Thanissara: Rehumanize Yourself
Techno-Fascism vs. Humanity: The War We Must Win
From Gaza to Silicon Valley: The Global Struggle Against Dehumanization
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Those who recognize the false as false live in the real.
Snippet from the Buddha – Dhammapada.
A Battle for the Heart of Humanity
We are in a war–one where neutrality is not an option. Why? Because immense destructive forces have seized control, seeking to engineer a world that not only dominates but erases the essence of what it means to be human. This war is not just about power; it is an assault on the fundamental truth of our interconnectedness–a web of life where all beings belong, not as commodities ranked by an artificial hierarchy of worth, but as intrinsic parts of a sacred whole. To remain passive is to surrender to a system that demands subjugation over sovereignty, fragmentation over unity, and control over true belonging.
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To survive, we must reject the illusion of the “divine rule of kings”–a position Musk claims for himself–and instead honor the inherent divinity and worth in all life.
The dominant force that has shaped the world since the end of WWII and the fall of the Nazis–U.S. colonial-capitalist-imperialism–is now being entirely absorbed into an emerging MAGA/Musk-aligned tech-bro oligarchy. This new regime, echoing the patterns of neo-Nazism, is waging war on the very essence of what it means to be human and humane.
This war is not only waged against nation-states and the most vulnerable, it is an assault on our intrinsic sense of humanity itself. At its core, it is a war against reality. The truth of our interconnectedness with each other and nature is undeniable: every breath we take affirms our shared existence, every drop of water we drink, and every meal we share reinforces this bond.
Yet a dangerous and grotesque distortion seeks to erase this essential truth that sustains the core of our sense of self. Its goal is to strip us of our humanity, reducing people to disposable cogs to be compartmentalized, controlled, and assimilated into an AI-driven, robotic, tech-defined neo-fascist soulless world.
A Psychopathic Vision of a Dehumanized Future
This twisted vision has been forged in minds consumed by a psychopathic drive to attack and dismantle the very foundation of our deepest values. Values rooted in an inner ethic of mutual empathy, collaboration, and reverence for the sacred web of life.
Billions of years of evolution have culminated in the extraordinary truth– we are here. From the earliest handprints on ancient cave walls to the symphonies of art, music, stories, and dance, humanity has expressed its essence through creativity, joy, empathy, sorrow, and camaraderie. Yet, all that is affirming and true, our history, our souls, our hearts, and our ability to love and stand united, now faces the threat of being suppressed, legislated out of existence, and discarded.
To these new masters of the universe, we mean nothing–absolutely zero. We are mere cannon fodder in their relentless quest for global domination. The democratic processes that once carried the promise of “we the people” have been hollowed out, and our inalienable rights are in the process of being denied. In their eyes, we are nothing more than a stain–one they would erase without a second thought.
A few weeks ago (2.8.2025), the Washington Post posted an article with the header, “In Chaotic Washington blitz, Elon Musk’s ultimate goal becomes clear. Shrink government, control data and–according to one official closely watching the billionaires DOGE–replace “the human workforce with machines.”
Transhumanism: The New Religion of the Oligarchy
At the core of this final war for the future lies the tech oligarchy’s defining mantra: “Why be human when you can be more?” That elusive “more” is the foundation of their metaphysical doctrine: Transhumanism.
This is an age-old idea and pursuit–the quest for immortality, both as an individual body and consciousness. This time round, they seek it through the fusion of technology, biology, and AI. At the heart of their new religion lies a single doctrine: “AI and algorithms rule.” Convinced that technology alone holds all solutions, these tech-bros envision a future free from government oversight or external accountability. Their utopia is one of radical individualism–designed exclusively for themselves. Their ambitions go beyond mastering Earth; they dream of evolving into a privileged interplanetary species, with Musk’s obsession of colonizing Mars as their launching point.
At its core, this is just another extreme iteration of eugenics–a sinister, racist mind virus that has long fueled oppression, enslavement, and destruction. It drove the eradication of Indigenous peoples, Hitler’s Holocaust that claimed over 11 million lives, and the ongoing oppression of those deeply rooted in land, culture, and the ancient shared ways of belonging. We have witnessed what this malevolent mind virus has done and continues to do in Gaza and the surrounding occupied territories.
Transhumanists seek security and immortality in all the wrong places. They cling to the illusion that this mortal realm can grant them eternal dominance—that their power-addicted egos will rule forever.
Rising in Our Power
This insane delusion is born from the mind, and only by returning to its source can we dissolve the deep-seated psychological patterns and energetic wiring that make us susceptible to domination, rooted in an inherited sense of victimhood. Instead, we must reclaim our power, personally and collectively, for indeed, we are the people!“
The stakes could not be higher in what feels like the final battle for Earth. I believe that at the heart of this struggle lies a deep, unconscious terror within the collective, triggered by our transition from the Holocene, an era of climate stability that sustained human civilization, to the Anthropocene, defined by human-caused ecocide, mass extinction, and environmental collapse.
The enormity of this moment is driving a collective psychosis, a mass retreat from reality into a fabricated, illusory world designed to distract us from the task at hand. Instead of succumbing to this deception, we have to resist our tendency to collapse and find ways to engage in this battle together–however we can. Each in our way while remaining centered and rooted in our authentic presence of heart and mind. Those of us awake to what is unfolding (if you’ve read this far, that would be you too), must rise against the attempted reign of these fiendish overlords.
Surrendering into Spirit and the Deep Peace of Resistance
To be human is to exist as a multi-dimensional being rooted in nature, community, and the cosmos. Yet, decades of materialistic, soulless consumption have severed this connection. So, our deeper work is to consciously undo this estrangement and reclaim our authentic truth, voice, and rightful place as participatory beings in the cosmic order.
In stark contrast, Transhumanism presents itself as the ultimate path of spiritual transcendence through eternalizing the physical body and capturing individual consciousness, like a genie in a bottle. Yet, in reality, it is nothing more than extreme dissociation and malignant narcissism born from unhealed trauma masquerading as progress.
Without inwardly engaging with our trauma, we remain trapped in cycles of illusion and sometimes violence toward ourselves, others, and often both. However, through spiritual practices and mindful engagement, we can create a compassionate space to transmute suffering into spiritual power as an alchemical process of true transformation.
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