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situation is deeply dissatisfied with, or only superficially belongs to, the level at which the
situation apparently develops. Unfortunately, a truly holistic approach is often difficult to
take and sustain, especially by human beings involved in the situation or when the
situation includes persons used as transmitters by superior beings or who have become
unconscious channels for the operation of catabolic forces.
An example is the traditional case of an Avatar through whom a divine being — or in
more modern terms, the values and ideals of a new step in human evolution —
"manifests" or reveals transformative ideas. The vertical character of the relationship
between the physical person and the power or entity active through him or her should be
clear to a perceptive, open-minded, and sensitive witness; but history dramatically proves
that this is not so in the great majority of the cases. Today "reductionist" philosophers and
psychologists insist that strictly personal factors and horizontal conflicts can explain
everything about the Avatar's life. The same type of explanation may seem even more
relevant concerning the creative activities — and some noncreative and seemingly strictly
personal actions and reactions — in the lives of great artists or in the behavior and inner
motives of statesmen and inventors whose actions have profoundly affected the way of
life and the thinking of large collectivities.
From the holarchic point of view, this reductionist interpretation is superficial and
essentially incomplete, even if welcomed by devotees of an egalitarian and nonhierarchical
philosophy of life. Such an approach in music would reject the possibility of a polyphonic
interplay of melodic lines, because music can only mean unison singing — as was the case
in most ancient cultures. On the other hand, a great many people today — whether they
consider themselves Spiritualists or refuse to accept such a label — are reductionists in
reverse. They see their actions merely as a passive, guitar-like accompaniment to melodies
that have little meaning and even less transformative impact — melodies believed to be
played by a transcendent "spirit," a discarnate "soul," a "Master" whose name has come to
public notice, or even "the Christ."
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