The Western paradigm has some serious logical flaws, but taking a deep breath won't resolve them.

For example, a spiritual absolute would be the essence of sentience, from which we rise, not an ideal of wisdom and judgement, from which we fell.

Though only children are allowed to revel in sentience, as the rest of us must conform to our roles.

The Ancients were not ignorant of monotheism, but they viewed gods as a cross between ideals and memes, not metaphysical tyrants. So monotheism was how they expressed monoculture. One people, one rule, one god.

Remember democracy and republicanism originated in pantheistic cultures, as they represented multiculturalism. The Romans adopted Christianity as the Empire solidified and remnants of the Republic were being shed. It was the original globalism.

Nature is more yin and yang, than God Almighty.

Organisms synchronize, while ecosystems harmonize. Nodes pulling together, networks spreading out.

Good and bad are not some cosmic duel between the forces of righteousness and evil, but the basic biological binary of beneficial and detrimental. The 1/0 of sentience.

When good is treated as an ideal, rather than elemental, conflicts do become a race to the bottom, as all the higher order nuance, subjectivity and complexity is suspect.

Money is the social contract enabling societies, not a commodity to mine from them. The medium has become the message.

I could go on, but it doesn't seem like too many people are quite ready to really think outside the box.

Though given the box is crumbling, it might be logical to consider some of the flaws in its construction.