Freedom

How do you review a book that introduces a new paradigm? By what yardstick can you possibly measure it? That is the difficulty a reviewer faces with Griffith’s book ‘FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition’.
The main idea is that at our deepest level at humans are unsure whether we are good or bad. We are insecure, so insecure that we cant even admit it. As a result we are all preoccupied with proving ourselves. The only way humanity can become secure is through finally finding the scientific understanding that explains why humans are good even though we appear to be bad. And that is what this book presents. That explanation, so you have an idea of what it is, is as follows: “A conflict between our instinct and intellect occurred because instincts are only orientations, which means that when the insightful nerve-based learning system became sufficiently able to understand cause and effect to wrest management of self from the instincts the instinctive orientations would have challenged that takeover, leaving the intellect no choice other than to defy that resistance, with that necessary defiance being the explanation for our angry, egocentric and alienated human-condition-afflicted state.”
Griffith uses this intellect vs instinct theory to then explain religion, our egocentricity, the battle of the sexes, the ADHD epidemic, materialism, differences between races, the left and right wing in politics, adolescence, why science has had to be mechanistic, the deeper meaning of great works of literature etc etc etc etc. And what is so extraordinary — and confirming of the central concept — is just how readily all these aspects of our existence can be explained when this intellect vs instinct insight is applied.
After reading this book you will never look at the world the same way; indeed you will never look at yourself the same way. This book gives the gift of understanding. Read it.

“The journalist Richard Neville was frighteningly accurate when, in summarising the desperate state of our species’ situation, he wrote that ‘the world is hurtling to catastrophe: from nuclear horrors, a wrecked eco-system, 20 million dead each year from malnutrition, 600 million chronically hungry…​All these crises are man made, their causes are psychological. The cures must come from this same source; which means the planet needs psychological maturity fast. We are locked in a race between self destruction and self discovery’ (Good Weekend, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 Oct. 1986)” And that was written 40 years ago! The distressed state of our world has spiralled out of control since then. But this book stops all of this in its tracks and fixes all our problems because biologist Jeremy Griffith addresses and solves the core underlying issue in all human affairs of the human condition.

Personally, Jeremy’s breakthrough ‘instinct v intellect’ treatise has completely transformed my life, through bringing redeeming understanding to all my insecurities and divisive behaviour - I know now that I am fundamentally good and I no longer need to live preoccupied with proving I am. And I know if this can happen to me, it can happen to every human, and together we can live in support of a world where children grow up free of off the horrors caused by the human condition!

Yes, as author Victor Hugo famously said, ‘An invasion of armies can be resisted but not an idea whose time has come’. And with all the crises and suffering and mental agony in the world now, the time has most certainly come for this biological breakthrough explanation of the human condition! So, let’s share this profound gift of understanding ourselves with all of humanity and fix our precious world! 🌎

I've read many books on psychology, philosophy, and solutions for fixing the world. I feel I've searched through an immense amount of material trying to make sense of human existence and why we are the way we are, but nothing has answered my questions and fulfilled my mind like Jeremy's work.

While I found it difficult to understand at first, and some of the claims quite confronting, I now can't express the level of appreciation I have for this knowledge. It's the greatest of journeys- this book takes you into a journey of deep self-discovery and into learning the whole human story. Jeremy's work answers the deepest questions that have pressed on and daunted the human mind for thousands of years.

He's a biologist, so it's first-principles-based science, which I appreciate because there's no mysticism or esoteric thinking- just complete answers. Everything can be researched and tested, and I found it to stack up completely.

This knowledge also works ! It's not another self-help philosophy or biological theory the explanations deal with the very root issue causing all the suffering in ourselves and on the planet. In brings about a freedom in our minds, it dissolves our polarised perspective of ourselves, the anxiety, the self-criticism, the anger, selfishness, and alienation etc. It brings genuine healing to the human mind and soul through deep, compassionate, scientific understanding.

It's a remarkable book that goes so deep and into so many aspects of human life. A must read for sure !!