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I am near completion of another book and have decided to provide a sample here. Those who are familiar with me are aware of my first book - to be re-released under BOOKSURGE, first book is " Viamund the Boy-Love Vampyre Says" Below you may read an actual excerpt from my next book.

The Construct

Of Human

Civilization

By Octaevius K.W.F.R. Altair

The construct of human civilization is flawed.

To comprehend the construct in relation to the perception of reality.

What does the word, “construct”, mean? It is not a difficult concept to grasp as the word itself lends to the comprehension of it. For the purpose of simplicity I will provide the definition of the word as supplied by the WEBSTER’S ENCYCLOPEDIC UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY of the English Language - copyright 1989 –.

1.to form by putting together parts; build; frame; devise.

2.Geom. To draw (a figure) fulfilling certain given conditions.

3.something constructed

4.a complex image or idea formed from a number of simpler images or ideas.

All things that relate to humanity are constructs. Reality itself is an individual construct that is based on senses, perceptions, conditioning – PROGRAMMING -. In order to understand this we must examine the evolution of the individual in regards to these various elements that are responsible for each human beings perception of reality. In the beginning, the human is a mere fetus within the womb of it’s mother. It is becoming formed of flesh and at some point the brain begins to exhibit electrical activity. The brain is a complex organic computer. As with all computers, it requires programming to be effective. It is unclear when the sense of sentience takes hold of this flesh, still it must be presumed that we became aware of our surroundings at this time. The reality of this human is clearly an individualistic, isolationist, highly different type of reality from an adult human. To presume to know this state would be fiction. Suddenly this human finds itself outside the womb – here we see another aspect which will effect the perception of reality. - A new environment and a gleaning of the greater social interactions of fellow species yet to come. A new aspect of society that is all a part of the sensory experience and programming within the brain that aids to perception of reality. As this young human begins to age, new aspects such as family becomes introduced and so yet another layer of perception is added to the programming within the brain. Introduction to the media – such as television and radio – create another layer. The world has grown now from the single flesh within the womb, to the immediate family, to school and peers and ultimately the concept of a greater society. This construct of reality within each individual is similar in terms of the physical reality, mass consciousness and social programming but it is still the product within each individual unto themselves. These are shaped in part through the external influences of culture and the demands that increase in reference to the exploration of that social construct within the particular culture. Eventually the human begins to embrace a construct of reality that includes not just the planetary scale, but a more universal/dimensional scope.

To understand the concept of civilization it is necessary to accept the fact that MASS CONSCIOUSNESS exists within the human species. This is the thing that enables all human beings to relate to each other on the most simplified, basic level. Everybody would rather be happy than sad, accepted than rejected. All have the same desires regardless of the geographic location or social tier or age or sex or sexuality etc. that they occupy or adhere to. Essentially all of the human species are the same in this regard. Another aspect of mass consciousness is the sense of “where we belong”. Each individual suddenly begins to relate to a particular strata within the society of their particular culture. We may use the term “class” to refer to this sense of belonging. Is this sense a result of programming or intrinsic to the natural evolution of the species? It is a combination of both. As Darwin theorized in his book ‘On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life’, each variation within nature if useful is preserved. On a social term – within the flaws of the current construct of present civilization – the stratas within are aided through the use of social programming. The propagation of the concepts of “class” are part of that programming which infiltrates the mass consciousness of humanity. It is this tier system within our socio-economic construct that reflects on the political structure that is flawed. Within the mass consciousness there exists a sense of intrinsic values in regards to the relations amongst the human species. This may be described through the archaic expression “sense of fair play”. To believe that each human is entitled to equal consideration and respect and opportunity. Somewhere along the lines of development, this perception becomes altered as our concept of social stratas interferes with the mass consciousness’ definitions of “fair”. We begin to create artificial barriers within our society to classify and marginalize the human species. These are artificial constructs that are the flaw and prevent the ideal of “fairness” to persevere. This results in the actual construct of civilization to differ from the mass consciousness’ perception in regards to the “fairness” of conceptualized verses the final product of civilization. The idealized shall be regarded as Civilization Level One – to be elaborated upon in greater detail – the actual is Civilization Level Zero – our tiered system – and finally the result - is decay and collapse -. To view the diagram which follows we see the states of idealized – Equality -, actual – Tiered system -, result- Polarization-.