On Sep 4, 9:41Â pm, zinnic
gate.net> wrote:> On Sep 4, 2:57Â pm, Joseph Humming
humanisation.org> wrote:
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>>> On Sep 4, 2:06Â pm, ZerkonX
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>>> On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:55:59 -0700, Joseph Humming wrote:
>>>> But we are the creature who understands life. The intelligence honed by
>>>> evolution has finally borne fruit. We are on the cusp of a global
>>>> society - and a global awareness. Life has produced a creature aware of
>>>> life. We - of course - possess something we call a mind; but we are, in
>>>> another sense, the mind of life itself. And since life is nothing more -
>>>> or less - than a purposeful arrangement of matter we might therefore be
>>>> said to be the mind of matter.
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>>> Life, of course, demands difference. In order to live 'We' must consume
>>> as we are being consumed by other forms of life for them to live.
>>> Intelligence or no, life moves on.
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>>> What a certain type of intelligence does, which diffuses the 'we', is to
>>> think in linear concepts. Usually left to right, right to left and, as is
>>> the case here, bottom to top. Like the scheme of a pyramid.
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>>> Evolution, according to this type of intelligence, implies one thing
>>> being 'over' another like one layer of bricks being placed upon another
>>> to construct a building. Each layer becoming closer to a given and
>>> predestined finality which becomes clearer and more certain as the
>>> building becomes 'higher' then before. The newest layers being always
>>> closest.
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>>> Meanwhile, life goes on inside and outside of the building . It's
>>> purpose, it's meaning and it's mind being life. Purpose is seen by that
>>> which possess purpose, no purpose is seen by that which does not. Life
>>> moves without this regard.
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>>> Or, so say other intelligent 'we's.
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>> True - I think. I'm not sure I fully understand you. Even if life goes
>> on; and we consume as we are consumed; and others do not share our
>> purpose...even if all this is true, we still have the ability to
>> create purpose and we still have the ability to act on that purpose
>> and we still have the right to insist that our "purpose" is no mere
>> conceit but a legitimate recognition of the sum total of our
>> capabilities vis-a-vis all the facets of existence.
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>> Thanks for the good reply.
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> Existence has no purpose. The purpose of life is its existence  so
> without life there is no  purpose. Thus, Existence patiently waited on
> life for .validation!. With cessation of life , Existence  defaults
> into its state of no purpose.
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"Existence has no purose"? Did I say it has? "The purpose of life is
its existence"? Which existence is that? The one that has no purpose
or the one that is the purpose of life? Hmmm...I think there's some
sleight of hand going on here...too much sleight for me anyway! I
don't think "existence" needs life for validation. It just...exists.
It might, however, need life - to wit, human life - for celebration,
or declaration. And this might be a purpose we might (!) take on.
Indeed, it just might be our purpose full-stop. Matter takes the form
of "life" and life becomes intelligent enough to know the nature of
matter. So is this just a voluntary act on our part? Or are we, or
were we, destined to assume this role? Only asking....
Joseph Humming.
