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commitment to a "Responsible Humanism" along with action
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Domination and Alienation download pdf.file /print version - which is the spirit of Life itself -, subjecting his will to secondary interests such as money, power etc., - from that moment on he begins to turn into a machine, a robot controlled by alien forces The
systematic killing of the North American Indians,
the butchering of the indigenous peoples of South
America, the enslavement of black Africans, the
death of millions of people in the white man's
colonies, the mass-production-like killing of
people by the Nazis and the hunt for the last
indigenous peoples and their resources in the
remaining forests of our planet are the expression
of the same insanity. Continents
and oceans are being looted and turned into deserts
and sewers as sacrifice for this delusion. Industry
eats life. Life is no longer worth anything.
What
else must happen before we all reject this path to
global suicide? When
finally and where is
a
coalition of true
conservatives
to be found to end the terror of the mighty and the
triumph of destruction? Where are they, the
incorruptibles of this planet? All
those who because of their love for life have
become or remain immune to the tempting delusions
of power and money should gather in public in order
to turn the hope of the desperate peoples of the
Earth into social reality. The texts to be found here are meant to be a constructive basis for discussion. They have not been created only as a result of reflection, but under the pressure of a spontaneously repeating percepcion. They make no claim to be scientific in a cold, factual way; they rather aim, without esoteric daydreaming, to open up to a kind of truthfulness that will admit new ways of looking at things. They are meant to promote communication amongst all those who feel concern about the globally desolate state of humankind and nature caused by our civilisation. Concerning
motivation and objective of these
pages: Sickened
by the all-pervading fiction of the affluence of
'Western' societies yet at the same time biased
because myself living in their materialistic and
power-oriented value system, I am here attempting,
on the basis of my
own life
experience
and suffering, of private studies and many talks
with like-minded spirits, to provide inspiration
for new kinds of reflections through outlining
counter-positions as well as visions of the future.
One
of my aims is, with respect to Heinz Dieterich, to
fulfil the central political task of the 21st
century of creating a new historical project and
global movement which - from the perspective of
Humanism and solidarity - will resume the struggle
for liberation of mankind and nature from
patriarchally induced coercions. In universal
democracy and a solidly united society lies our
only chance of preventing the reactionary utopia as
described by Orwell, Huxley and Bradbury which the
transnational capital is seeking to realise in
global society. The
ideological supremacy of Western values hides the
tendency to further stabilise the injustice that
has grown up in the course of history. A closer
look at the historical roots of the material wealth
of a tiny fraction of the world's population will
reveal the actual motivations and brazen systematic
of international global politics behind its mask of
humanity and universal justice, democracy and
freedom. Since
a raising of the miserable living standards of the
peripheral nations appears impossible without
checking the limitless exploitation of resources,
it is quite in keeping with the logic and strategy
of capitalist thinking to support only those forces
and political systems which negate the will of the
people, thus ensuring the continued impotence of
the general population. A
danger according to this kind of thinking is
naturally presented by all those movements which
publicly strive to achieve improved living
conditions: a raising of the standard of living for
the poorest sections of society, ecological
compatibility of industries, a realisation of truly
democratic conditions in national and international
parliaments (UNO) etc. - in short, any kind of
objective which tends to jeopardize the status quo
in so far as it is intolerable for a large majority
of the world's population. If
the world were organised as a democratic society of
people of equal status, the globally generated
social product and the limitedly available natural
resources would enable the human species to
co-exist peacefully in a sustainable society free
of the symptoms presently characterising the
Majority-World (hunger, endemic diseases,
large-scale unemployment etc.) At
present a realisation of this vision, which might
well be the last chance for mankind's survival, is
still being opposed with all possible means. In the
face of a global public silenced through
psychologically cleverly planted misinformation of
a media apparatus in the service of the system,
brute military intervention is enforcing an intent
which exclusively promotes the economic interests
of a super-rich minority. By means of strategically
alternating between repression and integration, the
emergence of any potential resistance is
systematically prevented all over the world. In
this context the political attitude of the USA
seems of particular significance because no
counter-acting force is any longer existent.
What
is quite blatantly sought everywhere is nothing but
the control and distribution of the world's natural
resources and strategic raw materials on terms
dictated
by Capital, the power which is increasingly making
itself the object of universal
worship
(1). The only role left for the people is that of
consumers and producers, whilst nature has been
reduced to being a mere source of raw material.
Yet
the military-industrial complex is not alone in
pursuing this goal. Increasingly it is being
supported ideologically by a network of
military-theological-psychological initiatives that
aim to portray also to sensitive minds the
exploitation of the globe and its inhabitants as
normal and the only path to securing the future. In
obvious contrast to their verbal advocacy of
Humanism and Universal Justice, politicians are
quite deliberately using war and annihilation as
tools of the economy. Destruction and death pave
the way for profitable investments, which only are
followed by further destruction. The
double-dealing of the European (White Man) - who
appeared as oppressor whilst feeling
(and
to this day still celebrating
himself)
as saviour, who, seeking per mission to show others
the pathway to Heaven, in effect prepared Hell for
them - this double-dealing culminates today in a
missionary delusion, which is blocking the path of
mutual understanding, the way on which humans can
meet in peace. It
is my wish that intellectuals and other people with
influence on public opinion may come to grasp the
dimension of the historically caused damage to
humans, to the animal world and to the environment
in its full implications and make it the subject of
open discussion. On this basis they may be able to
think up and bring to public awareness some
feasible alternatives that might repair the damage
done. Naïve as the wish for a global ethics
might sound, its realisation is the one chance
left for us all. The
belief in the existence of significant cultural
differences manifesting in an "alien mentality" is
still widely held. In stark contrast to this,
ethnological research shows the psychological
make-up of the members of all races on this planet
to be identical right up to the smallest detail.
Certain ethical ideals as well as the
predisposition to feel shame, guilt or outrage are
part of the phylogenetic heritage of practically
all people: All over the world, children respond to
those close to them with feelings of love whilst
frowning upon cruelty and injustice. Clearly every
child is in possession of a basic code of innate
reactions that pose an obligation to behave in an
ethical manner. We have to find out, which factors
bury this ethical context under the aggressive and
destructive motivations of grownups. As emotional
feelings decide on caring ideals on the one hand
and aggressive positions on the other, we have to
investigate the reasons for fear and we have to
learn how to keep up the loving attitude of the new
born child. Our emotions are under
question! "On
what occasions and to what extent we react
emotionally will strongly depend upon the value
system of a given society, for the inclination to
adhere to one's own ethical convictions is learned
individually through the social environment."
(Quote from "Das Evangelium der
Naturwissenschaften" ['The Gospel of the
Natural Sciences'] by P.-P. Manzel, S. 136)
(
in
german
) In
this context it seems more conducive to social
progress to uncover the common features of the
various value standards rather than emphasise and
keep propagating certain differences. In the effort
of regulating global communal living,value
standards worked out jointly can, as it were, serve
as universal traffic signs against which political
pressure groups persuing individual interests will
no longer be able to prevail. Such 'Codex
Humanum' could inspire hope amongst the peoples
of this world by creating bridges of understanding
in combining individual hopes with collective
hope. Only
the uncovering of a common value system will enable
people to identify fully with humanity and nature.
And only a clear and open commitment to the
mental foundations of a sustainable world
will release our fully human potential which we
require to master the current socio-ecological
challenges on our planet. (1)
America
Is a Religion
by George Monbiot, (08. 03) Although I am seeking to clarify certain contradictions, it is not my intention to point a finger at one side or another and thereby cause further polarisation. However, I do wish to show up certain motivations and their consequences so as to facilitate our making a decision. We need to decide clearly whether to continue along our path towards a world-wide socio-ecological catastrophe, or to leave that path and follow a new direction. As the theories of economic sciences do shape social and ecological realities, we might ask the representatives of ruling Neoliberalism, if they really do wish to perpetuate the deterioration of the quality of human living, the destruction of our natural environment, of plant and animal life, the pollution of the atmosphere - or do they want to put a stop to all this? The dark sides of economic science have to be brightened up, because in the final analysis this involves the question already posed by Erich Fromm, whether we want to continue to idolize death through the worship of matter and power, or open up to life in its infinite diversity, and consistently support this opening up. The question is that of necrophilia or biophilia concerning our civilisation - its demise or its survival. Reflecting back to the common source of Life will, via a growing awareness of the responsibility resulting from this, lead to action marked by increasing creativity and ecological compatibility. Born 1951, normal schooling and tertiary training as medical practitioner. After the failure of my first life plan on traditional eurocentric lines and the break-down of my first marriage I became increasingly prepared to undergo prolonged therapy "Going Sane". In the course of this I regained access to the inner world of feeling which I had lost. The dominance of my head had to give way to an increased sensibility. In the course of an extended learning process with stations between Afghanistan in the east and Peru in the west my rational thinking and emotional sensitivity gradually became harmonized. This involved the giving up - often painfully - of many concepts which my upbringing, my schooling and the social traditions had caused me to hold dear. Certain fears arising during this process increasingly dissolved into feelings of OK-ness and warmth. This was aided by various trance experiences induced by techniques not relying on drugs. My first experience with the light of understanding goes back 20 years. Newly acquired value standards also led to consequences in the private as well as professional spheres: a blind obedience to orders could no longer be reconciled with the autonomy of human beings; many of my own feelings no longer coincided with the general feeling dominant in society; what was deemed to be normal was in many cases seen by me as sheer insanity. Not least of all my personal transformation found expression in my writing which deals with issues related to the function and organisation of global issues. I deeply feel that our world not by nature became such a miserable and still deteriorating place. So I started to ask WHY? Which interests or moods drive the consumption of the fundaments of life by the prevailing violent civilization? I never doubted that everything derives from Life Energy. And I never believed in an autonomous "death drive" as suggested by Freud. 'Evil' does not exist as an independent force. Destructive forces arise only where life energy is being blocked or restricted by human motivations, be them cultural, religious or political. Following Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker in his book Biological Roots of Religious Experience' which he wrote together with Gopi Krishna, I put it in my own words: Prana is everything, subject, law - - - Kundalini is energy, which results from a resonant, dynamic potential of Prana, from finding of balance of reciprocal proportionalities which at the same time behave complementarily thus supplementing to the Integral Whole which is Natural Salvation and Genuine / Authentic Holiness beyond ideology, institutional religion or politics. The collective breaking of evolutionary law by the ideology of violence, all the same be it political or religious, can only be healed by re-orientation in global dimension on a solidarity of all being, i.e. by paying attention and promoting the common good. Only this way the law of creative development can be obeyed. Unfortunately the current neoliberal' mainstream with their false and purely materially focussed conception of alleged individual advantage leads exactly into the opposite direction. Independently from all the different man-made and historically grown conceptions, conditions and cultures which often confusingly do shape human mind, we nevertheless are subject to the same natural basic conditions, whose accurate analysis - be it done rationally or intuitively - is a prerequisite to a clearer and authentic self realization. This proves that despite to our human diversity we have very similar feelings and needs. And only such realization of substantial unity leads to the next pending step of formation of a culture which recognizes the needs of nature in its full extent, whose satisfaction only will offer us the abundance of nature. Within the small context of indigenous peoples these relations always have been aware. Within the global framework however the service to the whole is still waiting to be accomplished. Individual humans at all times had already found to such a humane and mature consciousness which respects and cultivates the interconnectedness of all being. Will we also collectively reach this goal? The reading list (german) indicates that my inner growth owes significant impulses to the work of Erich Fromm and of Claudia von Werlhof. My wife Isabel, born in Peru, and our children Pascal and Julia keep my thinking grounded in actuality. We are jointly committed not only to achieve well-being in the family sphere. We dedicate a major part of our energy to spread the vision of a world of social justice and ecological sustainability. I am affiliated with the following organisations/groups: - World Unity Days - International Simultaneous Policy Organisation - Coalition For Humanism! - Global Resonance Network - Equilibrismus - Münchner Bündnis gegen Krieg und Rassismus - Münchner Friedensbündnis - EineWeltHaus München - Humanistische Aktion The content of the web-site reflects the thoughts and visions that motivate us. They are meant as a basis for debate, as support for like-minded spirits and as an inspiration for all who, like ourselves, are also seeking to accomplish a more humane life for everyone. 07. 2005
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