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Belief systems and ME
| 3.6 |
Philosophy 2000 to 800 BCE: The 'enlightened' Asia mind
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| While the period of 2000 BCE to 800BCE marks the rise and fall of several great civilizations principally in the middle East, the same period saw quite different civilizations and prime ideas emerge under the Celts of Northern Europe and the Indus Civilization of India. | ||
| 3.6.1 | The power of the Earth and the power of the universe | |
| Unlike the bleak and dark philosophies of the Middle Eastern and Sth American civilizations, the celtic and indus civilizations shared similar beliefs in the power of the earth, the universe and mans ability to harness this power. | ||
| Both the celts and the Asiatic peoples were the first to consider life after death as being something that could be attained through practice and good behaviour, although still restricted to certain classes in society. | ||
| Compared to the emotionally unstable gods of the ancient western civilizations, the celts and indus gods offered hope of live after death by attuning to the world of dreams. Life itself was considered as something connected to this mysterious dreamscape and answers to life hereafter rested in this transference of knowledge and mind to this other place. | ||
| The peoples of the Pacific, North America and Australia shared similar beliefs also at the time in the power of channeling the mind into awakening to a greater dream. The indigenous Australian ancestors even had names for the practice which translate as "The Dreaming" and "dream time" a state of mind and ritual when a trained initiate might meld with the greater I. | ||
| 3.6.2 | The growing trade in ideas and the hiding of knowledge | |
| While in the East, this period spelt great inroads in the development of a more sophisticated belief system and placement of man, gods and the universe, it also represents a corresponding period when the mystery schools first appeared outside long term religious centres and knowledge of ancient mysteries began to be hidden from view. | ||
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