He says modern society is unusually materialistic because it ignores anything that is not material, and therefore people need to return to deeper spiritual contact with themselves.
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Modern society
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"So it's possible for you to worship any demon or angel that you want. And, you know, within our consciousness is a microcosm of..."
"...to create a sex cult together. And his understanding is this, modern society has made everyone miserable. Why has it made everyone miserable? Because..."
"...To remove the power of sex over you, right? Because in modern society, sex is about shame, right? So what he's going to do..."
"...the signs of the beast in the Western modern politics, in modern society, but we strongly believe in the possibility to change everything, to..."
"...are making out to be. And there are parallels to our modern society where. It seems as though China and America are at war...."
"...the idea of human capital where it is not really a modern society in which people are well educated and they're contributing to the..."
"...a taboo right what's the worst thing you can do in modern society killing children guys right so there's no exit for Israel you..."
"...and then he basically became disgusted with the material lifestyle of modern society. So he got on a boat and went to Tahiti where..."
"...our society? Okay, how do you create an identity? And in modern society, there are three institutions that create a collective identity for society...."
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