My Culturism ideology

[rocket art]

Hi. As mentioned before, I tend to think independently. This view that I call as "Culturism" is my reaction to events blatantly occuring nowadays, wherein indivuals seemed sacrificed with the adage, the "inevitability of economics." I do not necessarily buy that. I believe there is alternative, and that is the inevitability of CULTURE.

 

Things are getting more complex as we approach the Future. However, Culture will enable Earth Humanity to control its own destiny and future as we decide to maneuver Culture's inevitable dynamics that our Aware Consciousness choose to, rather than to merely rely one's existence with the dictated flow of machinery, economics, politics and media.

 

It took much effort to compose and write it, and am compelled to post it for open minded scrutiny and discussion:

 

A Vision on Culture

 

 

 

I. Relative

 

I. For Vision to be revealed is to reveal it with actions.

Culture is action.

Culture cannot be subjectively defined,

rather it is subjectively approached.

Neither is it limited or defined objectively,

rather objectivity are patterns that follow or guide it.

It is relative with one to another.

 

II. I speak of culture not by defining it

But by acknowledging that I am a relative part of it.

 

III. Culture is an inevitable endeavor. To deny it will result to culture of denial.

To suppress it will result to culture of suppression.

To deny selflessness in culture will eventually result to culture of selfishness.

Culture based on selfishness will result to culture of greed.

 

 

II. Selflessness

 

I. As culture is inevitable, there is the need is to perceive cultural endeavors

that encourage selflessness, as reaction to concerns when

excessive commercialism becomes prevalent to culture

which may eventually succumb to the pitfalls of selfishness.

 

II. The dilemma is when societies equate prosperity and progress

with the necessity of selfishness, when these can be

achieved with the alternative approach of Selflessness.

 

III. However it is contemplated that such dilemma may have

occurred from the manipulation of belief systems

That thrive on selfishness for the survival

of such belief systems.

 

 

III. Selfishness

 

I. In Culturism, selfishness is differentiated from rational self-interest

for the latter is motivated on introspective examination

with the aspect of Self for the

purpose of being aware with oneself in relation to one’s environment.

Such motivation would eventually manifest the holistic character of

Self relative with one’s fellows and environment

And in general with the intangible aspect of Self.

 

II. "Awareness of Self results to Selflessness.

Ignorance of Self results to selfishness."

 

III. Selflessness is an abstract concept as

opposed to the defined motive

and behavior of selfishness that

disregards the intangible aspect of Self;

IV. However the endeavors that Selflessness contributes

may result to tangible benefits, but in contrary

To the consequent effects of selfishness.

 

V. Selflessness is perceived as

antithesis to selfishness.

 

VI. Selfishness is not denied from views on reality; rather selfishness is

to be viewed as a primitive aspect of human nature that may be transcended over

with the culture of sincere endeavors among individuals,

in fairness and justice, with the wisdom, creativity and intelligence

in overcoming its consequences.

 

VII. Selfishness is to be identified with certain belief systems

for its supposed benefits as defined by such systems,

and experiential necessities to the understanding of human existence.

 

VIII. Selfishness in Culturism is every individual's struggle, hence

its endeavors for betterment start at the very basic level,

as it starts with every individual.

 

 

IV. Culturism

 

I. Culturism is the perception that the

implications of culture in human endeavors

are of foremost concern to human existence.

 

II. Culturism is the perception that

Cultural endeavors towards human awareness

(with mention to social, artistic, scientific, and intellectual pursuits)

to the human experience are of

foremost importance to secular human life,

 

III. And with its inevitable and continuing journey

Culturism is to be identified with Selflessness

as opposed to selfishness.

 

IV. The struggle to Selflessness

is not to deny one’s self, but rather to free one’s Self

from impartiality of belief systems of a material world,

its pitfalls, and selfishness that it encourages.

It is a rebirth of Self minus selfishness.

 

V. Culturism is the perspective that the Ideals of Culture are achieved

through Selfless contributions and motives of individuals to society and Humanity.

 

 

 

V. Seen and Unseen

 

I. The present attempt at manipulation of culture

to selfishness by certain belief systems for gratification of self

may be based on materialistic belief systems;

Materialism defines the concept of reality

only by what is seen or tangible.

 

II. In Culturism, Reality is both in the Seen dimesion (material, tangible)

and Unseen dimension(nonmaterial, intangible).

To deny the Unseen is an impartial perspective of Reality.

 

III. Selfishness, as opposed to the abstract and intangible concept of Selflessness,

is a manifestation with definite and defined motives biased to the tangible,

thus it will not be identified with the intangible.

 

IV. Therefore the attempt of materialism to define Reality

With a bias to the Seen is erroneous,

although the bandwagon where it rides,

logic and rationality, are important tools.

 

V. Culturism rejects materialism for the limited

characteristics of matter are imposed

on human insights, an attempt to

reduce the Self from its mystery, into a

commodity or tool for the machinery

of materialistic manipulations.

 

VI. The denial of materialism to the Unseen dimension of Reality

imply that it is an approach that thrives on ignorance to such side,

to the limiting and stifling of the broad purpose of Self

 

VII. and profoundness of human life that otherwise enable

Consciousness to pursue and realize

the mystery of its Ultimate Vision.

 

VIII. Systems that thrive on human ignorance to the Unseen

is considered unnecessary to Culturism,

and its ‘comforts’ considered as illusions

due to impartial bias to views on reality.

 

IX. Selfishness-induced viewpoints should be confronted with

knowledge, inner wisdom and truth, in the spirit of

peaceful contention and quest for awareness.

 

X. Hence Culturism encourages the pursuit of knowledge and experience

as consequences with both tangible and intangible values rather than on

sole pursuance of material manifestations offered by materialistic belief systems.

 

 

VI. Justice and Freedom

 

I. Culturism acknowledges abstract concepts of Reality,

for Selflessness is in itself abstract, yet its tangible

results designed to benefit humanity identifies with the

Balance perspective of Justice and Freedom.

 

II. "Freedom expands one’s universe

Justice may curve it."

 

III. The ultimate purpose of discovery

is not to solely to gain from it,

but eventually to free it.

 

IV. To seek for Truth, seek for freedom.

To begin with freedom, and end with freedom

is to gain Freedom.

 

V. Culturism seeks truth, and to seek truth, it seeks Freedom.

 

VI. Selfishness does not seek truth,

but seeks only for its own profit.

Selfishness and its opposing views are

deleted when Justice is achieved.

 

VII. True Justice thrives on Freedom.

 

 

VII. Reality Vision

 

I. Freedom is essential to Culturism;

however with freedom requires responsibility.

Such responsibility is achieved with empirical and moral insights

in an environment that encourages Awareness.

 

II. Justice is an essential factor of Culturism,

and such justice is applied with the perspective of Balance

with what will be termed as the Reality Vision.

 

III. Culturism acknowledges that Reality is both the Seen Reality and the Unseen Reality.

Hence Culturism is the Awareness and achievement of its

Balance, and from this Balance Universal Justice is assured.

This is the Reality Vision of Culturism.

 

IV. The Seen may also imply the tangible, or boundaries of one’s perceived universe,

and the Unseen may imply the wide scope of probabilities of parallel dimensions and universes.

With this perspective the views on Self is expanded,

and such is relative to the perspective of Reality Vision.

 

V. Balance is the key to Justice, not suppression of

a side to the other, sometimes at the guise of Order.

 

VI. Thus Culturism perceives the importance of Balance over Order.

Awareness to both sides of Seen and Unseen

is the key to Balance.

 

VII. The Universe is in its order only because of

The order of that which is Seen.

The awareness of Unseen Universe

Will render that the Universe is in Balance with it.

 

 

VIII. Nature

 

I. This Balance is also achieved through

Harmony with Nature.

 

II. Culturism perceives nature not as mere

dominion to subdue and exploit;

Certain endeavors show proof that such excuses

are perceived by selfishness-based belief systems that

eventually result to unjust exploitation and pollution.

 

III. Culturism acknowledges the profound significance

of Nature, not just economically but in

cultural and inspirational perspectives as well.

 

IV. Nature is a manifestation of tangible and eloquent patterns emanating

from the intangible dimensions of Mystery and created in the Balance of it.

Nature contributes on understanding Humanity and its mystery.

 

V. Nature is a Conscious entity

And not a mere commodity.

 

VI. To harmonize with Nature

rather than the sole excuse of exploiting it

is a necessary factor for human survival

and understanding what is to be human.

 

 

IX. Survival

 

I. Survival of Self is not to be equated with selfishness.

Selfishness is to be equated with belief systems

that thrive on the primitive side of human nature

for the survival of such systems.

 

II. However, Culturism considers wanton selfishness

as a threat to humanity’s survival.

 

III. Survival as perceived in Culturism is the necessary expansion of

Awarenes with both knowledge and the

mysteries of Universe, being in existence with it.

 

IV. Suppression of such awareness, motivated by the antithesis in selfishness

may be considered a threat to humanity’s survival

in the wider dimensions and perspectives of Reality other than the

biased reality or belief systems that selfishness finds its excuse.

 

 

X. Prosperity

 

I. The consequent prosperity that may result from Culturism is mainly

achieved in its pursuit of wealth in knowledge and Awareness,

rather than in pursuit of material wealth.

 

II. The material benefits, among other benefits,

is a byproduct of Culturism, rather than its end result.

Prosperity in Culturism is to be defined holistically.

 

III. Culturism thrives in the wealth of

human experience, and follows the complexity of the

pleasure/pain drama of human phenomenon and

the pursuit of the Evolution of Consciousness;

 

IV. Culturism may not follow prosperity,

but prosperity follows Culturism.

Culturism follows the human phenomenon.

 

V. Prosperity in Culturism is to be equated with the

holistic perspective of both the tangible and intangible wealth

achieved from selfless contributions.

 

 

XI. Endeavors

 

I. Culturism is contributory to the diverse conglomeration of human endeavors in various fields: Literary and Artistic endeavors, Science and Technology, Entertainment and human experience, ‘enlightened’ Politics and Economics.

II. Every one is an active participant and is encouraged to contribute. Culturism differentiates itself with prevalent endeavors in that it is achieved through Selflessness and yet its contributing factor will benefit humanity in general as such is its purpose.

 

III. Culturism acknowledges the valuable contributions of

various cultures of humanity preceding it,

finding foothold in its strengths and learning from its lessons.

 

IV. Endeavors implying selfishness are not considered as contributing factor to,

but rather as remnants of previous belief systems predating Culturism,

as individuals require material ‘survival’ on such yet prevailing cultures.

 

V. However Culturism will flourish amidst the previous cultures or systems,

holistically fusing itself with it and creating from its interaction transitional

and gradual development, and will be a continuing dynamic force in the

inevitable metamorphosis for Change.

 

 

XII. Pre-existent Patterns

 

I. Culture is perceived as the patterns of human endeavors identified with

civilization and its development. However with the nature of dynamic movements of culture, Culturism also considers what will be termed as ‘pre-existent patterns’

as part of its cohesive perspective.

 

II. As Culturism identifies Reality both with the Seen and Unseen,

the abstract and tangible, positive and negative, the Vision Reality

perceived by Culturism implies such personal aspects as

intuition, premonition, symbol patterns such as in dreams, and the like of

complex patterns which may have provided, not surprisingly,

considerable contributions to personal and intimate endeavors

attested among individuals on certain creative and artistic pursuits, compositions,

technological inventions, and other products of such talents,

 

III. wherein these individuals will attest that such insights are achieved

in the spirit of Selfless contribution, and in the personal awareness of Self.

 

IV. These considerations to cognitive patterns are part of the dynamic pursuit of

Culturism towards Reality Vision and its holistic perspective of Human Reality.

 

XIII. Beyond

 

I. Hence Culturism does not limit itself on established belief systems and its limitations, but rather seeks insights beyond these existing patterns in the foremost of cultural endeavors of human activity. This is the contributing factor of

Culturism to human development.

 

II. Thus Culturism will incorporate various fields as important factors to the

Reality Vision on the Seen and Unseen phenomenon, the tangible and abstract,

towards the continuing development and quest for awareness.

 

III. These include metaphysics, quantum mechanics,

Synchronicity (not compromise) of eastern, indigenous, classical and western philosophy,

psychic phenomena, extraterrestrial dimensions,

legends and symbolic mythology, and other abstract or transcending factors, and

properly discerned in just and fair views relative to cultural contributions.

 

IV. The role of Consciousness is not being denied with such endeavors,

neither is it subjectively or objectively defined by it.

Rather Consciousness is relative with Culturism.

 

V. Culturism does not limit the capacity of Human Consciousness,

and rejects belief systems that attempt to limit it.

 

VI. Human limitation is to be seen as the limitation of knowing one’s Self

 

hence its necessity to limit one’s environment and belief systems.

 

 

XIV. Mystery

 

I. Culturism acknowledges the continuance of

Mystery of the Universe surrounding it,

and does not limit the concept of Truth.

 

II. Endeavors in Science pursue truth from among the tangible,

Endeavors in Art pursue truth from among the intangible, and

Mystery is the catalyst for the pursuit.

 

III. From such Mystery Life is brought forth.

Life is the "eloquent pattern" of such Mystery.

 

IV. Culturism perceives that the awareness of the Unseen dimension

broadens the perspectives of Seen dimension and it is

with the awareness of the Essence, the Muse of such Mystery, that

inspires the Self to create from the intangible, Unseen Reality

an endeavor, an invention, an artwork, a composition

And other tangible results to the culture of Seen Reality that are

in acknowledgement and in harmony with both dimensions;

 

V. and with the dance and Balance of both,

Selflessness and Universal Justice and responsible Freedom are achieved.

 

VI. "The limits of one’s universe

is not outside one’s self

But within the Self."

To limit one’s Self, is to limit one’s universe;

not to limit one’s Self, is not to limit one’s universe.

 

"Visions that approach beyond reason are achieved

When there is no reason why not."

 

RIC VIL HORI

Edited February 20, 2012 by rocket art

[CraigD]

I like the tone of rocket art’s “Culturism ideology” :eek2: – I have an intuition that it validates my own personal moral philosophy, which distills to the much more succinct “golden rule”: treat others as you would like to be treated.

 

With a long manifesto like this, I’d be premature to claim a good understanding of it after a single reading and short period of reflection. A question, however, come immediately to mind.

 

In “Seen and Unseen”, materialism is rejected for the reason that it denies “the unseen” – a valid position, as materialism explicitly and fundamentally rejects the idea of any thing that cannot interact with the material universe as inconsequential and unreal. However, I believe that the rejection of materialism by a moral philosophy (a system of determining correct behavior) is overly simplistic. Distant and recent history contain many instances of inappropriately applied philosophical materialism leading to acknowledged bad outcomes, and also many examples of the failure to embrace materialism for specific endeavors leading to acknowledged bad outcomes.

 

A useful comprehensive moral philosophy must, I believe, contain the idea of what Stephen Jay Gould terms magisteria, "a domain where one form of teaching holds the appropriate tools for meaningful discourse and resolution". Efforts to define a single, simple, philosophical system applicable across all domains of experience are, I believe, doomed to be ineffective, given current human knowledge, culture, and physical form.

[rocket art]

However, I believe that the rejection of materialism by a moral philosophy (a system of determining correct behavior) is overly simplistic. Distant and recent history contain many instances of inappropriately applied philosophical materialism leading to acknowledged bad outcomes, and also many examples of the failure to embrace materialism for specific endeavors leading to acknowledged bad outcomes.

 

Craig, thanks for some constructive comments. Also, the concerns that you are pointing out open up very vital issues that should be addressed, and enable the refinement of views.

 

Perhaps the only 'moral' aspect being addressed by Culturism is the view on Selflessness as opposed to the idea of selfishness that inevitably results with belief systems that thrive on the latter (II.iii). Yet, even selfishness is not necessarily rejected by Culturism (III.vi), albeit it is identified as among the primitive aspect of human nature.

 

Neither is materialism rejected due to moral philosophy in Culturism. Culturism perceives of the Reality Vision as both the Seen and Unseen, yet materialism explicitly rejects the Unseen as part of Reality. However, Culturism identifies Unseen as a vital necesity for the balance of the Seen Reality (V.ii) and for the continuance of the vital catalyst of Mystery. Hence materialism is rejected not just by moral grounds, but by its utter incapability of defining Reality (both Seen and Unseen) as viewed by Culturism.

 

Certain bad outcomes may not necessarily be due the failure of embracing materialism , but rather in the failure of acknowledging the tool of rationality and logic that had been sacrificed for unbridled, irrational passion. However, Culturism acknowledges the importance of such tool (V.iv).

"Inappropriately applied philosophical materialism" lead to "acknowledged bad outcomes" not necessarily because of the tool of logic and rationality where materialism rides on its bandwagon, but because materialism erroneously identifies such as institution, rather than as tool. Culturism appropriately identies these vital aspects as tool, rather than as institution.

 

As a reaction, I propose that (using an alternate quote of Marx for his historical materialism) Materialism be identified as the opiate of Science.

 

 

Efforts to define a single, simple, philosophical system applicable across all domains of experience are, I believe, doomed to be ineffective, given current human knowledge, culture, and physical form.

 

I believe that Culturism had not defined itself as a system applicable to all domains of experience, but rather Culturism considers itself as 'relative' to such experiential domain (I.ii). Instead, Culturism acknowledges that Awareness to experience are of foremost importance (IV.ii).

 

Such applicability instead for such dilemma is identified at the more fundamental level, that of the individual level (III.viii). Hence the applicability of Culturism that eventualy manifests towards social and even universal level, begins with the most basic entity, the Individual.