I, Robot
Meditation is an invitation to set ourselves free.
We are invited to a Psychological revolution - a call to freedom from the authority directing our lives : our primitive and incoherent psyche.
Why? Because we are causing a lot of pain and harm - despite our deep longing for comfort and security. Our beliefs and our fears are driving us to turn against ourselves and our planet.
Is this revolution possible? Can we escape the authority of our thoughts and emotions? Can we be free of our beliefs and fears? Can we escape our mechanical propensity for suffering? Maybe, maybe not.
Meanwhile another revolution is already underway - the AI revolution. Our minds are currently undergoing a mutation - we are in a new era - what we call humans are now a rudimentary form of cyborg (machine/human hybrids).
What this entails is that our knowledge and understanding is not confined to our own biological brains - a lot of our thinking and understanding is being carried out by LLMs (Large Language Model robots). Also our thoughts and our beliefs have become a lot more sophisticated and beguiling. They appear less confused - when expressed by AI chatbots - they have gained in authority.
This is happening to us right now. Despite not having resolved the issues of human evolution : the big brain, the increased cognition still dominated by primitive fears. We have been pulled into our next incarnation as a society : an even more powerful hybrid brain, still carrying its unresolved primitive drives.