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

But would that make it a universal truth or only your truth? (The
sprouts root downwards.)

On Aug 15, 12:30 pm, Vam <atewari2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Truth ... *sigh* ... is not in what we pick up in the book, what Momma
> says, what 'great' men seem or say, not even in what I feel or think or
> know ... it is first and foremost in what I see and know of *my* self, sans
> thoughts and meanings... in the way I am, within the body-mind structure,
> and their sub-structures, the subconscious qualifications and attributes
> that pre-load me and form and shape my emotions and will, my thoughts and
> meanings, the knowledge I think I know, and the very idea I have of myself.
>
> It's only after we've covered that distance upto ourself ... do we get the
> perspective of the universal structures, material and mental, and its very
> cause.
>
> Truth ... is NEVER contradicted. One may be superseded by a higher, more
> fundamental or universal one, but never contradicted.
>
> There may not be a truth in our knowledge to accord with that rigorous
> definition ! Even gravity gets contradicted by a little sprout ... it grows
> upward !
>
>
>
> On Friday, August 10, 2012 1:35:36 PM UTC+5:30, Vam 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 ?- Hide quoted text -
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