Searching for another world - A discussion about the passions and purpose of man

Fivos Karakitsos

Synopsis

In the storm of transformation that we have experienced over the years, the notion of «I want to be, and I act» has started to manifest not in the form of physical existence —by simply choosing positions to live one’s life as a physical being— but in the delusion of the greatness of power of an «I», that lives in the recognition and favorable opinions of others, and which creates a new unconscious core that absorbs all the energy of being towards itself. A situation that has trapped our will and with it our freedom. And just when men thought they were beginning to wake up and remember, they actually began to fall asleep and forget who they really are and what their higher mission is. This is a misunderstanding.
In the same vein, the revelation that the human machine contains an innate organ aimed at fulfilling the higher mission we undertake during our cosmic appearance as beings, the state of our immortality, gives us the ability to understand a system of collaboration that has so far eluded our grasp in terms of space and time. A very important discussion begins here, requiring courage and consistency to proceed.

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