History--not Doomed, but Designed to Repeat

Learning from history--we are repeatedly told that we are to learn from history as not to repeat it; in order for history not to repeat itself, we would need to remove the hierarchical structures that cause all the suffering and misery in the first place… most humans will never stand for that, because they would need to take full responsibility for their own lives in that case, and that is so much harder than sheepishly following the herd, much harder than most of us think…therefore, human history is not only doomed to repeat itself, it is designed to repeat itself…

Seeking External Validation--LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and more...

External validation—LinkedIn is such a wonderful mirror of our human conditioning (so is facebook, instagram and the long list goes on); we put-up all kinds of profiles seeking external validation; in a way, like little children--where others get to endorse our “skills,” experience, “talents;” where we judge each other based on the blueprint of the society, based on what is desirable and what is not—while some people’s opinions about us matter more than others’… we all eat it up without ever questioning why we need external validation in the first place and who designated the criteria we are judged on and if they are justified or not. This is all understandable however, because regardless of right or wrong, it is so much more comfortable to follow a path that is already carved for everyone to walk on, than to venture out into an authentic new path that no one has walked on before…