The Quality of Consciousness
As a humanity, we have created some terrible living situations and environments for ourselves. It is not in our best interests to do this, yet we do. Why do we do it? The answer lies in what is within each person.
I would say that it's to do with the quality of the consciousness of the individual; it's not simply a way of thinking, or a pattern of behavior that can be trained. It comes from what the person perceives.
That is dependent on the quality of consciousness that the person has. Therefore I think that it is vital to understand how this consciousness functions, and to learn to change it.
You cannot teach anyone to feel true beauty, or to feel true love and compassion. These things at their root are not simply ways of thinking. Either we have the capacity for these things or we don't. Unfortunately in many people, this capacity is either non-existent or is so small that base pleasures take priority.
If people felt that sense of beauty within, they would never destroy the world as it’s being destroyed now.
If people genuinely cared about others, how different things would be.
It's a good thing that it is possible to develop that spiritual sense, to change the fundamental nature of the individual. The pity is that most people don't even know about it. I hope that I and whoever else is interested, can take some steps towards changing that.
Belzebuub