You are right, Carolyn, what is required is indeed this lost sense of togetherness. The materialism of the present day leaves a humanity in its wake that no longer recognises the importance of relational integrity. So much of what we do is mere expediency. We have lost the plot of what human happiness is all about and strive toward a never-ending dream of material gain in the false belief that more is beautiful.

It seems to me that much of our present dilemma centers on the inability of the male brain to think integrally or relationally. The male energy fragments, and out of this fragmentation it creates science. From science comes technology and from technology our fascination with the things we create. But this fascination is fundamentally based on inner emptiness – a lack of self-knowledge and true self-love. Bereft of self-love we seek and admire (even revere) outer forms to compliment our inner emptiness. This is the basis of materialism. And from this results the rampant egoistical, non-relational approach to life.

My sense is that this is not a problem we could overcome by trying to change society. Freedom from self-centered activity and relational failure is a personal matter. This is why my own work in this regard challenges the problem from a personal point of view. In my book: Spirituality Without God -A Humanist alternative to conventional spirituality’, I attempt to describe how the individual, through meditative enquiry and self-knowledge could get in touch with themselves and find from within their own deep humanity the sense of wholeness they seek outwardly in the world of possessions, ideas, religions, dogmas, self-escape and self-fulfillment.
Moller de la Rouviere