A Return to Human Inquiry and the Rebirth of Natural Philosophy

So compelling was the inclination…

To separate science from superstition that we became rigid and dogmatic in our quest for total understanding…

We’ve lost touch…

With the subtle mystery and unique beauty of what it means to be alive…

We’ve tried to reduce our experience of being human to the simplicity of chemical interactions in the brain…

But even upon closer examination, the human brain appears as the single most complex object that we know of in the entire universe…

I think it’s safe to say that there’s more going on here than what meets the eye.

We’ve attempted to reduce our aspirations to a hopefully predictable formula for success…

i.e.) time + effort = $money

And as a result, we resigned ourselves to performing mundane repetitive tasks in exchange for prizes.

But this doesn’t resonate with long-standing, harmonious worldviews…

With lifestyles and ideologies that have existed long before the rise of modern, Western thought.

Our modern worldview is often fraught with discontent in the absence of that which is mysterious…

And the only way to lead a lifestyle inspired by love…
Instead of a lifespan fueled by fear, is to embrace uncertainty.

And when you don’t know what you don’t know…
There’s only one way to go.