Thursday, March 29, 2018

Alienated Consciousness and Soul

As has been previously discussed, an Alienated Consciousness is the belief that one is detached from, and perhaps in an antagonistic relationship with, a group in which one is actually a member.  Now, typically, the estrangement originates in a political disenfranchisement.  But, in one case, the group involved is a Collective that is not a subset of another Collective--the Human species itself.  In this case, the Alienated Consciousness is a belief that one is a special kind of Individual--a 'Soul'--one which can be 'saved' from the group.  In other words, a prominent Theological doctrine breeds and reinforces an Alienated Consciousness that is beyond any particular political disenfranchisement.

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