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Author: Joseph HummingJoseph Humming Date: Sep 8, 2008 16:35
How are we to use our unique intelligence? Just to be a little more
skilled at this and a little more knowing at that? Or is there more
still?
So, anyway, we set off, circumscribed and defined by our culture and
our creativity. Were we aware that we were a unique creature engaged
in a colonisation of the planet? I don't see it. At every point our
own range of human response - religious, artistic, political - seems
to have served our needs.
But not knowing anything of our evolution, of our connection to the
chain of life, of our global reach, of the genesis of the globe
itself, of the universe, of our essential individuality...we were
doomed to endless error. Such was the nature of our colonisation, shot
through with error and opprrssion.
Andf then - quite recently - we found a way through. We embraced
technology, permitted knowledge and established freedom in many
places. So now what? Do we still just respond to circumstances - as
we have always done - or do we take a deeper view of ourselves?
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Sep 8, 2008 23:03
On Sep 8, 4:35 pm, Joseph Humming humanisation.org> wrote:> How are we to use our unique intelligence? Just to be a little more
> skilled at this and a little more knowing at that? Or is there more
> still?
>
> So, anyway, we set off, circumscribed and defined by our culture and
> our creativity. Were we aware that we were a unique creature engaged
> in a colonisation of the planet? I don't see it. At every point our
> own range of human response - religious, artistic, political - seems
> to have served our needs.
>
> But not knowing anything of our evolution, of our connection to the
> chain of life, of our global reach, of the genesis of the globe
> itself, of the universe, of our essential individuality...we were
> doomed to endless error. Such was the nature of our colonisation, shot
> through with error and opprrssion.
>
> Andf then - quite recently - we found a way through. We embraced
> technology, permitted knowledge and established freedom in many
> places. So now what? Do we still just respond to circumstances - as ...
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Author: Day BrownDay Brown Date: Sep 9, 2008 00:38
In the Bagavad Gita, Arjuna is told that some of what he meets are forms
created and animated by the divine that exist solely as a challenge to
the fulfillment of his kharma. Like the monsters in a video game. Cosmic
robots. They dont have souls.
The Gita even calls them 'Avatars'. The Thing about an Avatar is, that
while you may learn from one, you cant teach it anything. It only knows
what it was programmed to know.
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Author: BDKBDK Date: Sep 9, 2008 08:58
> In the Bagavad Gita, Arjuna is told that some of what he meets are forms
> created and animated by the divine that exist solely as a challenge to
> the fulfillment of his kharma. Like the monsters in a video game. Cosmic
> robots. They dont have souls.
>
> The Gita even calls them 'Avatars'. The Thing about an Avatar is, that
> while you may learn from one, you cant teach it anything. It only knows
> what it was programmed to know.
>
You took a lot of acid when you were young, didn't you?
--
BDK
BDK Klan leader?
kOOk Magnet!
NJJ CLUB #1
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Author: AZ NomadAZ Nomad Date: Sep 9, 2008 09:04
On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:58:46 -0400, BDK silentexplosions.com> wrote:>> In the Bagavad Gita, Arjuna is told that some of what he meets are forms
>> created and animated by the divine that exist solely as a challenge to
>> the fulfillment of his kharma. Like the monsters in a video game. Cosmic
>> robots. They dont have souls.
>>
>> The Gita even calls them 'Avatars'. The Thing about an Avatar is, that
>> while you may learn from one, you cant teach it anything. It only knows
>> what it was programmed to know.
>>
>You took a lot of acid when you were young, didn't you?
Worse. It sounds like he got religion when he was young.
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Author: Joseph HummingJoseph Humming Date: Sep 9, 2008 11:12
On Sep 9, 7:03Â am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:> On Sep 8, 4:35 pm, Joseph Humming humanisation.org> wrote:
>>> How are we to use our unique intelligence? Just to be a little more
>> skilled at this and a little more knowing at that? Or is there more
>> still?
>
>> So, anyway, we set off, circumscribed and defined by our culture and
>> our creativity. Were we aware that we were a unique creature engaged
>> in a colonisation of the planet? I don't see it. At every point our
>> own range of human response - religious, artistic, political - seems
>> to have served our needs.
>
>> But not knowing anything of our evolution, of our connection to the
>> chain of life, of our global reach, of the genesis of the globe
>> itself, of the universe, of our essential individuality...we were
>> doomed to endless error. Such was the nature of our colonisation, shot
>> through with error and opprrssion.
>
>> Andf then - quite recently - we found a way through. We embraced ...
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Author: John JonesJohn Jones Date: Sep 9, 2008 12:19
Joseph Humming wrote:
> How are we to use our unique intelligence? Just to be a little more
> skilled at this and a little more knowing at that? Or is there more
> still?
>
> So, anyway, we set off, circumscribed and defined by our culture and
> our creativity. Were we aware that we were a unique creature engaged
> in a colonisation of the planet? I don't see it. At every point our
> own range of human response - religious, artistic, political - seems
> to have served our needs.
>
> But not knowing anything of our evolution, of our connection to the
> chain of life, of our global reach, of the genesis of the globe
> itself, of the universe, of our essential individuality...we were
> doomed to endless error. Such was the nature of our colonisation, shot
> through with error and opprrssion.
>
> Andf then - quite recently - we found a way through. We embraced
> technology, permitted knowledge and established freedom in many
> places. So now what? Do we still just respond to circumstances - as ...
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Author: Joseph HummingJoseph Humming Date: Sep 9, 2008 16:00
On Sep 9, 8:19Â pm, John Jones aol.com> wrote:> Joseph Humming wrote:
>> How are we to use our unique intelligence? Just to be a little more
>> skilled at this and a little more knowing at that? Or is there more
>> still?
>
>> So, anyway, we set off, circumscribed and defined by our culture and
>> our creativity. Were we aware that we were a unique creature engaged
>> in a colonisation of the planet? I don't see it. At every point our
>> own range of human response - religious, artistic, political - seems
>> to have served our needs.
>
>> But not knowing anything of our evolution, of our connection to the
>> chain of life, of our global reach, of the genesis of the globe
>> itself, of the universe, of our essential individuality...we were
>> doomed to endless error. Such was the nature of our colonisation, shot
>> through with error and opprrssion.
>
>> Andf then - quite recently - we found a way through. We embraced
>> technology, permitted knowledge and established freedom in many ...
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Author: Joseph HummingJoseph Humming Date: Sep 9, 2008 16:40
On Sep 9, 7:03Â am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:> On Sep 8, 4:35 pm, Joseph Humming humanisation.org> wrote:
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>>> How are we to use our unique intelligence? Just to be a little more
>> skilled at this and a little more knowing at that? Or is there more
>> still?
>
>> So, anyway, we set off, circumscribed and defined by our culture and
>> our creativity. Were we aware that we were a unique creature engaged
>> in a colonisation of the planet? I don't see it. At every point our
>> own range of human response - religious, artistic, political - seems
>> to have served our needs.
>
>> But not knowing anything of our evolution, of our connection to the
>> chain of life, of our global reach, of the genesis of the globe
>> itself, of the universe, of our essential individuality...we were ...
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Author: John JonesJohn Jones Date: Sep 10, 2008 13:38
Joseph Humming wrote:
> On Sep 9, 8:19 pm, John Jones aol.com> wrote:>> Joseph Humming wrote:
>>> How are we to use our unique intelligence? Just to be a little more
>>> skilled at this and a little more knowing at that? Or is there more
>>> still?
>>> So, anyway, we set off, circumscribed and defined by our culture and
>>> our creativity. Were we aware that we were a unique creature engaged
>>> in a colonisation of the planet? I don't see it. At every point our
>>> own range of human response - religious, artistic, political - seems
>>> to have served our needs.
>>> But not knowing anything of our evolution, of our connection to the
>>> chain of life, of our global reach, of the genesis of the globe
>>> itself, of the universe, of our essential individuality...we were
>>> doomed to endless error. Such was the nature of our colonisation, shot
>>> through with error and opprrssion.
>>> Andf then - quite recently - we found a way through. We embraced
>>> technology, permitted knowledge and established freedom in many
>>> places. So now what? Do we still just respond to circumstances - as
>>> we have always done - or do we take a deeper view of ourselves? ...
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