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Sustainable Consciousness and the Redemption of Humanity

Hannah Porat
2 min readDec 29, 2019

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It seems certain themes have repeated themselves so often in the public space that the fundamental question of what is to be done so people everywhere achieve the elusive dimension of sustainable consciousness will be practically answered.

Let’s start with some basic premises: all human problems are caused by human beings. Whether it is the climate crisis as global warming due to burning fossil fuels (coal, gas, oil), the military and US “spendings” of $ 2 Trillion for military expenditures since 2001, and I use the “ “ signs as really this is all done on borrowed money, not money that is available as a surplus from our economic activity, or 70 Million refugees managed by the UN in rather miserable conditions, or the assault on women and children (rape, child abuse, child trafficking) and the massive putting down of women even in so-called advanced societies like the USA or Germany — see wage inequality, the overall picture points to a clear phantom picture of the perpetrator archetype:

The aggressive and unconscious human male, who is not informed by any morality guiding his actions, rather driven by such features as 1) his sex drive, 2) his drive for economic acquisition, and enrichment, even at the expense of the suffering of others or as we now understand the fate of the entire planet’s climate, 3) his quest for power and supremacy — leading to the frequency of the dictator types around the world (North Korea, Syria) and 4) his basic ignorance and stupidity in his unwillingness to take…

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Hannah Porat
Hannah Porat

Written by Hannah Porat

Mother of 4 adult sons and one daughter; anthropologist; proud Jewess and student of Torah; German-Israeli dual citizenship; resident in Beitar Illit since 1996

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