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It Is Civilization’s Turn — to See, to Heal

Awakening Presence in a Post-Digital World

By saghar salariPublished 7 months ago 2 min read

Civilization means restoring health,

not chasing beauty through surgeries.

It means refusing to mimic blindly

or to judge and humiliate with eyes wide open —

because civilization goes beyond faces.

If a nation has survived its historical storms,

then it deserves to arrive in the post-digital era:

a space of balance —

pure balance —

where nothing, not even humans, is exploited.

Fulfillment doesn’t come simply with age;

it’s born from the cultivation of civilization.

From where I stand,

civilization begins simply —

with just. seeing. each. other.

Everything has eyes:

trees, animals, even the stones we pass.

They watch us,

waiting to be seen,

waiting to be felt.

To live — truly,

lively and lovely —

we must meet the world eye to eye,

gratefully, humbly.

It’s no use feeding stray animals

if we still frown at children

or ignore our neighbors.

Civilization doesn’t begin in laws —

it begins in presence.

And then…

life begins to mean something.

Not just reading books about ideals,

but writing the book of our own experience.

Not just admiring wisdom in others,

but rebuilding that wisdom ourselves —

by uncovering the truths hidden in plain sight.

Post-digital means this:

Once, we ate, spoke, and slept

close to nature.

Then, we complicated life —

with fashion, money, and urgency.

But eventually,

we remember: the miracle lies in simplicity —

not primitive simplicity,

but conscious simplicity.

This is not an impractical dream.

And I can’t walk it alone.

It’s a public journey.

For me, walking is like speaking to the moon —

not the moon in the sky,

nor the one on earth,

nor even the one in my heart,

but the one in it —

the invisible, sacred it of existence.

The real miracle

is passing time without noticing —

because it means I’m fully present,

fully alive.

To be continued...

A truly civilized community needs no heroes,

no victims.

When civilization becomes the fabric of everyday life,

no one needs to try so hard to be “good.”

They were nurtured in goodness from the start —

educated not only in schools,

but in cradles,

in conversations,

and daily choices.

In such a world,

civilization is not a burden people must carry,

but the very soil they grow from.

And then —

we raise children who are

better listeners than most correcting adults.

The world doesn’t need more correctors.

It needs more receivers.

More gentle eyes.

More present hearts.

Exactly for this reason,

civilization prioritizes children.

When people are raised to feel joy within themselves,

they no longer seek to intrude upon others’ privacy.

History

About the Creator

saghar salari

Saghar Salari is a passionate thinker, writer, and psychiatric nursing academic who explores the delicate tension between doubt and wonder, chaos and creativity.

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