On occasion western civilization seems bent upon engaging in a startling, and perhaps quite dangerous bit of psychic engineering. I would find it odd, but for the fact that people generally prefer the safe to the arduous, the certain to the speculative. It is the unusual ones, those who eschew the known for the unknowable, who chart most of the progress in the record of the advancement of species. That they also form the foundation of much misery and failure is the inevitable price to be paid. Evolution, both of creatures, and their societies, is not a game for the faint of heart.<\/p>\n
The human animal is born in pain and fear. It is perhaps an accidental mercy that the memory of birth is so feeble, so deeply buried, that it does not haunt the dreams of every living man and woman every night of their lives. It becomes clear that in birth, Man faces His first great trauma. What surprises me when I choose to muse upon it is that Man seems desirous of eliminating that which forms the bedrock of His experience of life. Lacking trauma, what would drive the creature that is Man? That is the experiment the West seems to be setting forth. I wonder at its wisdom for the mind of Man seems to thrive on trauma. What will be made of Him should He somehow circumvent the hardening found in that kiln for the soul?<\/p>\n
It is not some conscious endeavor, nor is it particularly well under way. It moves in fits and starts, being seen in efforts to shield the youthful against any and all duress or hardship born of failure. It is seen in the penchant for demanding that some greater entity stand in to assure that no one should be offended, distressed or discomfited by either malice or simple happenstance. Nor is this trend guaranteed to continue for reality is a mistress most harsh and given to stilling such foolishness in the womb.<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, it does seem to be a process that could build a certain momentum. It bears watching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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