Nice input dear souls
Yes, linear thinking, or basically being trained up to serve the state and corporate capitalism, the militaryindustrialpharmoceuticalindustrial complex (is that in the dictionary?!) The focus being to serve and comply with that way of life in general. We have the illusion of freedom of choice etc but the end result is always to maintain 'their' control. I dont really think there is really the level of co-ordination and planning that lots think, i think they are as lost as most, victims of their own system so to speak.
Then there is the Vedic perspective, those scriptures state that the material world is indeed essentially a bad place to be, this is because we are not supposed to stay here, we are so much more and when it is our time then God brings us remembrance of Him and the intelligence with which to go back home. Once we realise this, we can be truly happy, even in this lifetime.
The soul pervades the body with consciousness, this is the symptom of life. Life comes from Life, not chemicals.