We evolved in “Middle Earth.”
For most of our time on this earth, we lived where the temperatures were moderate, the distances we traveled were short, and the things around us were of a scale we could handle.
The heavens above were a big mystery.
We didn’t need to make many choices, and our biology drove us, guided us, and saved us.
Over time, we traveled more. Our social structures became more complicated. We had to learn to deal with more complexity and uncertainty.
We learned tricks like written language, math, and heuristics to get by. We invented gods and religion. We learned to make maps. We became civilized. We divided the world into domains of separate truths: religion, science, cooking, etc.
We learned to experience the world indirectly. The map became our reality. The labels became our truth. Wisdom became “ologies,” separate and disconnected. We learned to “control” our biology and our urges. We learned to live in our heads.
Our souls cry out, and we don’t know why.
Maybe it’s time to experience reality directly and to deal with things as they are.