Each person has a center of information and knowledge that influences his actions and decisions concerning the material and spiritual worlds. This center of information derives from environmental experiences, both past and present, from this life and previous lives. Whether this knowledge results from karma, the psyche, or the soul, has no relevancy for the purpose of this essay; it is only important that we recognize that it exists.
This inner knowledge (also referred to as the Inner Voice) determines the path we take in life, or if the path has been forced upon us, how we deal with it and perhaps eventually change it. It determines the entertainment, knowledge, and friendships that we seek or encounter. When we are ready for growth in a certain area it points us in the direction where additional knowledge can be acquired. If we are not ready for growth in a specific area we will spurn all knowledge presented to us concerning it. For instance, if we are not ready for spiritual growth we would not open a religious text if it were put in our laps. On the other hand, when ready for spiritual growth we will not only open the text but would find it if it were in the store across the street.
There is a collective psyche as well as an individual psyche. Family, religion, and ethnicity can influence the collective psyche. National psyches and world psyches also exist.
When national psyches become obsessed with materialism and corrupted, prophets arise to warn the populace of the consequences. Usually these prophets do not fare very well as they are opposing the collective national consciousness. Sometimes societies collapse, and sometimes enough of a minority heeds the words of the prophets to bring about change or escape the consequences befalling the majority.
In the political arena changes are brought about by a complete change in government through electoral means, political coups or revolutions. The political and/or spiritual force that enables change derives from the collective consciousness of the people uniting in rebellion at the way of life that it perceives as wrong or oppressive. Uprisings frequently appear spontaneous in nature but they result from the smoldering mass psyche of a significant minority reaching a point that it will no longer tolerate existing conditions whether economic, political, or spiritual.
Most political changes fail because the fundamental issues do not get changed. The French revolution serves as an example, which when it was over resulted in a larger more intrusive government than before.
Changes seem to be brewing in most governments now as the populace increasingly recognizes that all aspects of society have begun to crumble. However, if the left replaces the right, or the right replaces the left, conditions will not improve because the fundamental cause of the issue—gross materialistic thought and practice—will not have been addressed.
The Western psyche cannot change, nor can it alter its gross materialistic thinking even though its society is crumbling. It could not do it during the fall of Greece; nor could it do it during the fall of Rome. Israel could not do it during the time of the prophet Jeremiah. All those societies perished.
A national psyche establishes an unwritten censorship against thinking contrary to its own. The communications media will not address views not in accord with what the national psyche can understand. If the national psyche has positive values it will endure, if it has negative values truth becomes unrecognizable as society wallows in ignorance until it self-destructs.
The Western materially oriented society is imploding, and those who recognize it should make plans for survival. Those who subscribe to this website have expressed their realization that something is amiss in the modern, material industrial world, wherever they may live. There are two areas of action that I recommend.
First we must increase the awareness of others concerning the existing conditions. By doing this we will be taking steps to create a small but growing minority that will affect the world psyche. This can be done by discussing the issues on this website with those whom you feel might be interested and motivating them to subscribe to this website. Surely you must know one person whom you can influence to subscribe to this website and/or invest in a set of books as you did. Do not underestimate your influence on the world stage.
In addition to increasing societal awareness we must take steps to survive as the collapse nears. We must learn to grow as much of our food as we can. Even if we do not own property we can learn how to grow bean sprouts and other foods that can be raised in an apartment. We must learn home health remedies and holistic healing as the health care system breaks down. I have tentative plans to offer specific survival programs and am considering using Facebook as the vehicle to do so.
We will also have to develop alternate living arrangements as the cost of living alone becomes increasingly prohibitive aside from being unnatural. Several generations will again live in one house, which will not only reduce costs but will provide an environment of nurturing love and a storehouse of wisdom.
As a reminder of what Men’s Action to Rebuild Society stands for, it is spiritually based and gender oriented and promotes a more natural way of life for humankind. The forming of its name was motivated by the words of Isaiah who called up the people to rebuild on the old foundations and become known as the rebuilders.
The time is at hand to start preparations to become rebuilders. What is your Inner Voice telling you? Are you ready to take a few steps to affect the world psyche?
E.G.
