But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.

People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

2 Timothy 3

(an anonymous author, sometime between 90 and 140 AD. Wikipedia)  

PESSIMISM

I don't think there is a future for humanity. I think we are screwed. There are many of us now who have given up all hope. Emissions of greenhouse gases continue to increase, despite all alarm reports and climate conferences.

Neither politicians nor everyday people are willing to change their way of living. We want cheap gas for our cars, cheap clothes, and cheap utility bills. India, China, and Indonesia plan to build hundreds of new coal-fired power plants. They need lots of cheap electricity because the west has moved their factories to them. And several European countries plan to reopen their closed coal power plants because they don't want to buy natural gas from Russia.

The world is spending more than 2000 billion dollars yearly on defense. And now we are rearming. We need new nuclear arms, robotic systems, and submarines. We have to defend ourselves from each other.

All our political and religious belief systems have been grotesque. Not even modern science has been able to save us. We have now reached the end of the story; we only have a few pages left.

The idea that this global civilization will perish is not morbidly pessimistic. All previous civilizations have perished. Only ruins remain. Also, 99% of all species that have existed here on earth no longer exist. Other species will take over after us, maybe flies or cockroaches. Evolution works like this.

BELIEFS

I don't mind if you believe in reincarnation, astrology, or homeopathy. It doesn't bother me if you think that Jesus died for our sins or that Mohamed was the last of the prophets. I don't mind if you trust yourself or if you trust some wacky Guru.

You can believe whatever you want as long as you are not pestering or harassing other people for their beliefs.

It is a huge problem here in this world that followers of different beliefs insist on fighting and even going to war to disseminate their silly ideas.

WHAT IDEAS DO YOU REFUSE TO GIVE UP?

What religious or political ideology do you cling to, like a toddler to its mother? What worldview? What beliefs?

Maybe you will never be a guitarist in a rock and roll band. Perhaps you will never be an author. Maybe you will never be recognized for anything. Possibly you will never advance in your career. Maybe you will never get promoted. Perhaps you will always have to obey orders. Maybe you will always have to be a subordinate.

To be nothing but a human being, isn't this to be a loser among billions of other losers?

Some people are superior, and some people are inferior. Some people are worth billions of dollars; others are worth not even a cent. Most of us are on the lower rungs.

With positive thinking, hard work, and the grace of God, you can climb to a higher position. (A good-looking woman can, of course, take a shortcut and marry a rich man.)

Learn from the rich, the self-improvement coaches, and the evangelical pastors about how you can advance and reach a higher position.

The only thing that counts is money. Don't be a fool. The supreme God is the God of money.

THE EXTENDED MIND

I believe that consciousness is created in the brain. A lot of things are made in the brain. The brain makes representations of the outside world, stores memories, and has an autopilot that can drive your car when you are lost in a daydream. It takes care of your breathing, heartbeats, and many other things.

I also believe that the brain can create telepathic messages and receive telepathic messages from other beings. And it can receive notifications from deep down in the collective consciousness.

Without living beings with brains, there would be no souls in this world, no spirits, no angels, and no gods.

Without living beings, there would be nothing real and tangible, no planets and stars, just endless empty space and vibrating particles that are not particles, really.

The brain is an unbelievably complicated and sophisticated organ.