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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre  And is the push within the spiritual community for the collective evolution of consciousness likely also to fail if it focuses too heavily on equality and cooperation without encouraging at least some aspects of individualism? |
I think equality and cooperation have individuality already built in them. Individuality doesn't, and doesn't have to mean me vs. you; to me, individuality means me and you.
In the essay, it's the men and men's relationships that withhold individuality. In those large and shallow relationships, parties are getting quite generic, and differentiates only by the little differences. (Hence maybe that notion of men in groups identifying themselves by how they are different from others, and women by how they are similar.) And if you're generic, you're not really that valuable.
In a cooperative community, consisting of individuals who all are distinct and have distinct and non-replaceable "tasks to do", you can't replace anyone so easily.
Which is easier to replace: president of a country or a parent of a child?