WAY 0f NATURE is the WAY 0f DEATH

Human consciousness will not evolve unconsciously, as is the way of Nature. It can only evolve consciously and in alignment with its own intrinsic processes. Following the path of Nature, also known as the Objective Universe, leads to unconscious existence on a biological level, driven by mindless mechanisms. This path hinders individual evolution, fostering lethargy, weight gain, clogged arteries, and a sluggish metabolism. Nature's way also encourages us to stop introspection, leading to the outward projection of our unconscious internal demons, or the Jungian Shadow Self.

Enter the Black Flame

Fortunately, we possess a self-aware consciousness that empowers us to live for ourselves. We are not bound by the unconscious, inexorable mechanisms of Nature. Unlike Nature, we have the ability to choose and to go against the grain.

The Way of the Black Flame embodies this conscious self-awareness, granting us the power to alter, determine, and direct our own path in a way unparalleled by any other species on Earth. We are not at the mercy of Nature's whims; we can rise above its unconscious mechanisms, defy its flow, and reinvent ourselves. While the Way of Nature represents the path of least resistance, appealing to the herd mentality, true consciousness emerges and evolves through difficulty and challenge. It requires conscious effort to develop and become more aware. Nature, on the other hand, only leads us toward greater unconsciousness.

Proto-man was once just one among many animal species struggling for survival over millennia. If his brain evolved through natural selection, why didn't the brains of other creatures similarly evolve, even to a small extent? The reality is that while human brains have "evolved," the brains of other creatures have remained practically unchanged. According to the law of averages, which applies to natural selection as well as to anything else, at least some species should have evolved in intelligence to at least a partial extent comparable to humans. Yet, none have.

What, then, accounts for this anomaly?

The only plausible explanation is a Deliberate Cause. This implies the existence of an Isolate Intelligence influencing our physical form (brain/body)—a Soul or Psyche that is independent of the objective universe and its physical constraints.

This Soul or Psyche is not merely the aggregate of the brain's sensory and manipulative functions, like an "organic" computer processing information. It possesses a sense of identity, uniqueness, distance, and differentiation from all other existence.

For proto-man, natural selection would have favored traits such as strength, toughness, hairiness, aggressiveness, and speed over brain development. By this logic, humans should have evolved into beings more like gorillas. Yet, we are not gorillas. Our increasing intelligence has made life easier, but also left us physically weaker and more vulnerable. We owe our health and longevity to our intelligence, which has allowed us to create medicines, establish dietary standards, control environments, and develop weapons for protection.