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What Determines “Life”?
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What Determines “Life”? |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
An abandoned plastic bag dances ‘round and ‘round in the Autumn breeze: Is there life in this dance? No, some would assert – life begins at the biological level or they’ll say it begins in the realm of self-motivation. This begs the question: what is “self-motivation”? Is the wind not self-motivated? Movement and air – movement with air – and air gives life: can something “dead” instill life? It’s easy to buy into facile explanations: easy to think of “life” as not being part of what is consumed; what we ingest, step on, build with: If we do not know life at its basic source we don’t have to feel responsible for destroying a “lifeless” world, do we? If we knew “all of it” as life, we could interact with it all as if it was all a part of ourselves we could be empathic; but wouldn’t that destroy the basic assumptions required to live the life we currently enjoy? Wouldn’t that tend to spoil the fun and the games? Yet, is it not true that our fun and games are destroying this world? When it’s dead and gone, where will we be? Miraculously moved into another game? Or simply very dead and very gone? |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
thoughtful work and very good question WindWalker |
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wredgranny Member
since 2006-11-18
Posts 493Ky. USA |
Sigi brother for hearing Mother Earth,for listening to truth!
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
You are indeed a "thinking poet", WW, and what you think is good. May you live your truth in peace! |
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