The Finnish folklore collection Kalevala has one of the few remaining memories from the old days. It's original form has lot of influence from Christianity, like the names of some deities have changed to the biblical correspondent.
Also the name hemp is changed to liina, which is a piece of cloth. 5 000 years of cultivation, so many things are wiped from the history books. That's why the main lesson in the book is the knowledge of birth.
So if you figure out how things work, you can focus on the matter in a better way. Goes with the book itself, one needs to think like a person centuries ago to understand the symbolisms and esoteric meanings.
The modern information age has lost the thought process, where one reads old texts considering, what the writer was trying to say. In text forms, it is impossible to write down motives for all the words.
In Islam one reads a story of a prophet and a longer explanation of why he said or did this and that. Goes a bit deeper, but still part of the mass control.
A curious mind equipped with a Discordian worldview can enable one to observe and entertain an idea, without accepting it. Need to unlearn a lot in order to be able to learn certain thought patterns.
Always wanted to know, why people do things they do and what makes one think certain things. For a long time, had only one normalized way of thinking, as most Finns do. Having such a rich language, it is a shame it is rapidly transforming into Orwellian newspeak.
Was lucky the "dream" life ended a decade ago, before the mass censorship and modern book burnings. Got interested in Resource-based economies, community exchanges, spiritual groups, grassroots activism etc.
It was going good for a while, until the usual jealous neighbor got me evicted, having meetings in my house every other day. Then just took a backpack and started the adventure life.
Many different cultures, more similarities than differences. Even the Kalevala has a lot in common in Egyptian mythology, such as Horus was the precursor to Jesus. Even when people hardly travelled, information was spreading fast.
Having way less fears than before, it is possible to try and think issues objectively. Where did things start, what the real scientific studies say etc. It is really confusing, how many hypotheses are called theories.
So the long story short, using the innate human curiosity we can learn from the past, to act now, to make the best future for all. Personal responsibility is for the humanity, not for liars and thieves with suits.