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The Human Condition.
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In some religious traditions, the myth of the ‘Fall from the Garden of Eden’ symbolizes the loss of the primordial state through the veiling of higher consciousness.Abstract:
Human beings are described by many spiritual traditions as ‘blind’ or ‘asleep’ or ‘in a dream.’ These terms refers to the limited attenuated state of consciousness of most human beings caught up in patterns of conditioned thought, feeling and perception, which prevent the development of our latent, higher spiritual possibilities. In the words of Idries Shah: “Man, like a sleepwalker who suddenly ‘comes to’ on some lonely road has in general no correct idea as to his origins or his destiny.” In some religious traditions, such as Christianity and Islam, the myth of the ‘Fall from the Garden of Eden’ symbolizes the loss of the primordial state through the veiling of higher consciousness. Other traditions use similar metaphors to describe the spiritual condition of humanity:read more
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Deep Time and Secular Time: A Critique of the Environmental ‘Long View’:
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Migration, crisis, liberalism : the cultural and racial politics of Islamophobia and “radical alterity” in modern Greece.
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Drinking Alone: Local Socio-Cultural Degradation and Radical Right Support—The Case of British Pub Closures:
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Echo chambers and viral misinformation: Modeling fake news as complex contagion.
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