Human Darkness and Battling Against It

This article shows how, in response to thuggish forces of human darkness, the qualities of feminine intelligence, available to men as to women, can enable us to take a significant leap in consciousness and demonstrate what anyone can do to build a beautiful future. Dealing with the Darkness of What Humans Do to Humans by Scilla Elworthy     The human darkness we encounter now—in Europe and the Middle East, as in the US—is an upsurge of primitive, brutish forces employing threat, superior power, trickery, punishment, and information manipulation. It is as if permission has been given for thuggish behavior. We are witnessing—very starkly because it is on our screens daily—the darkest capacities of humans to hurt, humiliate, and kill their fellow humans, and to destroy the majestic natural world that surrounds us. And yet, this human darkness that appears to be growing around us may also be an invitation, a challenge. The global issues that confront us now—global warming, migration, overpopulation, cyber warfare, terrorism—are all manmade, and none can be dealt with using superior force. So, this is the time to heed Einstein: “No problem can be solved by the same kind of thinking that created it.” It means that we have to up our game. We need to shift our consciousness and take a significant leap in what humanity can achieve through awareness. It will require the courage to face human darkness, the darkness of what humans do to humans, to see the worst results of destruction, to stand up to put a stop to it, to create something alive and dynamic in its place. I will spell out the qualities and skills we need, illustrated by examples of how this is already happening.   How I Learned This The work I do has involved me with people…

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