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

I think the nature of man as we know it is really not going to change much, there will be time of better behavior and times of less desirable behavior. Other than for the development of the soul into a greater being in closer connection with the Entirety.

Every soul has complete free choice in its development and progression. 

It is the relationship with the Entirety that is important..  some people seek this connection through wealth and greed, others through war and destruction..  What ever path that is chosen it will have effects on the soul.. and none of them actually effect the immortality of its existence. The soul is already eternal whether people believe it or not,  even that does not matter.

Darma tells us that life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. Karma tells us there are effect to be expected from our actions.. karma does not tell us when though. This can be a problem  because of my understanding in the spiritual realm there is no time.

Allan

On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Vam <atewari2007@gmail.com> wrote:

If mere being raised by human beings, and being a part of their family, is the criterion... I'm afraid, even dogs and cats can lay a claim to being human.

#BrainIsNotTheMind 

I've never held in hand or dived into the brain 2 connect neurones, or throttle endocrine glands, 2 deal with matters in the mind ! 

And, to those who continue to primacy to the animal in man ... I've not known of any animal devising 84 different, well thought out positions to copulate, or prepare thousands of distinct food preparations and still distinguish their flavours enough to write volumes on each !

On Saturday, August 11, 2012 6:09:24 AM UTC+5:30, AmandaRheen wrote:

I guess the only thing that really allows me to know that I am a human being is that I was born into and grew up within a family of creatures who identified themselves and me as human beings.  Then as reinforcement of this idea I attended large communal gatherings at regular intervals with others who generally looked and acted the same as myself.  Occassionally the creatures in charge would take great pains to demand that we act like human beings, not like animals hehe.  Mostly from these experiences I have learned to identify myself as 'human being'.
As far as considering myself  'apart' from other animals I'm not sure I really attended that class. Perhaps I played hooky that day and was off riding my horse through the bush with our two dogs.  Granted some of the human being creatures I knew would tell me we were apart from other creatures but my own human being family seemed less concerned about this distinction and more concerned with showing other creatures great care and respect in return for the loyalty and co-operation they gave in their interaction with us.  Sure we occasionally ate one of them but animals have their own ways of levelling the field when they really feel like it.  I concede though none of them ever actually ate me.  

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|_D Allan

Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.

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