Page 59, Abolition of Man

"I am only making clear what Man's conquest of Nature really means and especially that the final stage in conquest, which, perhaps, is not far off. The final stage is come when Man by eugenics, by pre-natal conditioning, and by an education and propaganda based on a perfect applied psychology, has obtained full control over himself. Human nature will be the last part of Nature to surrender to Man. The battle will be won. We shall have 'taken the thread of life out of the hand of Clotho' and henceforth free to make our species whatever we wish it to be. The battle will be won. But who, precisely, will have one it?"

This quote is quite powerful, and to reflect on or society and the current path of our government the question posed is quite relevant. Our society is plagued with abortion, the attempts at cloning, embryonic research, and euthanizing our elderly.
We are ever creeping up on the edge of the precipice. We have removed the consequence of our action by abortion thus freeing man to pursue any course with no regret or responsibility. We lose the value of our children only to gain a carefree life focused on ourselves. We doom the continuance of our society by self centered thinking.

Next we find the cloning is become ever more present in thought. It brings on visions of a "Brave New World" and the idea that we can shape man to fit what we need. The drive can be anything form creating the perfect man that will have a great immunity and strength designed for battle or to create a drone for "slave" labor. To make a clone would remove and distinct God given qualities that make one man different form the next. This would remove the idea of free will people so dearly cling to. In essence, cloning would be worse then the idea of a God who created people only for there mere destruction.

In my third point we see embryonic research which is a drive to create "parts" for the human body. We sacrifice the DNA of what will become another human to create and harvest a organ or body part to preserve our ever aging bodies. We are determined to live longer better lives at any cost. We again through out our values for the quest of selfish desire.

Again on the idea of selfish desires and focus our society is finding the need to euthanize the elderly. This concept may seem foreign or absurd, but do not laugh or scoff. This will soon sweep our nation. We have no value of or children and sacrifice them for our own pleasure. With this in place why would we continue to "burden" ourselves with the responsibility of taking care of our elders. We have health care reform being shoved in our face everyday form the media and I urge you to take caution. Look at our precious veterans, and the health care they receive. More and more the government wants to cut funding and lower the benefits. We are closing in on the day when it will be easier to cast off our elders then to take care of them.

Our society has lost value in life and is doing their best to remove any form of objective morality and rule of Natural law. Man is on a conquest to dominate nature and rule him self. We are attempting to tear down the wall of separation and become as gods ourselves. Take heed to Lewis.

Page 61-62 Abolition of Man

"What ever Tao there is will be product, not the motive, of education. The conditioners have been emancipated from all that. It is one more part of Nature which they have conquered. The ultimate springs of human action are no longer, for them, something given. They have surrendered-like electricity: it is the function of the Conditioners to control, not to obey them. They know how to produce conscience and decide what kind of conscience the will produce. They themselves are outside, above. For we are assuming the last stage of Man's struggle with Nature. The final victory has been won. Human nature has conquered-and, of course, has conquered in whatever sense those words now bear.

The Conditioners, then, are to choose what kind of artificial Tao they will, for their own good reasons, produce in the Human race. They are the motivators, the creator of Motives. But how are they going to be motivated themselves?"

I am introverted.  It seems like a curse.  I have had friends through out my life, or what appeared to be friends.  It is hard for me to interact with others, I have a huge fear.  It seems to me that I should not be the only one putting forth effort.  I fell like my friends, as it were, have abandoned me.  I try to use any means I have to keep in contact but my endeavors seem fruitless.  I use facebook to keep up but I find people don't respond.  I call but do not get called in return.  I am starting to think I have a huge personality flaw that acts as two opposing magnets.  I thought friends kept in touch, but if I am the only one doing this, then do I really have friends.  I am not seeing a point any more.  I don't really want a phone anymore with no one calling.  I do need it, I have to talk to somebody or I think I will lose my mind.  I don't enjoy work, but it is the one thing that allows me to forget that I am alone. 

Friends back home that I grew up with never really included me for some unknown reason.  I have a college buddy that live about 30 minutes away, but he never wants to come down here.  He wants me to go there.  I have another college buddy that moved to Texas.  I hardly ever get a call from him.  I used to call him every weekend but it was always the same thing.  I would give him a hard time, then we would drift to relationships and he would always say there is someone out there and the rag on how much the last 2 months of his previous relation ship were hell and practically blotted out the other 7 or so months.  Then have the audacity to basically say that I am better off then him.  What kind of bull is that?  How can I be better off?  I have never had a relationship, and I am always reminded of the quote about it being better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all.  Then our conversation would shift to this new girl and how wonderful she is, and how he calls her and spends time with her.  Then talks about spending time in the oil fields and such and how life with his brother, uncle, and grandfather is going.  After all of that, he understands me?  B.S.  How can he know?  He is not alone, he has family there, I have no one here.  To end the conversation, he has to go because something or someone is waiting on him.  We spent 4 years through thick and thin and I am dropped like nothing, discarded like a candy wrapper.  Then there are my other friends.  None seem to care. 

I do not understand, how is it I see other people getting calls and enjoying people and interacting with random people with no problem.  I hate being introverted but I feel captive.  I am locked away as a prisoner.  The only people I have contact with is family but I want more, I just want my friends to care, not just one friend but more hopefully all of them.  It would be nice to see them take some time to call for a change.  I don't want them to call once and never again.  I want my sister to call, she seems to be the only one that understands me.  But my sister is so busy, working and taking care of 3 kids and cooking for her husband and all. 

Then here I sit with only my cruel thoughts to keep me company.   I know this is rambling and some what confusing, but who really cares.  My friends don't notice.  I don't think anybody really reads any of my post anyway.

 Do you know me?  I don't think you do. Sure, we talk and are friends and you know my name and what I do, but do you know me?  Do you know what goes on inside?

 What do you see?  I am not sure, but I know what front I put up.  I try to come across calm collected, sometimes cold as ice.  I try to remain focused with no deviation from my course despite what distractions may be around.  Is this me?  No, not really.  What is on the inside?

 Well, I will try to tell you.  To state it bluntly, I am afraid.  I have many fears that I hide,sure some are seen.  I fear contact with other people, but I so desperately want the contact.  Even when I am told to go to somebody and ask for something or tell them something, I find a little fear in me. I do not want to intrude in what they are doing.  I fear new people and shy away from talking to them.  I feel socially incapable of handling new people.  I fear taking on new risks.  I hate applying for jobs and then going for interviews.  The interview plays into the fear of people.  I was terrified when I bought my car, I feared making a grave mistake.
  What about emotions?  My emotions are not collected as I try to portray, sure some do not surface or occur but there are many that mix under the surface.  The emotions that rage in my soul can be like a terrible storm turning and twisting with every racing thought.  I am on a perpetual roller coaster never knowing when the next turn, dip, or hill will come.
 Then there is my thoughts, I can fly through millions of different thoughts in just a few minutes.  My mind can go from nothing to who knows where in nothing flat.  I can be quite confused or collected.  I can think about the future or my failures of the past.
  Lastly, I think about my inner self.  I am chained within my self.  I am somewhat held hostage, if you will, by my own conscience. With all my emotions and fears I am locked away, crying to be released.  When I meet people, I want to connect.  I am dying to get to know them and ask thousands of questions.  My lips are held silent.  I feel unable to connect with others, to share with them. I so desperately long for that one person to connect and share with.  I want to confide in them and tell them my fears and my dreams.  I want to ask them many things and be accepted.  But alas, I am locked away.


Silence.....