Tag Archives: civilization

  [Missing from between 04.01.11. ”Hope” and  05.01.11. ”The Pendulum Swings”] The religion of civilization has failed many times over. It fails because its seed is human values and not the values of Spirit.  

Our civilization, much touted as a great achievement, is a human and spiritual failure. A human failure because it has created great inequality to its peoples and great damage to its environment, and a spiritual failure because its motivation has … Continue reading →

  If we look in a good dictionary at the definition of ‘civilize’ we find that very few who claim to be civilized are, in fact, civilized! In fact, after critical scrutiny, we find that it is the so-called uncivilized … Continue reading →

Our civilization is like a snake which, being unaware of its tail, has got hold of it and is devouring itself obsessively.

Western civilization is driven by economics dependent on consumerism and materialism. Both consumerism and materialism are created by craving. Because spiritual progress is dependent upon the elimination of craving, any civilization dependent on craving is not sustainable.