Still merely thinking out loud.
I do not think that the ancient’s had the answer, metaphysically or other. Creating a social order wherein everyone has the opportunity to develop and contribute their talents, and receive sustenance for body, mind and spirit, is an elusive goal that civilization has sought since its beginning.
The problem of population growth, which accelerates when society approaches this goal, and an instinct to procure power to maximize an individual’s access to increasing resources, which creates an imbalanced society, has always been insurmountable obstacles to achieving this goal.
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Perhaps some dreams reflect our existence on parallel universes. Considering the principle of quantum entanglement, a parallel consciousness may occasionally leak into our unguarded minds while we sleep.
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I guess people are that way because the perturbation that such notions create for them is unbearable. Denial is the first line of psychological defense.