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Topic: Who can say what is good or what is bad?
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PixieJane
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posted January 28, 2013 11:32 PM
  
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PixieJane
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posted January 29, 2013 12:18 AM
I forgot to mention the question that's been recurring to me lately, similar to the one that teased Zhuangzi after he dreamed he was a butterfly (or was he a butterfly dreaming of being a man?):Am I me who once dreamed of having been of an alien species, or am I a member of that alien species that's having a dream of being of an extinct sentient species on Earth? IP: Logged |
Lexxigramer
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From: The Etheric Realms...Still out looking for Schrodinger's cat...& LEXIGRAMMING.♥.. is my Passion!
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posted January 29, 2013 12:27 AM
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Originally posted by PixieJane:
I forgot to mention the question that's been recurring to me lately, similar to the one that teased Zhuangzi after he dreamed he was a butterfly (or was he a butterfly dreaming of being a man?):Am I me who once dreamed of having been of an alien species, or am I a member of that alien species that's having a dream of being of an extinct sentient species on Earth?
Good questions.
I have had very similar dreams.------------------
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Lei_Kuei
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posted January 29, 2013 08:03 AM
Cool dream Pix, its got a similar plot arc to BattleStar Galactica   ------------------
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Faith
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posted January 29, 2013 09:24 AM
^ So happy to see you again Lei_Keui  haven't seen you around. 'Love the onesie!PJ, incredible story, I loved it! And maybe it was more than a story? Maybe you channelled a future alien you? In Divine Diversities, I've talked about how, in the absence of any kind of religious framework, I can't understand karma, because you need moral absolutes to establish good and bad. It seems that most humans feel that morals and ethics only apply to interpersonal relationships...but that is absurdly narrow. Some of us take on additional responsibilities for the earth and animals, which is better, but we still get into sticky moral quandaries. For example, euthanasia and abortion, or even killing an animal to feed another that's starving. The food chain has animals devouring each other and that's "good"...but how should humans function in that chain? Sometimes I think the greatest good is to cultivate high awareness and wield that intuitively, in the present...it's nothing words can ever touch because it's always circumstantial and immediate. But I'm just wafting around grasping at straws.
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Lei_Kuei
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posted January 29, 2013 11:21 AM
Hi Faith, Ive never really left but been too busy to post much or get involved in the various DD debates and what not lol
You know I was trying to recall a short story that Pix's dream reminded me of by Aurthur C Clarke,
Its this one : The Star Chilling prospect hehe ------------------
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