Synopsis "Expressions of Consciousness"
In this second book, Expressions of Consciousness, we explore conventional thinking around the globe. Conventional thinking ‟per se" is investigated by examining a sample of today's major conventional thinkings in alphabetic order Buddhism, Capitalism, Christianity, Communism, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Individualism, Islamism, Judaism, and Science. We submit these selected samples to a common analytic grid, with an eye to our goal of quickly turning our planetary situation around. In our ordered evaluation of the samples, we only question to what degree the various conventional thinkings examined could contribute to our quest for a fast, relative utopia. No other valuation is assigned to any of the samples. We explore, a bit more thoroughly, the nature of conventional thinking, including its genesis and its dynamic effect on inter-generational human thought, together with its importance to our purpose. We also note that, given the nature of conventional thinking, modifying it in any way can be an arduous undertaking and that any successful attempt at modification will usually be characterized by a very determined original thinker hand-in-hand with some very good luck.
