This is an awesome post-- in a way, exactly what it was my hope Steemit would "be about" when I decided to give it a shot.

My wife is a life coach and focuses heavily on the spiritual... as I was reading this, I kept thinking about how she says she can sum up the total of her teachings in one simple short sentence: "Don't be shitty!"

The veneer of so-called civilization is extremely thin, and it seems like it gets ever thinner as the natural evolution of the species is overtaken by the ever accelerating speed of technological change. Out natural adaptive abilities simply can't keep up with the changes... and so-- indeed-- we end up with these Gorillas In Suits. I observe myself watching what's happening in the world and thinking to myself... "Wow, that's like tribal stone age thinking!"... and maybe it really IS.

I don't consider myself "above" it, but possibly "aware" of it. The only way in which I might possibly be above anything is in recognizing that I am not fit for what is "expected" of me, and I don't care to compete for that. I'd just as well have a smaller life and sit here and grow vegetables and have a couple of chickens-- "striving" does not suit me. But the paradox arises... in that the world sees my desires as "primitive and regressive," while I see the world as "getting ahead of itself."

Anyway, I don't believe society's path is "right," and I probably don't know what I am talking about, either. But I do believe in "do no harm;" and that informs my choices, as long as I remain awake and mindful. Whether that makes me "a freak" or "enlightened" remains to be seen.

Thanks for a thought provoking post!