Conformity Consciousness: Conformity consciousness is the awareness and internalization of social norms and expectations, guiding individuals to align their behavior, beliefs, or appearance with those of their group or society to achieve acceptance or harmony. ~Grok2
Justice (n.) “the exercise of authority in vindication of right by assigning reward or punishment;” also “moral soundness and conformity to truth.”
In the past, I have discussed the three main densities of consciousness that one can operate in, 3rd density conformity consciousness, 4th density individuality consciousness, and 5th density unity consciousness, and that they represent the three liberal arts contained within the Trivium of knowledge, understanding, and wisdom, respectively. They also mirror the three stages of human life, childhood, adulthood, and the golden years, aka children, parents, and grandparents.
Q: How might childhood be described as the time frame of being in conformity consciousness?
Childhood can be described as a period where conformity consciousness is particularly pronounced because children are in the process of learning and internalizing societal norms, values, and rules. During these formative years, children often conform to the expectations of parents, teachers, and peers as a means to gain approval, avoid punishment, or simply to navigate their social world. This consciousness of conformity shapes their behavior, identity, and social interactions, setting the foundation for how they will engage with broader society as they grow into adulthood. ~Grok2
Q: How does justice force conformity (towards truth and/or lesser man made standards)?
Justice forces conformity to truth through legal mechanisms like perjury laws, evidence-based decision-making, and the need for public trust [through adhering/conforming to universal standards], compelling individuals and institutions to adhere to factual accuracy. However, it can also enforce conformity to lesser man-made standards when cultural norms, political agendas, or practical considerations like plea bargaining influence legal outcomes, sometimes at the expense of absolute truth. This duality shows that while justice ideally conforms to truth, real-world practices often balance between upholding truth and navigating human-imposed standards. ~Grok2
In the Bible, we find a verse that commands children to obey their parents, and it is considered “Biblical law”:
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.” ~Exodus 20:12 NKJV
Let’s look at this verse metaphorically, where parents are a steward of objective truth, and therefore a metaphor for justice, while children are a metaphor for conformity consciousness and being led by their subjective emotional whims. It is my contention that it is therefore the parents role to behave as Lady Justice and be good stewards of the truth in relationship to their children, to bring them into “moral soundness and conformity to truth” through teaching them the principles of truth, providing sound education in the spirit of the truth, but also by modeling justice through lovingly asserting their role with loving force, by employing loving yet reasonable natural consequences that hold their children accountable and liable for their choices in a consistent fashion. Such education, empathetic love, and physical enforcement is meant to turn children, who are immature beings moved to and fro by their childish and emotional whims, into morally responsible and reasonable adults who have holistically integrated into an individualistic society.
Q: Answer as the philosopher John Locke in one paragraph. In what ways are parents to be considered stewards of justice and truth, to teach children conformity to the law of reason in a just fashion, so that children grow up honoring truth and justice in adulthood, aka the age of reason?
Parents, as I have argued, are naturally tasked with the stewardship of justice and truth within the domestic sphere, for they are the first educators of their children, instilling in them the principles that will guide their conduct in society. In this capacity, they must teach children conformity not merely to the laws of the land but to the higher law of reason, which is the foundation of all just governance. This requires parents to act as exemplars of virtue, demonstrating fairness, honesty, and the rational pursuit of truth in their daily interactions. By doing so, they nurture in their offspring an understanding that true liberty is found in the adherence to rational laws, which are in themselves a reflection of natural law. Thus, children raised in such a manner will, upon reaching the age of reason, naturally honor truth and justice, understanding these as the very essence of a well-ordered society, where each individual’s rights are respected and where reason, rather than force or caprice, governs human relations. ~Grok2
When looking at the command to honor your father and mother, it is my reasoned contention that children are only on the hook to honor their parents when their parents are actually embodying their role as stewards of justice and truth, otherwise their role as initial justice provider tasked with lovingly educating and enforcing conformity towards truth, reasonableness, and morality becomes skewed into a provider of injustice based upon the parents’ subjective personal preferences and lies, who are teaching their children injustice, unreasonableness, and immorality. If one or both parents have been compromised by negative influences, such as childhood trauma, mental illness, or societal pressures that make them forfeit their moral responsibility to reason, making them functionally behave and operate as children too, it isn’t actually reasonable for a child, especially those who may have later in life found adulthood in spite of their parents injustices, to honor or continue to honor their parent’s subjective personality, lies, emotional whims, and unreasonableness.
What do you think, is it true empathy and compassion to honor parents who act in an unjust and untrue manner, or is it lacking boundaries and enabling poor behaviors in toxic individuals who need help? Additionally, should such parents have rights to their children, and/or culturally speaking after a child grows up, when they haven’t yet reached adulthood themselves, and are behaving in immature and destructive ways towards them?
Q: Please explain why it might be a bad idea to conform to a personality/person rather than conforming to the core principles and character traits of truth.
Conforming to a personality or person rather than to the core principles and character traits of truth can lead to several detrimental outcomes. Firstly, individuals are inherently fallible, and by aligning oneself too closely with another’s persona, one risks adopting their mistakes, biases, or even unethical behaviors without critical reflection. Personalities can change, and people can err, leading followers down a path that might not align with objective truth or moral integrity. This conformity can also foster a culture of dependency where one’s moral compass or decision-making process is outsourced to another, potentially stifling personal growth and the development of one’s own ethical reasoning. It might also create an environment where dissent or questioning is discouraged, leading to a lack of innovation, critical thinking, or the evolution of ideas.
Moreover, when individuals conform to a person rather than principles, they may overlook or rationalize away contradictions or ethical lapses for the sake of loyalty or belonging. This can lead to a scenario where truth becomes subjective to the whims or agendas of the individual being followed rather than being rooted in consistent, universal values. Over time, this can erode the very foundation of trust and integrity within groups or societies. Principles like honesty, justice, compassion, and respect for truth are timeless and can guide behavior across different contexts and times. Conforming to these principles rather than personalities ensures that actions are ethically sound, promoting a society that values truth over charisma or power, ultimately fostering a more equitable, transparent, and just community.
~Grok2
So let me paraphrase the verse about honoring your father and mother, but now with a more nuanced and clear way to say it that brings the deeper truth to the surface (and I even use a little “boundary magic” in its structure):
“Honor your father and your mother (“yes, but”, if and when they are actually honoring and representing the truth, and you are still a child in conformity consciousness who hasn’t yet embodied the truth fully as an emancipated adult), that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.” ~Exodus 20:12 NKJV (Paraphrased by Me!)
COLLECTIVISM
Let’s now look at how collectivism thrives on keeping humanity in conformity consciousness, and therefore in a childish state of being, and how the so-called authorities get drunk on power by playing the role of adults, but are actually just entitled children (negative 4th density consciousness) with adult bodies, power, and force on their side.
Q: What role does conformity and conformity consciousness play in collectivist ideologies?
In collectivist ideologies, conformity and conformity consciousness play crucial roles in maintaining social harmony, identity, and collective functionality. Conformity ensures alignment with group norms, which helps in reducing conflict, fostering a shared identity where individual actions reflect on the group, and preserving cultural traditions. Conformity consciousness, or the awareness of the need to conform, encourages individuals to prioritize group welfare, leading to cooperative behaviors and decisions that support collective goals over personal ones. However, this can also lead to suppression of individuality and creativity, potentially resulting in groupthink or marginalization of those who deviate from the norm, highlighting the need for a balance to leverage the benefits of collectivism while mitigating its downsides. ~Grok2
Collectivism, and collectivist forms of government, are therefore giant daycare centers where the so-called authorities are taking up a parental role and the citizenship are considered the children who must conform to their parents direction. This idea was actually addressed by John Locke in his two treatises on government when he used reason to pick apart the concept of the “Divine Right of Kings”, which posited the same line of rationalization that royalty are parents and that their subjects are their children who must conform to them and their whims. This line of reasoning is just as fallacious now as it was then, because it is the role of parents to take up the mantle of justice, and to be ambassadors of truth to their children in order to raise them into healthy and responsible adults in individuality consciousness who are grounded in the truth. Parents accomplish this task through teaching their children how to conform to the principles of truth by being guiding instruments of loving yet firm justice.
It is our own inner children, in ourselves and in our literal children, that must be taught to conform to truth in order to graduate into adulthood and individuality consciousness, so that all can be governed (aka justice) by the truth, and not governed by persons, parents, or governments any longer. If a parent or government is abdicating their judicial role as stewards of the truth, but are then still expecting the same amount of honor and respect when they attempt to make their children or citizenry conform to their unreasonable emotional whims, and therefore lies, there is a contradiction and conflict of interests here, and immoral behavior on the part of the so-called authority too. A person, family, community, society, or government should never attempt to make others, including their own children, conform to their subjective emotions and personality, which models injustice to others, and teaches children to grow into conformist adults who obey external authority in collectivist societies. After childhood, all justice should be moving people towards conforming to objective truth, and not injustice moving people towards conforming to subjective lies.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, it is the parents role to behave as Lady Justice and be good stewards of the truth in relationship to their children, to bring them into “moral soundness and conformity to truth” through teaching them the principles of truth, but also by using justice to lovingly assert their role with loving force, by employing empathetic and yet reasonable natural consequences that hold children accountable and liable for their choices. This will therefore bring them into conformity in relationship to the truth, and integrate them into true adulthood and individuality consciousness. I highly recommend the form of parenting I used, Parenting with Love and Logic, for a practical guide to provide justice to children in a Socratic manner that they’ll appreciate later in life. From there, the newly minted adults can then make the trek into unity consciousness, where their individual personality dissolves into the greater cosmic whole (much like salt where individual molecules of salt never cease being distinguished as salt, yet still integrates into the greater whole of water that interconnects the other salt molecules together), which is something that the predators who peddle conformity consciousness can only “play house” and pretend to grant.
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