Coming Full Circle

Without her, Rom would never have been built,

and we would never have discovered Andromeda.

Without her, you wouldn't yearn for love.

And you wouldn't look forward to the next sun-rise.

And what would a man be worth to the other,

not to mention our fear of death?

This passion that is called life,

everyone succumbs to her,

is part of this Spirit

that created you and the whole world.

She was the star of Bethlehem,

and led Homer's hand.

We have given her thousands of names,

still, often we don't recognize her.

She makes you strong and weak at the same time,

just the way you feel.

She is the girl that you love,

and only manage to touch in a dream.

This passion that is called life,

everyone succumbs to her,

is part of this Spirit

that created you and the whole world.

(Peter Maffay, Die Sucht die Leben Heisst; my translation)

We have come full circle. There was a time at the height of the Hellenic reign when Socrates reached humanity's full potential. Socrates commanded philosophy while being unified with his spirit at the same time - his daemon - as he called his inner voice. Yet Athen wasn't ready for this spiritual giant. When the authorities asked him to negate his daemon, Socrates chose death over backtracking what he believed in.

Later Christianity swept Greece and Europe and with it the came the neglect of science and the quest for holiness. Socrates' daemon got split in half, the good part versus the bad: the Holy Spirit versus the devil. The Renaissance rediscovered our scientific knowledge but we disconnected from spirituality altogether. So yes, Socrates' scientific mind was rediscovered but his source of inspiration was swept under the carpet. But all this is changing now. 

The future of humanity is wholeness. Computers will take away all our repetitive and unimaginative jobs; we specialize in what we do best, being human. The Creative Society merges mind and heart, science and spirit. The Tao is this spirit. The Way is beyond good and evil; it encompasses knowledge as much as spirit. Everyone has access to the Tao but it requires us to look in a new direction. Today we are ready to embrace Socrates' daemon. The world has come full circle.