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In the more [[primitive]] [[tribal]] [[societies]], [[surrounded]] by other tribes like [[bubbles]] in foam, and [[being]] [[intrinsically]] ferocious, and territorial, and involved in near incessant [[warfare]]: at that [[stage]] of immature [[social]] [[culture]] very little [[individuality]] can--[[literally]]--be afforded.  In a way it’s just too expensive.  The whole [[tribe]] has to be, and throughout [[history]] has been locked down into a thousand and one [[taboos]] that [[control]] almost every [[waking]] [[moment]] of their members’ lives.  As your [[Urantia Book]] notes: the [[tribal]] marks upon [[individuals]] often involved a lot of very [[painful]] cutting, yet this [[identification]] was considered [[absolute]] ([[necessity]]) for [[security]].  These [[tribal]] marks [[signified]] to the other tribes that if any harm was done to you, you had your whole tribe’s backing for revenge, to avenge your [[death]].

In the more [[primitive]] [[tribal]] [[societies]], [[surrounded]] by other tribes like [[bubbles]] in foam, and [[being]] [[intrinsically]] ferocious, and territorial, and involved in near incessant [[warfare]]: at that [[stage]] of immature [[social]] [[culture]] very little [[individuality]] can--[[literally]]--be afforded.  In a way it’s just too expensive.  The whole [[tribe]] has to be, and throughout [[history]] has been locked down into a thousand and one [[taboos]] that [[control]] almost every [[waking]] [[moment]] of their members’ lives.  As your [[Urantia Book]] notes: the [[tribal]] marks upon [[individuals]] often involved a lot of very [[painful]] cutting, yet this [[identification]] was considered [[absolute]] ([[necessity]]) for [[security]].  These [[tribal]] marks [[signified]] to the other tribes that if any harm was done to you, you had your whole tribe’s backing for revenge, to avenge your [[death]].

   

   

Only bit by bit by living [[experience]], [[gradually]], as tribes became [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_state city states], then [[Nationalism|nation states]] and [[empire]]s, right up to the [[present]] day; more and more are [[societies]] able to afford greater [[individuality]].  As you look around your world today, still, here in 2010, you can see almost this entire [[spectrum]] on the [[planet]], from [[primitive]] near-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic stone-age] [[tribes]], up through [[autocratic]] [[societies]] in which only a small amount of [[individuality]] is [[tolerated]]; up to the point where, in some of the more [[technologically]] developed, [[democratic]] [[cultures]], you have what you might call a blossoming--I could even say--a [[flamboyance]] (Michael chuckles)--a flamboyance of [[individuality]] in all aspects of peoples’ lives: [[homes]] and furnishings, [[personal]] [[possessions]], [[social]] class and standing, [[physical]] presentation through [[dress]] and style, [[mind]] and [[creative]] [[spirit]] presentation through [[invention]] and [[art]]; on and on…

Only bit by bit by living [[experience]], [[gradually]], as tribes became [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_state city states], then [[Nationalism|nation states]] and [[empire]]s, right up to the [[present]] day; more and more are [[societies]] able to afford greater [[individuality]].  As you look around your world today, still, here in 2010, you can see almost this entire [[spectrum]] on the [[planet]], from [[primitive]] near-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic stone-age] [[tribes]], up through [[autocratic]] [[societies]] in which only a small amount of [[individuality]] is [[tolerated]]; up to the point where, in some of the more [[technologically]] developed, [[democratic]] [[cultures]], you have what you might call a blossoming--I could even say--a [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flamboyant flamboyance] (Michael chuckles)--a flamboyance of [[individuality]] in all aspects of peoples’ lives: [[homes]] and furnishings, [[personal]] [[possessions]], [[social]] class and standing, [[physical]] presentation through [[dress]] and style, [[mind]] and [[creative]] [[spirit]] presentation through [[invention]] and [[art]]; on and on…

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