96) Which direction is humanity going? Written by Rainer: rainer.lehrer@yahoo.com Learn languages (via Skype): Rainer: + 36 20 549 52 97 or + 36 20 334 79 74

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Which direction is humanity going? They had just climbed down from the tree and were looking for edible roots, mushrooms and tubers with sticks and sharp stones, and their stomachs could handle half-rotten carrion. There had only been leaves, fruit and a few bugs on the trees. Suddenly a deafening roar was heard, elsewhere a howl. Predators! They were feared and were considered evil spirits to be appeased. The field was cultivated and now one waited for suitable weather. The Lord of Heaven over the sun, moon, and lightning sent rain to fertilise mother earth and let the plants flourish. Just as if the man fertilised his wife, from which children were born. Or the calf that started giving milk when it was two years old. There was less fear of predators now because walls were built and dogs kept to drive them away. The god of heaven had a son, the high priest, the pharaoh, the king, the strongest or the cleverest. Everything belonged to him and everything depended on him. He waged war against other groups or settlements, or rather, let others fight for him, made foreign tribes, who had been his brothers a few generations before, his subjects. Slowly the individual awoke, realising that he himself was a god when the gods were behaving just like humans. He made fun of himself and his fantasies. Everyone had the same rights. Everyone? Only those who had already developed an awareness, or had been brought up to do so, that was a minority. But it remained difficult to find a replacement for God and King. Principles with which ego and other ego's could go into a common direction. But there were only a few who, like Socrates, would have drunk the cup of poison in defence of their own ego. First, the question of the state had to be resolved, the basic principles had to be carved in stone and the legal status of ownership and property had to be regulated. The community turned out to be too big, too many sold their votes for a little prosperity and protection, not even security, but only relief. However, without own thoughts, fewer new ideas arise. The strong hierarchy broke the idea of the ego. The ego again subordinated itself to the “we”. The emperor replaced the god again. The descent in the Middle Ages should lead to deeper darkness. Even art, the expression of the individual, suffered a push back, in some cases it was, so to speak, forbidden. Bad and good spirits, who were no less merciless than the bad ones, took hold of the soul, another word for the human spirit or perhaps understanding. This world was a valley of misery, real life had to begin after death. People of other faiths oppressed the country, so one had to learn and develop techniques. Knowledge wears down faith. There were people who claimed that the earth was not a plate but a sphere, the earth on which man lived was not the centre of the world. What a presumption! Had the person whom God was said to have created in his image found his unworthy place somewhere on the fringes of events? Doubt gnawed at the belief in a higher power and made a freer understanding of the world, of money, economy and development of trade possible. The individual slowly moved back into the limelight. It grew lighter around him, he opened his eyes and saw. Should he trust what he saw or withdraw into his cave? He no longer only wanted to be the product of creation, but to determine his own destiny. Ever greater masses acquired knowledge. This was necessary because the upper classes also recognised that the time for simple manual labour was over. If a power wanted to remain at the top, it had to train its subjects to a certain degree. With that, the power dug its own grave. This “elite” was still often going to succeed in turning the common people against one another, with nationalism, hatred against those who think or live differently. Two steps to freedom was followed by one back. Any backward movement led to pogroms, the Holocaust and war. We are slowly moving forward. Religion and other superstitions are losing their influence, offices are no longer sold, but awarded with salaries based on earnings and training. One can also come up from below, even if still with great difficulty, schools are free or accessible to everyone. People living differently, such as homosexuals, after they were initially punished with imprisonment or sometimes even with death, or tortured with electric shocks or diagnosed as sick, or labelled as having a genetic fault, can marry and adopt children in many countries. Women, Asians and Africans are high-ranking politicians or heads of state in the most important industrialised countries, even if some would like to stop this development because they believe it will lead to the destruction of tradition and culture. And then, the Internet came, which enabled knowledge to be disseminated even better. Lies are hard to hide. At some point, the small man will control the state and the upper classes, and no longer the other way around. Back to list!

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