We are born and only later awaken to the possibilities of our lives. Our brains come first, then our minds grow within them. In this awakening process, we come to realize that an external world exists, and operates by consistent principles. If at that point we decide that we like being alive, we change our values to encourage the life process that produced us.
I. Nihilism
II. Integralism
III. Blasphemies
IV. Changes - Personal
V. Changes - Society
VI. Conclusion
"There are no easy answers to the problems that we face, History's a lesson, let us learn by our mistakes." - D.R.I.
Literature shows us ideas in practice. It is one thing to write down ideas, but they do not exist in the world unless demonstrated in practice, personally and by organized groups, no matter how small.
Our time is one in which humanity faces a final decision: can it change its destructive ways before it eliminates itself, or, worse, survives in a form of endless servitude to its machines in a dead world? Ultimately this determines whether or not we are more concerned with the health of life as a whole, or with the convenience of individual lives.
Love
To know what guides us, no matter how alienated or full of rage at society we are, we must connect to what we love. When illusion fades away, and all of the inculcated beliefs and propaganda ebbs from our minds, we generally find that we love life itself. This includes its entire architecture, from the natural world to the mysterious and endless universe.
Integralism, as expressed in this document, is the science of caring about the health of the whole. It is scary because it does not directly address our individual survival, and thus it requires a new kind of human, one who can accept the heroics of ordinary life and the difficult decisions that entails. If humanity creates this sort of human, it will survive. If not, the ignominious ending that has been creeping up on us for centuries is certain.
Ultimately, it is up to us. There are no gods to save us, no perfect happy ending to the movie, and no miracle product guaranteed to end the twilight of the gods. We are the only gods, and we must invent a new way in which we can overcome our fears and inherit the future.
Resources for further reading:
The Iliad
The Bhagavad-Gita
On truth and lies in a nonmoral sense
Collection by Pentti Linkola
The FC Manifesto by Ted Kaczynski
Nihilism by S.R. Prozak