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Hi Todd, we recommend reading FAQ 1.13 “Is this idea original or new? / How does biologist Jeremy Griffith’s ‘instinct vs intellect’ explanation of the human condition differ from other theories that recognise these elements?”, as it explains the unique significance of Jeremy Griffith’s work. For example in THE Interview Jeremy at last explains how we acquired our moral conscience (‘morality is within and not taught’) when genetic selection is inherently a selfish process, summarised in FAQ 5.2. And most importantly, finding the clarifying difference between the way the intellect and instincts work, Jeremy has answered the great question of why, when the universal ideals are to be loving, cooperative and selfless, we are so angry, competitive and selfish. This is of incredible significance because having found the good reason that we had to defy our instincts means all our defensive behaviours (our anger, egocentricity and alienation) are now redundant. This is the essence of the transformation that this breakthrough makes available. (You might also be interested in our FAQs about religion which explain that rather than being a ‘blight’, religion has been a repository of extremely rare denial-free truth, containing all the truth about human life albeit from a pre-scientific view.)

Well our homepage—HumanCondition.com—has it all there for you Victoria and it is all 100% FREE (no registration required)! At the top it states ‘WHAT NEXT after watching THE Interview?’ and guides you through the steps to pursue your interest! This includes registering our free, live, interactive events with Jeremy Griffith and others, joining our popular Facebook Group and accessing all our books/ essays/ videos/ audios. You will also see our extensive FAQ facility, translations and our over 50 WTM Global Centres so there is an absolute feast of material to explore!

Jeremy Griffith’s ‘instinct vs intellect’ biological treatise is not presented or promoted as the new Bible — in fact Jeremy’s work demystifies religion by bringing biological understanding to pre-scientific concepts – see our FAQs about religion. Specifically, what his work does is scientifically answer the age-old question of why when the universal ideals are to be loving, cooperative and selfless are we so angry, competitive and selfish, so much so that we are destroying ourselves and our world, see FAQ 1.6 ‘Why understanding the human condition solves everything’. The fundamental explanation is very simple but it does open up the historically off-limits subject of the human condition so it is common people initially struggle to ‘hear’ what is being explained so, if you would like to persevere we suggest re-watching THE Interview before reading FREEDOM, see FAQ 1.16.

As is mentioned in Part 3 of THE Interview recent theories such as ‘group selection’ and ‘self-domestication’ have attempted to argue that altruism or cooperation arose in our past through selection against aggression, but it is flawed biology because the reality is that any selfless behaviour will always be relentlessly selected against (see Chapters 6.8 to 6.10 of FREEDOM). No, the only way that genuine cooperation or selflessness could develop was through the nurturing based love-indoctrination process, which is introduced in Part 3 of this interview and which you can read more about in FREEDOM Chapter 5.

Thank you , A God send after i’d had my prayer, Eyes & ears opener 👌 🙌 🙏

    As is explained in Part 2 of THE Interview it is science that is the liberator or saviour of mankind. Craig Conway summarises that, “science’s discovery of the way genes and nerves work has finally made it possible for the liberation of humanity from the horror of the human condition”, to which Jeremy Griffith replies, “Yes, that is the essential truth: science is the liberator, the so-called ‘messiah’ or ‘redeemer’ of humankind, as we always hoped it would be!”     We certainly respect people’s religious views and feel it is important to mention that Jeremy’s work doesn’t contradict a belief in God or Christianity. It simply brings biological understanding to all those pre-scientific concepts. In fact Jeremy considers the Bible to be a repository of extremely rare denial-free truth, containing all the truth about human life albeit from a pre-science view, see our FAQs about religion, especially FAQ 6.3 ‘Does this undermine religion/God’.

In THE Interview it is explained that our selfish, opportunist, seemingly ‘evil’ behaviour is the result of a psychosis, resulting from a clash between our emerging conscious mind and those pre-established instincts. Certainly, as Jeremy says in THE Interview, “we have learnt to significantly restrain and conceal—‘civilise’ as we refer to it—the phenomenal amount of upset within us”, but all humans are now variously angry, egocentric and alienated as a result of the human condition. It follows that within any society there will be those who are more adapted to that psychosis and therefore have the ability to quickly see any opportunity for selfish self-advancement, which is the real explanation for some people’s overt opportunism and manipulative behaviour. To end the human condition for all humans we needed to answer the essential question of why, when the ideals are to be loving and selfless, are we so competitive and selfish? It is this question of questions that Jeremy Griffith has solved with his instincts vs intellect explanation.

Yes, understanding that there was a good reason why the conscious mind had to defy our instincts means that the great burden of guilt has been lifted from the human race. As Part 4 of THE Interview explains, it will take generations for the upset within us to be completely healed but importantly we can be immediately free of its affects. Our FAQ 1.6 summarises how understanding the human condition is the universal solution to human suffering, and the Transformation section of our website illustrates the extraordinary transformation of the human race it makes possible in just three short video presentations. Basically, so exciting and relieving is this breakthrough, and the freedom from the human condition that is now on offer, that everyone will want it, and so it will catch on like wildfire and this is already happening! On our homepage you can see the rapidly growing appreciation and support for the WTM with outstanding commendations from thought leaders and WTM Centres all over the world!

You might be interested in reading FAQ 1.33: ‘Jeremy Griffith writes that “the world is in crisis” and that we’re facing “end game for the human race”, but isn’t our situation getting better not worse? / Aren’t we less violent than we ever were?’

There is a wealth of information here for you, Gina. You will find that at the top of our homepage — HumanCondition.com — it states ‘WHAT NEXT after watching THE Interview?’ and guides you through the steps to pursue your interest! This includes registering for our free, live events with Jeremy Griffith and others and joining our popular Facebook Group. If you are someone that likes to read, you will be excited to find that all Jeremy Griffith’s books are freely available on the website.

I am anticipating a download of the human condition book

Good lesson to be learned

Hi Rens, we recommend reading FAQ 1.13 “Is this idea original or new? / How does biologist Jeremy Griffith’s ‘instinct vs intellect’ explanation of the human condition differ from other theories that recognise these elements?”, as it explains the unique significance of Jeremy’s work.

At last we can understand where humans’ psychotic, what historically has been termed ‘evil’, behaviour comes from. As THE Interview explains, humans are born with loving moral instincts but we all now variously suffer from a psychosis due to the human condition and, in the extreme, that psychologically conflicted upset state produces extremely destructive behaviour. Of course this breakthrough explanation doesn’t condone or sanction the horrendous attrocities humans can commit rather, through bringing compassionate understanding to the source of humans’ upset behaviour, it gives us the power to ameliorate and thus subside and ultimately eliminate it, see FAQ 1.38 ‘Aren’t some people just born psychopathic, or even ‘evil’? / How does this explanation rehabilitate people capable of ‘evil’ behaviour? / Does this condone ‘evil’ behaviour?’. As the late Professor Harry Prosen, psychiatrist and former president of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, said: ‘I have no doubt Jeremy Griffith’s biological explanation of the human condition is the holy grail of insight we have sought for the psychological rehabilitation of the human race.’

At the end of Part 3 of THE Interview Jeremy briefly explains that ‘God’ is the personification of the Negative-Entropy-driven integrative meaning of existence. This explanation — which is summarised in FAQ 6.2 (What is ‘God’?) and fully presented in chapter 4 of FREEDOM — forms a key part of Jeremy’s thesis, because it shows that love is the theme of existence; it is the meaning of life.

    As Jeremy Griffith explains in THE Interview, altruistic, unconditionally selfless genetic traits are self-eliminating, and therefore cannot normally develop in animals—which means animals are not able to ‘make friends’ beyond situations of reciprocity or kin selection (see chapter 6:9 of FREEDOM for an expose of false left wing biology that claims that cooperation can be selected for). However, as Jeremy explains in Part 3 of THE Interview, the selfish process of natural selection was able to create loving selflessness in our forebears through nurturing (Freedom Essay 21 on our World Transformation Movement’s website, and chapter 5 of FREEDOM explain this ‘love-indoctrination’ process, as Jeremy has termed it, more fully).     While we do still possess very primitive reflexes, such as for ‘fight or flight’, beneath our altruistic, unconditionally selfless instincts, these primitive reflexes do not control our behaviour beyond very narrow scenarios or threats. The truth is that our combative and insecure behaviour is not instinctive in any way; it is the result of a psychosis. Basically, as is explained in THE Interview, the argument that our behaviour is dictated by survival or selfish instincts was just a convenient excuse while we searched for the psychosis-addressing-and-solving real explanation of our divisive behaviour (see FAQ 1.29 ‘Is the human condition biological or psychological’).

Jeremy Griffith’s ‘instinct vs intellect’ explanation of the human condition explains that we became psychologically upset sufferers of the angry, egocentric and alienated human condition as the unavoidable result of a clash between our pre-established instincts and emerging conscious mind. Jeremy explains in THE Interview that without this defence for our upset state we have sought to falsely blame our behaviour on ‘savage instincts’ within us. The ‘multi-level selection’ theory, which claims we have loving instincts for interactions within the group, “us”, and “wary”, aggressive instincts for interactions outside the group, “them”, is a variant of this ‘savage instincts’ excuse, and is debunked in chapter 2.11 of FREEDOM. We suggest that with this true defence for our behaviour established, it is now possible to consider that there is clear evidence that humans developed from a an unconditionally selfless, all-loving and fully cooperative ancestor – of which the bonobos are a living model (read more about bonobos in Freedom Essay 21); you can read about the fossil evidence for this cooperative past in Freedom Essay 22.

Thank you for your comments, Mojmir. Finally having the human condition explained does bring the truth about our corrupted condition into the light, but importantly, it is not a time of critical judgment, but compassionate understanding (you might be interested in reading Freedom Essay 40 about what we have known as ‘Judgment Day’). Indeed, the explanation of the human condition is redeeming, reconciling and rehabilitating! Along with re-watching THE Interview, we recommend you read Freedom Essay 15, which explains the Transformed State, which is the fabulous way we deal with the personal transparency and confronting nature of the human condition. As Jeremy writes in that Essay, “You and every other human can, as it were, put the issue of all your upsets/corruptions in a ‘suitcase’, attach a label to it saying ‘Everything in here is now explained and defended’, and simply leave that suitcase behind at the entrance to what we in the World Transformation Movement (WTM) call the Sunshine Highway, and set out unencumbered by all those upset behaviours into a new world that is effectively free of the human condition.” So the human condition is no longer an unbearably depressing subject as we can now bring great compassion and kindness to ourselves and others and significantly we don’t have to overly confront the upset within us, which is important for everyone to be mindful of (as FAQ 1.19 ‘A caution about the danger of over exposure’ summarises).

Thank you for your comments Lieve and you can trust your initial clarity that this does actually explain and reconcile our personal human condition with nature’s cycle. Finally having the human condition explained means there is just so much to process so we recommend you re-watch THE Interview and read FAQ 1.6 ‘Why does understanding of the human condition solve everything?’, and FAQ 4.1 which explains that the fabulous way we deal with the confronting nature of the human condition is through the Transformed State.

The human condition has caused such unthinkable pain and suffering and explanation of it presents a huge change in how we view humans so we suggest, with more consideration, you will discover Jeremy Griffith’s work does actually explain and solve our ‘dualistic nature’or ‘good and evil’ stricken state so we can now understand it. We recommend people re-watch THE Interview and explore our homepage and our FAQs which are extremely helpful resources. For instance see FAQ 4.2 ‘Aren’t some people just born psychopathic, or even ‘evil’? / How does this explanation rehabilitate people capable of ‘evil’ behaviour? / Does this condone ‘evil’ behaviour?’, FAQ 1.5 ‘Why is understanding the human condition important to my life?’ and FAQ 4.4 ‘What will the new world be like?’

Thank you for your comment Nonie. Finally being able to explain the human condition, understand the source of the 2 million years of psychological upset in the human race, does present a massive paradigm shift in our thinking which takes time to absorb. We suggest you read the very brief summary in FAQ 1.3 and then re-watch THE Interview. Also watching the video series that follows THE Interview is great as that series elaborates on what’s been presented—so there’ll be some repetition, but going over the concepts in more detail does help with the understanding and absorption of them. Also, the first video warns us of our historic fear of the subject of the human condition and the resulting ‘deaf effect’ that often initially causes (see FAQ 1.16). So it can take a little patience ‘to get your head around it’ but it’s well worth it Nonie as you can see from the daily ecstatic responses on our homepage—people everywhere are so relieved to finally be able to make sense of human life!!

Hi Janet, we hope you will find our reply to Nonie above helpful and thank you for your feedback.

    Thank you for your feedback Dolly. This new science produces a huge paradigm shift in our thinking which takes time to fully digest but the core premise of Jeremy Griffith’s biological treatise is that ALL HUMANS ARE EQUALLY GOOD and equally heroic! We no longer have to just believe men and women are equal we can understand they are! To quote molecular biologist Dr Anna Fitzgerald from her commendation of Jeremy’s work: “because Griffith’s work establishes the equal worth or goodness of all humans we can now understand the different roles that men and women have traditionally played in the human journey and this is actually the unlocking point, this is what brings about deep empathy for each other, it heals the divide”, see Freedom Essay 9. And, as Jeremy says in concluding chapter 8:11B of his book FREEDOM, “With understanding of the human condition now found, men and women can at last stand side by side—the ‘war of the sexes’ can finally be resolved. Yes, the human journey can have the happy ending we always hoped it would.”     Also THE Interview does explain all humans are born with an all-loving and compassionate soul or instinctive self from which our ‘spirituality’ is sourced, but that we departed from that state because of the conscious mind’s necessary search for knowledge. The fundamental explanation presented is very simple but it’s implications are far reaching and in fact limitless. We recommend re-watching the presentation, especially Part 3 ‘How did we humans acquire our instinctive cooperative and loving moral conscience?’. Also WTM FAQ 1.26 ‘What is soul’ discusses the depth of sensitivity this pure and truly moral part of ourselves can access.

At the top of our homepage—HumanCondition.com—it states ‘WHAT NEXT after watching THE Interview?’ and guides you through the steps to pursue your interest! This includes registering for our free, live, interactive events with Jeremy Griffith and others and accessing all our books/ essays/ videos/ audios which are 100% FREE with no registration required. So there is an absolute feast of material to explore!

Thank you for your enthusiastic feedback and wonderful offer of help Simplistic Scientists. We encourage people to share THE Interview on their social media channels or just tell people to go to our website HumanCondition.com and watch it. THE Interview is also freely available to download or print and also broadcast for non-commercial use (in accordance to the copyright notice which you can see at the end of THE Interview). For instance people have held screenings of THE Interview in their local library or community centre. In terms of helping the WTM we suggest FAQ 3.4 which includes all the ways you can support this critical new science including registering for our free live events with Jeremy Griffith and joining our fabulous Facebook Group where there is much fascinating discussion taking place.

At the top of our homepage—HumanCondition.com—it states ‘WHAT NEXT after watching THE Interview?’ and guides you through the steps to pursue your interest! This includes registering our free, live, interactive events with Jeremy Griffith and others, joining our popular Facebook Group and accessing all our books/ essays/ videos/ audios which are 100% FREE with no registration required. You will also see our extensive FAQ facility, translations and our over 50 WTM Global Centres so there is an absolute feast of material to explore!