Re: Mind's Eye Re: Consciousness

I agree Archytas. A bowel of spaghetti noodles.

On 1/31/15, archytas <nwterry@gmail.com> wrote:
> Considering children as our teachers sounds very interesting. In a sense,
> literature has done some of this with the 'noble savage' theme - though
> anthropology tells us primitive societies are very violent, even when we
> factor war into ours. Kids enjoying each other, like my dogs meeting their
>
> pals in the park, always moves me. 'Buster' is a particular friend of my
> two. One has to do something to organise children's play (and the dogs')
> and eliminate obvious dangers. This includes difficult reasoning on not
> over-supervising. We make provision for the future, rather than live every
>
> day as it comes. I think we have become neurotic on how we do this and
> should be providing security in order that we can be more in the moment and
>
> not worrying so much. Sadly, much living in the moment is consumed with
> the wrong things already.
>
> On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 6:27:33 AM UTC, Sue Linda wrote:
>>
>> in your considered thoughts, the state of life would be more like a child
>>
>> like mind who knows nothing of death, nor of life but enjoys each moment
>> that arrives. It is only by the events of evil works brought on a child
>> does it lean the effects of danger. Consider children as our teachers.
>> Before they learn of "evil" that being events that cause harm, the child
>>
>> only lives in the moment and acts of "evil" on another child is rare.
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 7:05:54 PM UTC-6, RP Singh wrote:
>>>
>>> Suppose there had been no consciousness and the entire world had been
>>> there but all unconscious , what would be the Truth? Just death , nothing
>>>
>>> else. Consciousness is what makes life , a proof that there is something
>>>
>>> which exists , Existence itself and not death. Look at the stars , the
>>> solar system , if it had self-direction where would we be? It all obeys
>>> laws and that is the reason for order in the universe and not chaos. What
>>>
>>> would humanity have been if we were not bound by our nature , no laws of
>>>
>>> biology , psychology , etc. , no predictability , no comfort that we
>>> would
>>> return to our homes at night ,no assurance that we would return home from
>>>
>>> work . Unpredictability is still there but it is minor , mostly there is
>>>
>>> satisfaction and assurance of well-being.
>>>
>>
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