The power, the relevance, and the importance of myth. While seemingly trivial, and/or pointless to many, the myth has a major magnitude influence on procession. The myth’s effect on thoughts and attitudes can’t be overstated. Impacting a sort of superstitious belief which is manifest in the decisions we make and things that we do. The coherence of each story, and the truisms they describe directly influence cause and effect. What are our beliefs based on?
Some stories are casual. Does lightning strike the same place twice? Would one be killed by a penny falling from a tall building? Does alcohol keep you warm? The consistent actuality of these beliefs may or may not have serious eventual consequences.
What about these myths? Borrow your way out of dept. Human activity cannot alter earths natural balance or systems. Mainstream media is trustworthy. Governments have the populace’ best interest in mind. Private central banks are created to provide stability and promote common welfare. These are some standard ideas that are part of our collective consciousness, and any challenge of them results in widespread dissonance. They rise from a story which makes up our contemporary mythology. The coherence of these stories is lacking. The link to reality is unverifiable, and the resonance is discordenant. Recent inspection of these social system myths very much defy the reality they would like to describe. Contradiction better defines the reality suggested.
Orwell’s prophecy comes to mind. 1984 is coherent in the current context. If there was ever a time to seek the affirmative stories through history from antiquity to today it is now! Effective reality grasp is essential to finding an internal compass, and survival instinct before our entire consciousness is lured into the prison of virtuality, and systemic program capture. Hark the historian! From Howard Zinn to the Sumerian. We need a baseline to rely on. Help!!!