The dream of classical
philosophers and traditional priests is to be free to think beyond
material life and the purposes of natural life, because they believe
the truth exists beyond material life, unconnected to mundane
material life, the truth to them is spiritual. Why the strong desire
to be free of material determinism when we are not free but only
“free” to choose within determined material paths?
The desire to be
free of material determinism may be related to the deepest biological
origin of our social behavior: we unconsciously want to be free with
no material limitations on our survival and reproductive success---but
I'm not getting all Freudian on you, because I believe that beneath
the drive to survival and reproductive success is the deeper purpose
of survival and reproductive success, which is the sacred activation to evolve
in the material world to supermaterial Godhood.
So the dream of classical
philosophers and traditional priests of being free to think beyond
material life, beyond the purposes of natural life, actually blocked the truth they claimed to be seeking. And
theological materialism doesn't even take away Godhood or
religion, it just transforms it and makes it real.
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