We , the Homo Sapiens, are biologically on a higher rung of the
evolutionary ladder and thus far above animals in our knowledge and
the capacity for the same. Our intelligence and acumen is relative to
our system and not vice verse.
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Vam <atewari2007@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cool, Lee.
> But animals can't tell themselves what they know or and consciously decide
> to investigate what they do not know, nor can they share with others what
> they know or invite co-operation of others at investigating what they do not
> know... in such precision, complexity and detail as human beings can.
>
> There's no problem, Allan.
> Just an attempt at questioning myself at what I might be taking for
> granted... that, I am a human being, without really, really knowing what
> that specially and specifically means.
>
>
>
> On Friday, August 10, 2012 4:28:18 PM UTC+5:30, Allan Heretic wrote:
>>
>> Well Vam I had to give your question some thought.. in reality everyone
>> plus myself are spiritual beings stuck in human bodies.. when we die we
>> return to our native spiritual being, so where is the problem?
>> Allan
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Vam <atewa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> How exactly do you specify that ? Being Human, that is...
>>>
>>> Put aside the biologist telling you of your classification or the
>>> scientist detailing the features... What exactly tells that you are a human
>>> being, apart from the rest of the animal kind ?
>>>
>>> I know it is easy to go frivolous, or quote the millions of texts in the
>>> library. But what does it mean to you, that you can vouch for, pointedly ?
>>>
>>> What sets me apart is my capacity to know, to engage single-minded in
>>> that process of discovery of what I seek to know, one after another, and to
>>> be able to tell myself what I do know, its how and why, and share it with
>>> others. The knowing leads me everywhere... into the universe, the earth,
>>> environment, other beings and things, language, arts, economics, values
>>> system, and myself.
>>>
>>> The next important capacity is to love other people, not just my own
>>> offspring, not just for people's utility value or until they are useful to
>>> me, but precisely because of the lifetime of knowing they represent, and for
>>> the values they embody on account of what they know. In fact, love isn't
>>> just directed towards individuals... it invariably includes the "good," life
>>> and growth, light, greenery, panorama, beauty, truth, honesty, freedom,
>>> expression... and much of what the universe itself is.
>>>
>>> What else or more, as it is with you ?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> (
>> )
>> |_D Allan
>>
>> Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
>>
>>
>>
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