Dharma is samatha

Samatha is empirical science revealing the causality of consciousness. 

We live in a materialistic culture where the institutions of authority, be they economic, political, military, or religious, are being exposed as vulnerable, fragile, and in danger of collapse.

The dawning of samatha practice in the West is directly correlated to the demise of materialism. 

The dawning of an empirical spiritual science and the decay of materialism are directly correlated.

We are watching the pendulum swing, from a world made out of matter to a world made out of spirit, thoughts, and holograms. 

Ultimately, samatha practice will lead to a burgeoning science of consciousness.  This will usher in the demise of materialist ideology.  A world made out of matter will no longer be scientifically tenable, and the yoga of thought control will be understood to manifest realities, and harnessed for political purposes.  Not by the yogis themselves, but by the authorities.  Who will, of necessity, ultimately end up being powerful yogis and yoginis themselves, ushering in the long awaited and much talked about "Age of Merit" wherein anonymous agents are 'promoted' according to their capacity to create realities much appreciated by their customers, clients, competitors, relations, and peers.

How'm I doing?

We cannot have a healthy and vibrant  science of consciousness while maintaining a healthy and vibrant materialist ideology.  Materialism (mammon?  immorality?) is on the way out in this spectacular paradigm shift in consciousness.  The path of dharma will become clear as the way out of suffering, and a world of suffering people will embrace the dharma.

We are entering the Spirit World, welcome, welcome.  Welcome everyone to the spirit world, the world of energy, spirit, symbols, thoughts and words, a world of sentient beings and vibrations and colors and sounds and landscapes and archetypes. 

And in this world, the buddha is still the Buddha and the teaching of the Buddha remains the dhamma, but in this world Christ is King, and love rules.

Can I get an amen?