26. Super Demons Unleashed by Mankind
We are unknowingly unleashing demons that we are failing to vanquish
There are lot of fairy tales from the past where there are mentions about demons and devils that harass, maim and kill people and their livelihoods till they are recovered by heroic deeds.
In modern times, we are seeing the modern versions of these demons let loose by mankind’s insensitivity towards the tree of life on earth!
Before listing at least some of these demons, I would like to point out that some of these demons are not completely gone and they have taken subtler forms and continue to harass us.These demons simply refuse to die down due to our understanding of ‘the definition of done’ which not necessarily may mean the complete eradication of these demons.
I would like to list at least some of the demons from recent times. I am just high-lighting the demons here and I am fully aware that the ‘definition of done’ in tackling these demons have been discussed in several forms media in adequate numbers, formats and time-spans.
Demon 1 - Slavery:
Slavery started around the 15th century as an evil practice to get cheap labour but have morphed now into racial discriminations, gentrifications, class-based societies, non-uniform immigration standards, obnoxious workplace cultures that violate DEI (Diversity, equity and inclusion) principles etc.,
Demon 2 – Religious Inquisitions:
Quoting from Britannica:
From the 15th to the 19th century, inquisitions were permanently established, bureaucratically organized, appointed, and supervised tribunals of clergy (and occasionally laymen). They were charged with the discovery and extirpation of heterodox religious opinion and practice in Christian Europe.
Now these have morphed into disregard and subtler contempt for other faiths, intolerance towards women and other minorities. These have also taken the forms of many kinds of corrupt power centres that subjugate those within reach.
Demon 3 – Unjust Conquests:
Previously it used to be conquest of land and decimation of the local cultures and population. But now this has taken subtler forms where, corporates and some regimes are exploiting the resources unmindful about CSR (Corporate Social Responsibilities) and well-being of all (including other species). I can equate this to an obnoxious animal that takes in high quality foods from everywhere and leaves a trail of odorous excreta in abnormally large quantities! We have come to a time where utter mismanagement of global resources to the point that no other species except mankind are benefitting from these economic exploitations.
Demon 4 - Orgies:
This is a severe psychological problem more like drug addiction – but rarely acknowledged as a psychological issue. Nothing good comes out of this. This leads to humiliations, crimes, sufferings etc., coming out of human depravity. Repeated such practices creates new unacceptable normals to a large set of people – not only those who participate but also those who witness it in porn sites and other media. It gives a sense of false complacency that if everybody does it, then it is not a problem! These orgies can kill or damage higher and finer qualities like love and purity of other relationships including friendships and filial relationships as these activities benumbs the discriminating mind of a normal human. The overbearing, painful after-thoughts will also disrupt a person’s work life and his will to go in pursuit of excellence.
Demon 5 – Drugs and Alcohol:
I am not against social drinking but under this garb, binge-drinking happens leading to several issues not limiting to impaired family relationships, loss of earnings, loss of creative thinking, loss of economic status/social standing, failure of personal health etc.,
Drugs are much more acute problem creators. There are more scholarly articles that explain the physical, mental and social problems sedimented by illegal drug industries.
Demon 6 – Sub-cultures spawned by obnoxious groups:
I need not expand on this as we fully know the definition of the word obnoxious here. One example would be the mafia. Others like corrupt political and business networks also figure in this. More the status, power and the wealth of the groups are - significant, deep and devilish are the damages done.
Demon 7 – Internet:
We, the educated and the intelligent hold the key for innovation and adoption leading to innovations like the internet; but why are we seeing the proliferation of porn, dark web, cyber-attacks, cyber-stalking, excessive proliferation of e-waste, climate impacts etc.? The mental issues arising out of excessive use of certain internet enabled applications is also alarming – people are losing their creative minds, social skills and they may end up believing more and more in online avatars, e-worlds and games, than in their friends and neighbourhoods. Desensitisation and conditioning (paid media, AI generated content etc.,) may be happening to a large set of people over a large set of issues over a period of long use of internet applications. Why did we end up here?
Demon 8 - Porn:
The addiction to this media has many harms. It kills the natural lust/virility that are essential to spawn offsprings in a natural manner. Some are forced to use the IVF options to make offsprings because of the lateral and direct impacts of this media. Young ones are getting not only corrupted but are also damaged physically (sub-optimal developments) and mentally (a normal teen reaches a certain maturity only around 13-14 years but now this porn awareness lands on them at some pre-mature stages of life due to the deep penetration of abundant porn media into our social lives). Such mentally affected teens may never reach their full potential in life and accomplishments!
Demon 9 – Weapons of mass destruction:
Though we accept the involution of our civilizations, and therefore the acceptance of technically superior fighting forces (thus releasing human mind to involution and shifting the potency of fighting elements to human-intelligence spawned technical forces/weapons and also for ensuring the longevity of peace and stability with these capabilities), these class of weapons a.k.a weapons of mass destruction including but not limiting to nuclear weapons, is just a set of weapons to terrorise normal population. If political ideologies of a party or a group of people is leading to skirmish, it has to be settled (after exhausting all other arbitration options) between the fighting forces only not involving the larger mundane population (who may be expected to join the fighting forces due to patriotism). Weapons of mass destruction kills the higher and finer aspects of people such as bravery, fearlessness, arbitration, true-diplomacy, war-eloquence etc., which goes fundamentally against why we accepted technical superiority as a new normal.
Demon 10 – Rampant consumerism:
Please refer to my other article on rampant consumerism here – https://www.mayoan.com/grc/08.-some-esg-thoughts-valid-in-current-times---part-2 and https://www.mayoan.com/post/28-top-10-evils-of-today-s-world .
Demon 11 – Bland conscience spawned by insensitivity:
Some of the nasty tenets deemed to be working nowadays are – “Money is the key for happiness and enjoyment”. “You can choose any quick way to earn wealth as long as you do not get caught!”.
These kinds of unjust sentiments only lead to de-sensitization of human minds. Remember- we are energy loyalists and geared and expected to be internally focusing (involution) super species. Money pulls your focus to external world – not bad- if you are a clean person and show sensitivity to fellow suffering humans and other species. Insensitivity means – you are not internally focussed!
Demon 12 - Brashness of the knowledge powered society that maims even the Faith:
May be some of us are jostling with thoughts of how science has done an epic take-down of religion. Science can provide you external comfort and security as they are primarily Prakruti explorers. Maybe it helps with its field of medicine and healing.
Quoting from my blog –
https://www.mayoan.com/post/59-neti-neti-part-3-about-the-concept-of-infinity
The Prakruti related continuum should be explored by scientists in general and the individual soul related continuum must be explored by a spiritualist in general. And of course, in areas like medicine a scientist may look into the soul’s inner dimensions and in the areas like cosmology, a spiritualist may need to look into the inner dimensions of the Prakruthi.
But when it comes to healing and well-being as a normal individual (more in numbers in a given population) or as a contributing group, no one should underestimate the contribution of a religion and spiritualism. External security is enhanced by science as a body of knowledge, but internal security/peace and security/peace of the astral and other inner dimensions can only be tackled by religion and spiritualism as these are “not yet proven” in science labs. Faith is non-negotiable for human well-being.
Demon 13 – Artificial Intelligence:
I have written about the human cost of AI in my other articles –
https://www.mayoan.com/technology/02.--a-concern-on-ai-outcomes and
https://www.mayoan.com/technology/11.-a-concern-on-ai-outcomes---part-2
Demon 14 – Technologies that are helping issues 7 to 13: