The story about humanity you don’t want to hear

Why things are going wrong, and where we can find hope.

This is not a short and lightweight article. It’s rather rather a 2 to 3-thousand words article about a heavy topic; the state of humanity. I think the inspiration came from my own spiritual journey combined with the current state of world affairs. You might not like what you’re about to read, but hopefully the end will offer some respite.

Photo by G.Y. van Rijn

Some people might be wondering why the world, and especially human civilization, seems to be in such a dire state these days. We see one crisis after another unfolding in front of our eyes. Also in our own, non-digital, lives we can see the degradation of society. This is especially true for human behavior. But why, and why now? Such a sinister trend makes the contemplative mind inevitably ask these questions…

In this article, I will explore a possible answer to the question, or rather two questions: ‘why is humanity in such a bad state, and where could we find a solution?’. In trying to answer these questions, I’ll use a psychological and perhaps spiritual perspective. I choose to use the spiritual perspective, because I think using only psychology, much like any other scientific discipline, is ultimately not going to answer the more broader questions in life. This is definitely one of those broader questions.