1/ I read an article today about why so many people are angry online. There are many reasons of course, but at their core all solutions have a spiritual dimension...

Jul 20, 2021 · 4:30 AM UTC

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2/ The over-financialization of our society has desacralized the world, leaving people with fewer & fewer ways to connect with the tender & fragile dimensions that make life meaningful. Material forces have been deemed some ultimate reality & inner dimensions given short shrift.
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3/ This has disconnected us from any sense of meaning beyond our identity as consumers and our dog-eat-dog need to compete for survival in a world that shows less and less compassion for anyone.
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4/ Separated from the essential spirit or soul that is the core of our humanity, people are thrown into internal chaos and fear. Everyone and everything seems dangerous, the online world providing an allowable place to express the rage that is a cover for our despair.
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5/ We will need to heal this rift and re-sacralize our world, or the internal chaos too many of us experience and then project onto the world will destroy us. Every day is an opportunity to do our part to help reweave the torn fabric of human civilization.
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6/ Whatever we do, whatever we are, affects the world in ways we can’t even imagine. Tiny filaments of energy flow forth from every thought we think. It’s not just a matter of our own inner peace, but the collective effort that is needed now in order to save the world.
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7/ Nothing is more important than that we learn to think with love. It's not always easy - at times it's very hard - but every moment we can try…
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I never thought I'd say this, but we seem to have a decent Catholic Pope who at least says good things. I'm a fan of #FratelliTutti
Replying to @marwilliamson
Loss of family formation and loosening of community bonds has to rank high on causes. People feel alone
Replying to @marwilliamson
Anger is the only emotion we expect humans to suppress when it is an expression of and rooted in pain or a harm done. Maybe we need to explore the why's behind the anger in some.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Spot on. Directly coupled to the questions about capitalism. There is a way out...
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It's because they shut down Club Penguin
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Well, there is that, and of course the fact that a number of material quality of life / well-being indicators have turned south
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Yeah, I agree with all of this. But you missed the part about the algorithms working to divide, confuse and inflame us in service of power and capital.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
You are so right. All of this. Late stage capitalism has dehumanized us. I refuse to allow it to dehumanize me. Be the love in line at the grocery store, at work, with our neighbors and family.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
This reminds me of Herbert Marcuse's One-Dimensional Man.
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