Customer Reviews of Jeremy Griffith’s Books

Review of TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE AND SAVE THE WORLD, from United States 13 March 2025

Best book ever (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Germany 10 March 2025

Is there no end to the merciless exploitation of the innocent? Is there no innocence left in humanity? Are we losing the race between self-discovery and self-destruction?

Can we redeem humanity?

YES, WE CAN. There is a way.

By understanding why and how we have gotten to our perplexing nature; of seemingly being born out of love and creation while going on to become the ever so fearful, ignorant, selfish and destructive beings we are today; we can start healing our species with the enlightenment that it brings .

“Freedom: The end of the Human Condition” by Jeremy Griffith, evolutionary biologist from Australia, offers the biological and psychological insights into the origins and development of our human condition where now, not only is it scientifically explained in full, but also solved. The truth will set us free. We need only to be honest enough with ourselves to confront, accept, and apply it.

As humans, freedom, peace and love has always been our dream; so why has our species not been able to achieve it? Now we know how we’ve been blocking ourselves and how to finally get back there. Only this time, it will be made complete with our conscious intention, not only by our instinctive moral nature.

It will all make sense, please read the book. You will experience a relief that will free you and make you more effective for this world. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 26 February 2025

A truly life changing and life affirming book.

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 08 December 2024

It’s logically and reasonably sound. It’s truly life changing. Transparency for all. Change for all. Love for all. Watch the interviews on the website first. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 13 October 2024

This is the most comprehensive scientific explanation of the human condition ever to come out comparable to Einstein' s Relativity in Physics which revolutionized humanity's understanding of the universe, but this time it came out in the field of biology. Whereas Einstein's relativity's significance and impact were felt mostly by minority of specialists, Dr. Jeremy Griffith' s FREEDOM: The End of Human Condition will be felt by every body who comes into contact with the discovery and the teaching. This will revolutionize human understanding of why humanity behave the way it does and gain an understanding of these particular behaviors and thus move toward enlightenment! FREEDOM: The End of Human Condition! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Canada 01 October 2024

If you are considering purchasing this book, I wholeheartedly encourage you to do so. It provides all the answers to the hard questions humans have sought and thought deeply about forever as to what it means to be human. Are we a good, worthwhile species or are we evil monsters, a blight on planet? Are we the heroes of the whole story of life on Earth? Or do we deserve to be wiped off the face of the planet we have so badly abused?

From first principles biology Jeremy Griffith provides us with the crucial explanation as to why, when humans have such a great capacity to be exceptionally selfless, cooperative, loving and kind, do we also behave like horrendously selfish, destructive, egocentric, filled-with-murderous-rage monsters?

The book is beautifully crafted providing the reader with one unevasive logical and rational stepping stone after another, revealing and explaining the whole human journey of thought and enquirey into our world and humanity's search to understand our place in it.

The basic premise of the book lies in the distinction made between our instincts (our genetic orientation to live and behave in a cooperative, loving and kind manner) versus our intellect (our nerve based fully conscious mind's need to understand life). The two learning systems are like oil and water, they don't mix and hence a clash/war/all out battle erupted some 2 million years ago between the two when we became fully conscious. Our already established instinctive self could not appreciate our newly emerged conscious thinking mind's need to understand and so in effect began to criticize our intellect's need to seek understanding, to understand the world around us. Our instinct's already well established responsibility or role to guide and orientate our behaviour was at odds with our intellects need to understand.

Although this explanation seems quite simple, it has such far reaching implications as to explain every human experience and answer so many questions. It reconciles and explains the differences between men and women, reconciles science and religion, left and right politics, materialism and spiritualism, explains the integrative purpose and meaning or theme of existence, explains our personification of God, explains how we became fully conscious, explains the human soul, explains the limitations of the gene-based learning system and how our early ape ancestors broke through that limitation. I could go on and on about what this book explains, but I'll stop here and let you discover all of this for yourself!

According to Griffith, all of the chaos and upset in the world today has it's origins in the human condition and now, with this biological explanation of our upset state, or human condition now found, the instinct vs intellect battle can finally end.

This book, “FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition” and the understanding it provides, absolutely, without a doubt in my mind, has the power to bring about the urgently needed change in trajectory the human race is on, bringing immense healing to us and by extension, to the world.

The human condition has historically been an off-limits subject, and as a result people can find it difficult when reading Freedom to take in or make sense of what is being presented. I was no exception. I had to put into practise a lot of patience as I slowly persevered reading it as there was just so much new information, and so much truth to absorb and digest. But wonderfully, however, everything being presented began to really make such logical rational sense that I can now truly agree with the statement on the front of the book, “This is the book that saves the World” which I had initially scoffed at.

Having this understanding that I can apply to myself, my relationships, all of humanity really, and to see world events through this compassionate lens has definitely brought clarity, security and harmony into my life - it's been an absolute game changer! So go slow with it, take your time. It's REALLY worth it!

If you're interested, there's an excellent video, titled THE Interview, by Craig Conway, a British actor and broadcaster interviewing Jeremy Griffith about this book. It's a very helpful introduction to all of the key concepts, and I highly recommend it. It can be found at HumanCondition.com. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 31 August 2024

Like so many people I had been getting quite despondent at the state of human affairs around the world, and a deep sense of things getting out of control.

Despite what appears to be human progress through technological advancement, space exploration etc, still very little is known about us humans and the enigma that surrounds us. Why do we behave the way we do? We want to be kind, considerate, compassionate and loving towards others, yet we all find ourselves in conflict in one form or another and at varying levels. But why?

War, conflict, inequality, crime, ever increasing mental health issues and subsequent related physical health conditions and diseases. What is it all about, the madness of it all?

Purely by accident I came across Freedom The End Of The Human Condition by Jeremy Griffith, and it has changed my life beyond measure. I had no idea what I was about to read, that this book was going to answer all the questions I had always wanted answers to, about myself and all humans, what is our meaning and purpose in this world and the universe. So when I discovered it did just that, it blew my mind in amazement and brought immense relief.

It is a collective work of science, philosophy, psychology, religion the arts and more, which have all contributed over thousands of years of obtaining knowledge to ultimately understand ourselves. There is something in the book that everyone can relate to.

All this knowledge and insights brought together by the holistic thinker and biologist Jeremy Griffith, and in so doing reconciles them all.

It is extremely well referenced and verifiable, so it is not a case of taking for granted one persons perspective or opinion. Plus because it applies to us humans it is very easy to put the science and logic into practice and to the test, to know that it is true, and that it works.

Not only can I now understand myself, those close to me and the world at large in a way I never thought possible and with such clarity, but it also heals and reconciles on a personal level as well as potentially on a global scale.

Once I had understanding of the human condition I could see plain as day how this can solve all the man made problems of the world. It is incredible.

The compassion in the way it is delivered helps to reassure you through the inevitably confronting elements, but by taking your time to absorb the information, once the other side it brings such peace to your mind and hope for humanity’s future.

Without understanding of the human condition we have had to deny its existence, because without it, the complexity and polarising characteristics of human behaviour are just too confronting, baffling and confusing, the result being we all live in our own little bubble.

With this explanation it does burst our bubble and leaves us feeling exposed, which is what is the ‘deaf effect’ that Jeremy Griffith refers to. So this is why initially readers find it hard to grasp or accept the information. Having had to make up our own truth throughout our lives in order to get through it, when the actual truth arrives it can go against our pre-conceived beliefs and ideals which make it difficult to here or accept. But ultimately there can only be one truth, and this book delivers it.

Patience is key, and once the information begins to work it does not disappoint. We are knowledge seeking beings and this book helpfully and conveniently contains the knowledge we seek to be able to be free of the human condition, and therefore progress into the future with a healthy united mindset. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Canada 17 August 2024

I couldn’t take this in fast enough. It totally made sense to me and it was rather liberating to me personally. Towards the end of the book, there were a few ideas that I couldn’t quite accept but that’s just me. In any case, this is a must read for everyone for sure!!!

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Macedonia 12 June 2024

What a read! I've marked a whole lot of paragraphs and pages and I'm reading them for the second time now. I'm skipping the history pages only because they ARE true and they are so depressing. (Source).

Review of THE Interview That Solves The Human Condition And Saves The World!, 09 June 2024

Thank you, Thank you, Thank YOU! Such enlightening insights! So true and makes you think how wonderful! Such a revealing interview about our human condition ! Thank you again! Lovin’ it! Thank you Mr. Jeremy Griffith. Kind regards! (Source).

Review of THE Interview That Solves The Human Condition And Saves The World!, 02 April 2024

Serena Rating: 5 out of 5 stars 5/5
I've received the book, listening to this interview as a taster and in doing so, felt its truth. This truth, that we are loving, generous, co-operative and inclusive is the fact so many of us feel and act upon, only to be confused as to why the outside world responds with derision. We know the goodness of our nature, confirmed through the innocent eyes of all young creatures, including our own. Chimps and Bonobos: it would be self-destructive and threaten extinction were the latter forced into situations where chimp behaviours would flourish. As for the chimps, they'd learn to either adapt to the environment or be expunged. How many times throughout the past thousand years has our human history depicted the expulsion of 'chimps' from a relatively harmonious 'bonobo' society? I wonder what the solution is to the 'chimps with bombs' or from where their lack of moral instincts arose from. Perhaps I'll find the answers in Jeremy's 'Death by Dogma' audio. I was particularly impressed by the revelation of Fisk and Darwin; the chimps distorted and misapplied 'origin of species' erasing Fisk's hypothesis from living memory. As usual, we've only been shown one side the equation and the other side is the whole of it. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 13 December 2023

This book was a long read, but hugely rewarding, with Griffith taking us through all areas of humanity; explaining to us how understanding human thought, reasoning, process, etcetera, is fundamental for our ultimate survival. It is without any doubt, the most important book I have ever read. I’m gifting three copies this Christmas.

Bravo Jeremy Griffith. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 07 November 2023

Basically to sum up what I've learnt from this book is that we are animals who are conscious. This book gives us self knowledge/we can know ourselves. Basically it's the best self-help book I've ever read (though it would not be categorised as that, truly it is science). It is the manual for life. (If you have had a baby) do you know that feeling when you get home with your brand new baby and suddenly you think, no ones given me any instructions for this?! Well this book is the ultimate guide to life (and babies, children, the middle aged, the elderly... it covers all ages).

The information in this book has worked on me gradually. I could see that understanding this was the key to my happiness and so I persisted in studying it. And gradually, bit by bit, I feel better and can agree that it does exactly what it says on the front cover. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 31 October 2023

So PROFOUND, no other book like it!

Everyone on this planet deserves to know this soul healing truth. It is now so desperately needed no matter how young or old you are!

Jeremy Griffith actually defines the root cause of the problem, being the clash between our instinct and intellect, and then offers the logic driven SOLUTION- understanding!

There’s nothing more critical than every human getting this truth and knowledge. I encourage everyone to read this book!!! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Spain 16 September 2023

Since acquiring consciousness (approximately 2 million years ago), Human Species has been immersed in a struggle to try to prove ourselves that we are good and not bad. This is the origin of all the insecurity and psychological upset that affects our lives (or human condition).

And in this book the Australian biologist Jeremy Griffith demonstrates in an enormously ingenious, but at the same time clear and simple way (through his explanation of instincts vs. intellect), that after all, human beings are instinctively good, so that ends up root with the underlying cause of all psychosis and suffering of life on Earth.

I am not exaggerating when I say that this is a book that changes lives. It is the most important book that exists right now in the world and the only one that can save us from the race towards destruction in which we are currently immersed. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 07 August 2023

Words are inadequate to describe just how important this work by the biologist Jeremy Griffith is for the human race. It is nothing less than the holy grail of insight into the human condition which will save the human species from extinction. The fact that you are reading a review of a book of this nature evidences that, at some level, you acknowledge that the human race cannot continue on its current path and that we need a grand solution to our species’ good and evil afflicted, so-called ‘fallen’ state or condition – and we need it now! You’ll be elated to learn that this grand, world-changing solution to the human condition that we have long-awaited as a species has, at long last, been found – and not a moment too soon.

Though we have been unable to consciously acknowledge it, the discovery of this all-important solution to our so-called ‘human condition’ is actually what our species has been striving towards ever since we became fully conscious, which current fossil evidence indicates is probably around 2 million years ago. One only needs to look to our greatest stories, mythologies and legends to see that this is true; for example, Jason and the Argonauts and the quest to find the Golden Fleece. What is really represented in these stories and myths is the most fundamental human quest to find dignifying and relieving understanding of ourselves – the truth that sets us free.

Indeed, it is our enduring belief that one day this dignifying, redeeming truth would eventually be found that has given us the motivation to get out of bed each morning and face life so determinedly each day. We have lived for 2 million years oppressed by the implication that we might be evil beings, but not once have we yielded to this implication. Rather, we have shook our fists at the heavens and exclaimed that one day, one day, we will prove that we are fundamentally good and worthwhile beings – that we are a meaningful part of ‘God’s plan’ after all! Well, the beautiful news is that the redeeming, full truth about humans has now been found. Yes, the dawn of our liberation from the human condition has arrived. Preposterous as it may seem, the book you are about to read contains the key to this dreamed of liberation – namely, the fully accountable, redeeming, all-significant, true, biological explanation of the human condition. You have every reason to be excited.

We’ve hung tightly to the excuse that humans are capable of brutal acts of aggression and indifference to others because we have selfish instincts that compel us to propagate our own genes at all costs. Our conscious intellect has been painted as the mediator of these divisive urges within us, the innocent party whose task it has been to control our savage animalistic urges. However, as Griffith points out in this seminal work, this has been a blatant, reverse-of-the-truth lie that we have had to employ to make our situation bearable as we searched perilously for the true explanation of our divisive, corrupted human condition.

In fact, the obvious truth is that our species suffers from a psychosis – a psychological condition, which all the great thinkers of our past have rightfully recognised stems directly from the emergence of our fully conscious intellect. Indeed, the emergence of consciousness in our species brought with it the inevitable dilemma of what has been termed the ‘fall of man’, where we lost our instinctual innocence and became a ‘corrupted’, ‘banished from the Garden of Eden’, divisive species – capable of behaving in ways that are in direct contrast to what we all instinctively know is the ideal way to behave. Yes, the all-present, all-significant, unanswered question for humankind has been ‘why are human beings capable of evil?’

Although we may believe we each live a sound, sane, uncorrupted existence, the truth is that our inability to answer this all-perplexing question on human nature has meant that almost every fully conscious human throughout history has lived with an immense insecurity about their fundamental goodness and self-worth. Yes, humanity’s self-esteem – both individually and collectively – has been plummeting to such depths of emptiness and despair that all hope for our species’ psychological rehabilitation was almost lost.

Our species’ ultimate purpose has been to solve this seemingly unanswerable paradox – why, when the ideals of life are clearly to be cooperative and loving, are human beings capable of such indifference, cruelty and seemingly ‘evil’ behaviour? Although prophets throughout the ages, around whom the world’s various religions were formed, have attempted to bring clarity to this all-important question, what we have ultimately always needed is a scientific, first-principal based answer to this question. Well, I am so, so excited to tell you that, amazingly, at the 11th hour, that first-principal, biological answer has actually been found. It is contained within the book you are about to read.

This book is unlike anything you have read before. It is unlike anything that has ever appeared on this planet before. It is simply the whole truth about our species that explains us so adequately that all of human behaviour suddenly becomes transparent. Moreover, it effectively catapults our species into a new world of self-understanding where security, sanity and loving togetherness reign. The old world of insecurity, egocentricity, divisiveness and suffering ends with this book. It dies within you when you break through to the truth this book contains. Put simply, you will be enlightened, dignified, redeemed, exalted and reborn when this magnificent truth reaches your brain, and you will discover, as I have, that this simple, logical, but extremely profound understanding results in our species’ freedom – the end of the human condition, and the dawn of a truly golden age for human beings. You do not want to miss out on this! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 11 June 2023

I display this book on my bookshelf. I just love the great big bold letters FREEDOM (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 04 June 2023

This book has the answers to every question I've searched for all my life. It is a confronting and relieving book all at the same time. It helps a great deal with understanding if you watch 'The Interview' online as well. Just read it. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Netherlands 19 May 2023

This book is nothing if not truly ashtonishing. It truly changed my whole perspective on life, not only does it help to finally make sense of yourself it also helps make sense of everyone else and all the problems in the world.

To think that it is actually possible to bring people the information that can end all suffering and divisiveness on earth sounded impossible to me. Nothing I had ever encountered before could even come close. But Jeremy Griffith has truly done it, he has answered the question of all questions.

Please help yourself and the people and the entire world around you and read this book! It is the only thing capable of bringing us all together so we may take humanity into a new and bright future.

P.S. to put a face to this review, I am 24 years old and from the Netherlands and before encountering this information I could have never been this positive about the future, for the first time in my life I see hope for my generation, my family and the entirety of the world! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 17 May 2023

A new perspective on life (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 05 May 2023

'FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition' is a ground-breaking scientific treatise that brings about a paradigm shift on scale comparable to Darwin's 'The Origin of Species'. It is a must-read for everyone. With clear and straightforward scientific explanations, this book has the power to awaken humanity from perpetual psychological suffering. It answers the age-old question of the meaning of mankind and reveals that we are not a cosmic mistake, but rather the heroes of life on earth - fundamentally good and extraordinarily meaningful beings.

Regardless of the nature of your personal suffering, this book provides holistic answers that will relieve your psychological burden. After identifying the root cause of human suffering as a primal fear and insecurity that we have repressed from our conscious awareness, Jeremy Griffith then provides readers with the liberating, all-encompassing explanations which alleviate this primal fear and insecurity. However, readers may initially have difficulty understanding and accepting these explanations due to what Griffith calls the 'Deaf Effect.' This can be overcome by persevering with an open mind and embracing the undeniable logic that Griffith presents. Readers who are able to overcome the 'Deaf Effect' will experience a moment of clarity and revelation, leading to a sense of excitement and enthusiasm that can have a permanent impact on their lives, as it has done mine.

By providing the scientific explanation for why we are fundamentally good, this book liberates us from our repressed fear and insecurity, transforming us psychologically. Due to its psychologically transforming ability, FREEDOM has the potential to shift our collective mindset from delusion to peaceful sanity, saving our species and the world from the ongoing destruction caused by our corrupted human condition. Whether you're seeking answers to the big outstanding questions, or simply seeking relief from suffering and peace of mind, FREEDOM is the only book you need to read. It offers profound insights and understanding that will transform your life and the world. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 19 March 2023

You will know the truth when you will stumble upon it for the first time. I ordered 100$+ worth of behavioral biology books and the package never came, but instead I found this free book which was all I needed to hear. It was the universe’s way of telling me: ‘you don’t need the others’. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 17 March 2023

Be sceptical yes, but be open minded, be optinistic and be patient and you will slowly realise that this is real! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 18 February 2023

How on earth can one book explain the meaning of life? How can one book explain every problem faced by us humans at the individual level and the global level? How can one book explain religion, the difference between men and women, racism and all forms of inequality? How can these paragraphs explain our tumultuous teenage years and every single phase of our life?

I only downloaded this book because it was free and I thought, ‘Go on then if you think you’re that clever!’ But despite my skepticism I believe every word. My world has become so transparent now and I can see so much hope for our species future- for my children’s future.

Imagine having a complete biological overview of our species, a history of our time on this planet and the answer to every question you have ever asked. It is unbelievable that this book is able to capture all of this (and more!) but it’s true. As a fellow human only you can test this information for yourself- and of course you should be critical and dubious- there are some pretty bold claims!

You don’t need to give your email address, no money is involved and you can watch The Interview on YouTube first to dip your toe in the water.

This understanding is the most truthful information you will ever receive. Just give it a little of your time. Test it, critique it, assess it because it’s about you after all- it’s about all of us humans and it provides the only truthful way out of our hideous human condition. I think anyone reading this review will agree that the world is spiraling out of control and any speck of light is worth investigating further. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 17 January 2023

Where to begin with this book?

First of all, the late great Professor Harry Prosen’s quote on the cover could not be more accurate. Biologist Jeremy Griffith thoroughly and clearly explains 1. The Human Condition itself and all of human suffering that spawns from it, 2. Our true instincts and how natural selection chose for them, 3. The origins of our fully conscious mind, and 4. The meaning or theme of life itself and how we humans best carry out that meaning.

Freedom also goes into why many people are often blocked from accessing this information. It’s a phenomenon called “The Deaf Effect”. However, if you have this block, it will be overcome with patience. So if you’ve made it to the point in your personal journey where you’ve searched for this book, please give yourself the chance/time to pour through it. You deserve it, for your own sake and for the sake of all those you’ll one day impact with this information.

The hardest part for me personally was accepting what I immediately felt and intuited to be true. I had a euphoric feeling the first time I came in contact with this theory. But for someone in my line of work (psychology), it isn’t “normal” to run into a theory and instantly think, “This has to be it!” Sure, intuitions are common, but never like this. This was entirely novel to me.

And so, I studied Griffith’s work for over a year. I fought some of this information, out of fear and not because I had any real objection to it. Every time I questioned the work, I’d realize I misread something or had skipped over a key detail. I believe this is common when people first start reading. There's a part of people's minds that often "hide" from some of the information. I kept reminding myself of the old Carl Jung line: "That which you most need will be found where you least want to look."

The second time reading through this book, I was surprised how many blind-spots I had the first time around. It humbled me and helped me shed the egotism in my life. And along the way, this theory began to rewire my mind. It changed the way I looked at the world and the level of vibrancy I saw in it.

Griffith’s work has taught me the underlying reasoning for wars, political division, problems in relationships between men and women, the cause of racism, etc., etc. All this coming from the fundamental understanding needed (as Jeremy explains in Freedom) to realign our conscious mind to our psyche (the Greek word for “soul” or “essence of life”).

Freedom pulls no punches when it comes to describing our level of alienation, but it also offers the most incredibly hopeful vision of the future. And it does so with a well-grounded approach. Griffith interweaves biology, psychology, even thermodynamics, with the greatest truths of philosophy, religion, and mythology, to holistically explain our reality.

This book isn’t full of quick-fixes or wishful thinking. This is not a reductionist scientist lying about your psychological issues being due to some chemical imbalance. No, this is a first-principle scientific explanation, the 30,000-foot view of life that simultaneously touches the deepest root of what it means to be human. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 16 January 2023

I have spent a lifetime searching for truth about god, religion, and this existence. This book opened my eyes and truly has the answers I have been looking for! Do not pass this book up! You will find that that religions and philosophies only go so far but Jeremy Griffith brings it all home. What a blessing!! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 18 October 2022

How on earth can one book explain the meaning of life? How can one book explain every problem faced by us humans at the individual level and the global level? How can one book explain religion, the difference between men and women, racism and all forms of inequality? How can these paragraphs explain our tumultuous teenage years and every single phase of our life?

I only downloaded this book because it was free and I thought, ‘Go on then if you think you’re that clever!’ But despite my skepticism I believe every word. My world has become so transparent now and I can see so much hope for our species future- for my children’s future.

Imagine having a complete biological overview of our species, a history of our time on this planet and the answer to every question you have ever asked. It is unbelievable that this book is able to capture all of this (and more!) but it’s true. As a fellow human only you can test this information for yourself- and of course you should be critical and dubious- there are some pretty bold claims!

You don’t need to give your email address, no money is involved if you download it and you can watch The Interview on YouTube first to dip your toe in the water.

This understanding is the most truthful information you will ever receive. Just give it a little of your time. Test it, critique it, assess it because it’s about you after all- it’s about all of us humans and it provides the only truthful way out of our hideous human condition. I think anyone reading this review will agree that the world is spiraling out of control and any speck of light is worth investigating further. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 10 October 2022

I had no problem accepting the premises of the bk. I greatly appreciate the thoughts well expressed and put into wordings that I could not do myself. Many ideas very well expressed but a few do not fit my current delusional thinking. A great read. Definitely should be a required collage course. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 04 October 2022

No other book has ever changed my life like this one. It even helped me to lessen the impact of chronic pain. Also explains the “deaf effect” mindset of anyone who isn’t open minded enough to embrace the information and insights. Answers the question of why we are the way we are! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 20 September 2022

Beautiful. This book cannot be recommended highly enough. Solves all the worlds problems, will bring about a massive paradigm shift that will bring peace on earth. Cures all human psychosis with honest, truthful, biological understanding of the human journey for the past 2 million years since The Fall or Evolution of human beings from non-thinking apes to Thinking human-apes. This book brings massive relief to the human mind and returns all humans to the Soul. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 16 August 2022

To know exactly how I tick is truly amazing! To know how everybody else does too is beyond incredible!! We can now solve all psychological disorders and all depression! Never felt happiness like it! Everybody must study this information! It's all free so you've got no excuses! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from South Africa 16 August 2022

This book is beyond profound - it's extraordinary to the furthest degree! I've read hundreds of books and asked myself endless questions, trying to get to grips with why we do the things we do as humans - and Jeremy's book explains it all in a way no other book has!

What I love most about the book is that it's logical. There's nothing to believe or follow. You only have to take the time to understand. Freedom has opened my heart and mind to a new world, a new reality of understanding, and from that understanding - I've found healing.

If you're ready to go deep inside and get to grips with the meaning and truth of life, of God - this book is definitely for you. Enjoy. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from South Africa 13 August 2022

In this book an Australian biologist, Jeremy Griffiths ushers in the critical understanding the world desperately needs today; ends polarities between men and women; between races; and everywhere in-between; reconciles science and religion, left and right in politics, the young and the old, “good” and “evil”, the traditional and the modern; and debunks the popular mysteries and myths, associated with human behaviour.

This book biologically explains how in the end everyone is not only meaningful, but also a hero of life on Earth, working for the good of all; and lastly how through self-understanding, we can together heal & save ourselves, and the world.

YES, THIS IS A BOOK THAT WILL TAKE US ALL TO OUR DESTINY TOGETHER!

REGINALD KHOTSHOBE,

South African iGqirha (Traditional Healer), and a retired IT practitioner (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 08 July 2022

The greatest book i have ever read. Its pure medicine. Everyone needs to at least give it a shot and read it. I am so blessed to have found Jeremy's insights and understandings. Im 23 years old have dived deep into books, podcasts, courses, meditation and explored psychedelics for the last 4-5 years trying to make sense of this human existence and life's deepest questions and have only ended up more confused and upset and that was only intensifying the more down the rabbit hole i went. Until i came across this incredible book which makes sense of all human life and our seemingly contradictory nature. Finally someone speaking THE TRUTH. Thankyou immensely Jeremy and the World Transformation Movement, Eternally Grateful. Absolutely SATISFIED & FULFILLED on the deepest level from this material. LETS GO !! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Canada 10 May 2022

I found this book extremely interesting and it did in fact "transform" the way I think about life and the human condition. The most influential book I have ever read. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 27 April 2022

Absolutely marvellous book. Filled with love, hope and understanding A must read for anyone who is serious about change. A book that humanity has been waiting for. Not just another self help book more like a humanity help book (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 15 April 2022

After some months, I have finally reached the end of this book and hopefully the begining of something new. The work that this Australian Biologist - Jeremy Griffith, from start to finish is amazing. Chapter 8 and 9 extraordinary. His work takes us through a two million year old journey and answers what many believe to be impossible, understanding the human condition. In this moment, it has left me feeling like a wave of calmness and euphoria has been washing over me for the last few hours. The hairs on my arms are standing. Jeremy Griffith has produced a stunning masterpiece, a treatise on this most complex of subjects, the whole world needs to see it, the whole world needs to read it. It is simply a magnificent and brilliant piece of literature. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 03 March 2022

A necessary breakthrough for humankind the Bible of TRUTH on the human condition an understanding of our pain and suffering it is truly amazing a must read for every human that is still under the dream spell. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 19 January 2022

: I have been reading Freedom from the human condition. … I was skeptical at first, because I have been on a long spiritual journey. As I have been listening and learning from the WTM I feel such relief that its ok that I have been so messed up and I can admit and that we all are. In my practices I have felt the deadness of humanity and that everyone is too frightened to look at that so we keep doing everything to try to fix ourself….My life work has been to help people to find inner peace and maybe now I can really see the possibility with this information and community.

Love the honesty and it feels so freeing to being transparent. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 19 January 2022

This book by Australian Biologist, Jeremy Griffith supplies the answers we have all been searching for.

Freedom is the most important book of our time and by studying and supporting this information we can transform the world for ourselves and future generations to come. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 18 January 2022

Everyone should read this book it should be taught in schools. I did find it a bit heavy going but I will read again and again. The summarised version and the videos on YouTube make this book more enjoyable to read

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Austria 06 January 2022

This is the first time that science is really used in an interdisciplinary manner!

Believing in something was necessary yesterday - now it is time to truthfully discover our nature and the world around us, to understand our own behavior and to understand negative entropy.

FREEDOM makes it possible!

Absolutely verifiable, testable, takes getting used to, confronting and empathetically liberating! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 03 January 2022

There is not a single person on this planet that wouldn’t benefit from reading this. A book for life. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Canada 06 November 2021

Reading Freedom was amazing and astonishingly insightful as all the missing pieces of the great jigsaw puzzle of human nature fell into their proper places, just like connecting all the dots and providing the solution through biological synthesis based on non-abstract, scientific first principles, and evidence. Before that, Human nature, “Nature vs Nurture” and reconciliation of Science & Spirituality fascinated, confused, and eluded me for a long time as why we are the way we are and whether we are Good or Bad or Evil or a mix. And despite our wonderful mental skills, scientific achievements, creativity, and great acts of kindness, are we destined to doom due to our divisive behavior, selfishness, aggression, and violence? But these are all answered for me in ‘FREEDOM – The End of the Human Condition’ which was a fascinating and revealing reading. Freedom’s significance is affirmed by Professor Harry Prosen, the former President of the Canadian Psychiatric Association in the introduction: ‘IT DELIVERS THE BREAKTHROUGH BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF THE HUMAN CONDITION, THE HOLY GRAIL OF INSIGHT HUMANS HAVE SOUGHT FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION OF OUR SPECIES….’

The “INSTINCT vs INTELLECT” conflict which is one of Jeremy Griffith’s key revelations is just brilliant and the conflict between our gene-based moral instinct that gives genetic orientation to our species and our nerve-based conscious thinking mind that operates by understanding cause and effect, its reason, timeline, how instinct and intellect got distanced, etc., is wonderfully explained in chapter 3. I liked this chapter and in short, like all other animals our earliest ape ancestors were controlled by their instincts, but just over 2 million years ago our first human ancestor Homo Habilis evolved a fully conscious mind capable of understanding cause and effect. This fully conscious mind started to understand cause and effect and tried to take control of our lives by defying our original moral instincts and this resulted in an ongoing internal battle or conflict in our genus ‘Homo’. And it is this conflict between our moral instinct and our conscious thinking mind, which is the cause of our Upset State or Human Condition.

Another of Jeremy Griffith’s profound insights into the human condition is that it was our ape ancestors “NURTURING” of their infants that created our species’ Unconditional Selfless, Altruistic, Moral Instinctive Self or Soul. In his words from para. 389, ‘while nurturing is a genetically selfish trait, from an observer’s point of view it appears to be unconditionally selfless behavior—the mother is giving her offspring food, warmth, shelter, support and protection for apparently nothing in return. This point is most significant because it means from the infant’s perspective its mother is treating it with real love, with unconditional selflessness. The infant’s brain is, therefore, being trained or indoctrinated or inscribed with unconditional selflessness and so, with enough training in unconditional selflessness, that infant will grow into an adult who behaves unconditionally selflessly.’ It appears selfish maternalism can train an infant in altruistic selflessness. This is simply amazing, and the proof of our fundamental goodness and moral self or compass based on gene-based learning, or ‘Love-Indoctrination’ process over millions of years supported by primate studies and fossil evidence in chapters 5 and 6 blew my mind. Living evidence is the highly intelligent, peaceful, and extremely nurturing primate species Bonobos, used to be called Pygmy Chimpanzees but now a distinct species and our closest living relative.

Freedom also provides insights into many human phenomena such as: The psychological event of ‘Resignation’ at teenage (chapter 2); False savage instinct excuse (chapter 2); The Integrative Meaning of Life based on the principle of Negative Entropy (chapter 4); How, when and why humans became fully conscious while other animals got blocked from developing full consciousness (chapter 7); ‘Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny’ in the stages of humanity’s maturation (chapter 8); How understanding solves the human condition and creates a path to transformation (chapter 9). Jeremy Griffith also makes sense of the conflicted men-women relationship; racial & religious discrimination; misinterpretation of human nature by the left and right in politics; demystifies mythology, religion, and God; and explains how reconciliation and transformation is possible by understanding the biological origins of our upset.

The biologist convincingly reveals that, the involvement of our species’ fully conscious thinking mind in our daily affairs and self-management demonstrates that there is a psychological dimension to our behavior; that we do not suffer from a genetic-opportunism-based, non-psychological ‘ANIMAL CONDITION’, but a conscious-mind-based, psychologically troubled ‘HUMAN CONDITION’ making us the sufferer of an underlying insecurity and resulting psychosis. However, the wonderful news in Freedom from para. 290 is that ‘Finding understanding of the human condition is what rehabilitates and transforms the human race from its psychologically upset angry, egocentric and alienated condition.’ In my opinion the insights and understanding from Freedom can finally clear up all misunderstanding and confusion about ourselves and fellow humans, leading to reconciliation of races and religions, left and right in politics, old and young, men and women, etc., etc., and end our psychologically troubled human condition.

So, I strongly recommend this important book because it impressed me and gave me positive experience as follows:

… Understanding that our species original instinctive orientation was to live in a psychosis-free, peaceful, and harmonious state of cooperation, love, and selflessness. Babies are born with instinctive expectation and need of unconditional love, but human condition affected adults fails to provide that unintentionally. It appears the focus must be on becoming more secure and settled within us and make nurturing a priority.

… A huge sense of relief that genetically we are not bad or evil with false savage instincts, but all humans are fundamentally good with a true gene-based nurtured unconditionally selfless moral instincts. This makes me feel more secure and settled in myself.

… A better understanding of myself and others from understanding the root cause of human condition and fundamental goodness of humans. And appreciating the Integrative Meaning of life and existence gives a sense of reconciliation and inner calm.

… A convincing feeling that “UNDERSTANDING” will end our human condition, reconcile Science & Spirituality and we humans can transform and shift our attitude towards cooperation and integration not based on pressure or dogmatic propaganda but through conscious understanding. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Canada 04 November 2021

I have been “working” on myself for as long as I can remember. I have tried everything from affirmations, meditations, retreats, ayahuasca, too many things to mention. I searched religions, science, neuroscience, and anything else I could think of. Nothing has given me what I felt I lacked until now. This book has given me the peace, hope, and Understanding I have been searching endlessly for. It is a life saver for me. This book makes sense of it all - thank you Jeremy Griffith (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 01 October 2021

I'm deeply grateful for this book and the beautiful, all encompassing explanation it brings. This is not just another pseudo idealistic bandaid solution to the horrors we witness around the world and within ourselves. Jeremy Griffith has solved the puzzle of our human condition and his book FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition is a must read for us all. From a mothers perspective I am particularly grateful that this compassionate explanation gives me an understanding of myself and eases the burden of shame and guilt in my parenting.

I would encourage anyone seeking the truth about themselves and why we, as a species, are the way that we are, to take the time to read and digest this incredible book. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 25 September 2021

YOU HAVE GOT TO READ THIS BOOK!!!

This is the masterpiece that humanity has been waiting for…

Professor Harry Prosen, a psychiatrist of almost 60 years’ standing including chairing two departments of psychiatry and serving as president of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, has rightly said about the arrival of this psychosis-addressing-and-solving real explanation of the human condition that ‘I have no doubt this biological explanation of the human condition is the holy grail of insight we have sought for the psychological rehabilitation of the human race.’

This amazing journey through the psychological evolution of our species is a collaboration of some of the greatest thinkers the world has ever known, put together by Jeremy Griffiths logically and sympathetically and backed up wholly with first principle biological evidence, physical evidence and common experience.

These are the answers you have been looking for, from religion and race to understanding yourself and your loved ones, to the stranger in the street and your relationship with nature its all there beautifully relatable, described, explained and solved with compassionate understanding.

See you on the sunshine highway. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Finland 17 August 2021

This book is an amazing exposition of the human condition for scientific readers and philosophically oriented readers.

On the scientific side, Griffith starts with the demolition of one of the greatest myths that have been upheld throughout history and up to the present day. The myth is that humans have a brutal and savage nature, biological makeup that defines the essence of man. Griffith goes through extensive evidence from biology, primatology, and developmental psychology to refute the myth that has never been scientifically stated and defended but is simply adopted by scientists and the general public alike.

The philosophical aspects of the work take off from the ruin of the man's savage nature myth. The driving insight for the philosophical findings is that if the nature of man is good and not bad, then a lot of the prevailing philosophical, psychological, educational, and pedagogic edifice go down the drain. And not only that. Most of that stuff is rewritten by Griffith. The scale of Griffith's work here is simply astonishing. The book includes:
- new explanation of the savage behavior of men that ostensibly exists
- description of what made people write books and allegories like the Bible or Plato's cave allegory
- what was actually happening during your teen years
- where to take it from here, now that the true nature of man and the origin of evil have been revealed

I find the scientific evidence and statements of the book well researched and defended. While the philosophical, educational, and psychological views can not be refuted or proven in the same fashion, however the ideas are logically, clearly explained and supported by Griffith’s use of quotes from, and clarification of, the writings of many of the great thinkers throughout history. On basis of my education in psychology and pedagogics, I think that Griffith has a broad understanding of these aspects of these topics and good intentions. I absolutely recommend this book for everyone to read! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 20 July 2021

This book explains in vast detail the single most important things we should know about ourselves and what to do with that information. As a Metaphysical Practitioner it is always nice when science meets spirituality. The book is heavy reading, but if you love the subject enough and have a will for profound change you will persist. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Austria 24 May 2021

As a clinical and health psychologist I dedicate my knowledge and efforts into helping school kids and their families of heterogeneous backgrounds with differing challenges. I’m interested in e.g. in the mind-body-connection, trans-generational trauma and developmental trauma. This book, “FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition”, has brought to me a new and valid makro understanding of the fundamental cause of and the underestimated amount of trauma we humans as a species have been experiencing and perpetuating.

To me this is clearly not a ‘usual’ science book. And it’s content and understandings won’t be outdated in a couple of years, I guess.

I was not able to read this book the way I had expected, not like other books with the kind of thinking I am used and trained to. It took me a little time to get accustomed to the enriched way the author addresses and lays out the content, but the main thing I had to allow in was the content itself. Maybe in the beginning I was expecting new “scientific data” and “latest findings” to be presented, new techniques and advice not too far off from what I already have learned. Instead the Author presents a new synthesis of accepted and established but also ignored scientific theories and findings and puts the pieces together in a new way, providing a new valid paradigm, thus enabling the reader to look at himself, fellow humans and life itself in a entirely different way.

Once one starts grasping the fundamental and existential idea the author is actually writing about and to understand the main question or issue being addressed, namely the ubiquitous but necessarily dissociated reality of our inherent Human Condition, a new way of understanding our human journey and the world we humans have been creating and living in opens up. In a fast world of e.g. ever evolved communication technology, social media, the permanently cared for adopted self and group identity, deteriorating ability to feel authentic empathy, perpetuating (developmental) trauma and the illusion of having everything under ones control the understandings being presented in this book are revealing and may not even want to be considered as something positive and worth of coming into reality.

Apart from my university studies and trained scientific thinking I’ve also found upright “knowledge” from different directions and teachers with integrity in their field on how to view and handle seemingly individual, group or environmental problems caused by ourselves or others. Via this book it’s the first time I found someone explain - from the level of a makro perspective and on the basis of scientific and prescientific knowledge combined, while at the same time helping the reader connect with the deep and innate truth of our instinctive soul’s expectations as feelings being brought to life by the honesty of music, lyrics, poems and paintings - the possibility of an underlying biological circumstance concerning and affecting all of humankind on the psychological level. The understandings presented in ‘FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition’ open a door as to finally get hold of the power of true self understanding and real healing.

As a mother and person that has always kept a deep connection to nature and also as a psychologist it is absolutely eye opening and empowering to learn about the outstanding role of evolved and undisturbed, loving and extended nurturing of our infants and the instinctively passing on of love on our human journey as gate opener for the development of our way of conscious thinking.

The way the author uses the terminology “consciousness” and explains the development and quality of our human consciousness as well as its predicament gives rise to many long awaited answers.

In this book all major aspects of human life are being looked at and laid out under the premises posed by this scientific and holistic makro explanation regarding our simultaneously loving and evil human nature. This can be quite confronting and disturbing on a personal level, but once understood deep enough puts us in a truly good, empowering and completely reconciled place.

The biological, scientific synthesis by Jeremy Griffith provided in this book addresses and solves the issue of the Human Condition. The information provided has the potential to be THE game changer for the overall evolving psychological human upset and it’s domino effect as well as for our augmenting detachment from nature and our established loving instincts.

The understandings presented provide the possibility for the confusions of our younger thinking minds and the thirst of our older loving souls to arrive at a secure, calm and knowing place, to evolve and thrive together in sync. This, for the first time, gives true hope for the future, for a healthy development of us humans in accordance with the integrative theme of life.

With the content of this book at hand we can now e.g. confidently answer our children’s ,but why?-questions’ concerning our unloving behavior and empower them with (self) understanding.

I deeply value the inspiring thoughts and ideas being presented in this book. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 14 April 2021

Jeremy Griffith articulates the most conclusive account of what it truly is to be human.

Towering over any perceived individual issues of modern times, FREEDOM presents our species absolute psychological state, our very own non-discriminating human condition.

In fantastic detail and with total clarity, Jeremy explains our unique psychological development from its beginnings, through the ages to the present. He draws from the most prophetic, free thinking insightful minds throughout history to construct and illuminate what has been humans least talked about, yet most deeply disturbing issue of all. Jeremy Griffith has solved our human condition.

A most compelling, completely testable and immensely dignifying explanation of our human condition is without doubt the most important read ever, for every person of all ages. Bias free, there's nothing but pure honesty here and equally, there is also nothing to fear. READ THIS BOOK. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 10 April 2021

If you have interest in our human, Evolutionary biology, psychology, sociology it's in this book. If you are curious about philosophy, theology or mythology, it's in there. Perhaps physics or the history of ancient communication studies. Maybe art and music history, it's in there. Maybe you are searching for personal, reasons.... Why are humans both kind and cruel?

The meaning for all of life on earth.

Freedom by J. Griffith, a FREE reference, available for us (as well as an abridged version) are A MUST HAVE.

Jeremy Griffirh has dedicated his life studying, cross referencing and writing this beautiful work for all of us, to relieve human suffering! He has gathered all the pieces of the puzzle, from Plato to Bono!

This is not a light read.

It is an ENLIGHTENED read.

You will want time to process so much information. And you will want to return to read it again and again. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Ireland 18 March 2021

In Freedom Jeremy Griffiths reveals he has found the solution for all our chaos and suffering,

The underlying cause he believes is our good and evil human condition.

Imagine if you are living in the 1500's and Copernicus has just told you the earth is round

and not flat as previously thought by all.You can imagine that some said ' i kinda knew that but couldn't put it into words. Others said 'what, huh, no cant be ? The information Jeremy shares with us is on a par with that.We all know that it takes courage to standout to think differently. That's what Jeremy does in this book he takes his courage and tells us what we need to hear. We only need to think about the chaos we live in with wars, poverty,racism the environment in chaos,all of which could be prevented if we thought and acted differently in our lives. Freedom is written by a scientist however

it is also written by a man with heart and a love of humanity, all living things and the planet itself.

Take your courage into your hands, open your heart and mind, read Freedom it will set you free. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from New Zealand 03 March 2021

Having attained a Bachelor's Degree in Science I began reading Freedom with an element of skepticism, especially with having the bold claim that a biological explanation could save the world and end all suffering.

I soon realized the author, Biologist Jeremy Griffith had ventured into the very heart of humanity's dark shadow and come through the other side, with not only extraordinary human biological insights, but had also safely explained and for me demystified all the deep thinkers from all the great Religions, Sciences and Creative Arts who endeavored to explore the inner human psyche.

This is the debunking of the age old Nature vs. Nurture debate in which his 40 plus years of extensive research and unequivocal evidence proves our innate nature is all nurture, all loving, all sensitive, altruistic and all integrative. This is a 180 degree paradigm shift from our previously believed Darwinian savage "must reproduce our genes" animal instincts and could have profoundly positive implications for the human journey.

This is for me not just another interesting theory, this is a fully defended inner most knowing of not only oneself but of all humanity and our chequered history.

Personally it has lifted the unbearably heavy veil of guilt, shame, confusion, frustration, anger and anxiety felt in myself and gifted me pure liberation from this heroic Human Condition through pure, transparent, common sense, holistic deep thinking. This is finally, and not a moment too soon, where Soul meets Science and could not only save the world and end all suffering, but begin Humankinds journey to enlightenment and an unfathomably wonderful beyond. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Canada 27 February 2021

This book is free because of the goodness of Jeremy Griffith's heart... if you read from cover to cover and if at the end you understood his message... then you will understand the gratitude of $0.00 for the electronic version.

I’m a medical doctor with 4 decades of medical practice. I have read more that 50 books on emotional trauma. More than 70% of patients that come to a GP’s office has a condition which is emotion related. Of all the books that I have read if you would ask me which one book I would recommend, my answer would be FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition by Jeremy Griffith.

This book is eye opening on the human condition and the nurturing origin of our moral instinct which brought us... 2 millions year ago...to processing mental information(thinking) and then eventually to our mental upset human condition.

Understanding the human condition by understanding that 11,000 years ago we domesticated the plants and domesticated the non-human animals and eventually ourselves with civilization and ultimately acknowledging, but mostly accepting that civilization is imposed discipline and pseudo-idealism by causing shame, guilt and fear.... alienating us ever so more from our unconditionally selflessly all-loving, all-cooperating innocence and moral instinct and ultimately alienated us from our quest for understanding the integrative meaning of existence or life.... is all too important to saving ourselves from self destruction.

Jeremy Griffith does talk a lot about the prophets to help the reader remember past wisdom. He is a biologist. Even though being a biologist he is against reductionist-biologist for good reasons and against guilt emphasizing expressions of religions... demystifying god and asking reader to understand that his book will be a lot to have to adjust to.

He was brought to court from 1995 to 2010 (15 years) suffered from fibromyalgia because of that. After fighting for 15 years he was vindicated... won, was told that he was right. A cult for me... partly has to do with a power and control trip, imposed discipline and pseudo-idealism... it is exactly this which Jeremy Griffith exposes and writes against.. if for you a cult is wanting to spread the truth and exposing lies then in your “7th sense” the “relational frame theory” is at play... then what you could do if you want to, is step back and look at it again and try to put the words in their right place... if not what is the purpose of language and knowledge.

It is important to know that Jeremy Griffith’s book is not edited by a team of editors, he is his own publishing house... I’m guessing no publishing house would want to go against power and control (money). This book... not being edited by an editing team makes his writing difficult to read because of repetition.. etc... but the subject is very eye opening, maybe difficult to understand for some, a lot to process, a lot to digest and a lot to have to adjust to....BUT above all very TRUE. Many has been joining force with him and I applauded them. A person like Jeremy Griffith has to be strong.

In regards of prophets, when Jeremy Griffith writes that god is a personification of "integrative meaning of existence" and you really really really understand that... then things gets clearer in your mind. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 31 January 2021

This is Jeremy Griffith’s definitive presentation, whom I believe is one of the most important thinkers through human history. This book - the product of a life’s work looking into the human condition, is a compilation of simple truth and honesty in a world drowning in lies and bulls*it.

Coming from a very mechanistic and superficial background, I won’t say that this book was a breeze for me to get through, but I will say that it has changed my life, and is a source of clarity that I return to regularly.

This book does ‘save the world’ as is boldly stated on the cover. Jeremy Griffith has debunked the human condition, and explained why it is such a difficult subject for us to approach. He brings about a paradigm shift in allowing us to see the incredible meaning of life, how we have been at odds with it, and how we can now align ourselves to this integrative path.

I took some time to really think about the concepts in this book, and could not fault them. I now see the incredible potential that we can all embrace. It’s right in front of us if we can awaken from our slumber and wrap our guts around what he is saying. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 25 January 2021

One would really need to be an avid reader to tackle this very well written book. It’s a rather simple explanation of our behavior. The author compiles our historical evidence and breaks it down in a simple and truthful presentation. I already had the questions and had some answers. I was so relieved to find someone who could explain some of the religious analogies. Once he explained them I actually felt a bit silly I hadn’t thought of it myself. I have always believed that I would know the truth if I heard it. This man gives it to us, straight up! Look around you...how many times have you watched someone or a group of people behave insanely? How many times have you wondered why they did it? I know one thing for sure, it’s been a year now and I have never had to ask myself any of these questions, not one time, because I know why. Do you? (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Canada 12 December 2020

This is one of the most important books for the WORLD Now! Jeremy Griffith is a modern day prophet for our world! Amazing research and facts from the beginning of time. A big book with a Big life changing messages you and for the entire World and a big gift for humanity! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Sweden 24 November 2020

The most important book ever! Read it, think, rethink. See people as they really are, without blackened glasses that distort your vision. [Tr. from Swedish]

Världsomvälvande. Den viktigaste boken någonsin! Läs den, fundera, tänk nytt. Se människan som hon verkligen är, utan svärtade glasögon som förvrider synen. [Original] (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 07 September 2020

This book was truly a revelation to me. On a personal level it explained a lot of the choices I made in life; and, more generally, why we are the way we are. Jeremy shows how science proves that we are all essentially good: but we are all upset. Understanding this is how we become free. He draws on philosophy, anthropology and religion to illustrate his argument. His style of writing can be a little difficult to get used to, but this information is vital for us all. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Canada 27 August 2020

"Freedom" is the product of a brilliant and wide-ranging mind. Jeremy Griffith has stood on some tall shoulders and carried their thought even further: the writings of Blake, Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, Nietsche and other deep thinkers have been woven into a tapestry that supports his surprising new thought about the human condition and answers the questions, "Why, when we are capable of surpassing goodness, does our evil far exceed that of the territoriality of animal predators? and what sort of transformation is needed to stop short of self-annihilation?" Griffith looks to archaeological and anthropological data to inform his work, and to various mythological traditions, including the Genesis account of creation, to give it meaning.

The book is long, partly because Griffith leaves nothing to chance in his writing. There is frequent repetition so that connections between ideas are not lost; a new concept often requires frequent reinforcement to be fully grasped. However it is not a difficult read, and well worth the trouble. There is huge existential relief, and a path forward, beckoning the reader who gives thoughtful attention to this work. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 25 July 2020

This is a high quality read no doubt about it. Powerful and enduring; it answers every question you could ever ask about yourself or someone else. It is based on science but is not devoid of soul or art because in this book Art and Science are reconciled with wonderful well-known quotes and examples to bring home the truth of the explanation.

Essentially it as an explanation of the division and conflict between our soul and intellect that brings about upset in every human being BUT with an understanding of this battle we can bring about compassion for our upset and guilt, and realise that all is not what it seems. This really does explain how corrupted humans have become but it defends us and gives us the power back to fulfil real human potential!

Something amazing that this book Freedom will make you realise is that we are all enduring a heroic journey, there has been reason and purpose in the madness, there is reason for why we know it should be different, and that humans are the heroes in the journey to champion knowledge... of which knowledge is now found!

With understanding of the 'human condition' a new peaceful and transformed world can return as we once knew it… in the back recesses of the mind. However without honesty and compassion for our dark side there will never truly be the change we all want because there won’t be the reason and true defense for our madness. You think that is a big claim or a bit heavy? Well hell yes but this book delivers the answers and explanation to this claim that will leave you thinking and knowing; the human condition really has been solved. Holy %@#$”….we’re free. “Eureka” I’ve struck gold! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Netherlands 24 June 2020

An expression we use in Netherlands is "When someting sounds too good to be true, it will be too good to be true". But not for this book that claims to save the world. The strange thing with this book is that it doesn't tell you how to think, what to do, how to live your life, it only explains things and these explanation you can test for yourself in every day situations, the more I come familiar with this book and the understanding it brings, the better it gets!! Find out for yourself and read the book. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 09 June 2020

There is a time when you can say: “I’m sorry, I didn’t know what I was doing and why I was doing it. Everybody did so I did.”

Once you’ve read this book, you can’t go back, so unless you actually want to save yourself and the world, you won’t understand a word you read. Life’s like that.

There has never been a more apt time for this knowing to present itself. Thank you Jeremy!

If you’re even mildly interested, do yourself and the world a favour, read this book until you ‘get’ it. The world needs you. Do it! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 05 June 2020

FREEDOM is wonderful, groundbreaking and vitally important information about our species psychologically troubled Human Condition. This information is essential for the progression of the human race, and personally transformed my own life. After reading and understanding it, human behaviour became transparent, I could see and feel a true, clear healing and developing journey that this information takes us human beings on. I personally did not experience any difficulty reading this book, although I know there can be for others, but I now have a great deal of patience and understanding of all of us and can understand why. I read this book eagerly because I have been ready to understand all the difficulties in human relationships, as well as our mental health problems. I very much wanted to gain a full understanding of ourselves completely, which is what this book provides. My opinion is that this understanding is desperately needed for the whole of the human race, so that we can move out of a state of psychological, emotional and physical suffering and heal ourselves from what we now know is our Human Condition. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 27 April 2020

If you’re going to read one book this year, no in your life, make it this one!

It is the gift of knowledge that’s so badly needed to understand ourselves, understand why we are the way we are, understand our divisive behaviour when we know deep down it’s not the basis of our nature, which is to be loving and cooperative. And through this understanding we can at last free ourselves from our psychologically troubled human condition and end all the resulting turmoil and suffering we’ve experienced and bring about the real transformation of the human race. We come full circle, how good is that!!! Thank you Jeremy Griffith. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 20 April 2020

A book full of powerful ideas on human behaviour and psychology that resonates strongly with me. Griffith goes above and beyond current biological thinking to put forward a treatise that is astonishing in its depth and breadth, explaining not just why we are the way we are but how our individual and collective psychology permeates every aspect of society, religion, politics, parenting, relationships, art & culture, everything! It’s an awesome book because with that understanding the whole world can change; we can all finally understand the conflict and confusion in the world, and heal that terrible state within and without. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 20 April 2020

This book has the ability to change everything in the world in a good way. It explains us humans and why we are the way we are and how through understanding of our human condition we can “own our own shadow” which will finally allow all of our destructive behaviour to end and gives us the ability to repair our world and the human race physically and psychologically. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 13 April 2020

A big read, but a must read. It's not a feel-good solution; nor a positive-reinforcement approach; and certainly not another method of suppressing your ego. This is all about understanding. Understanding the human condition no less.

Griffith's book has had a profound effect on me personally. Understanding your position in the human journey and and what that journey has been about provides enormous relief and comfort - I guess because you can ultimately context what life is all about, and what your own situation is all about. You can step outside of your own bubble. A freedom comes from that.

This is a fresh take on our evolution and the psychological state of modern man, plus an outlook on how a transformed way of living is now possible. I highly recommended reading, or at least watching the videos or listening to the podcasts on the books website. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 06 April 2020

This book has honestly completely changed my life and way of thinking and is in fact groundbreaking information! Patience is key in order to properly process this information. I was quite cynical and skeptical when I came across this information but once I fully grasped what was being presented I flipped my seat in excitement. This information does stack up and is groundbreaking and I recommend everybody to read this with an open mind because it is exactly what it says it is - world saving.

There has never in history been a real and penetrating answer besides this information for why humans can be so loving and cooperative, and on the other hand so aggressive and competitive. And so we’ve been forced to live with this underlying insecurity about whether we are fundamentally good or bad for having behaved at odds with the cooperative and loving ideals of life.

There have been all kinds of attempted explanations such as that we have “savage animal instincts” that drive us to reproduce our genes which apparently explains humans selfish behaviour. But as Jeremy explains, there is a clear psychological dimension to humans capacity for selfishness, and that our instincts are actually oriented to be loving and selfless. But of course we couldn’t admit this truth without having had the explanation to defend why we haven’t behaved in a selfless and cooperative way. But now we can because Jeremy has gotten to the bottom of all of human behaviour, and it’s such a breakthrough that I can say with full confidence that this explanation of the human condition will save the world.

All I can say is thank god for this information and this is for absolutely everybody and every type of person to read! This does in fact answer the core underlying problem affecting all humans. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Austria 28 March 2020

I know it may sound too good to be true - but this book is actually the true explanation of us humans. It gets to the bottom of who we humans really are and why we behave the way we behave. It explains the mystery of man. This explainantion brings together the pieces of the puzzle that never seemed to fit before.

Some of the information in this book will not match your worldview or the perception of yourself. It will be very confronting, as it was for me, but if you stick with it you are gradually beginning to understand why. The defense mechanisms that we have developed in the course of evolution and during our own lives against this honest view determine our lives.

But we've all been waiting for that. An explanation of our own condition. Finally we can honestly look at ourselves and the world. If you think it through, everything that this explanation of the human condition now reveals makes immense sense. You stop judging people and suddenly you can use this information to look at and understand them from a completely new perspective. And what is absolutely amazing, you can suddenly look at yourself honestly and understand yourself for real.

This information makes our great insecurity about our own self-worth and the struggle that we have within ourselves obsolete. This creates our self-worth at the most fundamental level. And that's actually incredibly liberating.

I was already so cynical myself that I no longer really believed that anything could save this world. But the more you immerse yourself in it, the clearer everything becomes. It is now possible to know with absolute clarity that it is possible.

So if there is an explanation that can be used to find answers to all of the world's problems, wouldn't you want to know? For me, the answer is a resounding YES. For me there is nothing bigger and more meaningful than that. I am infinitely grateful for this book and the decades of work that has gone into it. With this book, I now have immense confidence in our species and the future of this world. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 25 March 2020

Jeremy weaves together philosophy, evolutionary biology, the fossil record, anthropology, psychology, religion, mythology, politics, art, everything, into one, all-encompassing story that hangs together so well it seems to explain everything about ourselves to the extent it lifts a huge weight off one's shoulders unlike any therapy could. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 27 February 2020

Thank god I found this book. To finally know that there is a future for my children is such a massive relief. I have been desperately worried about my children living in this messed up world and then the thought of them bringing children into this world was really scary. Now I can actually see that there can be a future for all of us. Thank you Jeremy Griffith for finding the solution to the biggest problem facing humanity which is that we have suffered from the human condition for a very good reason. But now that it is fully explained then we can explain this to all the children in the world before they have to suffer the intolerable silence from adults who have not had the answers until now. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 13 January 2020

Humanity has been striving toward this book for as long as we could think. It solves the riddle of why we are a fallen species, and then with that solved, this Australian Jeremy Griffith strolls around solving every other riddle under the sun. You want to understand men and women – zap! done. Your want to understand religion – zap! done. You want to understand just about anything, then read this book. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 05 January 2020

I wish this book was required reading for high school age children. It would change the way many people think. The book makes it impossible for anyone to not care about the earth and everything on it. It erases prejudices because you’ll understand the way of the world! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 03 January 2020

Why havent I heard about this book? I should have heard about it. It should be taught in schools. It should be the subject of university courses. Buy it, read it, then make someone you love read it. This is sooooooo important. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 18 December 2019

‘Nonsense’ is attempting to eat soup with a fork, a close (and street-wise) friend explained to me once. During my 74 years on this planet I have come to realize that we lack the correct tools to deal with the turmoil and strife prevalent in our world now and throughout our history. As humans we are mostly resigned that our history of war and the most horrendous acts of pain and suffering inflicted on fellow humans and our environment is simply ‘just the way things are’. On a personal level we all strive towards a life of peace, love and harmony, yet we live in world of egocentricity, undue competition, anger, the spinoff of materialism in a dog eats dog environment where survival of the fittest is often hailed as a sign of greatness and achievement. We lack the tools to deal with our upset state as humans as history clearly shows and for that matter the challenges we often face as individuals in our daily lives and relationships.

There is no doubt in mind that Jeremy’s groundbreaking explanation of the psychosis of the Human Condition which has marred our existence as conscious human beings, is the long awaited and hoped for seed that will result in a new paradigm for humanity at peace with itself and our planet. I am a changed person after encountering Jeremy’s work and in-depth research of 40 years that he so selflessly shared. I can see clearly now . . . and for that I am eternally grateful. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 01 December 2019

No need for lotto tickets after reading AND understanding this amazing book. This is the biggest win the human race can possibly imagine. Two million plus years to this point in time is mind blowing!! Stop what you are doing right now and just read this book and if it doesn't make sense initially, read it again and again. The payday at the end of this understanding is staggering. Freedom the end of the human condition is exactly what it says it is FREEDOM. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 19 November 2019

THIS BOOK IS MY AT THE TOP OF MY LIST TO RECOMMEND TO EVERYONE, HERE IS WHY...

I'm a university student studying psychology because I've always had a drive to try and understand humans better. Heading into the second half of my first year into the degree I noticed that no piece of evidence, no literature, or a simple single string of words could stack up against itself. It felt as though any piece of information could be questioned and the theory or statement would crumble and tutors and lecturers didn't know the answers to the core questions.

Freedom: The End of the Human Condition is the only book that I have ever read that has answered every single question I EVER had about the humans race. I know it seems too good to be true, I thought so too at first; but this is the only book that does what the title suggests: free humans from the human condition!!! Don't get me wrong, it is a tough book to read, it can be confronting and overwhelming at times, Jeremy even gives warning to this, but I believe that persevere is the key to reaching the light outside of the dark cave. There is a method to the madness in which the way it was written. But I really do hope that if you read this book that you trust the process.

This book isn't just a slab of information; it is a holistic understanding of humans, and I'm so thankful that I really took the time to digest these understandings. No word of a lie, this book has not only changed my life, it also had a massive impact on those people that I interact with.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE give this a read!! I really hope it changes your life like it did for me. If it does, I would really love to know how!! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Sweden 12 November 2019

There is no book similar to this one! Jeremy Griffith has explained the human condition in a way that has never been done before. Before this first principle based logic explanation there was no full understanding. Only partial understandings and often misunderstood "explanations" from resigned point of views... This information can be really hard to grasp because it truly is a 180 degree shift from living in doubt of the meaning of life and the value of humanity, to a complete shift and understanding of our role in the development of love and life on earth. Truly mind blowing and at the same time enlightening! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 24 September 2019

A phenomenal piece of work, Griffith belongs up there in the company of the great thinkers of all time who have brought about paradigm shifts in our self-conception. A big call but not a cliché or hyperbole. Just the truth. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 18 September 2019

This is an incredible book in it's ability to explain so much about human behavior (including my own) and so bring about the sort after understanding we humans have been longing for since we became conscious 2 million years ago. If you haven't got it get it, if you haven't read it read it, and if you have read it read it again! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 17 September 2019

I’ve given this book to friends and they have been unable to get a foothold on this formidable looking book, and just fallen off. But, I say, that foothold is so clear, its right there in the first chapter: Our pre-established instincts criticised our emerging mind’s attempts at self-management, and our mind became upset and defiant in response - all humans are upset and defiant and that is the reason. That is the foothold that Griffith gives at the beginning of the book and if you get your mind around that, then the rest of the book is a cakewalk. Its like one minute you are standing at the bottom of a sheer 10 mile high cliff thinking it is unclimbable, and the next minute you can see a beautiful stairway. Buy the book, get your mind around the foothold, then climb higher than you have ever climbed before, that's my advice. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from New Zealand 13 September 2019

Phew! Or as we say in my culture to let people know that you are alive "Tihei mauri ora".

There's just way too much information to share here so I won't.

Please, please, read this book. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 03 September 2019

FREEDOM is truly a life changing book! Jeremy Griffith an incredible biologist is the author of FREEDOM and many other books like A Species in denial and Beyond etc.

Reading this book, you will feel a whole fog be lifted from your eyes and now you will be able to understand the TRUTH about yourself and every human being on Earth! It explains everything between our good and evil self, that we don’t have savage animal instincts but cooperative, loving and selfless instincts like the bonobos, a real representation of our cooperative soul being humans closest Ancestor and also explains religion, left wing and right wing politics and SO MUCH MORE!

The importance of Jeremy’s work is that now finally we can understand why humans behave lovingly, selflessly and compassionately but how we can also seemingly act bad and angry and frustrated. The answer to this is because we humans suffer from the human condition, a condition that results from an original clash between our intellect and our instincts. It was out of our control and when we search for knowledge using our consciousness, we get criticised by our instincts because we don’t behave in accordance with our soulful state. But Jeremy explains that our job as humans was to search for understanding about humans so we could finally come to this day now where everything is compassionately SOLVED and understood!

And now that we can understand this reason for our seemingly bad behaviours, we can know that it was the HEROIC thing to do. We had to become angry, frustrated and upset and corrupt ourselves because if we didn’t then we wouldn’t have been able to solve the human condition!

The key to achieving real FREEDOM after we can now understand the world and ourselves suffer from the human condition, we can ultimately begin to Transform ourselves from a state of having to prove our worth every minute of our lives to finally lettting al that go, because with this understanding, knowing we are AMAZING human beings and are not bad, we can transform ourselves into loving, cooperative and compassionate beings and live through this world saving understanding!

I greatly recommend you read Freedom: The end of the Human condition because it has done incredible wonders in saving my life and making me a much more free person by relieving me of this unnecessary guilt and insecurities.

Visit www.humancondition.com

:) (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 14 August 2019

FREEDOM absolutely changed my perspective on humanity (past, present and future). It was a rollercoaster of a read because it very deeply explained human behaviour and as such my own behaviour (😬🤦‍♀🥰). I had more ‘aha’ moments than from any other book I’ve read which was really exciting. I learnt SO much about humanity’s journey from our distant primate ancestors, about the significance of nurturing for the evolution of man and of course about the human condition… which was, to say the least, a most profound, confronting, exceptional experience. Griffith presents a blueprint for the future that is eye-opening (under-statement), challenging, provocative, courageous, and so, so optimistic in its no-holds-barred frankness and enthusiasm about where humanity is heading. Earth-shattering and life-changing; it opens up a whole new world. It’s phenomenal. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Canada 09 August 2019

This concept is extraordinarily simple yet so tough to wrap your head around. I recommend giving it a read. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 29 July 2019

Not for the faint of heart but utterly transformative if you hang in there. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 25 July 2019

Worth having on Kindle so you can access the index and search functions to find the myriad phenomena of life it unpacks and explains. You name it, this book explains it! Just remarkable. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 23 July 2019

A courageous book that deserves to be read by many, many people. Preferable those in power who need to run the planet more responsibly and with less destructive partisanism. A uniting theory that could save us all. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 22 July 2019

Jeremy Griffith's book, Freedom: The End of the Human Condition, is truly sublime! It crucially provides the lifesaving and gloriously transforming truth about our species! I am so thankful that I decided to buy this book because THIS is the information and enlightenment that all humans need right now. I highly recommend this book to everyone because it will TRANSFORM you and in the most marvellous and astonishing way. Jeremy superbly explains the truth about humans. As it turns out, we are all good and immensely deserving of a magnificent life!

The times, they really are a changing and this book provides the step by step guide on how to pack one's bags of this 'old' world full of suffering and horror and live a life of true peace, love and happiness in a glorious NEW one.

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 12 July 2019

Listen, people, we need this, it is the only thing that will save this world and us from us, believe me, it is self-confronting and will wake us up, it is needed, it is difficult at first digesting this truth but in the end, you will be thankful that you received this precious gift for us... (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Switzerland 27 June 2019

Very enlightening and helpful - this book’s information will improve life on earth for all sentient beings, totally different to any other books written about life, this is a total breakthrough and shows the absolut importance on nurturing our children.

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Canada 24 June 2019

“Freedom, The End of the Human Condition” written by biologist Jeremy Griffith, is a profound biological understanding of our species’ psychologically troubled human condition.

It’s Our Story, The Story of The Human Race, and basically tells us the following:

A) how our species once lived in a cooperative and loving state

B) how we then became conscious and unavoidably had to leave that innocent state

C) how science finally enables us to explain why we had no choice but to leave that innocent state, the understanding of which allows us to return to a cooperative and loving state—which is the most wonderful story ever told!

‘Freedom’ has been described by some readers as ‘the manual to life.’ It is the ultimate ‘brain food’ that humans have been searching for so long. Everything and everyone around all of us is suddenly biologically understandable and it feels like a veil has been lifted. Life goes from the usual bewildering and confusing mess to transparent clarity.

It resurrects the deep all-important questions of life -- questions we all once asked when we were children -- and for the first time in millions of years, ANSWERS THEM! It makes sense of yourself -- it completely explains who you are – from every perspective be it biologically, psychologically or physically. It makes sense of the whole world around you from any perspective you like, politically, religiously, sexually, culturally etc. It is an immeasurably, exhilarating, redeeming, empowering and transforming piece of work.

Chapter 3 is key introducing you to the ‘The Story of Adam Stork’. It explains the seemingly impossible how we humans are actually good and heroic when we appear to be so ‘bad’ and so broken. At the heart of the Story of Adam Stork is the understanding of the difference between our instinctive self (gene-based learning system) and our intellectual self (nerve-based learning system). When our intellectual-self emerged some 2 million years ago, it went in search of understanding and an unavoidable battle broke out between it, and our already established instinctive (and, it is revealed, loving and cooperative) self. Without a reconciling understanding of what was going on, this battle between our two selves has ensued in each one of us for the last 2 million years and has led to all our ‘anger, egocentricity and alienation’, or ‘upset’. Astonishingly, what Griffith reveals is that this corrupting journey to self-enlightenment was unavoidable. Finally, our upset nature is explained and defended. We are not the ‘baddies’ or evil monsters, but the complete opposite -- “…humans are wonderful beings after all. In fact, not just wonderful but the heroes of the whole story of life on Earth”! Humans truly are redeemed! This is beyond amazing.

The flow-on and far-reaching effects from this simple explanation are unbelievable. Our human condition is the root cause of all our problems, and now Jeremy Griffith has solved it, our problems are literally all solved! With this understanding, our upset can now subside. It is like a logic-driven magic wand unraveling and reconciling every question, every part of human behavior, conundrum, every ounce of pain and suffering, every inequality and every dilemma, every hypocrisy, every pole, every argument big or small, every devastation of our physical world. It literally transforms everything you look at including yourself. Chapter 8 is a case in point, an unbelievably fascinating read. Jeremy Griffith tells the true, denial-free, never before told story of the human race over this entire 2 million year period. As he writes “[it] is the most amazing and epic journey of any species to have existed on Earth--and it’s our story, the story of the incredibly, phenomenally brave and heroic human race!”

Throughout ‘Freedom’ and including the book’s cover, Griffith uses the wonderful analogy of the sun rising over the horizon, which represents “the arrival of understanding and the dawn of humanity’s all-magnificent freedom from the darkness and horror of the human condition. I find Plato’s cave allegory especially resonating. Living in a dark cave is exactly what living under the duress of the human condition is like, a life with no answers; while the sunlit plains of relieving understanding is exactly what life is like once you read and absorb ‘Freedom’. It really does transform your life from being an utterly preoccupied and selfish victim of the human condition to a person effectively free of the human condition, saturated in relief and excitement about yourself, all humans, and the absolutely fabulous future before us. As Griffith writes “we get the truth up and we move on." We can leave ‘the cave’ life now forever and live in the sunlit plains of freedom!

For those of you who like simple but profound revelations, I found WTM member Tony Gowing, extremely easy to understand explanation also helpful. He states the following: “Imagine you’re standing on a crowded bus in the middle of peak hour and the person next to you has bad breath and you’re hot and exhausted and frustrated and you just need to get home. Somewhere behind you, you start to feel something whacking you on the leg. This goes on and on, and with each whack you get angrier. In fact, after a while you’re furious and so suddenly decide to turn around and throttle the person who’s doing it. However, when you turn around, you realize it’s an old blind woman knocking you with her cane by mistake as she tries to get her bearings. Well, the effect of this discovery is that it instantly and completely changes the way you feel. Finally, able to understand the situation, all the fury abates and relief and calm floods through you. You don’t feel like a victim anymore. The whole situation has been turned around by being able to understand it. And it is like that, but on a much, much bigger scale when you understand the human condition”

We all fit into this story, the greatest story ever told and we are all reconciled and redeemed through this book. All the lives, hopes and dreams of you, and everyone that has ever lived, are fulfilled through this understanding. In fact, it fulfills the whole of life on Earth. This is not a fleeting thought or inspiration, it is with you forever. You are standing in this new landscape of knowledge where we all belong. ‘Freedom’ is what we have all been dreaming of and hoping would arrive. This is the book that saves the world. All I dream of now is that you will read it so you too will see how Freedom saves the world no less. In Freedom.....Dr. Karen Riley Professor of Pharmacy/Consultant Pharmacist (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 11 June 2019

I was first drawn to this book for its analysis of bonobos in understanding the origins of human cooperation and other behavioral traits, but found the discussion of the advent of religion to be really interesting. As an agnostic, I never really thought about why people need religion to the extent they do, that that regardless of which faith you belong to, it is the greatest “industry” in the world with unmeasurable influence – for good and bad. So to have the reasoning behind faith explained in such pragmatic yet compassionate terms was spell-binding. It’s really made me bottom out on the intricacies of the human mind and where we turn for our meaning and spiritual survival. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 04 June 2019

Once in while you come across a mind that seems to be from another planet, so unique and unshackled to the status quo do they appear. Griffith is without a doubt the holder of one of these minds and thank goodness because to solve problems one has to bring objectivity to the table. He does this in spades. That’s all I can say, and I’ve said too much. Just read it yourself and you’ll know what I mean. Thanks. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Spain 09 May 2019

I came across the work of biologist Jeremy Griffith, when searching the internet under 'human condition'. It had been recommended to me and slightly tongue in cheek I purchased it, but WOW what a read!

If you want to know the meaning of life - literally, what God is and how humans tick and perhaps more importantly why they tick the way they do, this is definitely THE book for you. Religion explained, politics, where humans originated from! The list goes on! Its quite confrontational at times and perhaps you would rather sit back and miss out on the best story ever told. This book shines light on all aspects of life, from a scientific view point and finally joins together science and religion. His explanation of the battle of the sexes, was for me the BEST ever explanation and has transformed my marriage.

To say that the information in this book can save the world, is not an understatement, it should be taught in schools, it is truly amazing.

Why it isn't a worldwide best seller is beyond me (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 02 April 2019

Excellent Book - very thorough explanation of the human condition - quite difficult to digest in some places and very repetitive but necessary to explain the fact why we humans are in such a mess. I spent my whole life happy and unhappy - something was missing in my mind that left me always feeling lost. Reading this book answered a lot of questions I had about life and filled in the gaps - I don’t feel lost anymore but I do have a glimmer of hope for the future whereas before I truly had none. Sad that such a powerful wisdom will not be embraced by the whole of humanity and that chances are things will get worse before they get better - so the only way to change the world is by starting with ones self - I am certainly ready to step out of the cave and into the sunshine - Freedom is all I have ever wanted and now I have it (at least in my own mind) ❤️ (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 27 March 2019

Chose this book because unlike other scientific books on human behavior its blurbs seemed to talk to the layman. And that impression was borne out. It didn’t go into complex formulas and bewildering, glazed-eye-inducing theories (other than to point out the limitations of where science has gone since Darwin, whom the author admires. A massive tick in my opinion.) Rather Griffith speeds along, citing everyone from the philosopher Plato to J.D. Salinger and almost everyone worth knowing in science, philosophy and popular culture in between, and explaining everything like politics, religion... basically all the taboo topics that have been impolite to talk about in the past, and too dangerously politically incorrect to talk about now! Completely unique, incendiary in places, but mind-blowingly honest and truly revolutionary. Watch this space. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 22 March 2019

This book is incredibly detailed but extremely effective in understanding people and the world. The writing is repetitive, but Griffith goes to pains to let you know that’s intentional because of the difficult nature of the human condition. It’s a bit like that educational method of needing to read (or even write) an essay three times before your brain properly locks on to the logic. So don’t get side-tracked by the repetition because it’s necessary and ultimately really helpful in appreciating the magnitude of Griffith’s explanation of life (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 28 February 2019

What's not to like, excellent book! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 21 January 2019

I first downloaded this as a free ebook but recently bought the paperback version after finishing the ebook as it's easier for me to relate to sections when I see where they are in a printed volume.

After 30+ years of seeking a valid answer to why we are here on Earth, this book was the major and final piece of the puzzle for me. Although I only needed one section to complete my personal search, this book is a significant study of the entire Human Condition and, to fully answer the problems of our upset world, it needs a vast coverage of all aspects of biological life.

Jeremy Griffiths has managed to pull together all these aspects into one volume which is a staggering feat. Various other reviews have mentioned that such-and-such a topic was originally covered by xyz scientist at whatever time, but this is to miss the point of this book. Jeremy Griffiths makes no claims that he is the original and only person to have thought up these ideas. What is incredible is that Jeremy Griffiths has managed to pull the relevant information together and, as only a biologist could, has enhanced this diverse information with unique and original insights to create a coherent depiction of biological diversity leading to the current upset Human Condition.

This book takes effort, it takes consideration, and it exposes the reader to a battle that has been raging within our species for millenia. Don't expect the answer to existence to be as easy as a children's book, but keep coming back to this book as it settles into your psyche and start looking at how life can be better by following the advice given.

I sincerely hope you read this book, because otherwise we are all headed into the pit of despair and extinction. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 14 January 2019

If you have any concerns about where we are going as a species on this planet, and you want to understand what is next for us, then I highly recommend this book.

FREEDOM, THE END OF THE HUMAN CONDITION, presents the cracked code to how we tick that comes not from a guru, mystic, religious leader, or self-help celebrity, nor is it a dogmatic or political correctness campaign. FREEDOM is offered by a biologist, a scientist, who somehow was able to see through the psychological paradox that seems to have blinded humanity since we had our 1st conscious (self-aware) thought on our evolutionary path, and, someone with the guts to say so, no matter what.

I discovered, in FREEDOM, a truth-lasagna. It’s really all about one radically new idea; an understanding, through first principle science (biology), into the basic mechanics of the human mind, the true nature of "us" as human beings, and our relationship with everything.

Be forewarned though. You will be confronted by at least some of the many layers of false truths that our culture, society, our very personal identity are based on. Jeremy Griffith exposes layer upon layer of these false truths in this amazingly straightforward and thorough dissertation on the science of human behavior. I hope that everyone everywhere reads this book and leans into, and perseveres through, their own conditioned resistance to the psychologically forbidden question of, “are we in our essence good or bad?”. This book takes you on your own personal decoding adventure. Don’t take anyone’s word for it. Investigate it for yourself. That is what Griffith is inviting us to do. He’s just sharing all his homework.

In FREEDOM, Griffith has brilliantly broken the code to the whole enchilada. Sounds crazy, right!? But what if it is true? I have kicked these tires, and I have found that this simple understanding of our “Human Condition” is a most profound and transformative truth, inviting me, and each one of us, to the next glorious us that we are inevitably and naturally becoming! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 14 January 2019

From my first encounter with Freedom The End Of The Human Condition I could tell this was a book to treat seriously and with the respect great insights demand. If you love as I do questioning, seeking deeper understanding as to why is it so, life, humankind, the behaviour, the madness, how on one hand there are great moments of kindness, on the other despicable events of cruelty, is it the nature of the beast and what is the human condition? Then you will find as I did what is revealed in this book nothing short of amazing and as you delve deep into the wondrous truths you will be confronted with how the outside world and your own inner world has been and is affected by the long time effects of the human condition. The author begins by taking the reader through a summary of Freedom explaining first what exactly is the human condition and how we came about this condition and the ensuing ramifications of living with this condition. He goes on to explain differences between the animal condition and the human condition untangling the falsities we have been taught emphasising the necessity of the excuse at the time. The author breaks open the biggest of mysteries; the reason and fulfilment of religion, the reconciling of the sexes and racial prejudice to name a few. Again, from the onset and as you journey with this book you can sense the dedication and research the Australian author biologist Jeremy Griffith has applied in coming too and putting together this massive paradigm shift of life saving honesty. The introduction statement and chapter written by Professor Harry Prosen acclaims to the sound character of Griffith and to the power of this book. Turn once the cover and read reviews from people with greater accolades then I. Venture further and discover for yourself the revealing and in Jeremy Griffith's words 'redeeming, reconciling and rehabilitating biological explanation of the human condition'. Be prepared to be thrilled, confronted, at times mystified and awed in wonder but by the end with patient perseverance be inspired to hold this book with two hands high above supporting the transformation that comes to yourself and knowing that the truths it claims are exactly what they are. This is a book of transformation for everyone. Reading brings to light our own dark shadow compassionately understood as Jeremy retells the whole story of life as you have never heard before referencing the greatest of thinkers past and now somehow bringing to our recognition what is simply obvious when a breakthrough of denial happens. This denial is explained, which I can attest to, as being able to, through consistent effort and reading, release its hold so the information becomes clearer to understand. I am now on my third reading and still I am pleasantly surprised or better mightily awestruck by the insights revealed as I go over what I must of missed the first or second read. Again, if you love like I do searching for real knowledge you will want to visit humancondition.com to get the full background real life story to Freedom. Do not leave it to reviews or assumptions take charge seek and ye shall find read this book. As Sir Bob Geldof said, at the Royal Geographical Society where the book Freedom The End Of The Human Condition was launched in 2016, 'we need it (Freedom) to be read and talked about and understood'. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 10 January 2019

This book contains the answers and solutions to every problem that has ever been encountered by humans. This is no overstatement! Once you get used to the way it’s written and the initial shock of how honest the information is it becomes very easy absorb the incredible insights offered by Jeremy Griffith from years of analysis and research. I can’t emphasize the importance of this book and how people need these understandings right now. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 04 January 2019

A book of insight, sometimes a challenge to absorb. Yet with perseverance and appropriate pace, (your own and no one else), the true resonance filters through ones beliefs and values. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 20 December 2018

The title is nothing short of the absolute truth, at least for me, that has been my experience through delving into this incredibly life changing and mind blowing book filled with the most incredible insights into humanity and then explained with scientific and logical analysis.

Jeremy Griffith's Definitive book FREEDOM is the book of books, you think of a question, it has the answer. There is no doubt the book is confronting, tackling some of the most deeply penetrating and off topic subjects since time in memorial, however Jeremy's incredible writing parents and nurtures you through the confrontation toward the absolute magnificent transformation potential for all humans now, to live free of their upset, insecure, human condition driven state, toward a more secure, happy, purposeful and self assured/loved life. I would like to note that while the idea of "transformation" has a very pseudo / mystic association to it, due to the countless false claims and pseudo (fake) transformations professed out there, this one is based purely on logic and first principle biology. It is up to the reader to verify and validate the information for themselves, and then if the logic stacks up to all its accounts and claims, which for me and many others in my life has absolutely done so, then embracing the honest revelations in the book and supporting them seemed the only logical thing for me to do next.

This book is for anyone, from anywhere, looking for anything. It answers the most difficult questions that have baffled us humans since consciousness emerged, providing fully accountable explanations for the role of men and women, the meaning of life, how consciousness emerged in humans, the incredible "instincts vs intellect" explanation which is the bedrock for understanding how the human condition emerged and how its has manifested into our contradictory behaviours today (our capacity to behave so ideally and yet so un-ideally at the same time), demystifying religion, the struggle adolescence go through to adjust to the artificiality of present life and why adults seem to think there's no problem, and much MUCH more. its filled with knowledge that seems never ending, but boy is it enlightening, exciting.

The content in this book provides the ability to finally UNDERSTAND yourself, wholly, and your world, and the act of finally being able to make sense, REAL sense of your reality, and understand the deeper message left in some of the most influential and profound writers in our history (Plato, Christ, Moses, Laurens Van Der Post, Carl Jung, Arthur Janov, John Fisk, Nietzsche, Charles Darwin and many more).

If you want to know yourself, and taste the real world with the excitement it holds for most children, this book is a must read (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Canada 22 November 2018

I have been reading Freedom and Jeremy Griffith’s other books on his website but I have just ordered hard copies of them all as I need to be able to flip to various chapters, and points of reference fluidly. I have studied Greek n Hebrew, trying desperately to unravel the metaphors and stories.... Clinging to values and morals, yet never satisfied. Science, discovery, heralded as evidence, did not complete the picture either! When I began to read the WTM literature and then Freedom, A Species In Denial, etc. I just KNEW......Everything came together, it does feel Overwhelming at times.... to take it in, all at once...that is why I feel it is so important to have the hard copies! I need to keep reading, because the knowing encompasses everything..... Step by step, like a beautiful dance through history, beautiful yet horrific, like music, it takes me from agony to ecstasy. Yet somehow, Jeremy Griffith presents the Truth, in a way that does not threaten, it indeed TRULY IS, RELIEVING, REFRESHING, IMMENSE, and ALL ENCOMPASSING! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from South Africa 07 April 2018

Finding the “Holy Grail” and then understanding what it is all about and what all the prophets, gurus, enlightened and now the odd scientist were nattering about from time immemorial is the most magnificent experience to have ever happened to me!

The initial glimpse of “gold” when reading the opening paragraphs of Freedom, turned into a journey of ever-increasing amazement and relieving elation, as the information lightened up my brain with increasing clarity and understanding: how often have I stood atop our backdrop mountain and “huffin ‘n puffin” from the early morning exertion to reach the view before sunrise over the Lesotho Maluti Mountains and wide-eyed, experienced the overwhelming power of that rising sun as it shed light onto the dark hills, brooding Berg, vlei and veld; this read and understanding of Freedom achieved the same effect and more- it was just the beginning!

Whereas the sun “loses” its “awesomeness”, after brilliantly morning-lightening up our physical world, on its travels overhead, the information in Freedom is a never-ending super-sunrise of increasing beauty as the biological scientific first principles dovetailed with prophet-talk, opening doors of new vistas and astounding views in my head and heart; mending broken bridges between the two, allowing ameliorating feelings and emotions to rise with clear clarity, releasing long-remembered fear and anger and replacing with an extraordinary sense of satisfied arrival.

Jeremy Griffith’s Freedom is lengthy and after getting used to his “different” way of word and sentence structure, reading Freedom was an exercise in utter enjoyment, as “holy cows” came tumbling down, replaced with the true explanation of why I had for as long as I can recall, felt both guilty and good and confused. Through many books and religions I ploughed and planted (with some wonderful and disastrous results), yet never finding a sustainable answer to my confusion, anger and alienation, my search for the Holy Grail continued. On “stumbling” onto Freedom, I felt straight away, deeply, within my being that this was the “Gold” I had been searching for my entire life.

Meticulously researched and searched, biologist Jeremy Griffith, has over a life time produced, without any doubt in my mind, the most important book I have read and I can say without hesitation, the best of all Humanity’s efforts on who we are and where we can go.

If you have been searching for a True Answer in your life, here it is. Read with patience; Hang in there and heal! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 07 April 2018

Highly informative..Looks like a lot of work went into the creation of this great book. It's a lot to take in..but seems to be spot on.

To think that they went through all that research for the love of humanity says a lot.

I certainly as a human being appreciate it and wish us all future success and better relations.

I hope children grow up to be much more evolved than we could ever have imagined. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Zambia 26 March 2018

FREEDOM gave me an amazingly coherent and clear line of sight through the miasmic madness of 21st century human life, which is fraught with contradictions and apparent paradoxes, answering questions like Why we as a species can be so compassionate and loving on one hand and yet be so calloused and destructive towards the very planet we call home; why we suffer from our Jekyll and Hyde syndrome and showing me how an acceptance of the scientifically supported truth of our innate goodness and the fact that our inner schism is caused by a deeply embedded conflict between our instincts and our intellect and making the choice to ditch our denial and pretentiousness and heal ourselves with the knowledge we have acquired through our journey as a species can open up a whole new world of life-reconciled wholeness. Freedom brought me a clarity and renewal that have restored my faith in humanity. Thanks for such an amazing book, easily my best read in years. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 21 March 2018

In his book ‘Freedom’, Griffith takes a holistic approach to explain the nature of and solution to the human condition. He agrees on only one point with EO Wilson: the 'human condition' is the most important frontier of the natural sciences.

At the heart of his sweeping exploration of the human condition, Griffith presents the reader with a simple analogy of a stork he names Adam (after Adam and Eve). Through this simple analogy, we are acquainted with the biological story of humanity. It’s a story of a conflict between our historical instincts and our highly developed intellects. Griffith argues that the holy grail of understanding- the treasure of all treasures, can be found in a simple biological story which all humans, no matter what race or religion can understand and appreciate. Griffith argues that this understanding will set humanity free from the human condition. The arguments were so convincingly put, that I could imagine a human-condition-free world, where children won't have to grow up with the upset raging all around them.

It only takes a brief moment to look around us and at the news headlines every day to realise that we humans need a new way of interpreting ourselves and our interactions with nature. For me Freedom was at times a hard read but always a thoroughly convincing read! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 15 March 2018

Depending on a persons level of self awareness, this can be a painful read, or, a liberating read. Every solution for the human condition that I know of, directs a persons attention to outside causes, ie; other people, God, genetics, economy, politics, evolution, sin...either as a 'bad' cause, or, solutions for these 'bad' causes, which are, in reality, symptoms of the human condition. Everything I've heard, is what we must do(outside) to correct all the wreckage caused by the human condition. This book gently tries to re-orient a persons attention to what's within...
Discovering and examining a persons own 'evil', tends to bring a person down... After all, our thoughts help to cheer us up or bring us down, we get a feeling from whatever daydream or thought we are presently having. Discovering and accepting and even loving our dark side has the unexpected consequence of a feeling of wholeness and gives us an understanding of, everyone... In acknowledging(in detail) our dark side, it shifts from being our master, to being our slave... (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 02 March 2018

This is an extraordinary book. The first point to note is the author has a laser-like focus on the actual issue confronting mankind, being our messed-up psychological state, our 'human condition'. I think everyone knows, deep down, that this is the major issue facing us (not climate change or polarised politics etc etc). The second point to note is the author clearly explains how our human condition arose through a simple story that illustrates the inevitable distress or 'upset' that would occur when an animal becomes conscious i.e. when the nerve-based learning system (a cause and effect, insightful intelligence) starts to take control of individual behavior from the established gene-based (and non-insightful) learning system.

Finally, the author explains how the knowledge acquired by science through the ages (in particular, the explanation of the difference between the nerve-based learning system and the gene-based learning system) can now be applied to ourselves to heal our messed-up psychological state, our 'human condition'. Its a huge challenge but Griffith has meticulously worked through this issue, in my mind, come up with a viable solution and in doing so has brought together many aspects of biology, physics, religion and the arts into one grand, coherent explanation. Extraordinary, highly recommend this book! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 13 February 2018

To paraphrase Professor Manning Clark, keep this treasure and hand it on to prosperity so that those who come after will learn about beauty, about awe, about wonder, because it is in the books of Jeremy Griffith that you will have a chance to solve the mystery at the heart of things. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 04 February 2018

Jeremy Griffiths book FREEDOM is the most enlightening and informative book I have ever read. It offers to us indepth insight into the reasons behind our dual natured personas and the psychological complexity of the human being. This book in not an easy read as it can make us very uncomfortable when faced with the truth of the dark side of our nature. But as we progress through this book we reach an understanding of how we came to be the way that we are. It leads us out of the dark tunnel of confusion and despair as we are brought to the realisation of the magnitude of the evolutionary journey through which we as humans have traversed. I cannot rate this book highly enough for it has the capacity to bring about an expanded wisdom within us to enable us to transform ourselves into the origins of our nature which is peaceful and loving.

Jeremy Griffith is indeed a giant among us.

With heartfelt thanks

Eileen Mennim (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 28 January 2018

This is a book everybody needs to read and understand. Explains all of human behaviour and the way forward for the world. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 10 January 2018

Blows your mind. Very challenging. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 21 December 2017

Do yourself a favour and get some self awareness, (well mankind awareness).

With this information mankind may save itself- have a read, have a conversation and maybe we will. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 20 November 2017

This book answers every question you could possibly have about the human race ,it explains the state of our world ,why we are so troubled and in chaos,why people can be so greedy ,selfish ,angry etc etc etc . If you want peace in your life or want to know why there is so little of it in the world....well this book talks to your soul . You have to stick with it but it is the most worthwhile read and changes the way we view the world and evolution. I am on my second read ,Jeremy Griffith is a genius.

The powers that be probably do not want you to read this ----go read it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 16 November 2017

I am giving this 5 stars because the idea within it deserves to be discussed and tested.

I have been reading this author and thinking about his ideas for many years. The description below is faithful to my own perspective, but I am a lay person and aware that my words might blur semantic borders that others see and I don't or are subjective when I think they are objective or loaded when I think they are neutral.

To engage with the idea you must assume that the theory of evolution is valid and that consciousness in humans emerged gradually.

This allows a model of the human being as comprising two states: a primary instinctively orientated state that drives us but is subconscious, on the one hand, and consciousness, which developed later and is secondary and where we experience our capacity to deliberate, rationalize and conceptualise. Let's say the two states correspond to a gene-based learning system and a nerve based learning system respectively. Or maternalism and paternalism.

Consider the incompatibility of these two states - the one blindly but ultimately successfully driving humankind to co-operate in solving the problem of survival, and the other allowing us to be detached and objective and act deliberately and selfishly.

The author asks whether the primary state corresponds to our abiding sense of our innate goodness or godliness, despite our capacity for sin.

In the model, the primary state is subconscious but also capable of perceiving and reacting - what happens when we react on instinct. So it is capable of apprehending and responding with mute judgement and even recoiling in horror from its co-state.

This predicament would be especially cruel where the primary state was prelingual and therefore voiceless.

The author suggests all it could do is create a disturbance which would provoke a sort of defiance that fed our egotism and selfish and evil urges. In this way he challenges the notion that these destructive urges are innate, like our capacity for good.

The author asks if this weird, beleaguered situation explains our yearning for reassurance about the existence of our primary, let's call it innocent, state and why the tenets of the great religions resonate as profound truths and why we feel beauty is truth in art and why we attribute special insight to those who seem able to describe this appalling, universal and at the same time individual, state of conflict.

The author collects these expressions in his books and considers how his ideas stack up beside them.

The author asks us to consider what happens when we hold these hypotheses in our awareness. He suggests that that exercise could start to relieve or heal the psychological disturbance, freeing us to restore ourselves to our original cooperative or loving state.

In my experience, acknowledging and discussing the existence of this hypothetical condition with another person, who is open to doing the same, is to find common ground on its authenticity. The feeling that follows is relief. Is that because it starts to open the heavily rusted doors of our respective lonely prisons of uniqueness and inevitable separateness from each other?

Is that worth exploring further?

My answer is five. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 07 November 2017

The information presented in this book has the potential to change the world, and enable mankind to win the race against themselves. The solution is so amazingly simple, and so incredibly difficult. How to change the hearts of billions of individuals? One at a time.

Everyone in the world needs to read this book or hear the message it contains. I only pray that we can save ourselves before we destroy ourselves. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 20 October 2017

Some days this book was bloody great, cutting through all the BS swirling around my life (and in the world) and like listening to a prophetic Bob Dylan song. Other days, when I didn’t want to confront the psychological aspects of human nature, of myself, I felt like chucking it out the window, which has helped to understand why it's received some adverse reviews – I get that. However, I'm also aware of the intrinsic fear we have about the subject of the human condition but realise that's all it is, fear. And conquering that fear is a genuine possibility with Jeremy Griffith’s impressive synthesis of the subject and I emphasise 'biological’ synthesis because this is not an airy fairy Eckhart Tolle, mindful, peace-out, stop thinking and just live in the moment, book. This book reveals and confronts the true nature of who we are, why we are selfish and egocentric and so addicted to power, fame and glory and how those addictions can now all legitimately end with the resolution of the underlying insecurity in each of us..

Challenging at times due to the heavy nature of the content but when I persevered, I was rewarded with a much greater understanding of human behaviour that has made me more secure in my own life, which I’m now seeing has a flow-on effect to my family and friends and I hope eventually the wider community.

This is also not a book you read once, it will be re-read and I’m sure understood and interpreted differently on each reading. Thank you Jeremy Griffith: it’s a big book, a difficult book, an important book and as Professor Prosen’s summary on the cover states - a potentially world-saving book. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 17 October 2017

I’m not a big reader and this is a big book, but I’m really glad I hung in there. A lot of the time it’s just easier to not think too much about things and put your head down and work hard and hope for the best. But there is such confusion and anger and pain out there in the world now and this gives real hope I think. I haven’t read or seen anything else going on that really gets to the bottom of understanding what is going on inside us and in the world as a whole. And while bits of it sometimes made me feel uncomfortable I can see it actually brings real compassion to us humans, and that’s pretty amazing I reckon, and pretty key in finding a path out of this distressed world. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 28 September 2017

Jeremy Griffith tracks the development of humans from pre-consciousness through consciousness to where we are today (2 million years later) with the human condition. It's an unbelievable book in many respects because the conclusions are way beyond what you've read in previous books/text books. I'm still reeling with the possibilities of what I've discovered through reading this book. I'm a special needs teacher and so the chapter on nurturing and autism was incredibly enlightening. While its material I hadn't read anywhere else - in many of the hundreds of books I've read on the topic - it's the first that actually made sense. I felt like I was finally learning answers to questions I'd asked daily for the last 20 years teaching children with disabilities and finally the answers resonated, instead of sounding 'text book' and not the way it actually is in the classroom. I'd recommend this book to absolutely any person, from any sex, race, religion, age and I look forward to discussing and digesting it further with more reading, there's a lot to take in. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 06 September 2017

Gives a simple insight about how evolution defines our brain and consequently our underlying impulses and choices.

There is basically our instincts and our conscience, as two antagonist forces inside our head. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 04 September 2017

The presence of both 'unconditionally selfless' and 'obsessively selfish' behaviour and the psychosis it produced in humans, is the human condition. A troubling subject for many adults and adolescents to analyse or think about seriously, even thought by some to be impossible. What doesn’t help is that the realm of thinking has been plagued by a plethora of self-help gurus, cults, sects and all manner of other mindless manipulators with ulterior motives.

You wonder whether science was ever going to honestly face down this subject, and if it did, what would it reveal? Would it reveal humans as amazing given the immense sensitivity, love and cleverness we possess, or were we absolute viruses on the planet for living out our widespread destructive, mean, selfish and alienated behaviour? Could it reveal a science based meaning to life or purpose to life?

A big hurdle has been that science traditionally presents that humans have unchangeable 'survival-of-the-fittest' selfish instincts that account for our divisive behaviour, which could only be managed (or controlled) by imposing order and discipline on each other. Implying that we must live in an unchangeable psychologically oppressed and insecure state of mind.

Remarkably, the selfish gene excuse has been completely blown apart by Australian Biologist Jeremy Griffith, who’s research and evaluation has accurately linked the origin of human's divisive nature to our psychological development.

The origins of our divisive nature are explained in the book through an incredibly concise Stork Analogy. The analogy demonstrates the central cause of the minds aggressive behaviour, as being a reaction against our instincts resistance to the search for knowledge, which the mind was ultimately responsible for undertaking. The situation was unavoidable, tragically necessary and the cause of an incredible degree of suffering, but importantly is no longer something unchangeable. It is revealed that the conflict between intellect and instinct resulted in a psychosis, that can be addressed with understanding.

FREEDOM, takes you on a thought journey, revealing the biological truth about the human condition. This breakthrough scientific explanation has opened the flood gates for an entirely new platform of thought, namely an understanding-based platform, as opposed to the existing oppressive platform influenced by insecurity and negativity.

In the process of explaining the human condition, the author also makes some incredible breakthroughs in a multitude of other seemingly unrelated subject matter. For example:

The book reveals the wonderful role of physics law of negative entropy – and links humans to the Integrative Meaning process – where matter trends to larger in size and more stable in time wholes. It elaborates on how the degree of wholeness achieved by a system, is determined by the degree of selflessness and cooperativeness expressed by the individual parts of a system.

The book reveals the beautiful role and real meaning of love - the tendency or desire to be unconditionally selfless, the necessary trait for parts to develop into the most stable whole.

The book gracefully reveals the origin of RESIGNATION - the great psychological event that occurs amidst human adolescence, where humans begin to wrestle with the problem of the human condition, observing the contradictory behaviour in the outside world and within themselves. A time when adolescent minds question - do we behave selflessly or do we behave selfishly? – are we wonderful beings or absolutely horrible? – questions that if unanswered, left them in dark depressing uncertainty and insecurity about their worthiness – a restless torment caused by the inability to understand the role of the intellects divisive retaliatory behaviour (anger, egocentricity and alienation).

The book reveals the scientific definition of the term 'soul' - the instinctive genetic memory of a loving, sensitive, cooperative past, and how it was acquired.

The book compassionately reveals the fundamental role that 'nurturing' had on our species development, and how nurturing and 'love-indoctrination' provided the key to unlocking the capacity of consciousness in our species, while other species haven't.

The book necessarily explains the origin and role of religion, worship and human’s infatuation with an after-life, and demystifies many biblical parables using first-principle science interpretation.

The book astonishingly explains the underlying root-causes for ADHD, Autism, Racism, Sexism and polarised Politics.

For me, this book is evidence that humans have finally learned about their past and present. These lessons of the past are now ready to be used for conscientious decisions about our future.

It truly has become an exciting time to be alive, with the opportunity to finally overcome our species psychosis, and live the incredibly transformed lifeforce way of living that this breakthrough understanding contained in FREEDOM makes possible.

The organisation World Transformation Movement has been established by the author to support and promote understanding of these biological breakthrough insights.

In my mind, the world’s role-models, though leaders, influencers and politicians need to urgently get behind the WTM and Jeremy Griffith’s work, to stop the escalation of suffering.

I really hope you enjoy and embrace the book as much as I have, and get on the front foot about spreading it out there. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 04 July 2017

This is a one of a kind book. I consider it a very important read also. Written by a biologist that speaks from the heart he tells what he has found to be the end to our human condition. He explains it in easy to understand writing but be warned, it is repetitive but I think that's mainly his style of writing. He's trying to get the word out and I think it's pretty much a good conclusion for the end of suffering as I've ever heard. No one else seems to be trying to find a place in this world for peace and understanding. Religion just doesn't cut it, however he does explain some parts in the Bible that go with his findings of truth. Evolution and humans. I really wish everyone would read this book, it makes so much sense. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Canada 04 June 2017

Struggling in some spots to stay motivated to read. This is an important issue and this book has ground-breaking perspectives. Push through the overly verbose parts and gain the intended message... it's incredible. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 04 February 2017

It will upset your normal way of thinking, you will walk away and you will return to it and then you won't let it go. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 25 January 2017

This is a thought provoking book and allows the reader to explore the most commonly asked question from childhood through adolescence and adulthood - How can humans be so cruel, angry and egotistical but intrinsically be full of love, caring and show such warmth and compassion in their day to day lives?

Jeremy explores this question and explains why in a thorough scientific approach which shocks the reader somewhat but does make you think.

I urge the reader to think openly. Ask yourself the question – What if this is true ? I think every human being would agree that we as a species are insecure. Why are we ? Take in this book in its entirety. If you have time – read it with an open mind ( naturally as the author suggests, you will be defensive and try and shoot holes throughout the explanations) and just absorb what Jeremy is saying. Then go back , read it again and ask yourself the questions and explore what you feel and think and have just read. Definitely worth a read -it will change you and the way you think and WILL provide answers to the many questions one asks in life. Enjoy and Thankyou Jeremy for opening the doors to our wonderful but unreconciled mind. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 15 January 2017

It's long and a bit drawn out but if you stick with it the message is clear and understandable. And its the most important message you will ever get. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 06 January 2017

Our ‘human condition’ is a disconcerting subject to grapple with. Nevertheless it is a most important subject. I want to support the fearless and authentic description and analysis of the human condition in Jeremy Griffith’s book ‘Freedom’.

While I find Griffith’s writing style unconventional and struggle at times with reading about the human condition, there is no doubt that this is a book that goes to the heart of the immense problems facing our world.

I am a retired teacher and come from a more traditional scientific background. I struggle to internalise the biological treatise that Griffith bases his insights on but cannot dispute their validity. I am impressed by his reconciliation of the differing aspects of human life. He describes the integrative purpose on Earth, leading to the development of life, and then to the higher mammals with their nurturing of offspring, to the evolution of humanity’s moral instincts and conscious mind, and finally the development of the human condition. This is all very compelling and resonates deeply with me. The ideas sit comfortably with my scientific background and with my devotion to the Christian faith.

I really relate to Griffith’s Adam stork analogy which conveys his central concept of how our human condition came about as a result of a clash between our already established instincts and our newer conscious self.

I sincerely hope that people, especially the younger generation, can get off their electronic devices and take the trouble to consider the insights presented in ‘Freedom’. This troubled world needs some serious help and Griffith is looking with deep insight into humanity's problems. This is a most worthy work that everyone should read. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 06 January 2017

Spent the holidays reading this thorough analysis of the human situation and found it stimulating and challenging, although not as challenging as some suggest. Many topics have their popular, contemporary explanation reviewed and most have a fresh interpretation applied. Keep an open mind and you're sure to learn a few things, or even have your whole world view renewed! Definitely worth the read. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 05 January 2017

I've been travelling a lot recently and was recommended this book by a friend in Spain. It's one of the most unique perspectives on human nature and history I've ever read and has left me very inspired, as well as with a lot to think about. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 29 November 2016

It’s taken me a while to read FREEDOM - there’s the obvious length issue, but it is more that the book is packed to the gunwales with a torrent of information about our species’ prehistory and explanations about why life is so socially, politically and psychologically messy. There’s a helluva lot still to process, but my baseline reaction is that Griffith has unravelled the mystery of life - the reason why the world functions the way it does; or, more accurately, fails to function the way it should. And in showing us how we all, individually and thus collectively, contribute to the madness around us, he’s also providing the way to end the madness. Griffith goes so, so much further than writers like Yuval Noah Harari who, while being applauded for ‘tackling the big’ questions, and yes, a great writer, is only really scratching at the surface of the truth about human behavior that Griffith has totally ripped open. This is the real deal. I hope this book gets the recognition it deserves. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 28 November 2016

I thought I had a pretty good handle on reality and ‘how the world works’, but this book has exposed me as being pretty clueless. Not an easy admission to make but I’m all for learning ;). Page after page of this book challenged my preconceptions about human nature -- why some people ‘make it’ while others struggle; why teenagers seem so damn difficult; why I often don’t ‘get’ what makes men tick; why racism / sexism / ageism / religious extremism is rampant; even why I vote the way I do (pretty confronting stuff)! In terms of the book’s enlightening content, this is a pretty skinny list, but it gives some indication of the sacred cows this author is willing to sacrifice to tell the truth about us all and hopefully provide the answers we need to get (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 06 November 2016

I'm in two minds about reviewing this book yet because it's one of those books that keeps turning in your head and just when you think you've got it, you find a new angle on it so it's like it's still evolving. The author isn't shy about how important he thinks his ideas are, but don't be put off by that, if he's right this is a very important book. Griffith asserts that human behavior is the result of a psychological battle that emerged in human ancestors when consciousness evolved, where the conscious mind conflicted with instincts. That battle produced a deep insecurity which is the real cause of human problems. I agree that sounds pretty simplistic, but when you continue reading and as the author fleshes this proposition out, it becomes increasingly persuasive. There's a lot of ideas in the book like that, where at first the idea sounds unlikely or even off the wall, but as you read on it really does start to make a lot more sense- like not all animals live in a competitive environment (the analysis of bonobos, who actually have a female-dominated society, is fascinating). Or that the life stages a single human (infancy, childhood, adolescent and adulthood) are reflected in the evolution of the human race. This idea that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" was examined by Stephen J. Gould in his 1977 "Ontogeny and Phylogeny" and Griffith makes a compelling argument for it. There is also a chapter on consciousness and how it evolved, which I found at times difficult to grasp, but I suspect that's why the author takes a very patient pace in presenting his hypothesis. Overall a very interesting read and well worth the journey. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 28 October 2016

Certainly a work that needs to be read by all that feel the need to think out of the box and even perhaps more so for those that see the world with blinkers on! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from New Zealand 11 October 2016

So much information in one book! I can't believe how much this book explains my life & the world around me. There is a lot to take in but I really like the main explanation that seems central to all his other explanations. The idea that our growing mind has not had a way to understand or cope with the implied criticism from our genetic heritage. I was particularly relieved & pleased to hear that our instincts are cooperative which is our conscience.

I was also particularly relieved to have explained to me that although there is so much pain & suffering & inequality in the world that we humans are not actually bad or evil. We just don't understand ourselves and if we had had this vital understanding back at the beginning when our mind was beginning to deviate from our instincts we wouldn't have all this confusion & misery.

I think this book is truly amazing in its insightfulness & I have never come across another book that reveals human life to me so clearly & simply.

I can see that when everyone on earth understands themselves & each other like this book allows us to there will be so much compassion for each other and with that we may finally achieve peace on earth. Wow...I can't quite believe it and I recommend this book to everyone who can read. And someone needs to translate this book into every other language on earth!

It's as if this explanation shows me the world in a completely new light, one that I have never come across or been taught before. It's completely different to any other science book in that it explains our inner world, in fact even the dialogue that goes on between our mind & soul.

It is like a revelation showing that essentially our world has been the 'blind leading the blind' & why a poet such as Bob Dylan could describe our condition as being 'like a rolling stone with no direction home'. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 05 October 2016

This book is a must read, it is the answer to all the questions and it is the liberating truth that the world needs. This book to me is a grounded scientific approach to the way humans are and to me it makes perfect and logical sense. I would recommend this book without hesitation. My interpretation of the book and the author is that it was written with the kindest and best intentions. This author has found, through his extensive years of research, information that can help the human race and he is presenting it to us through his book. So wether you don't like the grammar or the repetition, surely anyone who is a bit fair dinkum can see through this and realise there is some beautiful and liberating information there for the taking. I mean far out who doesn't want to fix the world and all the upset?!!!

No one can deny the fact that the world is a mess (to say the least). Apart from the obvious atrocities of terrorism, murder, rape, etc. the human race has reached a whole new level of self preoccupation. Who could ever imagine that we would live in a world so full of self promotion and attention seeking where "selfies" are the norm and the amount of "likes" you receive on Facebook determines how popular you are. We are so preoccupied with reinforcement and proving self worth. Watching the news, I often become completely numb to the obvious fact that the world is such a mess because to ponder on this issue too much sends me into a spiral of depression. And even worse if I begin to look at the imperfections within myself! And so I distract myself with goals of being the best at my profession and winning awards to make myself feel better. This provides temporary relief but id be lying if I said it fixes things. That's where this book really helped me. I have come across many self help books and seen many Ted talks about "how to be happy" (the fact that humans need these is itself a testimony to Mr Griffith's information). Nothing helps me the way that "Freedom" does in terms of understanding the world. It's raw truthful words are so relieving and dignifying that I cry every time I read it. As the author explains, after millions of years and generations of resignation and avoiding the truth (which was all necessary by the way), this book can be quite confronting and hard to digest. As mentioned in another review on this page, the author does repeat his concepts a number of times throughout the book. But instead of interpreting this as a negative, I find it helpful for me to digest the concept. I often have to re read paragraphs because I tend to block it out due to its raw truthfulness. I think the repetition really helps me absorb the ideas. When I get through my mental block out I realise this information is so unbelievably true and explains all human situations. I think if people push through this resistance to the information, this book is ultimately the most liberating bit of information you will ever be exposed to! It is such a relief that someone is FINALLY addressing the human state in such a pure and truthful way. Fixing the human condition must come from understanding and I believe Mr Griffith has found this understanding.

As a young person (25) growing up in a world where adults avoid your questions, it is so utterly amazing to have someone finally speaking truthfully to you. As a teenager your screaming out for answers. You lock yourself in your room and listen to music because it's too hard to understand why things are so messed up and why you aren't perfect. And then you give up and you adopt the adult "everything is fine" way of living which is often so full of pretence and shallow conversations. This book explains all that! It explains men and woman and their relationships, it explains the obsession with body images, it explains depression, it explains animal cruelty, it explains all your questions about humans! And it explains why all that was so necessary! But now we don't have to be like that anymore. We can put down our false pretences and we can be REAL again! I just hope that other young people can get a hold of this book because it really does explain life in a way that lifts the weight off your shoulders. Please give this book a chance, it has helped me beyond words and even more importantly it can help humanity. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 26 September 2016

This book has many problems, including an awkward writing style in which the author strings together endless lists of hyphenated adjectives and repetitive phrases it is often disjointed in its organization and flow. And, the author sets forth many crude judgements on those who don't agree with him, even resorting to occasional profanity. These flaws would ordinarily lead one to dismiss the book as a whole. However, the sublime brilliance of its central thesis tends to wash away those concerns like a torrential rain cleaning the streets of trash. This book is a towering achievement in its insight and implications for all of humanity. To fully understand what Griffith is telling is is just as the author quotes of the prophetic Bob Dylan on first hearing the revolutionary music of Elvis Presley: "Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail." Reading Freedom is, after thousand of years of tormented human history, like finally busting out of the jail of human confusion and alienation. A stunning achievement. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 16 September 2016

If you are stuck on the 'repetition', you're grossly missing the point. Griffith has just presented a mammoth book on the human condition; a book introducing a totally new paradigm, and explaining, from first principle, biological terms why humans behave as they do. I understand where you garner such a stance because the author does use repetition to make clear new points but it is just so, as I said earlier GROSSLY missing the point to complain about that, and I mean GROSSLY. It's actually obscene! It's as if you're saying 'I don't care what this book says, whether there is any substance at all because it's presented in a way that's unexpected (or has different formatting to what i'm used to) so I'll just stop there'! How idiotic! It's like you're saying 'Stuff the future of the human race, he repeats things and uses bold text'! That is not just lazy, but crazy! Don't use the style as an excuse to dismiss the substance. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 14 September 2016

I encourage everyone to read this truly profound book. This is the ultimate 'human help' book because it delves into and solves the crux issue for all humans, the human condition. This book unlocks the riddle of human existence; How can humans be fundamentally worthwhile beings when we appear to be the most destructive force on the planet. Be prepared for a wonderful journey of discovery both within and without. Be prepared to be enlightened as the author draws on the works of some of the greatest thinkers. Expect much of the common wisdom on the underlying causes of human behavior to be dispelled. Be prepared for some confronting truths. And, most exciting of all, be prepared to learn about a wonderfully exciting future for humanity free of the human condition. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Canada 11 September 2016

An amazing book! Enlightening!

Highly recommend. It will change your way of thinking, realize each of us can make a difference.

Always remember, You are Never alone. You are good and You are loved. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Austria 08 September 2016

In 1983 Australian biologist Jeremy Griffith made a submission to the journals Nature and New Scientist called FREE: The End of the Human Condition. In this 20-page document, Jeremy describes not only our human condition, he even explains the meaning of life in scientific terms. Already back then he claimed that his explanation will end all wars on earth and bring freedom to humanity. This is exactly what he still wants to achieve today with FREEDOM – the book that saves the world.

Printing the message that this book will save the world on the top of its cover seems a bit much and if I tell my friends to take a look at FREEDOM and Jeremy Griffith's ideas, they are often skeptical. To be honest, I felt the exact same scepticism when I first discovered the book. It was only after I read a few chapters (which are all available for free on humancondition.com) that I gave FREEDOM a real chance.

There is no point in explaining the human condition in this review, because I could never do it as adequately as Jeremy Griffith does. That is also why I suggest you go to humancondition.com and watch the 1-minute overview video if you want to understand what’s really going on. And if you are still interested after watching the 7-minute explanation video, you may decide to explore the rest of the site and find even more videos, articles, drawings, books and other publications that give testimony to Jeremy's uncorrupted and honest way of thinking. Or you just start reading the short summary of FREEDOM called Transform Your Life and Save The World to get started.

It will be the most important read of your life. Why? Because it is the only thing that can save humanity from its current vision of the future.

“If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.” — George Orwell, 1984

Before FREEDOM saves humanity, it has to save you. Just like it saves me from becoming cynical and terminally upset with this world and everyone living in it – especially with myself. I always knew that something was terribly wrong, but before I was reading Jeremy Griffith, the closest I could get to it was George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Both men describe two possible visions of our future, and while Orwell’s future is obviously dark and destructive, Huxley’s Brave New World actually seems pretty nice on the surface. But still, both men’s visions are deeply depressive and thus they forced me to learn more about psychology to handle this depression. Later I started familiarising myself with quantum mechanics and other fields of science to find the answers to my questions. When I realised that mainstream science could not answer them either, I became fascinated with spiritual teachings, mysticism and even conspiracy theories. But all of this only raised more questions – until Jeremy Griffith came along and answered all of them.

This sounds fantastic and the amazing thing is that it is true. And this is not wishful thinking like everything else I was forced to believe (or not believe) before I had discovered FREEDOM. All explanations in this book are based on real science. But not only are they science – they finally explain the why behind everything and even prove that we humans are not bad but actually good after all. We are the heroes of life on earth and Griffith’s vision for our future could not be any brighter!

Everything the World Transformation Movement does to support this information really speaks for itself. You just have to look at humancondition.com and start researching the not-for-profit organisation and find out how they “dedicate themselves to transforming the individual, the human race and thus our world through bringing psychologically relieving biological understanding to the underlying problem in all human affairs”. And man, are they doing a wonderful job at this! The only problem is almost no one in the world is listening. And if people listen, they have a very hard time understanding what's really going on. Our human condition became so confronting that most of us will do absolutely everything to avoid the topic.

That is the crux with the human condition and it is why Jeremy had to do what he is doing for the last 40 years. He started rallying people around him to become living examples of what he calls the Transformed Lifeforce Way of Living. These individuals became the World Transformation Movement and they are the living proof that Jeremy’s ideas work and that life can just be wonderful for everyone of us. Best of all, the Transformed Lifeforce Way of Living is not another religion or yet another false start or deluded way of coping with reality. It is based on science and happens to be our natural state once we understand what's really going on.

This is how Jeremy Griffith saves the world. And I hope with all my heart that he succeeds, and that we will get a critical mass of humans to hear, understand, and live in full support of this information. FREEDOM truly is the book that saves the world. It explains and defends us humans and our destructive behaviour and it will bring eternal peace to earth and inside each and everyone of us. You just have to read it :)

And do not worry if English is not your first language or if you are having any other troubles understanding the book. It will take weeks, months, or maybe years, but even if you have to learn a new language just to read it, it will definitely be worth your time. It will actually be the most important thing you ever did in your life. FREEDOM is the sun after a long cold lonely winter – the sun humanity has been waiting for so long.

“Here comes the sun and I say it's all right” – The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 03 September 2016

This book resonated with me in many ways, especially the pieces on Plato's Cave Allegory. It's spoken to me like nothing before and the world makes so much more sense to me now. Thanks, Jeremy. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 30 August 2016

A dense read, revealing at times, always interesting. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 26 August 2016

Freedom - The End of the Human Condition is without a doubt the most extraordinary book I have ever read yet in all the chaos and racket where everyone overplays and overstates everything all the time, I worry this endorsement from a stranger on the web will fall on deaf ears. I can simply say - please read this book. Give it a chance.

Freedom explains why cultures clash, why the sexes battle, why teenagers rage against their parents and why mankind is dangerously destructive towards our planet. It explains how we acquired our conscience and how we became conscious, it de-mystifies religion and our concept of God, it explains the drivers behind politics and the simple, beautiful physical law that drives the meaning of existence, the meaning of life. You must read this book. Freedom explains all I just mentioned in first principle scientific terms with no dogma or leaps of faith and the book delves successfully into so many forbidden areas of thought I found myself thinking of the author not who are you, but WHAT are you? WHERE did this come from? HOW does this book exist? You simply must read this book! Best of all, Freedom explains our fundamental goodness and explains with incredible compassion why we're all so messed-up, so angry and so egocentric and why that upset state was inevitable. The relief that comes from this knowledge, a firm, sound knowledge of our fundamental goodness, is amazing and its this relief I'm hoping to share. As much as a recommendation from a stranger on the web can influence you, please read this book. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 24 August 2016

Gabriel García Márquez said "I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him". Until I read this book I don't think I ever understood that quote, but it makes more sense to me now. Griffith presents God as a personification of natural laws in nature, and Jesus as a human being (but a special one). This will challenge many catholics but the message is the same as the message in the Bible: Redemption. Griffith is a scientist but he discusses many topics, including religions, and his message takes time to think about but it is a rewarding investment. I hope they make the Spanish version soon because I think this book should be read by as many people as possible! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 24 August 2016

Whilst dense, a thought provoking and thoroughly engrossing read. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 23 August 2016

Just for a moment consider that the claims made about this book are correct.

Then take your time and use your sensible, logical mind to analyse and think about the concepts, ideas & theories. While its based in biology you simply need to have a conscientious mind to grapple with the ideas. You might agree, you might love it or you may not but at least it'll have you thinking about the real & meaningful. I found that it did indeed bring a profound understanding to my life and am forever thankful to Griffith for having the courage to grapple with and bring to the world his revolutionary treatise on the human condition. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 22 August 2016

Excellent read! 'Freedom' makes you think, more than you have probably done before. It's very considered and brings a new meaning to your life. I highly recommend persevering through, as it is long with many new concepts. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 18 August 2016

A profoundly revealing, enlightening and honest book that, if you can allow it, will answer many unanswerable questions about the world. The problem is that some people "hear" it and others don't --- some people can't believe their luck in finally reading these insights about the human condition while those who don't relate/ can't hear it etc., not only dismiss it, they become intensely angry and retaliatory toward..., well toward what? It's just toward information.... So that's telling isn't it? If it was nonesense then it wouldn't make people distinctly uncomfortable and angry would it? Wouldn't you just move on? Anyway, there's really no way to tell how you'll personally react to this book- your best mate might hate it and yet you love it. Your Priest/ your father/ sister/ teacher/ Doctor might love it and you hate it. You won't know till you crack it open and see for yourself because this book certainly divides. So which side are you on? (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 08 August 2016

First, we must see ourselves, our true, heroic selves; then we must change our hearts and escape the terminal alienation our society is moving toward...

This is an amazing book... (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 05 August 2016

“I've just finished ploughing my way through Freedom: The end of the Human Condition and I must say that I don't think I've ever been so affected by a book. One minute I'm elated that I've GOT IT, the next minute I'm helpless because I don't know what to do with it. But, yes, it's an incredible piece of work and it does answer my deepest, most profound questions.” (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 04 August 2016

A must read for all who have been on the journey of life and asked those questions, WHY?...because the world we are in today has not given those answers and this book does and makes sense of the whole delusion and will ultimately bring you back to the self and the new path for the human existence. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 03 August 2016

This book rises above all the narcissistic, neurotic, celebrity-crazed, mindless buzz-feed that currently dominates our world, it redefines meaning and substance. It defies opinion, popularity and the feel-good superficiality that we are all drowning in and, as with any great truth, the information contained in FREEDOM, just is. Griffith is an Australian biologist, who has written several books on the human condition including the bestseller 'A Species In Denial', and although it’s a book about science, you don’t need to be a scientist, an intellectual or even particularly philosophical, any human can read this book and know from whatever situation they have come from that finally our world, ourselves, and everything in it has been explained.

I could tell you that this book, in my opinion, is the greatest book ever written (and by the way, that is my opinion), but as I said, the information in this book is beyond opinion, it is pure, clean, basic truth—our old friend the truth that we try so hard to love and fight for in our lives and fool ourselves that we succeed, knowing deep down that no matter how hard we try, there are some truths that we just can’t grapple with, that we can’t even bare to think about, about ourselves and about just how horrible and destructive our world has become, a world that we have consciously created and live in together as a species. This wonderful book deals with ALL those truths, it confronts them in the most head-on, revealing and profound way. In fact, this book provides the whole human race with a much needed lesson in truth, beauty and what is really important on this planet. It deals with what really makes us human; the most advanced and powerful tool ever known, our fully conscious brains and the real underlying issue in all human affairs, the human condition.

The core element in FREEDOM is Jeremy Griffith’s explanation of the human condition, an all-encompassing holistic, first-principle-based biological explanation of why humans are so competitive, egocentric and selfish, when the accepted ideals in life are to be loving, cooperative and selfless. Griffith’s ideas are presented in stark contrast to any of the popular current mainstream, mechanistic biological theories that are proffered as doing the same thing, such as popular Harvard biologist, E.O Wilson’s Theory of Eusociality. In fact, Griffith claims that Wilson’s current theory about human nature is not just wrong, but an incredibly dangerous and irresponsible lie.

Unlike Wilson, who claims that the human condition is the conflict within us between selfish and cooperative genes, a situation over which we have no control and therefore no moral dilemma to resolve, Griffith claims that the human condition is a psychological problem, a psychosis, that can be completely cured by a truthful explanation and understanding of its origins. Essentially, Griffith explains that our fully conscious brain, which is unique to humans, is a super computer that was developed without an instruction manual, and over the last two million years the human race collectively has been going about life, slowly but steadily putting together the manual that can finally explain ourselves, and FREEDOM is that manual.

Until now, Griffith explains, it has been a lack of understanding of ourselves that has led to a deep underlying insecurity about our sense of worth and only by being able to understand the human condition—why, when clearly the ideals in human life are to be cooperative, loving and selfless are we ourselves and our society as a whole so competitive, greedy, selfish and destructive as all the evidence around us so overwhelmingly indicates—can we, as a species, hope to unwind our insecurity and end our self-destruction, what Griffith terms our ‘upset’ behaviour.

Griffith logically tackles all the big subjects with seeming simplicity and ease, somehow breezing through ‘unanswerable’ questions starting with the human condition and just how off-limits a subject it has been, and how dishonestly misrepresented it currently is by mechanistic biology and popular, new-age philosophies. Once he has resurrected and explained exactly what the human condition is he goes on to tackle the meaning of human existence, the origins of our moral instincts, the true nature and origin of our conscious mind and the importance of nurturing in our historical and future development, to name but a few. Helpfully and incredibly insightfully, Griffith also draws heavily on all kinds of thinkers, both contemporary and ancient, and has an incredible ability to summarise complex theories and thought patterns into short easily understandable sentences. He explains and dissolves the battle of the sexes, the dichotomy of left and right wing politics and removes all the dogma from religion. This book seriously takes the reader on a journey of enlightenment from the depressing uneasiness of the human condition to a wonderfully optimistic and exciting future for humans. Honestly, doing justice to the depth of insight and subject matter covered is simply not possible.

Any preconceived psychological ideas I had about myself, humans in general and the world we live in, were completely demolished and a whole new framework of understanding built in its place by this awesome book. ‘Confronting’ is a word that Griffith uses a lot to describe the effect that this deep discussion about the human condition has on us humans who live with a lot of denial about our problems. Personally, I think he could use it a whole lot more because the truths he unlocks about our human situation, and there are countless, definitely shake all the (seemingly solid) mechanistic foundations on which we currently live and ultimately, will fundamentally change them forever. However, Griffith constantly reassures us that our destructive behaviour and insecurity has all been an unavoidable part of the journey we’ve been on to understand ourselves, providing the reader with the security to push on through his work while at the same time unearthing truths that, without understanding, are positively unbearable—a point he makes regularly. Packaged within his relieving and compassionate explanations that deeply resonate, these truths, although terrifying, are at last able to be faced by all.

Most reassuring of all is that there is a big, bold, enveloping sunrise at the end of this seemingly daunting book—an explanation of how we can live now that we can understand ourselves, which essentially is in a state of freedom from the oppression of our human condition. Griffith doesn’t condone our upset behaviour but rather gives us the critically needed explanation to end it. As he enthusiastically, sometimes ecstatically describes all that is possible for our species and our planet now, an inspiring and transporting conclusion to the book unfolds—a happier ending there never was! This book is an intriguing, sometimes very difficult, continuously demystifying, exposing, moving, logical and accountable journey through the story of humankind with an explosively positive final chapter that blasts each and every one of us into a completely new, human-condition-understood, wildly exciting, ecstatic-feeling-inducing future, that has only existed in our wildest dreams . This is humanity’s collective story, and one which makes the time taken to seriously think about and absorb what is presented very valuable, and very important. As you near the end of this incredible book or even as early as chapter 2, you may come away with the same feeling as me, that the answers we’ve been searching for have finally been found and there will be freedom for the human race after all. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 01 August 2016

This is a very interesting book, despite what some some reviewers say (are they reading the same book??). I haven't finished it completely yet but I'm intrigued by some of the concepts. The author has a different way of expressing ideas or making a point than what I'm used to, but once you realise that you can start to think about what it is he is saying. And it's a refreshingly optimistic view, so thank you Mr Griffith. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 31 July 2016

I need to start by saying that if you are remotely curious about your own behaviour, the human situation and a potential for an outcome on earth that isn’t catastrophic …you have to read this book.

Really this is 6 books. The first 3 chapters describe the problem of the Human Condition and its explanation, then it gets more and more fascinating as you read Griffith’s application of it to one historically unresolvable topic after another. I can remember the moment that I thought, “there is not a single human issue off limits”.

The concept is very simple and largely boils down to a conflict that emerged as we developed a conscious mind in tangent with an already existing genetic orientation. An inherent problem that is created when trying to operate 2 learning systems in the one organism.

Our instinct, a gene based learning system that created our genetic orientation to our environment, and our intellect, a nerve based learning system that created our conscious mind.

It makes sense to me that if you have a psychological problem created from a lack of understanding, then its is entirely healable with an explanation of it, but we underestimate how deeply we fear our hurt, insecurities, or of having those elements of ourselves being exposed without an explanation / defence for it. To understand that you have to read 2 quotes, one from Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev quoted in paragraph 120 and another from Scottish psychiatrist R.D Laing in paragraph 123.

It takes some time to consider that Griffith has created a framework of compassionate understanding to safely look at the human condition / ourselves honestly. If this information explains the basic cause of the conflict between instinct and intellect then you can assume it explains and defends all the ways that conflict might express itself in you.

I live with and use just the basic macro truths this information provides about the human condition, the human race and myself, but because I accept the information as a truth in the same way that I accept mathematics, i know that this information can explain any and all of my personal issues, upset, without having to delve into the detail of them, in the same way that I know basic mathematics can explain the change I get back when I buy a coffee, and how my computer processes information, with out me having to get my calculator out.

One of my favourite chapters is 4 and fortunately you don’t need to be Steven Hawking to know that all the laws of physics are true, I just live my life knowing that they account for various action, if I drop a glass it falls to the ground.

It turns out that one of those laws, Negative Entropy, is the governing force of the our earths chemistry which created Biology, and then lead to the creation of Primates, which lead to the development of Consciousness, and then the creation of the Human Condition, and now ultimately the explanation of it.

We’re talking about an explanation of our own capacity for “good and bad” (chapter 1-3), why religion developed and what the various prophet are saying (chapter 8), why we have people that are “left and right” in politics (chapter 3), why there is such a wide variety of personality in people, the difference in races of people, in men and women, young and old (chapter 8), how we became conscious (chapter 7)…..the meaning of life!!! (chapter 4)

Then all of that finishes with the most exciting and relieving explanation of how this information can transform your life. The best part being that none of us need to go through the finer detail of our own psychological mess.

The only concern I have in my life in order to fix nearly every problem in the world is to support this project, because the common denominator for each of the problems is us…..the amazing thing is we’re the hero’s of this story, humans aren’t the monsters that we appear to be. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 30 July 2016

This is a book that deserves the readers time and patience. In this superficial, attention deficit, fast world we live in this is a slow read but a profound one. And a fascinating one. For me what i found so affirming was the (biological) understanding that humans have come from a soulful, cooperative past...and yes we are 10 feet of concrete repressed or 'alienated' from this instinctive past now as a result of the conflict between the conscious mind and our soul, but it is still there alive in all of us. Understanding humans are ultimately good and not bad has been such a relief and a source of excitement and hope. I applaud Griffith's courage in his commitment to plumbing the depths of such forbidden subjects and whether one agrees with his treatise or not, facilitating the discussions and debates humanity desperately needs to have. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 29 July 2016

I saw this book at my local bookstore and even though I am a woman that isn’t naturally drawn to scientific theories or books, the title and cover of Freedom: The End of The Human Condition by Jeremy Griffith was enough to spark my interest and purchase a copy. Whoa! What a comprehensive and fascinating journey Griffith takes you on! Starting with actually defining what the human condition is -shedding light on the ‘elephant in the room’ was such an eye opening moment for me. I loved the way Griffith explains his ideas with extracts and artworks from modern and ancient philosophers, song lyrics, cartoonists, poems and other scientists. This really helped me conceptualise the often complex topic he was addressing.

Humans and the human conscience is literally a mind blowing subject. From reading this book I can clearly see that without understanding the human condition we’re not able to be honest about any problems in the world. There were times when I was reading Freedom that made me think about how the human condition has impacted me, particularly reading the chapters on nurturing and alienation between races of humans. But it never felt that this information was trying to make me feel bad or depressed because Griffith is really able to stay focused on the psychological rehabilitation process rather than focus on the destruction of our ways. Be prepared for a genuine, rock solid, set of rose coloured glasses Freedom gives you for looking at the future of our world! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 25 July 2016

Your natural tendency to try and pigeon-hole this book will fail. This is not a ‘feel good’, new age treatise or based on any faith. ‘Freedom’ is a profound biological understanding of the human condition, our capacity for good and ‘evil’, a most magnificent, mind-blowing gold mine of logic and understanding.

After reading it, life goes from the usual bewildering and confusing mess to transparent clarity. Everything and everyone around you is suddenly biologically understandable, ‘like a veil been lifted’ it has been described by one reader. It resurrects the deep all-important questions of life -- questions we all once asked when we were children -- and for the first time in millions of years, ANSWERS THEM! (Why we blocked out these questions as adults, in fact why we necessarily lived in complete denial of the whole issue of the human condition is dealt with early in the book and apart from being fascinating, it is important to understand as it affects our early absorption of these ideas). It makes sense of yourself -- it completely explains who you are – from every perspective be it biologically, psychologically or physically. It makes sense of the whole world around you from any perspective you like, politically, religiously, sexually, culturally etc. Another reader has described ‘Freedom’ as ‘the manual to life’ and I couldn’t agree more. It is the ultimate ‘brain food’ that humans have been searching for so long, and it is immeasurably, exhilaratingly redeeming, empowering and transforming. There is nothing in the world that means more to me than the information in this book and once you read it, you too will see how it saves the world no less. It really is beyond your wildest dreams!

The key chapter for me is Chapter 3 and specifically ‘The Story of Adam Stork’. This story is the best thing you will EVER read. It explains the seemingly impossible -- how we humans are actually good and heroic when we appear to be so ‘bad’ and so broken. Every great thinker and writer and philosopher through the ages have tried and failed to bring understanding to this core issue of our human condition. I have read for instance, “the problem of the origin and universality of sin…is probably one of those problems which the human mind can never satisfactorily answer” (The Bible Reader’s Encyclopedia and Concordance). Well Jeremy Griffith has answered it! This finally, unbelievably, is ‘it’ -- the biological explanation that explains ‘us’! At the heart of the Story of Adam Stork is the understanding of the difference between our instinctive self (gene-based learning system) and our intellectual self (nerve-based learning system). When our intellectual self emerged some 2 million years ago, it went in search of understanding and an unavoidable battle broke out between it, and our already established instinctive (and, it is revealed, loving and cooperative) self. Without a reconciling understanding of what was going on, this battle between our two selves has ensued in each one of us for the last 2 million years and has led to all our ‘anger, egocentricity and alienation’, or ‘upset’. Astonishingly, what Griffith reveals is that this corrupting journey to self-enlightenment was unavoidable. Finally, our upset nature is EXPLAINED and DEFENDED! We are not the ‘baddies’ or evil monsters, but the complete opposite -- “…humans are wonderful beings after all. In fact, not just wonderful but the heroes of the whole story of life on Earth”! (‘Freedom’, para 66). Humans truly are redeemed! This is beyond amazing. A beyond-comprehension breakthrough!

The flow-on and far-reaching effects from this simple explanation are unbelievable. Our human condition is the root cause of all our problems, and now Jeremy Griffith has solved it, our problems are literally all solved! With this understanding, our upset can now subside. It is like a logic-driven magic wand unravelling and reconciling every question, every part of human behaviour, conundrum, every ounce of pain and suffering, every inequality and every dilemma, every hypocrisy, every pole, every argument big or small, every devastation of our physical world. It literally transforms everything you look at including yourself. Chapter 8 is a case in point, an unbelievably fascinating read. Jeremy Griffith tells the true, denial-free, never before told story of the human race over this entire 2 million year period. As he writes “[it] is the most amazing and epic journey of any species to have existed on Earth--and it’s our story, the story of the incredibly, phenomenally brave and heroic human race!” (‘Freedom’, para 704)

Another crucially important part of ‘Freedom’ is Chapter 9 as it deals with how we cope with the extent of our personal corruption now being revealed which is initially a painful experience. This understanding does wrench you out of your necessary-until-now denial -- and it needs to for our species to evolve. Each one of us does live in this hugely divided state: a loving and cooperative instinctive self on one hand, and an incredibly upset one on the other, and this upset has produced astronomical selfishness, suffering, pain and devastation in ourselves and our lives and indeed across the whole planet. But ‘Freedom’ does not leave you there. As you absorb this information more deeply, you realise that this book really has personally reconciled this deepest of chasms inside. It is like we are filling in the Grand Canyon with understanding and we can now ‘own’ our dark or upset selves and be ‘whole’ -- for the first time ever in life’s history. Humans ARE finally defended, gloriously so -- we are upset but we are good! The battle to find understanding, that produced the human condition, is now over and the world that opens up for humans now is just spectacular. To quote from para 1218, “Out of an overwhelmingly complex and problematic existence a straight forward and totally effective, extremely-rapidly-repairing-of-human-life-and-the-Earth, way of living for humans is now able to emerge.” This way of living is called the Transformed Lifeforce Way of Living and is detailed in this vitally important chapter.

Throughout ‘Freedom’ and including the book’s cover, Griffith uses the wonderful analogy of the sun rising over the horizon, which represents “the arrival of understanding and the dawn of humanity’s all-magnificent freedom from the darkness and horror of the human condition.” (para 1293). A collection of quotes are included from people who have drawn from this age-old vision including Plato and his cave allegory, and Jim Morrison of ‘The Doors’. I find Plato’s cave allegory especially resonating. Living in a dark cave is exactly what living under the duress of the human condition is like, a life with no answers; while the sunlit plains of relieving understanding is exactly what life is like once you read and absorb ‘Freedom’. It really does transform your life from being an utterly preoccupied and selfish victim of the human condition to a person effectively free of the human condition, saturated in relief and excitement about yourself, all humans, and the absolutely fabulous future before us. As Griffith writes “we get the truth up and we move on” (para 1138). We can leave ‘the cave’ life now forever and live in the sunlit plains of freedom!

We all fit into this story, the greatest story ever told and we are all reconciled and redeemed through this book. All the lives, hopes and dreams of you, and everyone that has ever lived, are fulfilled through this understanding. In fact it fulfils the whole of life on Earth. This is not a fleeting thought or inspiration, it is with you forever. You are standing in this new landscape of knowledge where we all belong. ‘Freedom’ is what we have all been dreaming of and hoping would arrive. This is the book that saves the world. All I dream of now is that you will read it! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 24 July 2016

Though I've just started it, this seems the book the rational and hopeful world has been waiting for! It's unfortunate, however, that, in view of the present political climate, time seems to be running out. If only there were a quicker way toward sanity, then we could all breathe easier. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 21 July 2016

With a science doctorate in molecular biology, my typical reading consists of peer reviewed journals, so I am not used to theories as contentious as this. And by contentious I'm referring to the subject matter - explaining human nature no less. Given the enormity of the topic, I was skeptical Griffith would be able to deliver, possibly doubly so given my scientific background, however the central thesis is undeniably sound, based on an understanding of nerves and genes, and it has an extraordinary explanatory power. In science the strength of a theory is related to the diversity of phenomena it can explain, which means that Griffith's theory is strong indeed, as it makes sense of all aspects of the human condition - it is, in a sense the biological version of the long sort after unified theory of everything. And if Griffith does draw on sources way outside of traditional scientific discourse, it is only because the ramifications of his theory go well beyond those of traditional mainstream science. Some concepts were initially hard to swallow, such as references to women's naivety, but as with all of Griffith's arguments, when following the logic by which he arrives at his conclusions, they all astoundingly make sense. I would actually go further to say this book fundamentally dignifies women in a way no feminist tract ever has. It takes an infinitely brave and deep thinker to deal with this subject matter and Griffith's thinking stacks up. A must read. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 19 July 2016

This book is an avalanche of new ideas that build on each other and so be prepared, it’s a lot to take in! But it contains truly extraordinary revelations that will blow your mind and change the way you view the world. Jeremy Griffith puts forward a unique explanation of human behavior based on the difference between how instincts and a conscious mind operate, and what inevitably occurs when consciousness emerges in the presence of pre-existing instincts. He suggests that all the dysfunction and trauma exhibited in human activity today can be sourced to the unavoidable conflict that emerged 2 million years ago when consciousness developed in early humans and challenged our instincts. This simple proposition is backed up by a wealth of data, from anthropology and primatology to great literature and even pop culture. He suggests that human instincts were to be cooperative and loving, not brutish and aggressive—the opposite of what we’ve generally been taught for decades—and puts forward the explanations from that perspective. It’s absolutely fresh, unique, challenging and incredibly insightful. These core propositions form the basis of this sweeping book. Liberate yourself: read this book. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 17 July 2016

To quote Sir Bob Geldof at the launch of this book 'I've never felt the world more threatening, more fractious, more fissiparous, more febrile, more f***ed up than it is now...We need to think, we need new ideas...Never before have we needed genius, magic and power more. And the word I'd add to that is thought and thinking'.

Yes this book will stir something within you if you let it in - that is the great challenge with this book because it is the confronting deadly honest truth about humans but it also holds the answers to everything humans have been looking for.

It is the book that finally dignifies and liberates humans. It holds the answers that can stop all the suffering. It is the book that finally gives children the answers to all the real questions they ask so they won't have to give up on all the beautiful and real and truthful things about life!

It gives us the most meaningful future you could ever possibly hope for and makes everything in your life make sense. The information in this book will confront you but it dignifies humanity in the most profound way - it is the key to humanity's Freedom.

Don't miss out on this most exciting part of our human journey - as Jeremy Griffith so beautifully articulates 'the full story of life on earth can at last be told...Yes, what follows is the most amazing and epic journey of any species to have existed on Earth - and it's our own story, the story of the incredibly, phenomenally brave and heroic human race!'

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 11 July 2016

In his book FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition Jeremy Griffith, a biologist whose focus is solely on ending the suffering on Earth, brings everything he has to bear on the subject of the human condition and the result is a hand-held journey into the deepest, darkest, innermost part of your mind, and straight to your heart making sense of the bewildering chaos of life. At times it’s very confronting but as you read you will realise that all the things you thought were unexplainable, or were too painful to even think about, or were too controversial to navigate, or that you never really knew were there, are tackled in this book in a most complete way and with the promise of a free and exciting future for humanity.

The great underlying paradox that this book brings reconciliation to is how we could be capable of so much love and cooperative selflessness on the one hand and so much ‘evil’ on the other. Using a simple analogy Griffith explains this paradoxical situation and how it arose in our human ancestors two million years ago. He explains how the development of a conscious mind in the human species led to a clash between our instincts and this newly developed intelligence. Chapter 5 of FREEDOM documents the fossil evidence confirming his theory, including how we developed a conscious, thinking brain in the first place—all just fascinating stuff, especially his treatise on the cooperative and matriarchal bonobos.

But our darkness is undeniable with terrifying levels of depression in teenagers, rising levels of obesity, increasing unrest in the Middle East and indifference in the West, alarming rates of suicide, murder, paedophilia—no one can argue that we are setting ourselves up for a world of unbounding happiness in the future. For me, the most significant part of Jeremy Griffith’s explanation is that, despite the scary depths of us, despite the horrible things we do to others, ourselves and our planet, in fact, despite all the evidence to the contrary, we are an incredibly heroic species and there has been a reason for ALL of this. In the author’s words ‘We were given the hardest, toughest of tasks, and against all the odds we completed it. Humans are the champions of the story of life on Earth. We are so, so wonderful!’ (par 60) That most difficult of tasks was to champion the use of our fully conscious mind, and we’ve succeeded.

The world seems so silent about the depths of our sorrow. In fact, growing up, no one told me anything about how the world works and why there seemed to be so much unhappiness, why people fought with each other or were greedy or cruel, why sex and beauty was such a big deal etc etc, but this book does. The concept of Resignation, as with so many concepts throughout FREEDOM, releases us all from our lonely, individual corners of a dark room and introduces us to the warm light of this truthful understanding. It IS like breaking free from an underground prison as Plato described it, his allegory being referred to often in the book. For my life, reading FREEDOM was a total game-changer. I cannot love this book more because it is so needed and it’s so real in what it delivers---FREEDOM. You should push past any initial scepticism or confrontation you may feel when reading as you will be rewarded with the precious jewel that FREEDOM is. It can be a difficult journey but oh is it worth it, not just for you but for the human race and all of life. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Canada 06 July 2016

I am just getting into the heart of the book. It must be read slowly, a few pages at a time, but is well worth the reading, re-reading, and contemplating. If one wishes to expand one's horizons, This is a must read. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 28 June 2016

When my wife and I started reading FREEDOM we started to notice a repetition of sorts. Then we realized that with each repitition it seemed to peel a scale from our eyes and allow us to 'see' what was being offered. Gradually, as the scales were receding from our eyes, we were able to feel a very tangiable burden being lifted from our lives. Mine was the burden of eternal damnation (having been raised pentacostal) and for my wife it was the relief of NOT having been a bad parent. We now see the battle for what it is, a type of Civil War where brother fights brother to futher the truth of our beautiful birthright and expose the damage that has been cast upon us by our conscious search for knowledge. FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 15 June 2016

I expect this will be a difficult read for some. It is not orthodox in its presentation. Many will find the the ambition of the book troubling and some of the assertions threatening. I did. But, ultimately, I found it to be a beautiful synthesis of what we know of ourselves, providing a comprehensive and, importantly, compassionate explanation of why we are the way we are. I've been able to use the paradigm Jeremy Griffith presents to make more sense of the world than I had been able to without it. Much more.

Surely we must correctly understand ourselves as a species before we can make any headway in securing a real future. Clearly we do not. While people have a right to be sceptical about this book, it tackles the issue of our current condition head on and presents a breakthrough perspective. It needs to be read. Widely. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 11 June 2016

I read this book on a recent holiday and its still flooding me with inspiration, ideas and insights weeks later. It's weird to say, but its given me a genuine hope and excitement about life for the fist time I can remember. I think it may well be the most important book I've ever read, and maybe that's ever been written!

This book will challenge everything you think you know. Expect that. Keep an open mind until you've finished it. If you do, you'll be able to consider a whole new possibility for humanity. One that offers understanding where none exists, compassion in place of guilt and blame, and hope for a world in desperation.

It will take you through the history of life on earth, and the development of humanity.

It will explain the battle of the sexes, what sex really is, and why its so important and so dangerous at the same time.

It will explain the wonder of childhood, the torture of teenagers and why adults are so embattled.

It explains the difference between races, how they've developed, and why we've struggled so much to acknowledge that those differences exist.

It will explain that 'baddies' can actually be the heroes, and how 'goodies' have actually just been making things worse. In fact it explains why we're all 'good' after all, despite our flaws and mistakes.

Music, religion, sport, drugs, the environment, the economy, Dylan, Trump, Plato, Marx - this book explains it all, and how through that understanding, humanity can be finally be free from the human condition. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 10 June 2016

I'm 44 years of age - I started reading Jeremy Griffith at 17. I've grown up in and lived deep underground in Plato's Cave, shoulder to shoulder with everyone else, but thanks to this book I can know with every fibre of my corrupted, feeble being that I'm heroic and the world is good and the future is bright. Religions tell us God loves us but couldn't explain why we're loveable because religions were pre-scientific institutions. Griffith, in this summa masterpiece of his life's work, provides accountable, scientific, God reconciling explanation of why we're loveable. Finally humans are loved for what we are, warts and all, and are revealed to be heroic beyond measure. Frankly Griffith is up there with history's exceptional few prophets who could think about and address our human condition directly - face to face with God. Yes I'm talking about a league whose members you could count on one hand - Moses, Christ, Plato. People will question by what authority I hold that view but again, thanks to this book I'm able to effectively talk from a room in which the lights are turned on, so we don't have to be especially gifted or qualified to see what is going on and then call out the obvious. Everyone is liberated, everyone is empowered from their paralysed impotent state. Jump on board and read this book and prepare for the ride of your life as humanity climbs out of the cave and the unspeakable horror and suffering of our condition can come to an end. Welcome to the most exciting event in human history! Roll the music drop at the start of Chemical Brothers' - Galvanize... boom! #mostexcitingeventinhumanhistory #amazonwasinventedforthisproduct #thebookthatsavestheworld (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 08 June 2016

Chapters 1-2 provide the most insightful dissertation on the human condition you will ever read.
Chapter 3 explains the distinguishing features of the genetic learning system and the nerve-based leaning system, and how when 2 such "systems" co-existent what would inevitably occur. The author recognises that such insight would not have been possible without both Darwin's Natural Selection and Watson & Crick's DNA discoveries.
Chapter 4 'The Meaning Of Life' describes "the most obvious truth" - the 2nd path of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics - not nearly as complicated as it sounds, actually incredibly simple.
Chapter 5 with Griffith's 'Love Indoctrination' hypothesis is FASCINATING, and the bonobo evidence (our closest primate relative (similar to chimpanzee but with very significant/key differences)) could be one of the most significant theories you ever come across.
Chapter 7 on Consciousness should be read by every human. 
Chapter 8 I found difficult because of the truth Griffith reveals about the alienation in the human race, confronting to say the least, but relieving - no PC nonsense, a straight shooting, truthful account of the human situation. 
And Chapter 9... Well! The answer to the entire mess the human race is now in--shows how this book does provide the psychological maturation and transformation of our species NO LESS.
So yes, it's worth the time, worth the read, no doubt about that, get prepared to change the way you view yourself and the world. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 06 June 2016

From reading the other reviews (here and elsewhere) it seems to be that the reaction to Griffith's book very much depends on what sort of person you are. I'm not a scientist, but you don’t need to be one to read this book. It seems to be that regardless of whether you're a teacher, scientist, priest, hairdresser, doctor or builder, it will have no bearing on your intellectual ability to read the book or more importantly, what you make of it. I've read positive reviews for Griffith from both scientists and theologians, watched 'the man on the street' profess wonder at the ideas contained within his pages while others express blatant disregard and even anger. I think the book is exceptional. There must not be another book that covers the depth and breath of subjects and I'm even more sure that there isn't another book that creates such a spectrum of responses?! How is it possible that when I tell my colleagues about it that one wants to discuss it till the wee hours of the morning, while another wants to burn it?! While there are times that Griffith could be more concise and I agree with other reviewers that the repetition could be reduced, I also think the repetition allowed my mind to consider the issue from a different angle and honestly, it’s such an insignificant quibble against the greater meaning in the overall book. Even if Griffith is, in my opinion, wrong on certain points, I found his style to be refreshingly clear and brutally honest with an unwaveringly authoritative voice. So I'll leave the nitpickers to their haranguing and encourage other lay readers to give it your focus. I believe if you keep an open mind you might just find it being enlightened! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 03 June 2016

This book gives a cogent argument for why humans have lived conflicted lives and made a mess of the planet. It logically presents rich evidence from ancient writers, thinkers, poets , artists and philosophers to explain that humanity’s selfish and aggressive behaviour is psychological not instinctive. The confusion and tension felt by the human species over millennia has caused them to retaliate with consequences for their own psyches and the worlds. This comprehensive explanation provides relief and reassurance for a troubled species .

Jeremy Griffith in “Freedom” provides an extensive expose of the goodness of humans and explains in 700 pages the blameless and necessarily disturbed human species trajectory up to this point. By providing a psychological and biological understanding of how humans had to reach this point of despair , because of the contradictions they have lived under, they can now be relieved of their anger , acknowledge their goodness and be cooperative peaceful and loving and by association heal the worlds upset state..

Humans have journeyed from instinctive genetic beginnings to a conscious knowledge seeking state. As consciousness developed humans became curious and diverted away from the instinctive way of being. This intellectual questioning and knowledge seeking caused insecurity and tension with their instinctive conscience and humans could not understand why they felt what they were doing was bad. To assuage the ensuing self criticism and deny the alienation they felt, human behaviour became fearful and competitive , violent and selfish to compensate for forsaking the original undisturbed genetic state.

“Freedom” is a convincing and original narrative that addresses the fundamental dilemma of the meaning and purpose of life and is a welcome contribution to unraveling the human condition.

In terms of these ideas transforming the world, the book stops short of explaining how that transformation extends from the singular to the whole. The acceptance and understanding that humanity’s struggle was necessary and can now be transformed into a more enlightened state, is centred on the individual , which judging by the reviews on Amazon is very successful. The emphasis in Professor Harry Prosen’s introduction describing Freedom as ‘The book that saves the world’ extends the context to the universe. It is what is in between that is missing.

Humans are social beings and live in societies made up of groups, organisations, parties, communities, units and yet there is little recognition of how this powerful redeeming message will extend to and encompass these configurations. The only references in the book to societal groups occur in the last chapters and are negative. Is the assumption that a critical mass of reconciled integrated individuals will be enough to heal the world by osmosis. ? If this powerful understanding is to be integrated more extensively the recognition of the connections within the species and not only within individuals will strengthen the value of the Griffith’s message.

Jeremy Griffith is an impassioned authentic original thinker whose work, encompassing 40 years of research and knowledge, has added to humanity’s who and why. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 30 May 2016

It is hard to put into words what Freedom can do for you and will do for the world. It is absolutely the most profound and important thing in the world today, because it actually explains (with science), and thus relieves, the human condition, which is the cause of all the pain and suffering and destruction in ourselves and the world.

There are just so many things in this book that make you shake your head and think “I can’t believe I’m reading this, I can’t believe I can finally properly understand what is going on”.

Essentially the human condition is humans’ capacity for good and evil. Freedom explains why we are different from other animals in that we have a conscious brain (not an instinct driven brain), and what has happened since the emergence of consciousness that has resulted in the human condition that we now suffer from. Once you understand this overarching explanation, you can understand everything about ourselves and the world, and Jeremy Griffith explains loads of them in this book. From understanding the cause of the war between the sexes, which causes so much heartache and unhappiness to humans, to what is religion and why have we needed religion in our lives, to politics and the reason for the left and right wing, and then Griffith explains all the new age movements that have more recently become like religions to so many people seeking solace from themselves and the world, and so so so much more. It really is mind blowing what you will discover in this book.

Freedom is the truth, and therefor it can be confronting and at first difficult to swallow the explanation for how angry, egocentric, alienated, corrupt, unhappy, selfish and deluded us humans have become while at the same time trying to prove to ourselves and the world that we are good despite it being very difficult to really know why. This book doesn’t leave you alone, it completely dignifies this behaviour by explaining why humans had to become so destructive as it was an inevitable part of the developement of consiousness. Freedom then explains how to cope with the truth about ourselves by giving us the fabulous solution to how to embrace the truth and happily live in support of the information. The result being that we no longer have to live so preoccupied with trying to be something that we aren’t, trying to constantly prove to ourselves and the world that we are a good person, instead we just get to accept that we are far from being ideal, but we are exactly what we needed to be to survive until these understanding were worked out and thus enabling us to finally be relieved from our condition. And the result is that once we are relieved from the human condition, we stop living out our upset, and instead live in support of the truth, which will ultimately stop all the destruction and pain and suffering in the world. What an absolutely fabulous outcome! This really will save the world, because it deals with the underlying source of the problem, it isn’t some feel good bandaid solution that doesn’t really fix anything at all.

You really can’t afford not to read this book because when something like this turns up we have a responsibility to firstly validate its authenticity, and then do everything we can to support it, because the world is in dire straights and desperately and quickly needs a proper solution. And Freedom delivers that solution, all in one incredible book. This is the most important book you will ever read, you honestly will never need to search for anwers again once you read and understand what is in this book. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 29 May 2016

Okay, so apologies in advance for the long review, but I wanted to try and do this book justice. This is no ordinary book. Jeremy Griffith’s summa masterpiece FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition is the spectacular culmination of more than 40 years of researching and writing about the human condition, its effect on the psychological state of humanity and its relieving and transforming explanation. The more I read the more I could see why leading psychiatrist Professor Prosen described this book in his Introduction as the “greatest of all books”. This is because FREEDOM presents the profound and comprehensive explanation of ALL the elemental questions that have baffled humanity – science in particular – surrounding our existence on this planet. The Contents page alone reads like the collected works of all of humanity’s greatest ever thinkers and prophets; and it’s a fair assessment, judging by the vast array of quotes that Griffith draws on. Topics include: the explanation of the human condition, the meaning of life, why and how did consciousness emerge in humans, the origins of the human soul, the transformation of the human race and many others. Griffith outlines particularly the four great unconfrontable truths that have stalled any meaningful scientific enquiry, namely the biological explanation of precisely what the human condition is, the meaning of existence, how we humans acquired our altruistic moral instincts and how we became conscious when other animals didn’t. These, Griffith explains, are the major stalling points that science has heroically but fearfully tried to penetrate, but without the fundamental explanation of ourselves it has been a confounding and increasingly impossible task.

A warning to the reader that this is not another “feel-good” intellectual publication but one that leaves you with an eerie sense that something profound is being discussed over which you have little control! For those not familiar with Griffith’s earlier work the “Notes to the Reader” at the beginning of the book addresses this discomfort; “Readers are warned that the issue of the human condition that this book addresses

has been such a difficult subject for humans to confront that reading about it can initially cause a ‘deaf effect’, where it is hard to take in and absorb what is being said. However, with patience and re-reading this deaf effect wears off, allowing the compassionate and immensely relieving insights to become accessible”.

The relevance of Griffith’s book cannot be lost on the reader – from both a macro and micro view of human life on this planet, the situation is overwhelmingly desperate – from the visible signs of our wrecked environment, overpopulation and overcrowding, governmental dysfunction, escalating conflicts and rampant self-interest to the less visible but no less distressing epidemics of psychosis, neurosis, depression, and other disorders stemming form colossal levels of alienation from our natural world. The situation is very serious, the need for clarity urgent. It is in this arena that Griffith compassionately illustrates what the problem is – the human condition – and then goes about paragraph by soothing paragraph to outline the simple, logical, dignified, biologically-based explanation for this condition. The psychological outlook on our lives is upturned and re-laid out in the most simple, rational and refreshingly original explanations. Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing (whom Griffith readily quotes) wrote, “The requirement of the present, the failure of the past, is the same: to provide a thoroughly self-conscious and self-critical human account of man” (par 224). Griffith outlines that paradoxically, the human condition is “the all-important issue that had to be solved…[but] it has been the great unacknowledged ‘elephant in the living room’ of our lives, THE absolutely critical and yet completely unconfrontable and virtually unmentionable subject in life” (par 130). Interested yet?

Chapter 3 explains that the human condition is the underlying insecurity and resulting psychosis that humans’ live with, unable to explain, despite our deepest intuition, that we are fundamentally good. When the evidence is overwhelming for our apparent badness/worthlessness as a species, how can we actually be good/worthwhile and an integral part of existence on this planet? How do we explain and account for our dark and “evil” natures? The answer lies in understanding the two million year old conflict between our instinctive, genetically orientated brain and our intelligent, nerve-based brain. “…since our altruistic, moral instincts are only genetic orientations to the world and not understandings of it, when our fully conscious, reasoning, self-managing mind emerged it would, in order to find the understandings it needed to effectively manage events, have had to challenge those instinctive orientations, which would have led to a psychologically upsetting clash with our moral instincts” (par 244).

It is explained that these necessary pioneering efforts of the newly emerged conscious mind, defied our already established instincts and caused the psychological conflict that has compounded over two million years resulting in the states of extreme psychosis and neurosis we see today. We became angry, egocentric and alienated or in a word: upset. Further, Griffith reveals that suffering becoming upset as a result of becoming conscious was “the tragic yet inevitable situation that any animal would have to endure if it transitioned from an instinct controlled state to an intellect controlled state” (par 64).

More often than not, publications that attempt to explain elusive subjects like the human soul, religion and consciousness etc., tend to get lost in their own maze of well-meaning intellectual confusion, but what this book reveals is the absolutely incredible, terrifying, confronting, most heroic, completely unabridged, truthful story of us humans from start to finish. Never before has there been such a totally symmetrical and holistic illustration of the problem facing the world and its compassionate solution.

Chapter 9 (the book’s final chapter) provides the crescendo of Griffith’s masterpiece which outlines the beauty, simplicity and meaningful happiness involved in adopting the “Transformed Lifeforce Way of Living” which is the wonderful solution to the obvious dilemma of how anyone in the world is going to cope with having to absorb and accept so much confronting and exposing truth about themselves?!?

It’s difficult to express the scope and breadth of the impact that this book will have on the world – for it will be felt for centuries to come. However, one hurdle remains for humanity before we can reach the ultimate fully-integrated, peaceful and reconciled state – the distressing question that is posed in the title of the book: FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition Is it too late? Is humanity, and particularly our scientific establishment, too entrenched in our alienated human condition to adopt what is being explained? Reading this book puts us squarely in the hot-seat of our species predicament. The outcome is up to us. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 27 May 2016

I totally agree with Professor Prosen that this book is the most important book of our time. If you can read it and apply yourself to see the world through this macro lense of time and understand your individual place within the amazing story of life on earth then you will never again feel anything less than wonder and joy for being a member of the human race.

On a personal level I experience moments of incredible compassion and clarity when I read this presentation. I find myself intimidated at the concepts of the Transformed state and I have questions and challenges regarding the process but what is so wonderful about this book and the work in represents is that it is possible to enter a dialogue and discussion with the team members of the World Transformation Movement. This dialogue and discussion is desperately needed if we are ever going to end the suffering on the planet. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 26 May 2016

Griffith’s central thesis is that a clash occurred in humans evolutionary history between our emerging consciousness and our pre-established instincts. The insightful nature of the nerve based system means that it would inevitably clash with our pre-established instinctive system, which is not insightful, because it is a genetic system based on inheritance of traits. The result of this clash is that the intellect became insecure, and selfishly preoccupied with seeking reinforcement.

It follows then, that according to Griffith, human selfishness is psychological, not instinctive, which is the prevailing biological wisdom. Griffith dismisses ‘killer ape’ theories that use chimpanzees as a model of human ancestors, including Richard Wrangham’s Coalitionary Killing hypothesis, as contrived excuses for human’s aggressive behaviour. As it is at the vanguard of mainstream biological thinking Griffith devotes some time to deconstructing EO Wilson’s multilevel selection theory, including mention of its well publicised limitations from Jerry Coyne.

On consciousness, Griffith takes issue with cognitive scientist David Chalmers’ famous ‘hard problem’ dictum that the subjective aspect of consciousness can not be explained, and quotes Daniel Dennet saying that many people hope it will never be explained. Griffith argues that consciousness is simply a by-product of memory which allows an animal to associate past experiences and eventually predict current events. And that self-awareness is a natural realisation once developed sufficiently.

One of the most compelling areas of Griffith’s investigation is the idea that humans’ evolutionary history has been cooperative, not competitive. Griffith extensively references anthropologist Tim White’s 1994 Ardipithecus fossil find in the Afar Depression in Ethiopia, as evidence that our lineage has been defined by cooperation for at least 7 million years. Griffith then draws a line between Ardipithecus and the extant species called bonobos. Bonobos are famous as the ‘love not war’ ape, and Griffith examines the physical attributes, and referencing Frans de Waal and Adrienne Zihlman, puts them forward as model of our ancestor. Analysis by Griffith includes comparison of Ardipithecus and bonobos’ general physique, bipedalism, small canines, size dimorphism and neoteny.

While on bonobos, Griffith turns his attention to current scientific theories explaining their undeniably unusual cooperation, including Brian Hare’s theory of self-domestication, which posits that ‘juveniszation’ is a result of selection for less aggression within a species. Griffith argues that selection against aggression is a biological nonsense, and one which Hare resorts to in order to avoid the importance of nurturing in bonobo life.

Moving to physics, Griffith describes the second path of the second law of thermodynamics, known as Negative Entropy. According to this law, matter in an open system (one which can draw energy from outside itself), will form ever larger and more stable wholes. The chemist Ilya Prigogine won the 1977 Nobel prize for physics for his work on Negative Entropy, but Griffith takes it further by suggesting that integration or Negative Entropy is the theme of existence, but that in our insecure, selfish state, this has been too confronting to admit to.

There is a lot here to digest. The implications of Griffith’s thesis spread like wildfire, leaping from one subject to the next, forcing a review of most all accepted scientific orthodoxy. It is a challenging but rewarding read. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 24 May 2016

I feel inspired to write something about this truly amazing book, but where to start! In summary, I believe the significance of Jeremy Griffith’s explanation of the human condition contained in ‘FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition’ cannot be overstated. Professor Harry Prosen’s Introduction accurately conveys the enormous breakthrough contained in this book, as well as describe who Jeremy Griffith is and how he came to produce so many penetrating insights into human existence.

I cannot do justice to the absolute wealth of explanation that is contained in ‘FREEDOM', but I might quickly try to summarise its contents. Chapter 1 & 2 re-connecting the reader with what the human condition actually is, which is really important because what you will realise from reading this book is that we all walk around in a state of total denial of the issue of the human condition and therefore in a completely superficial, alienated state. To help illustrate our denial, Griffith explains the very real, but not spoken about, psychological process that adolescents go through called ‘Resignation’, where we try to face the issue of our species’, and our own, troubled, destructive behaviour and, not being able to truthfully answer the fundamental question of why we are the way we are, are forced to block out this historically unbearable issue — and I challenge anyone to read that section and not feel like your deepest self hasn’t finally been reached. Then once this all-important issue of the human condition has been established, Griffith proceeds to concisely summarise and totally demolish the current mechanistic scientific paradigm that is dedicated to avoiding the issue of our psychologically disturbed human condition. This exposé is an amazing feat in itself, and so relieving because it is patently obvious how deficient all the ‘genes are selfish and that’s why we are’ theories have been in accounting for human life, even though they’ve been taught in our schools and universities and reported in the media as established fact.

Then in chapter 3 Griffith explains in first principle biological terms the underlying issue in all human affairs of the human condition — our capacity for ‘good’ and ‘evil’— which is undoubtedly the most liberating and relieving passage of explanation to have ever been written. To be able to know deep in my bones that even though I’m full of the human condition, full of insecurity, selfishness and divisiveness, that I am fundamentally a ‘good’ and worthwhile person and that there is a very good reason for my troubled state, is just phenomenal. This explanation finally brings meaning and understanding to all the suffering in the world and my own life which has brought enormous peace and love to my whole being. This chapter alone saves the human race and cannot be read too many times!

I love chapter 4. It explains the meaning of life, no less, and in the process demystifies ‘God’. I find it connects me with the profound beauty that is the whole journey of life on Earth and brings more awe and majesty and love and meaning and wonder to our lives than an overseeing, supernatural God ever could. This knowledge does not strip us of our spirituality, it nourishes it exponentially.

And chapter 5 is captivating. It contains the biological explanation for how we humans acquired our loving, moral sense or ‘soul’— a hot topic in current scientific literature but an answer that is actually incredibly obvious once you hear it. In fact, Griffith says that all his breakthrough ideas are obvious, the key is being able to confront the issue of our human condition, and once someone thinks from behind that wall of denial, they are able to unravel the great ‘mysteries’ that have historically confounded humans. Solving the human condition is literally the unlocking point to explaining so much about life on Earth, especially human life. And Griffith’s eloquent nurturing explanation for our moral instincts is one of the long sought after mysteries that he’s been able to solve as a result. He draws on the latest fossil evidence and the evidence provided by our closest living relative, the gentle bonobo. Bonobos really are the most wonderful living proof of this ‘love indoctrination’ process—we can see their loving ‘soul’ being nurtured into existence before our eyes.

Chapter 6 is another demolition of dishonest biological thinking that is being published by academics around the world, this time exposing the theories that have been put forward for how we acquired our altruistic, cooperative instincts. 'FREEDOM' is full of wonderful, honest quotations from thinkers throughout history where they have let out some rare honesty about the human condition, and this chapter contains a passage that cuts to the bone from the anthropologist Ashley Montagu about how critically important it is to our psychological development that we receive nurturing in unconditional love during our early years.

Chapter 7 explains the age-old conundrum of human consciousness, and importantly, why we humans became conscious when other animals haven’t. This is more extraordinary, denial-free, truthful thinking, and the answer is again remarkably simple, but I think to be able to fully absorb it requires an appreciation of the earlier chapters and, in particular, just how alienated and therefore hamstrung our thinking has been as a result of our fear of the human condition.

Chapter 8 is a gripping narrative of the entire psychological journey our species has been on, from our cooperatively behaved, innocent hominid ancestors at the dawn of consciousness, through to ourselves, the psychologically troubled species that is Homo sapiens sapiens. Along the way Griffith explains many aspects of human existence, including the differences in the historical roles of men and women. I must say, coming from the women’s perspective, it has been extremely liberating to be able to understand men at last, and especially why we women have been treated as ‘sex objects’. This unravelling of the ancient psychological war between the sexes is a revelation in itself.

And chapter 9 provides the extremely important and incredibly exciting solution to how the hell do we humans cope with having the blinds drawn so suddenly on all our mad behaviour! ‘FREEDOM’ is full of massively confronting truth, but the most incredible realisation to be made is that it is finally okay to admit what has been going on on Earth because Griffith has explained and defended our ‘upset’ behaviour in first principle biological terms. We truly have been set free from our insecurity about our worth! And, by being fundamentally explained and defended at last, our preoccupation with finding egocentric relief (such as with seeking hunger for power, fame, fortune and glory) is lifted, and we are free to become a unified force, joyously focused on repairing humanity and our world rather than our own selfish, seemingly insatiable need for self-distraction and reinforcement which is currently destroying our planet.

Any one of the insights contained in any one of these chapters is an astonishing breakthrough with startling implications. I have read Jeremy Griffith’s earlier books, but I imagine for someone new to discussion of the human condition they will find the contents of 'FREEDOM' a great deal to absorb. But to say I encourage readers to put in the effort to ponder on its profound insights is to put it mildly — because once you do absorb this explanation of the human condition, your life, and eventually the whole world, will be transformed. This deeply truthful, accountable explanation of the human condition has helped me so, so much — I’m an example of someone who has been brought back to life through being able to understand the world and my place in it and I live with so much optimism and excitement for the future, which is extraordinary given how many serious, serious problems humanity is faced with.

How to recommend the book that literally can, and will, save the world!? Do yourself, and the world, the BIGGEST favour and quietly read this book. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 24 May 2016

My sister has been reading Griffith’s books for over 20 years and so we’ve discussed his theories at length, often over a bottle of wine because the subject matter lends itself to deeper philosophical introspection. In a world void of much meaning or answers, these insights are enlightening to say the least. I think that is one of the overarching elements with Griffith's theories, they cut through all the superficial noise. Every problem; political, environmental, psychological, societal, etc., can be understood when you grasp Griffith's theory on the human condition that's in ‘Freedom’. It certainly is reassuring for me as I raise teenagers to know this deeper analysis of our human situation is in the world. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 24 May 2016

The psychological maturation of the human race is on!

This book answers with fascinating, head on, undeniable rigour all the obvious but impossible questions about human life, you know the ones you hope your children won't ask but do....Where do humans come from? Why do people kill each other? What is the meaning of life? Why doesn't Daddy love me? What is love? Profound, honest thinkers throughout history are very present and at home in this book. The scale of it is mind-blowing.

Jeremy Griffith explains the whole picture of humanity's journey from ignorance to enlightenment in biological, evolutionary terms. Central to it all is this issue of the 'human condition'— how the development of our conscious brain which needs to explore and understand the world created an internal 'war' with the instinctive part of ourselves which expects love and cooperation (our conscience), and how our inability to understand what was happening inside us left us with underlying sense of guilt, distress and fear about who we are. Are we good or are we bad? A universal psychosis or condition that has compounded over millions of years and caused all the anger, suffering and destruction that we have had to 'block out' in order to survive and cope. Until we could satisfy our conscious brain and fully understand this fundamental dilemma and the very good reason for our 'dark side', humanity has been stalled, 'locked in a race between self destruction and self discovery'.

To claim the end of the human condition should of course trigger scepticism but at the end of the day it either makes sense or it dosen't. There is loads of evidence backing Griffith's central idea which is actually very simple, but the most powerful evidence for me lies in it's ability to unlock and makes sense of everything around and in me, and to honestly but compassionately address the screaming obvious issue of 'us' and how messed up we have become. Our world is in crisis because we are in crisis and no-one is talking about that on a real level. Isn't 'that's just the way we are' avoidance of the whole issue? Is our conscious brain capable of putting man on the moon but incapable of explaining and dealing with ourselves? The logical, refreshing and transforming news this book presents is that our condition is not genetic, but psychological and can be overcome. As Canadian Psychiatrist Professor Prosen says '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'.

Its honesty can be immensely challenging but powerfully relieving at the same time. How can something that deals profoundly with who we are and the seriousness of our situation not be? Without concrete evidence for our fundamental goodness, we haven't been able to face ourselves but with this knowledge the human race can finally move on. These explanations bring the ultimate love to humans and the ability to love our dark side changes everything! It truly does set us free!

I could talk about FREEDOM forever and hopefully if humanity can get over its deep resistance to the subject of the human condition soon everyone else will be too. It empowers me to understand and access the incredible, heroic journey all humans have been on in search of knowledge and how I fit into that. Knowing that all the pain, suffering and horror around and in me has been a necessary, inevitable part of that brings incredible peace, meaning and love to it all and into my whole being. If everyone was filled with this powerful, reconciling, transforming knowledge then everyone would be dancing in the sun because when everything looks so depressingly bleak, being able to understand it all actually turns that around. You can see a path forward for humanity out of all the mess. It fills you with hope, happiness, excitement, and just life. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 24 May 2016

After reading 'Freedom' I know this: that everything is going to be alright, in fact wonderful. The terror, neurosis and horror in this world is about to subside, as this book delivers no less than the self-knowledge we humans have desperately needed at this critical point in time. Looking around at the state of our planet, it is clear that the world is heaving under the pressure of all the problems we face - yet this book alone puts us squarely back on course to a promising future. Anyone concerned about the state of the world should have this book at the top of their reading list.

"The ultimate thought, the thought which holds the clue to the riddle of life's meaning and mystery, must be the simplest thought conceivable, the most natural, the most elemental, and therefore also the most profound". George Seaver (page 140)

Jeremy Griffith's treatise on the human condition is precisely this and so much more. This far-reaching explanation starts right at the beginning at our biological origins, with the explanation of our 'human condition' presented via an incredibly simple, yet powerful analogy followed by pages of truthful insights, providing a complete understanding of ourselves and our world.

I was walking to work the other day after reading 'Freedom' and it occurred to me how secure I was in the knowledge that our moral instincts are genuine, that we did come from an original state of cooperativeness (see Chapter 5) and even though we currently are immensely destructive and damaged, that was necessary and can change now. There's a plethora of books that talk of peace of mind, but nothing compares to this ability now to 'know' and the peace of mind that gives you.

There is a particularly moving description on page 50 regarding how humans have been waiting for this moment, and on page 76-78 regarding an honest passage from Catcher in the Rye. It's impossible to describe the level of empathy the author has for humans in his writing and how intuitively it rings true - I strongly encourage you to experience it for yourself.

A quote I came across recently keeps coming to mind: "Something good will come out of all things yet - And it will be golden and eternal just like that - there's no need to say another word".

I believe it has and it's 'Freedom' (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 23 May 2016

“Understand Yourself and Those Around You!”

Imagine knowing WHY the world is in the mess that it currently is in. Imagine being able to truly understand and love yourself and those around you. Imagine having genuine hope for the future of humanity! Well... imagine no more. You simply have to read this book for yourself!

"Freedom: The End of the Human Condition" explores the traditional 'no-go-zone' of the subject of "the human condition" - humans' capacity for both good and evil - and fully explains it in layman's terms. Griffith is able to go where nobody else has been able to go before... unlocking and explaining the most impenetrable of subjects, holistically using biology, philosophy, anthropology, and even popular culture to hit the mark! The depth and breadth of the book's material is simply astounding: covering such profound and important topics such as: "The role of nurturing in our development"; "The three fundamental truths of the human condition"; "The psychological rehabilitation of the human race" and "The Transformed Lifeforce Way of Living".

This book could be the most incredible, truly powerful, and transformative book you will ever read! In a nutshell, it solves almost all of the world's problems! "Freedom" is simply a masterpiece, an instant classic, a modern day tour de force that fully explains and dignifies humans, and by so doing, offers us a REAL roadmap to peace on earth! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 22 May 2016

I have read this book, infact more then once. It so simply breaks down and makes sense of the human condition and makes me feel so at ease yet excited everytime I read it.

I could really relate to the explaination of resignation with young people and I could finally understand my own behaviour as well as empathise with those around me.

This book explains humans in a very non-judgmental way and I think everyone should read it!! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 22 May 2016

This book makes sense of the human condition, why we are the way we are, that we are all flawed but there is a reason for it and it is ok. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 21 May 2016

This book is an interesting exploration and explanation into our human condition. This book offers insight and though provoking ideas and concepts that reconfigure how we expect to and actually can be free to walk in this world. It offers ways of interpreting and understanding why we do what we do and how we can better understand it in order to be free from the shackles that bind us to our hurt/upset/egos. A great book for putting perspective and truth back into our interactions with one another, and for reinvigorating and celebrating the innocence within and surrounding us. I hope this book is read by many so collectively we can really burst apart our current patterns and transition to living with true freedom. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 21 May 2016

Griffith introduces the subject of the human condition with in-depth analysis and foresight. This book examines all facets of human behaviour, unraveling the why & how and the where-to-now. It is indeed a scientific breakthrough and a much needed one at that. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 21 May 2016

I’m about to finish my teaching degree and so I am ready to take on the world of educating the next generation… and I thank my lucky stars that I have read Jeremy Griffith’s book. Thanks to FREEDOM, particularly Chapter 8, I am able to comprehend what is psychologically and developmentally occurring at the individual level of the children. Where once I would have been reprimanding, I’m now flooded with understanding and compassion. The classroom becomes an entirely different place. While some days its very difficult, I really feel as though I can ‘be in their shoes’ so much more than I would have ever been able to without this book. I see their innocence and don’t take that for granted. I feel their despair at the world and I can acknowledge that as legitimate and I can genuinely have hope for their futures knowing that, thanks to Griffith’s insights, there is an answer now to the problems in the world and in their lives, and know that they won’t have to grow up without understanding of the human condition.

I’ve gone from being overwhelmed with despair; why don't their parents help them learn to read, why don’t they have a proper lunch, why do their eyes seem so sad… to basking in their gorgeous enthusiasm for life and loving their open, trusting, forgiving, innocent sensitivity for the absolute heaven that it is. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 20 May 2016

The contents contained within this book are nothing short of amasing indeed Transforming. It left me in total awe at what I had just picked up and read. All you ever wanted to know about us Humans from pre-consciousness to the dawn of consciousness right through to the current state where humanity finds itself ‘The dawn of our emancipation’.

In Freedom the author Jeremy Griffith grapples the greatest of all questions concerning ‘US’ humans, The Human Condition - namely why have we been un-ideally behaved when clearly the ideals are to be cooperative, caring and loving. The author ultimately addresses this Good vs Evil state that has been troubling our species since the dawn of our consciousness.

Central to his explanation of the Human Condition is the biological synthesis the author puts forward in Freedom. He goes into great detail in explaining how we acquired our instincts, our conscience and our intellect, our consciousness and the resulting battle that broke out between these two learning systems being the root cause of the Human Condition as one was an insightful learning system whereas the other was essentially un-insightful or an orientating system. This theory the author puts forth runs contrary to popular conventional thought that is currently being taught everywhere that namely we humans have savage animal instincts and how our intellect has been trying to supress this or civilise this savage side of us. Indeed this theory totally flips this about. He reveals how ‘Love Indoctrination’ established our loving caring instincts and how it also liberated the mind and allowed us to become conscious. It is sure to knock you off your perch.

However, Freedom is not just another book merely about science but really a coming together of knowledge. The author has gone to tremendous effort in piecing together the Arts, Religion and Science into this wholistic masterpiece which explains our human nature as can be evidenced by one of my favourite passages so far in Freedom by nobel prize winning physicist Charles H. Townes ‘they (religion and science) both represent man’s efforts to understand his universe and ultimately be dealing with the same substance. As we understand more in each realm, the two must grow together….converge they must.’ You definitely get the impression that the author wants you to feel this journey that all of humanity has been on since time immemorial.

Nonetheless, you’re bound to go through your own journey with Freedom and what it reveals to you, but take it as that, a journey that all humans have been on and now we’ve arrived at our point of understanding and finally we can begin to ‘know that integrative loving state for the first time and be in it’.

So go forth my fellow Humans and know thy self I cannot encourage you enough. Freedom is a MUST, MUST read for everyone ! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 20 May 2016

I'm a computer analyst that became a businessman and have been reading Jeremy Griffith's books for 40 years. My bookshelves are packed to the gunnels but not one physicist, psychologist or politician has come close to understanding the human predicament as completely as Griffith. My advice from one who has seen and done it all - nothing is greater than having an understanding of the nature of man and nothing, nothing fulfils you the way that backing the truth does. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 20 May 2016

Beyond the clamour and superficiality of my day to day life, like us all I have quieter almost subconscious moments where a genuine concern for the seemingly insoluble problems we face as a species and for our children’s future bubble to the surface.

For all the good that goes on, the world is in state of conflict, despair, desperation and devastation. With politics in paralysis and religious wars raging we seem no closer to resolving all of our problems, in fact our planet is seemingly on the brink of self destruction.

There's a fable called the “Up River Story”, where a group of friends are sitting next to a river and see people from the village upstream getting washed into the river and struggling to stay afloat. Eventually after a number of efforts to rescue them, one of the rescuers says “I am going to go upstream and see why all these people are getting washed into the river”. In essence saying "rather than stay here and try and fix the problem one rescue at a time I am going to get to the real cause of why they are falling in the river in the first place".

I shared this as a way of intimating what lies at the heart of Jeremy Griffith’s book Freedom. Grounded in biology, Freedom goes to the heart of what it means to be a human and reconnects the reader with the deeply buried issue of the human condition by asking and answering the key fundamental questions we face as a species;

Why are we the way we are? Where does our contradictory nature and this dark side to our behavior come from? Does our divisive behavior mean that we are fundamentally “bad”or “flawed”? and how will this behavior ever be bought to an end?

In addressing these key fundamental questions Griffiths narrative will deeply resonate with you. It will confront you on the contradictory nature of our behavior; our capacity to be loving, selfless and compassionate and paradoxically to be selfish, aggressive and brutal, and it will comfort you with its uncanny ability to walk in the reader’s shoes, and make sense of all that seems inexplicable in our world and in ourselves; and ultimately Freedom will liberate you through its defence of our fundamental worth and its ability to explain the real reason for all of our contradictory and destructive behaviour.

In terms of the content, Freedom is comprehensive, and moves with apparent ease through profound and consequential subject matter, dealing head on with explaining men and women, politics, religion and the differences between races. Additionally it takes you on a journey of enlightenment, explaining the development of order of matter, the meaning of life and humanity's story, including our psychological maturation from the origins of conscience, the development of consciousness, the emergence of the human condition and ultimately how through understanding of the human condition we can be liberated from life under the duress of the human condition, opening up a whole new potential for each and every human.

In a world consumed by suffering, anger, desperation, corruption, violence and despair, and with society disintegrating and rotting in dogma and meaninglessness Freedom stops you in your tracks. As Professor Harry Prosen says in his introduction it will take you from “state of bewilderment about the nature of human existence to a state of profound understanding of our lives.”

This book will do the same for you. It will disrupt your veneer. It will strike a deep chord in your psyche that gives context to this incredible human journey we have been a part of. It will leave a lasting imprint that will transcend your day to day life and open up a world you never thought possible. It will give you real hope for our children’s future and our future as a species.

You, like me will see that the issue of human condition is not only the only real question facing the human race, but understanding it is the only real solution for all the problems facing us today.

That is why you need to read this book. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 20 May 2016

A quite extraordinary treatise on the human condition with a rock solid scientific concept at its core. Griffith puts forward a theory that is unique in all my reading that the human intellect is insecure because our instincts in effect criticised our mind's experiments in self management. Griffith then uses this insight to explain all aspects of human life; from politics to sex to religion. You name it, Griffith explains it using this key. Just how readily all these aspects of our lives become transparent is incredibly confirming of the key concept.

This isn't some new age, how to be happy guide, it's an accountable scientific treatise with spectacular explanatory power. Prepare to have the blinds drawn. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 19 May 2016

The psychological maturation of the human race is on!

This book answers with fascinating, head on, undeniable rigour all the obvious but impossible questions about life, you know the ones you hope your children won't ask but do....Where do humans come from? Why do people kill each other? What is the meaning of life? Why doesn't Daddy love me? What is love? Profound, honest thinkers throughout history are very present and at home in this book. The scale of it is mind-blowing.

Jeremy Griffith explains the whole picture of humanity's journey from ignorance to enlightenment in biological, evolutionary terms. Central to it all is this issue of the 'human condition'— how the development of our conscious brain which needs to explore and understand the world created an internal 'war' with the instinctive part of ourselves which expects love and cooperation (our conscience), and how our inability to understand what was happening inside us left us with underlying sense of guilt, distress and fear about who we are. Are we good or are we bad? A universal psychosis or condition that has compounded over millions of years and caused all the anger, suffering and destruction that we have had to 'block out' in order to survive and cope. Until we could satisfy our conscious brain and fully understand this fundamental dilemma and the very good reason for our 'dark side', humanity has been stalled, 'locked in a race between self destruction and self discovery'.

To claim the end of the human condition should of course trigger scepticism but at the end of the day it either makes sense or it dosen't. There is loads of evidence backing Griffith's central idea which is actually very simple, but the most powerful evidence for me lies in it's ability to unlock and makes sense of everything around and in me, and to honestly but compassionately address the screaming obvious issue of 'us' and how messed up we have become. Our world is in crisis because we are in crisis and no-one is talking about that on a real level. Isn't 'that's just the way we are' avoidance of the whole issue? Is our conscious brain capable of putting man on the moon but incapable of explaining and dealing with ourselves? The logical, refreshing and transforming news this book presents is that our condition is not genetic, but psychological and can be overcome. As Canadian Psychiatrist Professor Prosen says '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'.

Its honesty can be immensely challenging but powerfully relieving at the same time. How can something that deals profoundly with who we are and the seriousness of our situation not be? Without concrete evidence for our fundamental goodness, we haven't been able to face ourselves but with this knowledge the human race can finally move on. These explanations bring the ultimate love to humans and the ability to love our dark side changes everything! It truly does set us free!

I could talk about FREEDOM forever and hopefully if humanity can get over its deep resistance to the subject of the human condition soon everyone else will be too. It empowers me to understand and access the incredible, heroic journey all humans have been on in search of knowledge and how I fit into that. Knowing that all the pain, suffering and horror around and in me has been a necessary, inevitable part of that brings incredible peace, meaning and love to it all and into my whole being. If everyone was filled with this powerful, reconciling, transforming knowledge then everyone would be dancing in the sun because when everything looks so depressingly bleak, being able to understand it all actually turns that around. You can see a path forward for humanity out of all the mess. It fills you with hope, possibility, excitement, and just life. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United Kingdom 19 May 2016

Jeremy Griffith’s summa masterpiece 2016 book FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition is the cutting edge of understanding human development. It is where it is at for humanity—the culmination of human endeavour and the frontier of human progress. It presents the world-saving scientific explanation of the human condition—a condition we have had no choice but to live in denial of until it could be compassionately diagnosed and remedied. Griffith's clear and fearless thinking leads us through the incredible human story—a true story about humans’ wondrously courageous and enduring search for knowledge but it is also about the devastating self-corruption the search caused in humans. It necessarily squarely confronts us with just how angry, egocentric and alienated—what Griffith terms ‘upset’—most humans have become which is all compassionately explained but it is shocking and at times unbearable. To quote FREEDOM par. 1152 ‘the truth about ourselves unavoidably and necessarily reveals the extent of our now immensely upset condition; it destroys the lies, our denials, our pretences and delusions, as it must, otherwise it wouldn’t be the truth’.
So how do we live with this all-explaining but all-exposing truth, as one reader of Griffith’s work asked, ‘Diving into a sea of truth where everything is completely transparent one can’t but ask, “how will anybody cope with this; how in the world can anybody cross such darkness to reach light?!”’. Now we come to what I think is the most thrilling part of the human story, the gloriously effective and meaningful solution to the unbearable exposure the truth about the human condition must bring, which is the Transformed Lifeforce State—and what chapter 9, titled ‘The Transformation of The Human Race’, is all about. In fact, it is the instruction manual for how to live with the denial-free truth about humans—just check out the section headings on the Contents page.
What this new way of living or new technology does is turn the unbearable confrontation around into unbearable excitement—and quickly! It is the way we can cope with and embrace the huge paradigm shift this understanding introduces—changing from a world dedicated to denial and dread of the human condition to a world dedicated to honesty and compassion about it. The key to this solution is once we have investigated these understandings sufficiently to know that they have explained the human condition we don’t need to investigate them any further. We don’t have to focus on the implications of the understandings (which is just how immensely angry, egocentric and alienated we are) but rather we can focus on looking after and disseminating this too-precious-for-words information that can transform the world from wherever you are and in whatever way you can—see chapter 9:7.
This way of living is utterly magnificent full stop! I can say this because the understanding Griffith brings to the world looks after our damaged minds and broken hearts with such honesty and love it liberates us from our upset state and empowers us to live in support of the truth about the human condition that ‘saves the world’, as Professor Harry Prosen says, and nothing could be more incredible than that. To quote the opening of Professor Prosen’s Introduction to FREEDOM: ‘The truth is I am inadequate to write this Introduction, but everyone is, so I will do my best. Firstly, to immediately put into context the fabulous significance of what Australian biologist Jeremy Griffith has achieved with this book: it delivers the biological explanation of the human condition, the holy grail of insight we humans have sought for the psychological rehabilitation of our species. It brings the reconciling, redeeming and rehabilitating understanding of our lives that has been sought since humans first became conscious beings some two million years ago! This book effectively takes humanity from a state of bewilderment about the nature of human existence to a state of profound understanding of our lives. It is truly a case of having got all the truth up in one go. Yes, preposterous as it must seem, this book contains the great breakthrough the human race has been waiting for—and, given the plight of the world, its arrival couldn’t be more timely or serious.’
So to transform and save the world all we have to do is follow the logical conclusion of understanding the human condition which is to CHOOSE NOT TO LIVE OUT all our world-destroying behaviours and instead choose to direct all our energies to supporting this revolution in thinking and living. That is why the Transformed State is so enormously powerful and why it generates such happiness and freedom in people, why it literally transforms people, because by supporting the denial-free truth instead of your own denial-ridden state you can help save the world as Griffith says ‘in one simple decision!’
I encourage everyone with everything in me to read chapter 9 of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition because how we respond to the dignifying but naked truth about the human condition determines the outcome of the human race and once you truly absorb chapter 9 you, like me, will know the outcome can and will be TRANSFORMATION. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 18 May 2016

Life is busy and so it's not often that you have the time to contemplate what the point of it all is. I was fortunate enough to get a period of time where I could stop and think about life and it was during that time that Griffith's insights really reached me. So much so that I vividly remember writing in my diary that my whole life and world changed from that point on, that everything was finally understood. The penny really dropped. I couldn't believe the significance of what I was reading and it really is *that* significant. And you are transported from a very small, self-interested existence to a place where it all fits together, making sense of all that we are, from the very beginning of our species' development.

When I reflect now on what the book means I can get stuck on certain parts of his treatise, like about integrated meaning or politics and I realize I'll probably never be lucky enough to be able to stop and think as clearly and openly as I did during that window but I know deep down that ultimately this book does explain the nature of our behavior and does provide an answer to all the world's problems and so if you want your children to grown up in a world where there is actually hope for their future, like I do, then I suggest you make the time and get reading! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 18 May 2016

This book is the 3rd book of Griffith's I have read and am absolutely amazed by the honesty. And when the world is full of crap, honesty stands out like dog’s b*lls! It's very big and so took me a long time to read but every page makes logical sense. There are parts that are confronting and I will probably re-read and process them, but I enjoy how thought provoking it is. With a leading psychiatrist Harry Prosen's endorsements, a man with over 50 years of clinical experience, who has been the Head of psychiatric Departments and has all sorts of accolades and who has been the go-to psychiatrist for unreachable animals in zoos which I find amazing being an animal person, he believes that this book can psychologically rehabilitate humans. Dr. Prosen’s experience working with the distressed minds of humans (and animals) places him in a much more informed position than me to know when and what can ultimately bring relief to our tormented minds and souls. I truely believe this is the real deal. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 17 May 2016

This book takes some reading! But if its answers and explanation you are crying out for and searching for then you wont be underwhelmed here, possibly the opposite! For someone who has always been overwhelmed to a point of utter confused, given-up paralysis about humans and this life this book PACKS answers!! This isn’t just a book it is a profound and challenging experience. It lays bare the depths of craziness of our current human predicament. However it brings a depth and holism of understanding and compassion probably never seen before.

All the big issues, which I find overwhelming and insoluble to think about, are deconstructed and explained. There is an explanation of religion, differences between men and women, environmentalism and environmental destruction, superficiality and materialism, sex, greed, ego, anger, the meaning of life, how and why humans have a thinking mind and other animals don’t etc etc etc.

If there are some big obvious questions that you gave up thinking about you will find an answer here. At times in my confused haze I’m not sure I agreed with everything the author puts forward and the solution is a big step for us, at times the raw honesty of his opinions and explanations are very uncomfortable. He explains possible reasons for this also!

This book is UTTERLY and ENDLESSLY FASCINATING. Do your self a favor and work through it, have it on your shelf. It will be life changing! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 17 May 2016

In a time when looking at the issues in the world can seem over whelming and depressing this book helped me to understand myself and the world and best of all it gave me hope for the future of humanity. This book is a must read if you want to regain excitement for our future as a species and to gain some real understanding into what you can do to bring about freedom for yourself and the whole planet.

The book is well written, in parts I found it a little challenging...possibly because the content is revolutionising the way I look at things. So I had to go back and re read some sections. But this is a book I feel I will probably read and re-read many times.

I highly recommend this for anyone who is interested in understanding themselves and wants to feel positive and excited again about our future! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Sweden 14 May 2016

This book delivers, through biological human condition-resolving science, the much needed and cutting edge psychological insight into what it is to be a human. It reveals our behavior as based on an inflating need to feel good about ourselves as compensation for a, before now, unrecognized and too deep for tears - fear. For me it has made it possible to accept myself for the first time in my life since childhood. My insecurity and resulting inability to accept myself is not something special or unusual. Griffith explains in this book that this is the core problem of the human existence created by the conflict of the human condition. The only thing which is special and unusual is the ability, as a conscious human, to actually know and accept that and from there talk honestly about it. That is what has been made possible for me with this book. We can now be free from the endless running around and hiding from something that we ‘don’t even want to strike up acquaintance with’, as Kieerkegaard said. This book takes us to the truth about the darkest of subjects and allows for the possibility now to accept ourselves as we are based on knowing that proof. For me that is what this treatise on the human condition is about; it enables us to accept ourselves, and allows us to live alongside a truthful framework of human existence. Summarised, it brings, indeed as the book is titled, freedom. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Canada 13 May 2016

This really is the book that will save humans from ourselves!

Wow, where to start. This book can change everything for all of us. This is the most amazing book I have ever read in my long life. It is a genuine gift, not just for us but for all of life in our troubled times. It really does answer all the mysteries of the ages, especially why humans behave as we have and as we do. This book contains knowledge for us all and has the potential to free us all from the bondage of the human condition. It shatters many of our long held beliefs about ourselves and the world around us and provides the long overdue antidote needed to heal ourselves and our planet. Do yourself and all of us a favour and read this book (which is freely available on-line). The confronting truths contained within its pages will, at once, amaze, frighten, comfort, challenge, frustrate and liberate you and ultimately free your mind and soothe your soul…..prepare to be enlightened… enjoy!

Bill (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 06 May 2016

This is a big important book about the human condition. I've been deeply interested in this subject since I was a child and drove my teachers batty with questions about existence. Even in literature, philosophy or psychology classes in which understanding of the human condition is at least half the point, I found myself unsatisfied. Even in therapy and in various religions, I was told to let these issues go as understanding the human condition including the nature of evil, why there was so little cooperation, why was there such a focus on personal aggrandizement, etc was impossible, so just move on, which I also found deeply unsatisfying. Reading the introduction to this book I was equal parts excited and skeptical. But the introduction goes on to clearly explain the avoidance of these huge issues and I began to be even more interested while gaining a clearer picture of why so many of the people I'd turned to for help had been unable or unwilling to thoughtfully discuss the issue with me. It means something significant to me that this experience is acknowledged and discussed throughout this book.

In acting out so many of the 'worse'parts of human nature, we're out of harmony with ourselves, each other and the planet. This is unsustainable for our health and well being (causing problems like depression) as well as societal functioning (genocide, inequality) and brings us nearer to a planetary catastrophe (ecosystem destroyed, nuclear annihilation). As the author puts it, we have to choose self-discovery over self-destruction, and to do that we need to mature psychologically to address the root cause of the problems and not just run around willy nilly attempting to put band-aids on the symptoms. He asks, "Why are we the way we are-competitive and aggressing rather than cooperative and loving - and beneath that, the deeper question of the origin of all this psychological frustration and pain inside of us humans?"

The author gives an explanation for why there's so much alienation as well as disconnect and tension between instinct and intellect. This is the key revelation of the book and there's a significant amount of explanation based on careful and deliberate thought, evolutionary research and explorations into literature, philosophy and religion. The author also analyzes the way humans have coped and the problems we have. While I don't doubt the big reveal at all, I don't necessarily agree with everything he says about human behavior and coping mechanisms. But that's okay and doesn't have to detract from the key message and where he says we should go (behave, interact) from here on out because at the end of the day it's more important what we do next than that we absolutely agree on everything that's come before. I'm not going to share about what I disagree on for that very reason and because it's entirely possible I might change my mind about these disagreements later since there's a lot of links to further explore these topics that I'm looking forward to reading and contemplating. Ultimately I think it's more important to move forward in the healthiest way possible rather than get bogged down in dissecting everything to the nth degree. While I agree that we need to know who we are and how and why we behave the way we have, I agree with the author that because of how damaged we are, some truths might be too intense for us to handle at this point - and even the author is to a degree upset and alienated (because we all are) which can impact his interpretations too. I know us humans are not functioning well and I definitely desire to move past that into something better, truer and more integrated.

The author has been criticized for being too repetitive. I think that judgement is a bit harsh because he explains something and then later something else and because most of us don't read or think well, he brings up the thing from before to tie it into the new piece of insight. Sure, sometimes I wish he'd allude to it or reference it (and to be fair, sometimes he does) rather than repeating the whole thing. Or if he's got two or more related insights to the new thing, just reference one of them, but this also is something that shouldn't stop you from reading and thinking about the book.

He has a few writing style issues that I had to keep reminding myself not to get bogged down in, such as his serious overuse of "Yes,....", the word so, and hypenating strings of words. For me, every instance of that resulted in actual scratching of body (and I'm raw in some places), but not everyone will have that kind of visceral reaction. Again these were things I'm willing to overlook to read his thoughts and his wonderful collection of passages, poems, lyrics from people that influenced him. In particular, I was reminded of my great love of William Wordsworth who I haven't read in years and my past deep interest into writings on animal behavior. There's a significant amount of reading I want to do now starting with rereading Plato (who I also haven't read or thought about in years) and reading the bonobo research he references.

The author writes in a relatable style and spends a lot of time preparing you to understand the information, sharing the info, and then further explaining to make sure understanding is reached. There's videos to watch and discussion groups to join and links to further info of topics, like the 'deaf effect' (this is something that makes understanding slower or more difficult). This is written for the general public, you won't be wading through versions designed for the scientific community.

It's a big book with big ideas and stimulates thought about the human condition. I'm happy I read it, I'm going to reread it as well as the links to expanded development of his ideas and will read much of the material he references. I may very well be a part of this new transformative movement because of a deep resonance with key thoughts. I've been burned before so I'm proceeding cautiously and slowly, but this may well be the path I take. I definitely recommend this book. I wish I'd read the author's works long before now, as this could be the key to not simply personally living well, but legitimately saving humanity from complete catastrophe. I received this book at a free or discounted price in exchange for my honest review. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 05 May 2016

If you have ever watched the news and wondered what was wrong with humans, or lay sleepless at night worrying about the future of our planet then you need to read this book! It addresses all the questions you have asked yourself or asked others and have been dissatisfied with the answers. It answers the big WHYS! Why are we capable of so much hatred and destruction? Why are we so superficial and unhappy? The answers are pinned in logical, scientific information which serves to put all the peices of the puzzle together. It really changed the way I think. Read it! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from United States 04 May 2016

This book is a biological/science explanation of the human condition. The main message of the book is that though humans are capable of both great evil and great good, humans are fundamentally/genetically/instinctively good. The book explains how your brain works and why people think and act the way they do. Once you understand how your brain works it gives you "freedom" from the human condition and allows you to change for the better. Though it may sound like an exaggeration, application of the information in this book changed my perspective on how I view love, nature, people, religion, science etc. It also improved my relationship with my family, friends and others, and made me a more loving person. This is the most important book I have ever read. Dave Larsen, Utah (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 27 July 2015

The day you choose to read this book may well be the last day you think the way you have previously. The concept of "the human condition" and that, this, this "human condition" pervades our entire lives, everyone one of us, is such an extreme and bizarre concept and yet, and yet it just all make sense. It's honestly as if you have looked in the mirror for the first time, as if you walked outside and see things for the first time. Your whole perspective on life changes. It took me a long time to read because there was just so much to digest. It certainly helped me to watch the videos on the book website from time to time, whether that was for a change of scenery or what I'm not sure.

So you are introduced to this concept, which is rather simple really, surprisingly, and the rest of the book just uses that new insight that you've now been accustomed to to explain all aspects of life.

While there are many many moments of surprise, unease, shock, enlightenment, a homecoming of sorts because there are many moments you feel like you understood elements about your own life and just the world in general for the first time and that was enormously relieving, you still finish it wondering is that it now? Is this what it's all about? (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 29 March 2015

There are all sorts of philosophy books out there that try and explain the human condition, or at least how to live with it. History is full of them. Lately some scientists have tried to get in on the act, arguing that everything can be reduced down to our genes. Think Dawkins and E.O. Wilson. I have read them all, well a lot of them anyway. Some are just epic fails. Some are awesome, but not because they explain everything, but because they tell you how to live with it all. And then there is this book. This is the only book I have ever read that categorically gets to the bottom of it all. It scientifically explains the human condition, and with that explained, all the questions about our behavior just unlock before your eyes. I don't care what question you have, this book will answer it. Extraordinary. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 23 August 2014

This is no ordinary book. Jeremy Griffith’s summa masterpiece FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition is the spectacular culmination of more than 40 years of researching and writing about the human condition, its effect on the psychological state of humanity and its relieving and transforming explanation. The more I read the more I could see why leading psychiatrist Professor Prosen described this book in his Introduction as the “greatest of all books”. This is because FREEDOM presents the profound and comprehensive explanation of ALL the elemental questions that have baffled humanity – science in particular – surrounding our existence on this planet. The Contents page alone reads like the collected works of all of humanity’s greatest ever thinkers and prophets; and it’s a fair assessment, judging by the vast array of quotes that Griffith draws on. Topics include: the explanation of the human condition, the meaning of life, why and how did consciousness emerge in humans, the origins of the human soul, the transformation of the human race and many others. Griffith outlines particularly the four great unconfrontable truths that have stalled any meaningful scientific enquiry, namely the biological explanation of precisely what the human condition is, the meaning of existence, how we humans acquired our altruistic moral instincts and how we became conscious when other animals didn’t. These, Griffith explains, are the major stalling points that science has heroically but fearfully tried to penetrate, but without the fundamental explanation of ourselves it has been a confounding and increasingly impossible task.

A warning to the reader that this is not another “feel-good” intellectual publication but one that leaves you with an eerie sense that something profound is being discussed over which you have little control! For those not familiar with Griffith’s earlier work the “Notes to the Reader” at the beginning of the book addresses this discomfort; “Readers are warned that the issue of the human condition that this book addresses
has been such a difficult subject for humans to confront that reading about it can initially cause a ‘deaf effect’, where it is hard to take in and absorb what is being said. However, with patience and re-reading this deaf effect wears off, allowing the compassionate and immensely relieving insights to become accessible” .

The relevance of Griffith’s book cannot be lost on the reader – from both a macro and micro view of human life on this planet, the situation is overwhelmingly desperate – from the visible signs of our wrecked environment, overpopulation and overcrowding, governmental dysfunction, escalating conflicts and rampant self-interest to the less visible but no less distressing epidemics of psychosis, neurosis, depression, and other disorders stemming form colossal levels of alienation from our natural world. The situation is very serious, the need for clarity urgent. It is in this arena that Griffith compassionately illustrates what the problem is – the human condition – and then goes about paragraph by soothing paragraph to outline the simple, logical, dignified, biologically-based explanation for this condition. The psychological outlook on our lives is upturned and re-laid out in the most simple, rational and refreshingly original explanations. Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing (whom Griffith readily quotes) wrote, “The requirement of the present, the failure of the past, is the same: to provide a thoroughly self-conscious and self-critical human account of man” (par 224). Griffith outlines that paradoxically, the human condition is “the all-important issue that had to be solved…[but] it has been the great unacknowledged ‘elephant in the living room’ of our lives, THE absolutely critical and yet completely unconfrontable and virtually unmentionable subject in life” (par 130). Interested yet?

Chapter 3 explains that the human condition is the underlying insecurity and resulting psychosis that humans’ live with, unable to explain, despite our deepest intuition, that we are fundamentally good. When the evidence is overwhelming for our apparent badness/worthlessness as a species, how can we actually be good/worthwhile and an integral part of existence on this planet? How do we explain and account for our dark and “evil” natures? The answer lies in understanding the two million year old conflict between our instinctive, genetically orientated brain and our intelligent, nerve-based brain. “…since our altruistic, moral instincts are only genetic orientations to the world and not understandings of it, when our fully conscious, reasoning, self-managing mind emerged it would, in order to find the understandings it needed to effectively manage events, have had to challenge those instinctive orientations, which would have led to a psychologically upsetting clash with our moral instincts” (par 224).

It is explained that these necessary pioneering efforts of the newly emerged conscious mind, defied our already established instincts and caused the psychological conflict that has compounded over two million years resulting in the states of extreme psychosis and neurosis we see today. We became angry, egocentric and alienated or in a word: upset. Further, Griffith reveals that suffering becoming upset as a result of becoming conscious was “the tragic yet inevitable situation that any animal would have to endure if it transitioned from an instinct controlled state to an intellect controlled state” (par 64).

More often than not, publications that attempt to explain elusive subjects like the human soul, religion and consciousness etc., tend to get lost in their own maze of well-meaning intellectual confusion, but what this book reveals is the absolutely incredible, terrifying, confronting, most heroic, completely unabridged, truthful story of us humans from start to finish. Never before has there been such a totally symmetrical and holistic illustration of the problem facing the world and its compassionate solution.

Chapter 9 (the book’s final chapter) provides the crescendo of Griffith’s masterpiece which outlines the beauty, simplicity and meaningful happiness involved in adopting the “Transformed Lifeforce Way of Living” which is the wonderful solution to the obvious dilemma of how anyone in the world is going to cope with having to absorb and accept so much confronting and exposing truth about themselves?!?

It’s difficult to express the scope and breadth of the impact that this book will have on the world – for it will be felt for centuries to come. However, one hurdle remains for humanity before we can reach the ultimate fully-integrated, peaceful and reconciled state – the distressing question that is posed in the title of the book: FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition Is it too late? Is humanity, and particularly our scientific establishment, too entrenched in our alienated human condition to adopt what is being explained? Reading this book puts us squarely in the hot-seat of our species predicament. The outcome is up to us. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 12 August 2014

This book will literally change the world. You must read this. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 10 August 2014

There is so much "noise" or distraction in the world these days it's almost impossible to find any clear air to just think and have the room to absorb anything meaningful. Fiction is designed to take us away from the day to day and any so called facts are hidden amongst so much peripheral clutter that they are like finding the all so elusive needle in a hay stack. But reading this book was like someone turned on the lights, it answers so many questions and reconciles nearly every issue I previously thought irreconcilable. When I read this book I couldn't help but feel transported away from a world that seems so hopelessly lost and destined to implode into one so full of redemption, promise and fulfillment. This book cuts through all the noise and is literally as though it's been written by someone from another planet. It is so direct and to the point and cuts so deep into the issue of what it is to be human. I can't believe how lucky I am to have come across such a penetrating and liberating piece of work and can not recommend it highly enough. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 10 August 2014

If you genuinely want to understand human behaviour and make sense of the mess in the world - then read this book! (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, 10 July 2014

This book feels like the truth. I can't explain it. He talks about all sorts of topics that are really really really interesting and he just describes the world so well, what a mess it is all in, a mess we are all in! The chapters on childhood and nurturing and his 'love indoctrination' theory are jsut really fascinating and really impressed me. I'm doing lots of 'really reallys'!!. I felt impelled to writes a review because it just feels like a really (!) important book that I do hope others read too. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 08 July 2014

FREEDOM is a big book and necessarily so, if it is to explain fundamentally what it means to be human. When I tell people this book is the most important book you will ever read, I’m naturally met with surprise, doubt and sometimes disdain that I should be so naïve or strange. But say it how it is! It’s no fluffy, walk in the park, self-motivational book or one claiming to solve the world’s problems via a new means of saving the environment or curbing population. This book stands back and looks on at our species and at our planet and delves into the very heart of the problem, ALL of the problems. In short (v.v. short) it explains what happened to humans, how we went from being instinctively driven (like all other species on Earth) to becoming conscious - the crux juncture in the human journey when one could say, the “shit hit the fan”.

It is this stage in the human story (that occurred some 2 million years ago) that Griffith explains produced an internal clash that now defines what it means to be a human; why we’re so self-driven and egotistical, why we are so self preoccupied, why we need materialism and spiritualism, why religions were invented and what they have done for humans (and why they are now so dangerously fundamentalist), why the relationship between men and women is so fraught … I could go on. But basically the human condition underpins every one of our actions, every single human, no matter how young or old, is ‘inflicted’ by this state of being a human under the duress of the human condition and as such, unless we understand that – in biological terms – we will never be freed from the psychological mess we are all in. (Source).

Review of FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition, from Australia 13 June 2014

From time to time we are stopped in our tracks. Something disrupts our veneer and strikes a deep chord in our psyche, transcending our day to day lives, leaving a lasting imprint.

Jeremy Griffith’s summa work FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition left me in a state of shock, awe and hope for our future. It captivated and stirred me, awakening my senses from a world in turmoil and a world drowning in superficiality. It also unsettled me—the subject matter and implications for me as an individual and for us as a species ensured this. Even the title unnervingly confronts us with the stark reality of a planet seemingly on the brink of self-destruction.

To context the significance of the realm Griffith works in; Professor Harry Prosen, renowned psychiatrist and former President of the Canadian Psychiatric Association said this about the importance of the book for humans;

‘This book of books, indeed this greatest of all books, effectively takes humanity from a state of bewilderment about the nature of human existence to a state of profound understanding of our lives. It is a case of having got all the truth up in one go! I believe this is the most sensational information to ever appear on planet Earth’. ‘I have no doubt this biological explanation of the human condition is the holy grail of insight we have sought for the psychological rehabilitation of the human race.’

As to the seriousness of this ‘psychological rehabilitation of the human race’ Griffith quotes the great Scottish clinical psychiatrist R. D. Laing who starkly articulates just how compromised he feels the human psychological situation is;

‘We are dead, but think we are alive. We are asleep, but think we are awake. We are dreaming, but take our dreams to be reality. We are the halt, lame, blind, deaf, the sick. But we are doubly unconscious. We are so ill that we no longer feel ill, as in many terminal illnesses. We are mad, but have no insight [into the fact of our madness]’ (Self and Others, 1961, p.38 of 192).

Griffith himself says this about the direful state of human affairs;

‘Conflict between individuals, races, cultures and countries abounds; there is genocide, terrorism, mass displacement of peoples, starvation, runaway diseases, environmental devastation, gross inequality, racial and gender oppression, rampant corruption and other crimes, drug abuse, obesity, family breakdown and epidemic levels of depression, unhappiness and loneliness… In short, the situation is now so dire the human race is, in fact, entering end play or end game, where the Earth cannot absorb any further devastation from the effects of our behaviour’ (Chapter 2, FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition).

With this backdrop to our human situation, Griffith puts forward that ‘the issue of the human condition is the ONLY question facing the human race, because its solution has become a matter of critical urgency’ (Chapter 2, FREEDOM). A biologist by trade, Griffith’s working life has been spent writing about, understanding and explaining the human condition (he has written seven other books, including Australasian best seller A Species in Denial). Grounded in biology, his writing is bold, upfront and honest, cutting a swathe through the world we live in. Yet, for all the confronting truths he unlocks about our human condition, and there are many, Griffith has the uncanny ability to walk in the reader’s shoes, to make sense of all that seems inexplicable in our world and in ourselves in a way that will deeply resonate.

Griffith’s discourse is comprehensive, and doing justice to the depth of insight and subject matter covered is not possible in this short review, however it is suffice to say that Griffith moves with apparent ease through profound and consequential subject matter. He draws on the likes of Plato, Nietzsche, Van der Post, Darwin, R.D Laing and others and he deals head on with explaining men and women, politics and religion. He takes the reader on a journey of enlightenment from explaining the development of order of matter on Earth and the meaning of life to leading the reader through the psychological maturation of humanity from the origins of our conscience, the development of consciousness and the emergence of the human condition.

What lies at the heart of Griffith’s insight is his biological explanation of the human condition and the liberation from life under the duress of the human condition that he claims is now possible. To that end, in Chapter 2; ‘The true nature of the human condition’, Griffith presciently reconnects the reader with the deeply buried-inside-us-all issue of the human condition. He confronts us with narrative on the contradictory nature of our behavior, describing both our capacity to be loving, selfless and compassionate and paradoxically to be selfish, aggressive and brutal. Griffith then raises the fundamental questions that he suggests we face as a species: Why are we the way we are? Where does our contradictory nature and this dark side to our behavior come from? Does this divisive behavior mean that we are fundamentally “bad” or “flawed”? and; How will this behavior ever be bought to an end?

With these all-encompassing questions posed, Griffith then fearlessly, logically and compassionately, through first degree biology goes about answering them. In essence he suggests that we have a cooperative past and that our original instinctive orientation, the representation of which is our conscience or soul was to the ‘universally accepted ideals of life, to be cooperative, loving and selfless’ and that in fact we once lived in an all loving and selfless ‘Garden of Eden’ state. Griffith then goes on to explain that the human condition, this paradox of good and evil that we have in our make-up only appeared with the development of consciousness. Griffith identifies this key moment as happening some two million years ago:

‘… once our nerve-based learning system became sufficiently developed for us to become conscious and able to effectively manage events, our conscious intellect was then in a position to wrest control from our gene-based learning system’s instincts, which, up until then, had been in charge of our lives… Moreover, at the point of becoming conscious the nerve-based learning system should wrest management of the individual from the instincts because such a self-managing or self-adjusting system is infinitely more efficient at adapting to change than the gene-based system, which can only adapt to change very slowly over many generations. HOWEVER, it was at this juncture, when our conscious intellect challenged our instincts for control, that a terrible battle broke out between our instincts and intellect, the effect of which was the extremely competitive, selfish and aggressive state that we call the ‘human condition’’ (Chapter 2 , FREEDOM).

With this established Griffith reasons that without understanding of this dilemma or paradox of the human condition, of why when the ideals in life are, and our original instinctive orientation was, to be cooperative, loving and selfless are we humans capable of such ‘extremely competitive, selfish and aggressive’ behaviour that we have been left carrying a deep ‘burden of guilt’ and insecurity about our fundamental sense of worth. However, and the simplicity of this can seem beguiling, Griffith explains that it is through being able to understand why our human condition emerged and the very good reason for all of our behaviour, or put another way through now having the biological explanation of our fundamental worth, that this burden of guilt can lift from our psyche enabling the behavior to subside and the cycle of destruction plaguing our planet to end, bringing about real and transformative change to the world. In fact, Chapter 9 is inspirationally titled “The ‘dawn…of our emancipation’”! And this future that Griffith sees clearly needs inclusion;

“Everyone in every situation and predicament can now rise up as radiant new beings from their corpse-like state. Everyone can now come back to life—can wake up from their human-condition-afflicted torpor and look outwards and see each other and the world for the first time, and move across and help each other, and do anything and everything that needs to be done to end the suffering and pain that plagues this planet. We humans have, in truth, all been asleep, owned by so much pain and suffering. And, certainly, we are going to be in shock for a little while absorbing the realisation that we have finally won our freedom from the agony of the human condition—but it’s on, the great awakening, the rising up of the human race from its deep slumber. From the festering, stalled state it has been in for far too long, waiting for these liberating understandings of the human condition, the human race is finally on its way!” (Chapter 9 , FREEDOM).

In a world consumed by suffering, anger, desperation, corruption, violence and despair, and with society disintegrating and rotting in dogma and meaninglessness FREEDOM is timely and seismic. Timely in the desperately needed answers, meaning and understanding it brings to our world, and seismic in the truth and hope that this knowledge brings to our future. Every human needs a copy of this book. (Source).