Re: Mind's Eye Are You A Human Being ?

Thats a bold statement Vam are you sure it is true for every other creature on the planet bar us?

 

Monkeys of most ilkes learn from each other, but does this mean they have understanding of what it is they know and what it is they do not?  Well that's a hard question to answer, but I think that ultimatly we shall know.

 

However as I say all of this is due to our brain and how it differs from other animals, so we really cannot simply say let us not consider our biology when considering what it means to be human.

 

We are human because that is our shape, our charector our breed of creature.  Might as well ask what is a butterfly, without talking about it's wings.

 

On Friday, 10 August 2012 12:50:48 UTC+1, Vam 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 ?

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