Hoi hoi, Highly so and I do ascribe to the ideals of Thoreau, but the term was used in the pejorative sense and I think the Collective terms are more positive, and might also imply direction. The differentiation lies in the subtle complexities. The transcendentalists had other issues with religious and spiritual undertones, in the classic sense. Collective Mentality is a purer and simpler form without the baggage of religiosity. A group of atheists could have a collective mentality. If anything it would hinge on Kantian Idealism, of which I'm only slightly familiar with. The point I'm attempting to get at and the answers I'm pursuing pertain more to the methodology, for the achievement of collective mentality.
On Apr 25, 12:16 pm, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > Hoi slip, > We know of the Collective Intelligence and Collective subconscious > concepts but can we ever achieve the Collective Mentality? > > this sounds a great deal like "Transcendentalism" The totality of > knowledge.. but go on.. > Allan > > can be possible if you let it be possible. > > > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 5:40 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We know of the Collective Intelligence and Collective subconscious > > concepts but can we ever achieve the Collective Mentality? > > Planet Earth, the Cosmic War Zone, perpetually embroiled in conflict. > > Wherever you look for peace most likely you will find war. Can we > > ever overcome this primordial instinct of waring? > > We have covered many areas of the mind, of dreams, quantum theorems, > > emotions and ideologies. Let's take a breather and take a serious > > look at how we can create an exchange of peaceful ideals by > > interlocking all of humanity within the collective intelligence. I > > know at first it appears as an oxymoron considering the collective > > idiocy that now dominates the earth realm. However, I think it might > > be possible to engage all of humanity within a Collective Mentality. > > > Do you think this is at all possible. By what method would you pursue > > this global metamorphosis? Are we as a global community doomed to > > perpetual waring? Is there a reason/point/goal for waring? Is there > > some spiritual aspect to war in that the elimination of another is of > > benefit? > > > I see no accomplishment in war except death without any positive > > result other than rebuilding post destruction. > > -- > ( > ) > I_D Allan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
