From Birth, We’re Flooded In Triviality

This is what has happened to society,
and why of us most have become stupid.

Trivia, in modern terms, means information of little value = entertainment.
In ancient term, trivia, actually meant ‘the place where three roads meet’.

These three roads were the foundation of a classical, liberal arts education.

Grammar (knowledge). Logic (understanding). Rhetoric (wisdom). This led on to quadrivium … and finally to omnivium, the ‘all-encompassing path’ where all disciplines converge into a unified understanding of reality.

Why trivium became trivial:
Because these three subjects were taught first to young students, this knowledge was considered basic, elementary, and common to everyone. Thus, over centuries, anything that was common or simple began to be called ‘trivial’ which eventually led to our modern definition of something being unimportant or insignificant.

In modern times, we’ve become stuck with a gross misunderstanding of the meaning of the basics. This is why the subject of consciousness – the highest understanding of life – is never mentioned in today’s society. If it is, it’s more concerned with form of philosophical theorising and religious rituals, rather than experiencing the essence of what we are.

It’s vital that consciousness be kept alive, rather than remaining dormant.