The Brighter Side of Civilisation and the Universe

Perhaps one of the brightest side is the realisation that humanity's story doesn't end with Earth. The future sees humans not just as inhabitants of a planet but as citizens of the great mysteries of the universe, with a destiny intertwined with the stars. This shift in identity offers a narrative of resilience and infinite potential.

I. The beginning of civilisation through the eyes of history

The inception of civilisation marks one of the most transformative periods in human history. Through the lens of historical analysis, we can trace this beginning to several key developments that fundamentally altered human society from the beginning.

The transition from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to agriculture around 10,000 BCE is often cited as the cradle of civilisation. This shift allowed for the domestication of plants and animals, leading to surplus food production. This oversupply was revolutionary. With a stable food supply, populations could expand beyond what was previously sustainable, including that permanent settlements emerged, giving rise to the first villages and eventually cities. At the same time not everyone needed to farm, leading to the development of craftsmen, priests, and rulers.

The growth of these settlements into cities like Uruk in Mesopotamia or Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus Valley around 3500-2500 BCE marked a significant leap. Cities became centres of facilitating exchange of goods, ideas, and culture, necessitating complex social structures and early forms of government, as well as the invention of writing systems to record transactions, laws, and histories, preserving knowledge for future generations.

From these urban centres, the first states emerged. Civilisations like Sumer, Egypt, and the Harappan culture developed in the direction of managing societal order and property rights. Temples, pyramids, and palaces symbolised power and religious significance. Flourishing arts reflected the values and beliefs of these societies, often centred around religion and the divine right of rulers.

Civilisation's dawn was also marked by innovations that transformed transportation and storage, Metallurgy: the use of metals like bronze and later iron and last but not least mathematics and Astronomy: for practical purposes like agriculture and navigation, but also for religious and philosophical inquiries.

The beginning of civilisation, as viewed through history, wasn't a single event but a series of interconnected developments. It represents humanity's first steps towards complexity, from simple agrarian societies to sophisticated urban civilisations. This period laid the groundwork for all subsequent human achievements, illustrating how our ancestors' innovations in food production, urban living, governance, and culture set the stage for the world we inhabit today. Through this historical lens, we see not just the birth of civilisation, but the birth of human potential realised in community, creativity, and continuous progress.

II. The Endurance of Civilisation

Civilisations, like organisms, have life cycles marked by growth, peak, decline, and sometimes rebirth. Understanding what makes civilisations endure or falter provides not just historical insight but also lessons for contemporary societies.

Historians and philosophers, from Ibn Khaldun to Arnold Toynbee, have observed that civilisations often follow a pattern. They rise through innovation, unity, and expansion, reach a zenith of cultural and economic prosperity, then decline due to internal decay, external pressures, or both. This cycle isn't strictly deterministic but offers a framework for analysis.

Adaptation due to challenges isn't just about survival but thriving through innovation. Civilisations that adapt to environmental changes, like Mesopotamia's transition from marshlands to agriculture, showcase resilience.

Civilisations with strong philosophical or religious underpinnings, like the Confucian principles in China or Christian ethics in medieval Europe, provide a moral compass, guiding societal behaviour and governance.

The rise and fall of economic systems, from the trade networks of the Silk Road to the industrial might of 19th-century Britain, highlight the big importance of economic innovation.

Stability is often characterised by the rule of law, as seen in Ancient Greece's democracy or Rome's republic. However, over-centralisation or corruption can lead to decline, as observed in Rome's transition from republic to empire. A shared identity or culture, as in India's enduring civilisation, can act as an example, holding societies together through various upheavals. However, this cohesion must balance with openness to avoid stagnation.

Today, as we grapple with globalisation, climate change, and rapid technological advancement, these historical lessons are more relevant than ever. The endurance of civilisation in the modern era might depend on innovation in all spheres, including education, succeeding in solving global health, sustainability to balance growth with environmental stewardship and inclusivity.

The endurance of civilisation isn't guaranteed by mere existence but by the active engagement with its challenges and opportunities. By studying the rise and fall of past civilisations, we gain insights into not just how to survive but how to thrive in an ever-changing world. The lessons from history remind us that while civilisations may have an end, the human spirit of finding a reason for innovation, resilience, and community can lead to new beginnings.

One of the Durants' central theses in the book History of Civilisation is the constancy of human nature. This perspective challenges the notion of moral or intellectual progress, suggesting that while our tools change, our core behaviours do not.

III. Morality and Civilisation

Morals, also according to Durant, evolve with the stages of civilisation. They argue that moral codes are not universal but are tailored to maintain social order within specific cultural and economic contexts. This observation invites a reflection on contemporary moral debates, suggesting that what we deem moral today might not hold in different historical or future settings. The same as religion struggles to adapt to current world and youth. But the role it has in history, education and sustaining nations is an undeniable part of the way societies that produce innovations and technological advancement look like today.

Ideas, for the Durants, are the most potent forces in history. They explore how religious beliefs have historically unified societies, but also how the decline in religious faith can lead to societal fragmentation, challenging the notion that political parties are a core of disparities in societies. This raises questions about the future of secular societies and the role of belief systems in maintaining cultural cohesion.

Perhaps the most poignant lesson from the Durants is the importance of transmitting civilisation. They warn that without the conscious effort to pass on knowledge, art, and ethics, humanity could revert to barbarism. This call to action is a reminder for contemporary society to invest in education, culture, and the preservation of historical wisdom.

While the above have provided universal wisdom for some many decades, it does not necessarily showcase the urge of humans to reach over to larger truths connected not only to the creation of civilisation, but the creation of our solar system, or ultimately the universe. The laws that govern our behaviour and how things move. Why some people seem to outsmart others in my experience, does not only lay in their knowledge. The questions connected to whether there is God and what is behind a black whole, whether there are other preservable realities that the human mind can capture and bring into the notion of real life for people to see further, what their quest is leaning towards.

Philosophically the meaning of life is in preserving our own self, historically it is the importance of preserving communities, scientifically it is to answer as many questions as possible and reach out beyond our own self and beyond our own societies. This is the brighter side of civilisation. To live outside any given stereotypes knowing all given stereotypes.

While we might be able to detect the movement from the beginning from the first particle to how life and the universe has developed, we have also come to such advancement of human population, and thus being the technological advancement, that we have created tools that have the potential to outsmart us and if you think about this, the unpredictability of the universal development, whether time is linear, whether we will collide with another galaxy, may have absolutely different trajectories. This is the brighter side of the civilisation, to be able to explore the brighter side of the universal mind and have it so much in our hands, that the mind of God and everything that was thought to not be escapable, including what happens to our and each star life, name it living towards death, can all be questioned until it is solved.

Thoughts for future blogs includes that the era of scientific space exploration has seen breakthroughs in physics, biology, and psychology, driven by the need to adapt to extraterrestrial conditions or communicate with potential extraterrestrial intelligence. The exploration of the universe has expanded human consciousness. Encountering new environments and potentially other life forms (or their remnants) has deepened our philosophical and cultural narratives, leading to a more interconnected, empathetic global society. This expansion has also prompted a reevaluation of our place in space, fostering a more profound sense of unity and purpose.

The vastness of space and the common goals of exploration have, in most scenarios, united humanity in ways that terrestrial conflicts could not.

Can you imagine a world where such ideas are born, at the same time able to move things faster in an effective way in terms of forms, regulations and decisions being taken on the safety, production and reproduction of humans, where we are able to use our truest potentials while receiving what is needed to also afford the environment long term wise where we are able to teach other humans to see, expand their scale of consciousness and potentially be able to be sent among the stars, to observe, research and inspire earth creatures. Such world is probable and a probability is a possibility.

How do we sustain power of the laws of philosophy and political historical wisdom of overreaching others. This determined destiny is looming large, only until we realise the body of mind, the power of a touch over the power of a gun. The power of love and the voice of loving creatures trying to save Earth and the universe by creating powerhouses inside and outside their minds that unlock creativity for greater the human innovation. The power of tension between two bodies, who decided to unite and give this explosion of luminous energy around them. They like it so much that they know it is the only way it could save us and they did everything for all to see and receive. They hoped that if a hug still exists in this world, than nothing is lost and this vision of resilience that is now seeing beyond me and beyond us, has entered our Earth in a way that, the hope, magic, believe never disappear.

IV. The Brighter Side of Now

The greatest of all times is now in our remaining countries due to the advances, technology, systems, capabilities, education and economics introduced. Provided with that why should you dispare yourself is a question I oftentimes ask myself. I have discovered that many of the believes I have formed, were proven to not be true. The fact that I had a strict rule, but happy teenage years, does not lead to a very happy early adult life. I am doomed every day to wake up and know that despite all, my urge and realisation of duty as a citizen, makes me move mounties to be able to produce same or given the realisation I have found, even more than others. The brighter side of now is that you look and you find, you work and you receive, you love and you are loved back, there is an idea, it is all doable. You need people, so many bright educated minds around you. Just look and you will observe that we are already in love. Why? Because we like (or dislike) the same tools- the computer and the phone. We all like learning because we all started liking (or not liking) sharing. How to teach us to receive more? This might be a good question, a great and better one is how to teach us to see the world in two years or 10 years from now. People like you and me, have developed tools that will be able to restore our hidden urge to receive. Up and front, this is the truth of today that we see and this truth leads to the problems of today, where politics has left so far behind that it is not able to satisfy this need of society right now. Why this isn’t bad? The push for creativity is enormous, especially for people who actively feel as a part. The transforming of spheres like education is highly anticipated. Sometimes, I wish I could return to university, just so I can see how fast it adapts to what I am writing in this essay. But exactly this border of now is what makes the times so excitingly bright and dark. There never is just bright side of now.

V. Civilisation and the People

A Civilisation makes the person and a person makes the civilisation. This interexchange is commonly used in great nations. When you realise the people is what makes a civilisation and the people have the potential to dictate the environment in any given country, then you are thankful and start to think why could invest time to talk. This is the brighter side of civilisation, that at any given scenario, the people talk, listen, see, understand and observe any given societal order. People purpose in the world is stronger than the tools. We have already reached the anticipation of where is the border of the place our mind can reach. There can never be a stronger pull towards that end because it is the known end where we know and read about being brighter.

Essentially what makes people "great" or powerful isn't just about achievements or material wealth but about the values they uphold, the community they build, and the legacy they leave for future generations. This greatness is often a blend of cultural richness, historical resilience, social harmony, and a drive towards betterment. The power of government will then be to ensure conditions to uphold to those ideals and think about the Earth as a reservoir that needs to be sustained.

The greatest source of truth can sometimes be the people. If you observe, absorb and pass further, then you will see all of the past stored subconscious. The extreme determinism towards win, leads to aggression, wheres now you can observe absolutely the opposite. We have not only learned what a fast tracking development may cause, but also worked in the direction of being overwhelmingly in power of providing better conditions and taking care of each other has never been more obvious.

Fast paced had its good sides in teaching peoples to respond and learn fast. Increasingly valuable attributes is teaching the brain to see what it was never thought to see. We are as well aware that this is our greatest asset and those who understood this, also built tools that restore, before unthinkably, conditions, such as blind side and other disabling conditions. This is the brighter side of civilisation and the people, that collectively, you may solve all problems.

VI. The Greatest of the Universe

We already have a path to where we are going. The universe and the creation of organisms and the bodies in the universe, has always been providing us with the needed elements needed to go further. But the question to why the will and the motivation has not reached this level of preparedness for such a long time, is a powerful reminder of the human nature to long to the wrong sides of creativity.

Slow, fast, move, last, stay, bite, gentle touch, kiss and tell anyone if you desire to devote to exploring other worlds. This is the mystery and mastery of inspiration I see in so many people and so few pressure to present it. Even the ones who pursue this path, are so much bounded to prejudices that there is a already generation after generation Z that will leave in a world of large contrasts- the past and the future. The universe has expanded so much that we see billions of years behind. Do we state enough questions and why not. Is there a place where all great minds and scientists of today gather to collectively birth their understanding and foundation for the motivation behind a faster spaceship. The guide is why we do not do what we think it is right.

This is the greatness of the universe. That it provides a subject with unlimited number of questions you can ask. Sometimes the answers are straightforward, other times undesirable event might lean you to search here and there until you arrive together. The greatness of the universe is that this is just a single side of everything that will explode to other planets. But the billions other worlds with intelligence that may exist, has to push us prepare for such a momentum.

We have arrived on Mars and started building the first city there. You are million miles further than Earth, far from the sun but closer to galactic tales. You have worked so hard and was so dedicated to understanding what will be most beneficial to civilisation, that you did happen to be chosen to expand further your scale of consciousness and excitement which will be much bigger in the future.