A recurring theme in popular culture is the theory that human life, culture, society, and perhaps our entire existence, is a sort of "cycle." Its proponents, usually sooner rather than later, will quote something along the lines of, "Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times."
For me, while I could see the value and truth in that, there was always something "off" about that theory, as if it was fundamentally lacking a huge part of the story it was trying to tell, yet nonetheless acting as if it told the whole story. But I wasn't able to piece the rest of it together myself, so I had no choice but to temporarily grind my teeth and move on.
Now, I have found what I think is the missing conclusion to the Social Cycle Theory, and perhaps to many other cycles. If we look at physics, particularly at astral bodies, we might find the answer to why cyclical theory feels so wrong to many of us.
Let's take our moon, Luna, as an example. Luna is tied to Earth, whose constant gravity, uncaring and unyielding, will not dilute its grasp on Luna, keeping it as firm as possible. Nonetheless, if Luna found a way to consistently and efficiently add "more force" in the direction of its orbit, Luna would start speeding up around Earth. To Earth, and perhaps to any other observer, it might seem, if they look at a moment in time, that Luna is just looping. In fact, for a long, long time, it might seem as if Luna is just looping, as if that's all it does, all it ever did, and all it was ever meant to do.
Yet, Luna knows, and those wise enough to care, that if Luna keeps on looping, yet trying a bit harder each time, if Luna keeps on adding momentum, there will come a time when Luna reaches escape velocity. Luna knows this because the uncaring gravity of Earth, unlike its own momentum, isn't dynamic and growing, but rigid and static. The same strength that allows it to remain firm is the weakness that doesn't allow it to grow to match Luna's momentum.
When Luna reaches escape velocity, the cyclical era ends, and a new story begins in which Luna explores space on its own, perhaps finding a new orbit, perhaps someday becoming part of something more.
Like Luna, the light of human consciousness has been orbiting Earth. Like Luna, individuals and groups of people have had to orbit around other people while they gain momentum to escape. Like Luna, for the longest time, for anyone who looks at humans, it might feel as if we're just looping.
But just like the Luna of our fantastic tale, someday humanity will break out of orbit, will reach escape velocity, and the cycles that once chained us will be but a part of the great whole story we will tell, a seed, a nest to our great journey ahead.
To physically break out of the orbit of Earth. To be face to face with the universe.
To mentally break out of the algorithms of control. To be free of mind.
To spiritually break out of the dogmatic middlemen. To be directly in contact with all.