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This shift in the domain of mythology is an indication of the progress of human consciousness: the realization of God as spirit, in place of obedience to Gods that are creatures independent of men, Gods that rule the world and control man's fate and actions. This shift is exactly what I meant by saying in my comments that Moses raised mythology from outward idolatry to inward law of proper behavior.

Please note that I don't say that God is the unconscious. God is the object which serves as the projection of our unconscious inner self, of the best within us. This is a projection to the best out there that can inspire our feelings of selfless love and compassion.

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On the other hand, God of Moses is described as the spirit that created the Universe, and also created man in His image and likeness. Man for the first time has God's substance in him (the spirit). Being a spirit He is not shown on images or sculpture. His very name is not to be used in vain. The unconscious could not have a name, anyway. Worshipping Him means obeying the Ten Commandments, which are recipes for the behavior of the good man. The majority of them formulate the greatest don'ts of the Golden Rule, which, when violated would cause severe damage in human relations.

The first case is mythology with public acceptance in a given culture. The second case is a call to the individual to develop a personal relation with his God, to develop a mode of behavior that promotes good human relations. It is the mythology of each man's unconscious; a personal mythology.

5 minutes ago: As a citizen of india I know that our ancestors are socially and ecomonically were very superior prior the British invasion. And the current situation in our country is due to the dicline in our own cultural values which was well designed by the Britishers through changing the way we learn and the content we learn which is ridiculous. They know our strength is our spiritual approach which is the base of Indian culture. So to destabilise this they designed a cirriculum which they call scientific and logical. This plan of destabilising Indian culture through changing the cirriculum and the activities are recorded in the British Parliment.

10 minutes ago: Brendan,

Thank you for your remarks on my comments.

On the issue of mythology, you must have noticed that I see religions as reflecting the evolution of man's consciousness in his endeavor to get in touch with the unconscious. The unconscious is his personal universe as perceived by his senses. When creating a religion, man uses his intuition (feedback from his unconscious) to unfold the story (mythology) of his universe, and to develop a code of behavior (e.g. rituals, the Law, the Golden Rule) that will give rise to feelings of happiness and completeness when applied in everyday life.

As an example, consider Ancient Greek mythology with its 12 principal (Olympian) Gods and Goddesses. Not uncommon to see their bodies in sculptures, or their supposed intervention in human affairs in mythical stories in disguise. Ancient Greeks offered sacrifices and performed rituals in order to be in good terms with them and ensure success in their undertakings.

30 minutes ago: It is ofcourse intolerable that people aren't paid or their tickets home stolen. But let us not make crime the only side of development. Over one million migrant workers who live and work in Dubai have made a better life for themselves. Over one million poor families in Pakistan and India may have escaped poverty, may have increasing their skills and producitivty, may have gotten hope of a better tommorow.

Labor migration and development in the middle-east and Asia have improved the lives of perhaps more people than all aid in history. Yes there are serious issues that needs resolving, but let's not make that the whole story.

30 minutes ago: In China, certain parts of the history is being or has been forgotten. But I guess Sino-Japanese war, particularly the 2nd one, which I guessis the one you are talking about, is not on the list. That is even the main resource of Chinese's emotion against Japanese.

30 minutes ago: Issues and the awareness around them seem to "have their time" for emergence into the collective consciousness. Once sparked, they can move very fast from obscurity to action, and it looks likely that this issue's time has come. Cameron, can you direct us to a platform where more focused activity is being developed on this? Someplace where viewer / readers here can deepen their understanding and contribute towards change?

2 hours ago: They stole that left hand figure from Oscar Peterson!!! As for Mike, stop being such a child. Your comment had nothing pertinent to say, except that you feel insignificant in comparison with such a massive talent. And of course there are better musicians in the world, but I bet Gabriela Montero wasn't this good when she was 14. And another thing, improvisation is far more than a gimmick. Brad Mehldau's entire career is based on improvisation; and I dare you to say you could outplay him, in any musical context.

3 hours ago: i want a stroke :)

3 hours ago: so lucky

3 hours ago: Thank you - this short talk gives an excellent insight (for a westerner) into the minds of most of the worlds populace.

4 hours ago: What I found shocking was his description of Indic in terms of a single upper caste mythology. Fuzziness can also be a means of hiding exploitation and thievery apart from being a means of tolerating difference.

4 hours ago: the way it works is that gravity pulls the device down and the degrees are in reference to it being level. you then sight down the arm and where it lines up with the star you can reference and that would give you your degrees.
you also don't have to be exactly right. you only really need an approximation. by the time the approximations become a problem you could do something about it

4 hours ago: I must be missing something.. - right after he gives the example where people who have the chance to swap are less happy I believe he says

" the irreversible condition is not conducive to the synthesis of happiness" 18:05

4 hours ago: I think whats even cooler is that the need to know the time and your location could produce such a simple, elegant, beautifully crafted machine and even cooler could produce a 3 dimensional sky map on a flat surface

5 hours ago: War doesn't happen when one party can completely obliterate another party. War happens when two parties have the same ability to kill each other or at least claim to have the same ability openly. which is why they're brutal. the research in weapons is mostly to keep ahead of everyone else so that when the time comes we can handle things in a manner where nobody has to do much of anything. which doesn't make sense but neither does war.

5 hours ago: it is REALLY fun, i highly suggest getting certified

5 hours ago: i think whats gonna blow your mind is that ultimately thats what the weapons end up doing is solving conflicts and distributing wealth so that people can start focusing on energy and water problems

5 hours ago: You should read a little bit of history (of India).

Indians have an attitude of having the better understanding than those who are in the hot seat. Imagine everyone criticizing the gov. for its uselessness.

Isn't this critical thinking?

There is also critical thinking of self, if you read some stuff and look at some religious practices.

The fight is not with the outside world. It is fight with oneself and to overcome the limitations one has (in a sense of greed, anger, lust etc)
and to be the greatest human being.

Nowhere in the world you will find a religion saying - the world is your family. Krishna said it thousands of years back.

In a nutshell:
You can't compare apple and orange. You can eat them, enjoy the taste.
You might like apple. Someone else might like Orange.

I like both. Need I say more?

5 hours ago: Abhimanyu,

Big Bazar checking your bags doesn't mean you are treated as a thief.

You will always find people shop-lifting anywhere in the world. And, in US I have seen people's bag checked at Costco/Walmart. So, your argument is baseless.

I don't trust the rankings like no.1 in shoplifting. Makes me laugh when people spend their energy on petty things.

How many people went to shops and how many of them really indulged in shop-lifting?
Do you have any official number or source to prove it? I will treat it as urban legend or a rumor which you heard from some newspaper and kept passing on, for you to believe it to be true and want others to believe it as well.

Yes, West has given the world best of the things of "modern" times.
Look at East (and the past), if you are open to see - you will see that East has everything imaginable

IMO, it is not East vs West.
World needs a mix of both in right proportion.

Where will you put Japan? (East West)