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Yesterday

1820-1910: the Romantic Period.

The minds of men craved for individuality, liberty; more contact with nature; love for their country and the revival of the Middle Ages (since it was an epoch full of adventure and heroic stunts; nations were being built; there were castles, monks and knights in shining armour).

No longer they wanted to think, write and behave for the whole...they sought personal creativity; they defended a personal independence (artistic, political, moral and sentimental); they cultivated the Self; they sought the absolute even though knowing that it was unattainable. They screamed against the tyrants (Kings/Emperors) and reached out to the common people (who, they believed, were the very essence of the nation).

The Romantic mind was led not by reason (like in the neo-classic period) but by passion, sentiment, imagination, religious ideology, absolute truth & perfection; and by God.

The Romantic Hero was rebellious, proud, contemptuous; he defied the society and God Himself.

Today

2000-2010: the Uncertain Period.

The minds of men and women believe to crave for individuality (yet they seek to think, behave and dress alike); liberty (yet they wish to prevent others from being free); more contact with nature (yes, now that they’ve nearly ruined it); love for their country (while destroying it through purposeless wars; humiliation of countrymen; massive corruption; disrespect for the nation’s flag and anthem; anarchic expressions; spitting on people’s freedom to express themselves etc) and the revival of the Barbarian Period (the young and vigorous people succeed the old & decadent society; yet they prove to be uncivilised and savages, thus destroying the highly developed civilisation, giving way to a Neo-Dark Age of chaos and violence).

They still don’t want to think, write and behave for the whole (God forbid that they actually take their heads off the sand and see, think about, beyond their own navel)...they throw personal creativity off the window. Artistic independence = pornography and promiscuity; political independence = criticising the government & working against it, even if it means ruining the country under the flag of freedom of speech; moral independence = lack of moral values; sentimental independence = being a misogynist, a feminist, a manwhore or a tramp. They still cultivate the Self (my house, my car, my 3 cell-phones; myself, myself, myself); they fight against and embrace the absolute & the relative. They scream at tyrants (Premiers/Presidents) and deny the basics to the common people (broken health and education systems, not to mention the housing one).

The Uncertain mind is led not by reason but by needs, consumerism, paranoia, therapy, anti-God ideology, relative perfection and Self worship.

The Uncertain Hero is egotistic, anarchist, proud, contemptuous; he defies society and God Himself.

Tomorrow

2012-2058: The Awareness Period.

Humans use their individuality to work for the common good; they make use of their liberty with responsibility and utter respect; nature is cherished by them and they even find a way of sparing it of their abuse; they love their country; and they create a new era: one of love, respect, justice, solidarity and charity.

They think, write and behave abiding to “Et Pluribus Unum”. Spirituality finally bathes their mind. Reason and Intelligence are optimised; creativity flows naturally; artistic productions reflect the new era. Their emotional relationships are dealt with maturity.

Politics for the first time is conducted by wise leaders, who listen to their counsellors; who serve the people; who do not wish to be worshipped but instead when looking at their followers are enormously proud of Humanity.

In this period there will be a humanisation of society, yet a new form of bigotry will be created: prejudice against ignorance, under all its forms (xenophobia, racism, homophobia, sexism).

The Awareness mind is led by the Creator, reason, thought, analysis, wisdom, respect, compassion, love.

Happy New Year!!

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