Eckhart Tolle explains that human consciousness doesn't move in a straight line but cycles between growth and regression. Each downturn brings more suffering. When you feel like you're going backward, you might actually be in a collective phase of diminished awareness.
The evolution of consciousness for humanity is not a straight line that goes up. It goes in cycles. In the same way that the evolution of the planet goes in cycles, the evolution of consciousness goes in cycles. It's a cycle of growth and a gain in consciousness, and then there's a cycle of regression, a loss of consciousness. And usually the cycle of regression is also associated with an increase in human suffering.
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