A Tibetan Lama said to me, "The best place to stand, Ram Dass, is halfway between hope and hopelessness." So I can write a scenario for the 21st century in either direction. One is that it all goes to hell and that it's truly the dark age.
The Ego ages... the Soul evolves... and to the Awareness, nothing happened!
Compassion and love, that's all.
Pain is the mind. It's the mind. It's the thoughts of the mind.
The game is not about becoming somebody, it's about becoming nobody.
When someone we love dies, we get so busy mourning what died that we ignore what didn't.