Name: AnOnYmOuS 2U 2008-04-25 5:30
It is with great pride of character that I propose this idea upon the entire 4chan.org site as well as the science forum. Self-awareness is available for you to partake. But how is this possible you ask? It is not so simple as many would claim, but it is attainable with great dedication and self-discipline. It is lack of that discipline that invariably delays our perceptions to the point that we fall back upon our vary basic emotions as a support system, known as the lymbic system. Self-awareness however resides within the frontal neo-cortex of the brain and can open the doors to how we understand ourselves, others, and the worlds around us. Without the support that our bodies require, that potential quickly diminishes as with one thread pulled, a multitude of stiching is unravelled. Yes we live in an age of ignorance, but not naturally occuring ignorance; rather, an ignorance that is feigned for so long that all that is left is ignorance. Yes, we can choose regression or we can choose evolution, we can change or we can decay that is the stasis of the fact as nothing ever stays the same except that very fact. Life isn't about invincibility or infallibility, it's about absolute vulnerability! -Peaceful Warrior; Dan Millman. The Ego of the mind is our trip hazard. It is the arguer of our own bodily creation to communicate between the ID, and the repressive part of the mind "The Shadow". The ID is the receiver of all bodily perception, this is then filtered through the "Shadow" and transmitted to the Ego as what action need be taken. However, this mechanism of our mind also breeds in its own vested interest. It cares not for the progression of our species, the greater understandings of our peoples, no this simple mechanism only wishes to appease the ID that harbors only a vested interest in preserving itself by preserving the body. That is our greatest weakness, our greatest demon, our true devil. Getting a handle on this one is our worst fear. How can one possibly get a handle on something intangible within? Ancients utilized symbology to form this formless idea into a very real tangible creature and made it so that it could possess another, but the silly part is that they were already in possession as well as the person they attacked. So, by naming another as the devil or a demon or a witch or heretic, so they branded themselves devils in other's eyes. This is the state of the world, the only methodology I see able to combat such attrocity is to better ourselves and breed out ignorance, but breed in self-awareness of the potential for this decadent behavior and to replay all of the events. Thus, war will never cease as it is a means by which people gain security and greater potential for survival. That is the only thing that every human has in commmon. Knowledge for the potential, curiosity for the unknown, discovery of the already pre-existing features, and finally the next step...repression or awareness; the answer I leave entirely up to you.