is perhaps the fact that most people remain unable to realize why the “us vs them” is a dichotomy meant to distract above all. Life will forever remain a mystery with its contradictions, which, if we pay good attention, are like the pieces of a puzzle called the Greater Reality.

Death gives life meaning and otherwise.

Although almost everybody would agree with this, our society lives in a profound death-denial. A human being becomes obsolete after 55 years old in the workforce. Artificial Intelligence is only going to exacerbate the matter. The Ancients had a deeper understanding of such concepts and actively cultivated them throughout their lives.

Our materialistic era, which began with the Renaissance and marked the transition from the Middle Ages to Modernity, holds the secret of our downfall. Since then, the pursuit of wealth has never shown signs of winding down, far to the contrary, and this despite several economic upheavals caused by speculation. Early colonialism, East and West, also created a vast amount of wealth at the expense of worse genocides and endless wars in Europe.

Nothing has changed. Here, we’d recommend the book, Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber. When debt propels economies, we borrow from the future, and the present becomes elusive, as we are always worried about our security. The power of currencies lies in their ability to leverage. It is essential to prioritize life over profit, therefore.

What is important to grasp here is that history, as taught, is a giant illusion too, as all economic systems were meant to harvest energy and conduct massive hypnosis, under the guise of making us believe that Wealth can be achieved. The international education system is a gargantuan failure.

Between birth and death, what we regard as accomplishments are generally mere egoic projections that keep envy, anxiety, and suffering levels high since education instills the notion of social status from a very early age. Our crisis in consciousness is nothing new. At the end of life, a vast majority regret having played the game or feel a deep sense of personal failure.

The finitude of life acts as a magical eraser, bringing everything back to a zero-sum game. It is a game that nobody wins. Many can find the thrill of winning worth trying, but even the winners lose everything. The morality of the story, nonetheless, is that believing in an illusion, which spreads irrationality and even harms the environment, is now catching up with the Collective Ego.

The sooner we wake up to the Sacredness of life, the better!

Life wants us to remain authentic til the end. And no amount of pretending will make it right. Pride, Competition, and Ambition Are Obstacles To Society’s Welfare.

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