That is all on the microcosmic individual scale but at the macrocosmic scale humanity at large is currently in a state whereby it is not engaging fully with its unconscious mind. We are being trained to look outside ourselves for answers instead of looking within and the ego is running rampant.
No, we're actually not… we're being 'taught' to be productive members of a society that actively
supports and allows introspection and meditation to occur. You seem to have this idealized vision of the past and are completely ignoring the fact that 'spirituality' and 'truth' are actually luxuries that serve no practical purpose whatsoever… and the majority traditionally understood them in the same superficial terms that the majority still understands them in-- not because they're being controlled, but because their social circles reinforce those opinions and their social circles are integral to their beings.
I'm pretty sure that you didn't arrive at your conclusions because you have access to some sort of secret underground information superhighway… all of the information/discussion you needed to form your own obviously critical, insightful opinions is there for anyone to discover.
And I would definitely argue that throughout the ages the more high-minded concepts that are now widespread and freely available were usually off-limits to all but the most elite upper classes of society, who developed their 'spirituality' at the expense of the lower classes. In fact, the entire religion of Hinduism revolves around a caste system where the spiritual leaders are entitled to the most benefits.
But this isn't even something that is exclusive to Hinduism--'spiritual' people have always depended
heavily on donations from productive members of society… industry, organization and a healthy economy
permit spirituality by setting up a society of 'plenty'. I guarantee that even 200 years ago, people did
not have time to sit around and have discussions like the one going on in this thread… they were too busy trying to survive. You can't have masturbatory discussions like these when you need to save your energy for the ploughs, or the fields, or the blacksmith's shop…
So yeah, to reiterate-- my point is that spirituality isn't being covered up or crushed by modern society-- mostly because there are so few expectations being placed on individuals. In fact, we're living in a society that is incredibly fertile and permissive when it comes to spiritual growth.
There has been a coherent policy by elites through the ages to get people to externalise and to literalise. For example many have been encouraged to interprete religion literally which has then disempowered them by hiding from them the symbolic power of religion which in turn then deprives these people of its transformative power because these myths tell us about underlying processes within our own psyches. If we are able to engage with them on that level we are better able to evolve ourselves by making conscious what was once unconscious and then working with that to improve ourselves and our situation
This is simply not true. There is more information available about a wider variety of religions and spiritual concepts than has ever been available before.
Anyone can go onto wikipedia and if they're halfway intelligent figure out that some people interpret the Bible as less than literal. No one is 'controlling' anyone's mind… university religion courses don't teach 'literal' interpretations of religions texts, and excepting some moronic church leaders, no respectable educational institution is going to teach literal interpretations of religious texts as truth. Even in my high school we had courses where debate and critical thinking were actively encouraged-- and this isn't even taking into account the kids who get onto forums like these and enter into dialogues like this one.
This struggle will manifest itself in greater controls and surveillance put onto the people and their activities by the coldly rational athoritarian elites in order to prevent their spiritual growth and the acheiving of their fuller potential. Counter to this will be a ressurgance of interest in spiritual matters among the people and a widening of their perceptions to accept new possibilities.
After the turmoil the societal synthesis will hopefully be one of balance and of an ego under control where individual freedoms are not suppressed by the will of the few but at the same time are weighed against the individuals responsibilities towards their community so as to achieve a harmonious balance between the needs of the individual and the needs of the wider community
The only reason that there appears to be more censorship is because
there is also more free expression. They didn't need to clamp down on it before because it didn't exist, and where it did, it was never as free or as wild. You're getting indignant over the perceived loss of 'freedoms' that weren't even an issue 20 years ago… if there was some grand master plan to corrupt everyone's souls, then why did they even permit things to get as wild and free as they are?
Even without the Internet, anyone can go to the library and find books on any subject. I'm finding it extremely hard to believe that you actually think your conspiracy theories are credible.