Our life as an array of possibilities in our actual times , is magnificent , exuberant , superior to all others known to history and humanity .
But the fact that its scope is greater , it has eclipsed all the principles , norms and ideals handed down by tradition through the ages . It is more life than all previous existence , and therefore all the more problematic . It can find no clear directions from the past , it has to discover its own ways and destiny .
I'm not implying that human life today is necessarily better than other times , I'm not speaking of the quality of actual existence , though I believe it is better and we are leading a better existence in most aspects , but I'm reflecting on today's quantitative advances , its increase of potency , and its effects on us all .
I believe I'm thus giving an exact description of the conscience of today's man . His certitude that consists in his feeling himself possessed and capable of greater potentiality than ever before and that all previous times seem dwarfed by contrast .
We live in such an accelerated mode , that it is becoming exceedingly more difficult to teach new generations our traditional culture . It is true though , that the average youth of today's world , possesses a soul , a humanity and feelings stronger than those of the last centuries or the antiquities , but much more simple , giving the impression at times of a primitive man suddenly risen in the midst of a very technical and sophisticated world .
In our modern schools today , which were such a source of pride in previous times , it is becoming increasingly impossible to do more than instruct the masses in the various techniques of modern life . It is becoming extremely difficult to educate them . They are given tools for an intenser form of existence , but no feeling for their great historic duties . They are hurriedly exposed to the pride and power of modern tools , gadgets and instruments but not with their spirit .
The new generations are getting ready to take command of the world, with hardly or no notions of history or previous traditional and highly complex problems of our existence throughout past times in the world .
Thank you all for being so patient with my reflections and opinions through my writings and compilations .
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