Subject #30: On transformation

So this is the last subject on my list. Transformation describes the movement from sleeping world into reality. That movement consists of immediate realizations, learning and unlearning (the latter one being more essential) and becoming aware of mind, ego and thoughts – seeing fears and desires. However that’s not a formula for transformation – transformation is not an action but a result of one becoming closer to ocean.

Many people through history have estimated that there will be a day when the whole humanity is transformed. When we have all become aware of roots of our problems and solved them once and for all. It seems to me that this is very unlikely to happen anytime soon, if ever. Few things would need to happen before there would be even any possibilities for this, here is a such fantasy view:

1) All countries should cease to exist. Humanity should be united. In distant future it’s quite possible that borders disappear. Of course there will be still lots of other groups but absence of countries might give enough chances for the next step:

2) Whole current education system should be thrown away. Nowadays education exists only because it serves society by giving it skilled workers. Education should teach us humanity - of its joy, of its problems. It should provide us clarity and insight, which in turn would make us observe ourselves - the whole purpose of such education would be to make us explore ourselves. It is true that even then many people would not be interested about such education but if it was started at early age, before the child is fed (brainwashed) with ideas – it might work. This step would probably require that our techonology level has raised so much that work is no longer necessary for survival, therefore knowledge type of education would no longer be needed. Still, this step seems very steep and all remaining groups (political, religious, etc) & old generation would oppose it. Frankly I can’t see it ever happening.

All that being said there’s a quote in my mind:

You can not change the world but you can change yourself.

That is what is really needed anyway.