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Please note that the text below was written by the feeling-being ‘Peter’ while ‘he’ lived in a
pragmatic (methodological), still-in-control/same-way-of-being Virtual Freedom before becoming actually free.
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Animism / Environmentalism
Animism: The
attribution of a living soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena. Oxford Dictionary
Peter: The last thirty years, in particular,
have seen countless attempts to re-interpret, re-invent and re-vitalize the ancient traditional superstitions and beliefs in Gods,
Spirits and Life-after-death in a ‘fresh and unique’ way. These attempts have included the modern interpretation of the
celestial spirits as aliens involved in great cosmic visions; the revision of earthly spirits, animism and spiritualism as the
belief in Mother Earth, Gaia or the fervent religion of environmentalism; the resurgence of Divination; the popular practice of
meditation as a ‘turning away’ from the world and going ‘in’, to name a few.
Environmentalism, like all religions, can be seen
superficially by the gullible believers as ‘doing good’, but when one digs deeper than the seemingly noble ideals we see
fervent belief and when it becomes dogma, policy and practice, it causes untold human suffering, hardship, illness and hunger for
hundreds of millions of humans. Environmentalists care more for the spirits of animals and plants and Mother Earth than they do
for the welfare of their fellow human beings. So entrenched is the religion of Environmentalism that it is now taught to children
in schools to an extent that few other religions have managed, and as such, its ubiquitous and debilitating effects are both
widespread and deep-set. It could well be seen as the Next Age religion to emerge, now that Western influence is beginning to
investigate, water-down or reject the more fundamental Eastern religious beliefs.
For an actualist, any spiritual belief, no matter how it is disguised
or formulated, must be investigated and seen for what it is – metaphysical belief and not empirical fact.
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