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The second part of "Big Talk Red Dust".
In the evolution of the two civilizations, the East and the West, there has always been a huge difference in the cognitive level of the two sides. Oriental society has a long history of insight into all things in the universe, and its understanding of life is even more thorough. For thousands of years, the Chinese nation has relied on the wisdom of "Taoism and nature, doing nothing", as well as the essentials of governing the world of "learning things, enlightenment, righteousness, self-cultivation, teamwork, governing the country, and leveling the world", so that its own civilization has always been in the realm of high standing and far-sightedness, and finally formed a broad and profound oriental culture. In Western civilization, even their elites have always been afraid of the gods they have created, so that in the process of understanding and transforming the world, the collective consciousness of the West has always been in a passive situation of cognitive limitations.
Since ancient times, human beings have been in a complementary relationship at the level of material enjoyment and spiritual pursuit. The reason why two completely different civilizations have been formed in the world must have their own meaning and value of existence. On the one hand, material wealth is the guarantee of cultural development, and spiritual civilization needs to be built on a certain material foundation; On the other hand, for thousands of years, the so-called immortalization and Buddhahood were more based on individual practice and transformation, while today most people rely on advanced information technology to achieve overall awakening. Today, with the increasing development of science and technology, the communication revolution is making the excellent part of human culture widely popularized for the first time, and then achieving a wider range of elevation and awakening, realizing social harmony, and realizing the leapfrog development of human civilization.
3. The direction and belonging of life are different.
The East and the West have different cultural connotations, and the two are in conflict but complementary, and have been experiencing violent collisions and fusions for thousands of years. Oriental civilization is built on the traditional culture with a long history, and the cognition of life and the universe is integrated into the three worlds, reflecting the harmony and unity of man and nature. Western civilization originated in ancient Egypt and ancient Babylon, and flourished in Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Through the development of science and technology, for the first time, human beings can see the universe deeper and farther at the material level. In the process of the development of the duality of human civilization, although the Eastern society has long been in touch with the true meaning of the universe and life, it has been waiting for the emergence of modern Western civilization for thousands of years.
The East pays attention to the natural and gradual Taoism, while the West develops rapidly with the power of science and technology. The former is broad and profound, with solid foundations, low risk but slow speed, and is suitable for the early and middle stages of human development. The latter relies on technology, has strong catalytic, is fast but risky, and is suitable for the rapid development of human beings in the later period. For hundreds of years, Western society has continued to achieve success in science and technology and material wealth, which has objectively promoted the rapid development of human society. The only difference is that under the dominance of materialism, human beings no longer pay attention to improving their moral and spiritual levels, and will eventually only come to an end in more and more arrogance. The difference in the dimension of life has long pointed out the direction for the development of the East and the West, and also indicates the inevitable result of the prosperity and decline of human beings.
Human society has two attributes at the beginning, on the one hand, the oriental civilization adheres to the origin of life, relies on natural evolution and continues to evolve, and has the internal power to go straight to the infinite high dimension. On the other hand, Western civilization is more characterized by the separation of possession and taking, and such an ideology is at the level of a limited dimension in the universe. The West believes that God is the heavens and governs everything. The East believes that life is a small universe, and that heaven and man can be one, so that everyone's energy is infinite. From ancient times to the present, the fear of all kinds of gods in the Western world shows that there is an insurmountable gap between humans and gods, which cannot be compared with the Eastern idea that "man is the future Buddha, and the Buddha is the person who has come before". In fact, human civilization not only represents different development models, but also the best combination to promote the continuous progress of mankind.
3. The transformation of civilization.
Influenced by extraterrestrial civilizations, the Mayans, who were originally from the East, ended their evolution on this planet ahead of schedule, which also indicates that a larger-scale graduation season for mankind is coming. After thousands of years of violent collisions and exchanges, the next is an unprecedented showdown between the East and the West, which opened the curtain of the great transformation of human civilization.
1. The changes of a century and the reversal of roles between China and the United States.
Since the birth of human civilization, the East and the West have been two forms with different frequencies of consciousness. Over the past 100 years, this kind of relationship has been mainly embodied in the two camps represented by China and the United States. As the number one superpower, the United States has long occupied a dominant position in modern society, not only seeking huge profits through monopoly capital, but also relying on military means to grab and seize it. However, this situation will not last long, the center of gravity of civilization has shifted, China's national strength is rapidly rebounding under the rise of the east and the fall of the west, and the fortune of the great power is gradually recovering. The United States is confronted with an increasingly powerful China, which is single-handedly shaking the centrality of the Western world. When this great eastern power shows its strong vitality, it is not only the United States that is afraid, but also the entire capitalist world.
For the West, led by the United States, the economic foundation for social stability is becoming increasingly severe. The hollowing out of industry, the virtualization of the economy, and the over-reliance on finance are the root causes of the Western economy. The intensifying internal contradictions have already become prominent, and natural disasters and man-made wars have made things even worse, and the pessimism of the people has been spreading. The consequences of the U.S. monetary deflation and financial overstimulation are becoming increasingly apparent, and the continuous development of housing, goods and public services, coupled with unfavorable factors such as ethnic groups, partisanship, and kidnapping by monopoly capital, this vicious circle of crises is destined to become more and more intense, and will eventually lead to the collapse of American society from within.
The world of duality is inherently fundamentally in conflict between East and West. In fact, the technological and financial wars launched by the West have been waged as early as the last century. For a declining hegemon, the more difficult it is, the more dangerous it is, and the more extreme and bottomless its means are. If China is a civilization disguised as a state, then the United States is a monopoly capital wearing a national mask. Although the United States has made great contributions to promoting scientific and technological progress and social development, based on the fundamental gap in cognitive dimensions, it is certain that China's rise is the trend of the times, and the reversal of roles between China and the United States is also the inevitable result of the development of human civilization.
To be continued