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That’s great, Tom. You can freely access Jeremy’s definitive book FREEDOM (along with his other key books, including the booklet version of THE Interview) to download or read online here on our homepage. You can also download free Kindle versions from Amazon. (Otherwise hard copies can be purchased from Amazon or other good bookstores.) We also urge you to join our popular Facebook Group and registering for free, live, interactive events with Jeremy and others.

Thanks Milton, as mentioned in our response to Auriell below, the WTM’s homepage — HumanCondition.com — provides a guide to ‘WHAT NEXT after watching THE Interview?’ which recommends the steps to learn more (for instance, joining our ever-growing Facebook Group and registering for free, interactive events with Jeremy Griffith and others). On our homepage you will also see our 16 Main Introductory Videos and our Freedom Essay series which serve as a wonderfully comprehensive course as it guides you through much of the content of Jeremy’s definitive book FREEDOM in beautifully illustrated bite-size pieces.

You are right Kev, “normal is the comfort zone”, and nowhere is that more true than when it comes to the human condition. Humanity has had to live in Plato’s dark cave of denial while we couldn’t explain and defend our apparently divisive behaviour, and even though the explanation of the human condition is completely redeeming and defending of all humans, the human condition has been such a historically off-limits subject that people still want to stay in the cave! As with everything though, understanding puts us in a very powerful position to be able to overcome it, andd the most up-to-date explanation of this ‘deaf effect’ as call it, is Jeremy’s new book and presentation The Great Guilt, which we highly recommend.

Our homepage—HumanCondition.com—has it all there for you Auriell, 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.

Yes, at last we can properly understand the world - it really is so exciting Vesta! With regard to learning how to make the changes we are actually all hungry for, in addition to Part 4 of THE Interview, you might be interested in reading Freedom Essay 15 ‘How our lives can be immediately transformed’. Also Freedom Essay 33, as well as our Transformation page contains invaluable insight and personal affirmations as to the ‘how to’.

Wonderfully put Galin. Gnosticism is the belief that human beings contain a piece of God within themselves, which we learn about through knowledge (gnosis), and so in a non-literal sense, you are right, Jeremy Griffith’s biological explanation of the human condition, which establishes our fundamental goodness as individuals and as a species, is ‘a real biological gnosticism’! We would stress that Jeremy Griffith’s treatise reconciles science and religion by bringing biological understanding to pre-scientific concepts such as ‘God’, which means we can now understand that ‘God within themselves’ refers to humans instinctive orientation to the cooperative, selfless, loving, ‘Godly’ ideals of life; ‘God’ being explained in as being the integrative meaning of life (see FAQ 6.2).

The more you digest Jeremy Griffith’s ‘instinct vs intellect’ explanation, the more you realise the conclusion that it brings about the transformation of the world isn’t ‘pie-in-the-sky’ at all. As Part 4, titled ‘How does the psychological rehabilitation of the human race that the arrival of understanding of the human condition finally makes possible actually occur?’ explains, at last we can understand our behaviour has been driven by a deep insecurity about our fundamental goodness or worth and so now that our goodness is biologically established we no longer have to behave insecurely and selfishly and can legitimately return to a selfless way of living. ‘Legitimately’ because we have the first principle science which liberates us to be honest about our conflicted upset state instead of denying or transcending it. So instead of being focused on power, fame, fortune and glory, all our energies will be freed to truly work together on doing whatever it takes to end the suffering and save our world.

Thank you for your comment, Pamela. The question of the human condition is WHY do we no longer love ourselves and one another — why when the universal ideals are to be loving and selfless are we so competitive and selfish, so “negative”? It is this crux question that Jeremy Griffith confronts and answers through first principle biology because only through understanding the dark side of ourselves — why we departed from our all-loving instincts and became selfish — can we free ourselves from the human condition and legitimately love ourselves and each other again. We recommend reading FAQs 1.4 to 1.6 which explain the far-reaching application of this information, and Freedom Essay 15, which is all about ‘How our lives can be immediately transformed’.

    There have been some amazing thinkers throughout history, and their books contain all manner of truths about human life, however, ultimately we needed to find the scientific explanation for why when the universal ideals are to be loving, cooperative and selfless are we so angry, competitive and selfish. Answering this question required finding the clarifying difference between the way the intellect and instincts work, and that is the great biological breakthrough Jeremy presents in THE Interview and his book FREEDOM.     With regard to the question of how this can possibly change 8 billion people, all with different beliefs and cultures, the key to realise is that every human suffers from the human condition, a profound insecurity over our fundamental worth that effects every aspect of our behaviour, no matter where we were born or live. And so the significance of this breakthrough, and what brings about a change so great we describe it as a ‘world transformation’, is that by bringing reconciling understanding to our conflicted selves we can and will truly ameloriate and heal everyone’s psychologically upset condition. As the distinguished psychiatrist Professor Harry Prosen (who wrote the Introduction to Jeremy’s definitive book FREEDOM) said: “What Griffith is presenting is understanding of the source insecurity that the whole human race suffers from for having destroyed our species’ innocent soul. It is a universal self-blame that his understanding at last provides healing insight into. All human behavior is saturated with that universal insecure, depressing state and resulting anger, egocentricity and alienation that has developed from it, but we finally have the compassionate foundation insight needed to dismantle all that ‘upset’/psychosis. So the real psychotherapy of our collective and individual psychoses can begin” (see FAQ 1.34).     We also suggest FAQ 1.13 ‘Is this original or new?’, which explains the unique significance of Jeremy Griffith’s work.

There is a fundamental difference between Jeremy Griffith’s ‘instinct vs intellect’ explanation of the human condition (which is illustrated by the Adam Stork story) and Freud’s theory of the Id, Ego and Superego. While Jeremy acknowledges Freud’s courageous recognition that humans carry negative, repressed elements of our personality, a ‘repressed unconscious’, beyond that, there is very little similarity. Freud believed that the ‘ID’, our unconscious, instinctive mind, contained primitive selfish ‘savage’ urges that the conscious mind or ‘ego’ has to control, whereas Jeremy has now explained that our instinctive self is completely loving and cooperative, and that our aggressive and selfish behaviour is psychological in origin, the result of a clash between our instincts and intellect. Freud also believed that our morals are learnt and held by the superego, whereas Jeremy has now explained that they are the expression of our loving, cooperative moral soul or instincts. By starting from the false basis that we have ‘savage instincts’ that the ego had to control and mediate meant that Freud was not able to explain the ultimate source of human’s psychological problems.

We appreciate your interest and feedback Iamyou, however, we did want to say that there is a huge difference between Jeremy Griffith’s biological treatise and the ‘Course in Miracles’, which is articulated in this comment on Video/Freedom Essay 9 by subscriber Lesley Davies. Lesley said: “I can now see why A Course in Miracles didn’t work for me. I completed the 365 day course three years running to try and heal myself from deep depression and anxiety. After reading essay 15 and studying Freedom it becomes clear that without the explanation of WHY we are so upset ACIM can only act as a sticky plaster with the 'scream’ still going on underneath.” FAQ 6.5 further explains how our enlightenment — our awakening from the “nightmare” state of the human condition — depended on confronting and biologically explaining why we became so upset and stresses this huge difference between Jeremy’s work and the new age movement.

    Thank you for your appreciative comment and further questions, Chris. With regard to ‘putting this into practice’, the explanation of the human condition does produce a huge paradigm shift so it takes a little while to see how it all works but you will begin to see that all of our existing ‘systems’ such as capitalism, are all reflections of the psychologically upset state that humanity has had to endure while we forged on with the upsetting search for knowledge. What that means is that when humanity embraces this liberating understanding, all our behaviour, as well as our social systems, will naturally change. ‘Naturally’ is the key word, because there is nothing forced in this, it is just a matter of our behaviour changing as a result of our understanding increasing. As Part 4 of THE Interview explains, now the human condition is solved, we can legitimately return to a selfless way of living — so selflessness is how we transform the world! Certainly there is habituation to overcome, but all of Jeremy Griffith’s writings on this Transformed way of living, explains how real change is immediately open to us all. This is summarised in Freedom Essay 15 ‘How our lives can be immediately transformed’ and our Transformation section of our website is brimming with invaluable insight and personal affirmations as to the ‘how to’. Also FAQ 1.40 ‘Aren’t the problems of the world too overwhelming to ever be fixed? / Isn’t it too late to save the world? / How can you hope to transform the world? — In particular, how are you going to change the behaviour of the rich and powerful? / How are you going to reach the bastions of power? / Won’t the greedy and power-hungry simply ignore this?’ may be most helpful.     With regard to the question of reintegrating those that are extremely angry and anti-social we suggest that the more you digest Jeremy Griffith’s ‘instinct vs intellect’ explanation, the more you will realise how accountable it is in getting to the source of all humanity’s psychological upset, which in the extreme, produces people who are capable of so called ‘evil’. Of course this breakthrough explanation doesn’t condone or sanction the horrendous atrocities 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.’

Thank you for your appreciative comment Kevern. Yes finally being able to understand the battle between our instinct and intellect is immensely relieving but it also unavoidably exposes the level of upset within ourselves and the world. What is so significant about Jeremy Griffith’s explanation is we no longer have to be burdened by the fundamental question of whether we are good or bad because our core goodness as individuals and as a species has been biologically established. So we can now treat ourselves with great compassion and kindness and the best news is we don’t have to overly confront the upset within us, as is explained in FAQ 4.1 and also FAQ 1.19. Our homepage provides the perfect guide to continue your interest and it also shows the ways to become involved, which includes registering for our free, live events with Jeremy and others and joining our popular Facebook Group.

Thank you very much for your appreciative feedback, Lise, and your keenness to learn more. We suggest that the more you digest Jeremy Griffith’s ‘instinct vs intellect’ explanation, the more you will realise how accountable it is in getting to the source of all of humanity’s psychological upset, and from there how it makes possible the wonderful and reconciled world we have all dreamed of. To help your ongoing digestion, you’ll see at the top of our homepage — HumanCondition.com — the recommended steps after watching THE Interview. This includes registering for our free, live events with Jeremy and others and joining our popular Facebook Group.

Hi Helen, it’s great to have your interest. While this necessarily has a slow start, humanity’s uptake of the explanation of the human condition has a fast finish as the selflessness it liberates in people will not only quickly solve all the problems on the planet, including teaching other people about this redeeming information, but the excitement and joy it brings means everyone will want to get on board as quickly as they can (see FAQ 1.5)! And so even though we haven’t yet reached the tipping point we are well on our way as you can see from the excitement and relief in our daily ecstatic responses to THE Interview! Also, on our homepage, you can see the rapidly growing appreciation and support for Jeremy’s work with outstanding commendations from thought leaders and WTM Centres all over the world! Our Facebook Group is also one of the platform’s fastest growing groups with almost 40,000 members, so we encourage you to join it as its momentum is another indication of the uptake of this understanding.

    The central tenet of Jeremy Griffith’s explanation of the human condition is that humans have a cooperative, loving instinctive heritage, not a brutish, savage and aggressive one, and that the source of our aggression is a psychosis that has been compounding ever since the instinct and intellect clashed some 2 million years ago. It follows then that the further back in history we go, the less psychologically upset our ancestors were. As is mentioned in THE Interview, the anthropologist C. Owen Lovejoy reported that “our species-defining cooperative mutualism can now be seen to extend well beyond the deepest Pliocene [which is well beyond 5.3 million years ago]”. In chapter 8 of Jeremy Griffith’s definitive book FREEDOM, the whole human journey is explained, showing that humans lived in a cooperative state for at least 5 million years before the emergence of the human condition some 2 million years ago. It is this period of our history that emerges as an instinctive memory of a ‘Golden Age’ as recorded by writers such as Hesiod, Plato and Moses.     With regard to this understanding of our condition actually changing the terrible current state of the world, because it explains and heals the source of our psychological upset, it does bring about the most profound change in human behaviour. While humanity’s uptake of the explanation of the human condition necessarily has a slow start, it has a fast finish as the selflessness it liberates in people will not only quickly solve all the problems on the planet, including teaching other people about this redeeming information, but the excitement and joy it brings means everyone will want to get on board as quickly as they can. See FAQ 1.40 ‘Aren’t the problems of the world too overwhelming to ever be fixed?’.

Thank you for your feedback, Richard. This new science presents a huge paradigm shift in our thinking so it does take a little time to see how it can address your concern, but it actually does and will turn our dire situation around incredibly quickly because it explains and solves the underlying cause of all our selfishness, anger and egocentricity. We suggest our FAQ 1.40 which addresses the questions ‘Aren’t the problems of the world too overwhelming to ever be fixed? / Isn’t it too late to save the world? / How can you hope to transform the world? — In particular, how are you going to change the behaviour of the rich and powerful? / How are you going to reach the bastions of power? / Won’t the greedy and power-hungry simply ignore this?’. We hope you pursue your interest by registering for our Live Events with Jeremy Griffith and others, and joining our Facebook Group, to see first-hand the relief and freedom this understanding brings.

Very enlightening more people need to become aware of the human condition.

Hi Carolin, we suggest that the clarity you are experiencing will grow the more you absorb this understanding. As world renowned mountaineer, biologist and Order of Australia recipient Tim Macartney-Snape said of Jeremy Griffith’s work “Griffith’s explanations have clarified so much that was inexplicable about myself and what goes on in the world. It is like having mist lift from country you’ve never seen in clear weather.” You can freely access Jeremy’s definitive book FREEDOM (along with his other key books, including THE Interview) to download or read online here on our homepage. You can also download free Kindle versions from Amazon. (Otherwise hard copies can be purchased from Amazon or other good bookstores.) We also urge you to join our popular Facebook Group and registering for free, live, interactive events with Jeremy and others.

    Thank you for your thoughts Ela. Jeremy Griffith explains the key biological distinction between humans and other animal species is that humans suffer from the conscious-mind-based, psychologically troubled human condition, not the genetic-opportunism-based, animal condition. And so the source of our selfish aggressive behaviour is not ‘animal instincts’ such as the chimpanzees display. No, all the evidence is that we come from a cooperative, gentle bonobo-like heritage. Jeremy discusses in Part 2, and in more detail in his definitive book FREEDOM (chapter 5), that the cooperative and gentle bonobo represent a far better model of our human ancestors than the common chimpanzee. Both share approximately 99% of their DNA with humans, however bonobo physiology, bipedality, environment, intelligence and reduced canine size, better match our human ancestors. Reduced canine size is particularly relevant as it is arguably the outstanding features of the hominin clade, and universally accepted as an indication of reduced aggression. Fossil evidence of our cooperative past, including reduced canines, has lead the prominent anthropologist C. Owen Lovejoy to write that “our species-defining cooperative mutualism can now be seen to extend well beyond the deepest Pliocene [well beyond 5.3 mya]”. No, our selfishness and aggression is not instinctive in origin; all the evidence shows that our instinctive heritage is cooperate.     Without the defence of our aggressive behaviour we have not been able to admit how cooperative our heritage is, and therefore how entirely cooperative and loving our instincts are. However, we now have that redeeming biological defence of our condition, and with that defence, it does become very clear that the idea that we have savage instincts is just an excuse that we used; so we disagree that the savage instincts idea is “discarded” rather this critical new science disproves it with evidence of our cooperative and moral instincts. You might be interested in FAQ 5.2 ‘What do bonobos tell us about our own evolutionary heritage?’

Take heart Matthew. Our FAQ 1.40 addresses the question ‘Won’t the greedy and power-hungry simply ignore this?’ and explains that even those who are most committed to seeking validation through gaining power and wealth, including those entrenched in positions of power, will quickly realise how empty and obsolete that strategy is now that we have the fully accountable, psychosis-addressing-and-solving, biological explanation of the human condition that establishes our worth at the most fundamental level. 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. Just read the ecstatic responses THE Interview is receiving on our homepage and scroll down to see the rapidly growing appreciation and support for the WTM with outstanding commendations from thought leaders and WTM Centres all over the world!

    We appreciate your comment Patricia and thank you for your question. While great care has been taken to present the explanation as quickly and simply as possible (which is done in Part 1) THE Interview also explains the very nature of the human condition means discussion of it can be initially difficult to access. This is because historically the issue of whether we are fundamentally good or bad has been the most terrifying of all subjects to face, and so we have necessarily lived in almost total denial of it, which means our minds can initially struggle to hear and absorb discussion about it. Wonderfully however, this ‘deaf effect’ can be overcome with patient perseverance and everyone can access this most wonderful of all gifts of understanding the human condition! See our FAQ 1.16 ‘Why can’t I understand this’ and Jeremy Griffith’s astonishingly revealing presentation The Great Guilt that causes the Deaf Effect.     Also, FAQ 1.3 presents a very brief summary of the key ‘instinct vs intellect’ concept. Essentially, when we humans developed a conscious mind some 2 million years ago, a battle unavoidably developed between it and our already established cooperative instincts. The result of this conflict between our instinct and intellect was that we became psychologically defensive, angry, alienated and egocentric – the upset state we refer to as the human condition. But now that we can explain and understand this conflict, all those insecure, defensive behaviours are obsoleted, brought to an end, and we free ourselves from the human condition. So what makes our healing possible is being able to understand why we had to leave the cooperative and loving world of our instinctive self or soul, see FAQ 1.15.

We certainly respect people’s religious views Randalman but, for the readers of these comments, it is important to mention that Jeremy Griffith’s work doesn’t contradict a belief in God or Christianity. It simply brings biological understanding to all those pre-scientific concepts. People may like to explore our FAQs about religion, in particular FAQ 6.2 ‘What is God’ and FAQ 6.3 ‘Does this undermine religion/God’

It’s great to have your enthusiastic interest Bal Sammy. The WTM’s homepage — HumanCondition.com — provides the ‘WHAT NEXT after watching THE Interview?’ guide to learn more! This includes joining our popular Facebook Group and registering for free, live, interactive events with Jeremy Griffith and others and also watching THE Interview’s companion presentation The Great Guilt which you can do here! Once you have explored this understanding further our FAQ 3.4 shows all the ways you can help promote these discoveries!

Hi Laura, on our Translations page you can freely access all our Spanish translations! This includes THE Interview, Jeremy Griffith’s book Death by Dogma, the first 4 chapters of FREEDOM and Freedom Essay 1. The WTM Colombian Centre also presents its website in Spanish, including centre founder Carlos Cruz Blanco’s welcome video, so there is a significant amount of material available! As well you can watch all the videos on our website, using the closed captions or subtitles function in any language (just click on the ‘cc’ icon at the bottom of the video player/window).

That’s wonderful to hear Randy. Our FAQs 1.4 to 1.6 and Freedom Essay 15 ‘How our lives can be immediately transformed’ explain how being able to understand the human condition is able to immediately end the upset anger, egocentricity and alienation of the human condition and transform everyone’s life. Also our Transformation page contains invaluable insight and personal affirmations as to the ‘how to’. We’d especially recommend you join our Facebook Group and register for our live events with Jeremy Griffith because there is much helpful and practical discussion taking place about this immensely relieving knowledge.

We appreciate you trying Ann and perhaps our FAQ 1.3 which briefly presents the explanation may be helpful. We suggest that the fundamental explanation is very simple but, as explained in THE Interview, it does open up the historically off-limits subject of the human condition so people can initially struggle to access or ‘hear’ what is being explained. FAQ 1.16 further explains this initial ‘deaf effect’. Also, the presentation that follows THE Interview, titled The Great Guilt that causes the Deaf Effect comprehensively deals with our understandable fear and cynicism about confronting the human condition. It includes examples of people overcoming the deaf effect and it is an astonishingly revealing presentation. People can watch it here on our website.

Hi Nikki, thank you for your interest and question. It is important to firstly clarify there is no dogma, faith or belief involved (see FAQ 6.1 ‘Is this some sort of religion’) but we understand the astonishing claims being made about Jeremy Griffith’s work do warrant initial scepticism (see FAQ 1.9 ‘Should people be sceptical about these claims?’). However these claims all withstand scrutiny as what Jeremy presents is 100% logic and has attracted the support of eminent scientists and thinkers (see the Commendation section on our homepage) and given it is a critical, world-saving scientific breakthrough, the WTM does all it can to ensure these insights reach every person around the world, and advertising boldly is a natural way to achieve that goal. As you mention all our material is free of charge and this is because it is so important that people have access these insights. We feel sure you will find these links helpful and you can see all our extensive FAQs here on our website.

Hi Petre, Jeremy Griffith’s work is being translated into many languages around the world, thanks to the wonderful efforts of the WTM’s ever-expanding global network of support. Unfortunately we don’t yet have any Romanian translations, but we hope to in the near future! In the meantime, you can watch THE Interview (and all the videos on our website) in Romanian using the closed captions or subtitles function (just click on the ‘cc’ icon at the bottom of the video player/window).

Yes Darrell, the world is fast reaching its 11th hour. This new science presents a huge paradigm shift in our thinking so it does take a little time to see how it can address your concerns but it actually does and will turn things around incredibly quickly because it explains and solves the underlying cause of all our selfishness, anger and egocentricity. We suggest reading our FAQ 1.40 which addresses the questions ‘Aren’t the problems of the world too overwhelming to ever be fixed? / Isn’t it too late to save the world?’. We hope you pursue your interest by visiting our homepage — HumanCondition.com — as it provides a guide to learning more, including registering for our interactive, live events with Jeremy Griffith and others, which are a great way to participate, have questions answered, and interact with others to enhance your comprehension of this breakthrough explanation of the human condition. Also our Facebook Group provides a wonderful platform for participating in, or just observing, interesting and exciting discussion with others about how we can live with this critical new science.

Hi Pamela, it’s wonderful to hear that the understanding of the human condition resonates with you. Yes, despite our competitive and selfish behaviour, deep down we humans have always intuitively believed we were fundamentally good, but we have never before been able to explain this contradictory, conflicted condition. That is the great breakthrough presented here. We recommend reading FAQ 1.13 ‘Is this original or new?’ which explains the unique significance of Jeremy Griffith’s work.

Please do, Linni! THE Interview provides the ideal introduction to Jeremy Griffith’s work, so please share the WTM’s homepage (the homepage is the best place to send people for them to watch or read THE Interview, because that way they get the full context of the website). To share the homepage, simply click on the ‘share this page’ symbol at the bottom of the page. We also encourage people to share other material from the WTM’s website, the WTM’s Facebook page, our Facebook Group (which we encourage you to join), and Twitter account. You may also like to read our FAQ 3.4 on ‘How can I help the WTM?’.

Thank you very much for your comment, and your recognition of the importance of these ideas in changing, and ultimately saving, the world, Jonathan. The purpose of religion was to be the custodian of the ideal state while the search for liberating knowledge was underway. To change we needed to understand our behaviour — understand why when the ideals are to be loving and selfless, are we so competitive and selfish? And it’s this age-old question that biologist Jeremy Griffith has answered with this instinct vs intellect explanation. And it is reaching many, many people, as evidenced by the ecstatic responses THE Interview is receiving daily. And, if you scroll down our homepage, you will see the rapidly growing appreciation and support for the WTM with outstanding commendations from scientists and thought leaders as well as WTM Centres popping up all over the world!

Hi Vladislav, the WTM’s homepage — HumanCondition.com — provides a guide to ‘WHAT NEXT after watching THE Interview?’ which recommends the steps to learn more. This includes joining our popular Facebook Group and registering for free, live, interactive events with Jeremy Griffith and others. On our homepage you will also see our 16 Main Introductory Videos and our Freedom Essay series which serve as a wonderfully comprehensive course as it guides you through much of the content of Jeremy’s definitive book FREEDOM in beautifully illustrated bite-size pieces.

Hi Joni, our FAQ 1.20 outlines ‘What scientific evidence is there for this explanation’ and the commendations Jeremy Griffith’s work has received from extremely eminent scientists and thinkers are on our homepage.