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Erasing A People's History is the First Stage of Enslaving a Culture or Nation.

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“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." Marcus Garvey Today’s consumeristic society, largely driven by pride, greed and envy, appears on the outside as the apex of human achievement. Who doesn’t get a feeling of awe gazing from a hillside vista over the lights of Los Angeles on a dark night? If man is the measure of all things, and we have been able to create such an advanced economic, technological network that encompasses the whole world in the form of globalistic almost-living extension of human creativity and endeavor then, in some respects, it seems absurd to question where we are, and where we are going, by proposing that we must strive to re-connect with our ancestral traditions and spiritual insights. However, I indeed advance this idea…and suggest we will be healthier and better suited not only to endure in this phase of civilization, but progress to even greater heights, while preserving our fr

Plato's Allegory of the Cave: Awakening to the Reality of Today's Society

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“In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” George Orwell " There is no law that forces one to tell the truth in entertainment." Meshara: " The Destiny of Our Past " Have you ever heard of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave ?  Chances are you haven’t. Perhaps the warnings of a Greek philosopher from antiquity may not be seen as pertinent to our modern technological age. Yet one may be surprised at the idea that his allegory speaks directly to the here-and-now. We should pay attention to Plato’s analysis of how our perceptions are governed by biases such as our upbringing, what media we are exposed to and our peer group.  In psychology we call this schema. Plato’s lesson goes like this. A group of people, let’s say five women have been raised from birth chained to each other in a cave in such a way that they can only see directly in front of each other.  It is not a torturous existence as they are provided food and wat