Conflicting Spectra? (Part 2)

iii. Common errors and flaws resides within false notions concerning permanence. In a sense, these errors may be necessary for species preservation. Else stability, and even civilization, would seem futile. The present is the only definite experience, but fleeting and gone before we may often contemplate its significance. Time was not always so regimented. One may not always trust memory. Symbolic civilization dulls recall. The future is hidden. The past always appears through different eyes. The strongest influences appear eternal. Being less crucial for the development of civilization, the concrete overshadows the abstract. In a technological society, one is consumed by the present. Contemplation becomes rare or actually unwelcome to those adapted to hyper-stimulated states. Dreams are often interrupted by the alarm clock. Did past ages have their sleep so broken? The present molds all into its fabric, which shapes and breaks eternal notions. Advancement is narrowed to progress. Fundamental changes occur far more slowly. The dedication required to oversee true advancement would be unwelcome for most. Obligations beyond the immediate are considered irrelevant in a world beyond such quaint notions as beyond good and evil. Our society suddenly thrust under the depths of religious piety would drown. The only alternative to out-dated medieval moralities for establishing collective responsibility is a social revolution.

iv. The anti-natural kills slowly or otherwise by ignoring or discounting nature. Although possibly an error, it should not be confused with ignorance. The product of the human intellect, the anti-natural is the spawn of decadent genius or confusion. A march to the sea is only natural for lemmings. Supposedly higher notions and ideals make men rodents. The denial of life is anti-natural. The denial of death is anti-natural. Reaffirmation requires accepting certainties, including the distasteful. Certain paths have little room. One does not jump best in the dark or over unseen barriers. Skewed from a central balance, valuations become uneven. Life becomes either discounted or obsessed over in excessive attention to details. An eternal soul becomes an excuse for inaction. The next world will be better. Reality has some constant components, but much besides also matters. Imposed value systems, long past their prime, will never reach their initial peak where their adoption appeared necessary. Fanaticism mellows with age. Moral systems are requirements of custom which preserve the community through demanding adherence and obedience. Often the original cause is long past, but discipline requires the maintenance of morality, possibly in homage to the community. Not surprisingly, some will fail to see the point, or create new customs to establish their power. Whether reform or regression, a counter influence will always demand at least some alteration. The base or beginning always fades behind in the mist, and partially lost to the mythical. The beginning becomes far different than its end, and even more anti-natural...