The Principle of Common Essence (perceiving other people as selves like ourselves) is very new in evolut1on.

It is shared by humans only with one species of apes. And not every human has it. It is probably a common perception, but selfish humans do not act on it; they disobey the1r innate conscience. Some others use the PCE pr1nc1ple to build enemy images evil plotters like themselves. The PCE is still unstable, not well established. Most philosophers reject it as an axiom, consider people to be bas1cally selfish.

Positive PCE needs confirmation, stabilization, consolidation. Is this what the successor; species, “the Son of Man”, will achieve? Some enlightened individuals already have achieved it, like Buddha and Jesus, pav1nq the,way for the future. This is more important than “the Blue Light” of collective meditation, as outlined in “Alien Child”.

If only we can stay alive that long. In lucid dreams, I can change the end of a story. In reality I can’t.

The PCE requires leaving space for other persons to exist and exercise freedom. It does not mean overwhelming others with compassion and help which they may not want. Freedom is a necessary complement to love. Don Bryant called this creation of lacunae in one’s sphere of interests “the crypt of disinterest”. These lacunae or krypts in our spheres is not really a loss, because the friends admitted to use it give us space in their spheres for our use. It is a reciprocal gift of frienship and love. Everyone gains, love being a non-diminishing entity. The sharing of crypts creates a bond, like the chemical bond forming molecules by sharing electrons between atoms.

The attractive forces (call them love) dominate the universe, from atoms to humans. God, too, has left for humans a crypt of disinterest (which makes him somewhat less than omnipotent) in order to make room for human free will. To honour the giver of this gift, it is our duty to use it wisely and lovingly, in turn.