EP29. We Are Coming to the End of Our Civilisation

About this episode

Barry Long discusses humanity's attachment to the mortal world and the implications of this attachment on our perception of life and death.

Human beings are attached not to life but to living — to the mortal body, to possessions, relationships, and the structures of the world — and that this attachment makes us worship death rather than realise the immortal life that we are. Barry says that when tragedy strikes, especially in public events of mass death, most people are not grieving life itself but reacting to the shock of their own mortality reflected back at them. Against this, Barry says – life is one, universal, and undying –...

People in this episode

Host: Barry Long

Topics covered

• civilization
• mortality
• attachment
• life
• spirituality

Keywords

• civilization
• mortality
• attachment
• spirituality
• life
• death
• tragedy