Something my cousin wrote that strikes a chord.
In an individual sense, the mass man is purely carnal, and therefore is most easily moved by his news. He becomes distracted or attracted by the external because that (to his mind) is what truly affects him. He is not a moral or spiritual creature, despite what he thinks of himself, because if he was his movement (progression or regression or whatever you want to call it,) would be directed by deep internal principles and spiritual motivations and not by the news cycle. Once the state realized that the mass man could be moved by news, the inevitable blending of state and news occurred. The news is focused on the state and vice versa, and all things become political, because that is how you move the mass man. Individuals may consider that movement "progress" or "regress," but in reality it is all just the manipulation and mastery of the mass man by the state. The living man, or spiritual man, while mindful of news, is not directed or operated by it. For this reason, he is the enemy of the state in every place where the state gains ascendancy. The rise of mental illness, illogic, and radical extremism are natural consequences of the carnal man being operated by the news and the state, rather than by internal and spiritual principles that are higher. Of course you must apply this according to principles you may or may not have.
In an individual sense, the mass man is purely carnal, and therefore is most easily moved by his news. He becomes distracted or attracted by the external because that (to his mind) is what truly affects him. He is not a moral or spiritual creature, despite what he thinks of himself, because if he was his movement (progression or regression or whatever you want to call it,) would be directed by deep internal principles and spiritual motivations and not by the news cycle. Once the state realized that the mass man could be moved by news, the inevitable blending of state and news occurred. The news is focused on the state and vice versa, and all things become political, because that is how you move the mass man. Individuals may consider that movement "progress" or "regress," but in reality it is all just the manipulation and mastery of the mass man by the state. The living man, or spiritual man, while mindful of news, is not directed or operated by it. For this reason, he is the enemy of the state in every place where the state gains ascendancy. The rise of mental illness, illogic, and radical extremism are natural consequences of the carnal man being operated by the news and the state, rather than by internal and spiritual principles that are higher. Of course you must apply this according to principles you may or may not have.
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