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Science is an artifact machine.
Perhaps the highest human potential is only realized when we no longer require the world to conform to our fantasies of how it should be.
When we are desperate for love, there are ONLY wrong places to look.
Abstinence is a path of choosing between profound suffering or abject failure. Moderation is a more humane choice.
Abstinence is a perpetual cycly of holiness, misery and corruption. Balance brings more fulfillment and less suffering.
Compassion is the answer to our question. Power is not an answer, but the begging of the question.
Compassion vs. Power.
In life, beginning in infancy, we seek compassion. Yet, we see power all around us, so we are curious. We are offered compassion, but suspect that power is better. So, when power is offered or available for taking, we often forget that compassion is the answer to our question. Power is not an answer, but an endless question.
We humans, as a species, need to spend less time imagining
our metaphysical origins and more time pondering our unmistakably primate nature.
Wisdom is like the breath. We have to replenish it constantly.
We truly become special only when we believe, and act as if, we aren't!
Those who teach sacred texts as the word of God often dishonor the wisdom of our ancestors and distract us from self-awareness. The stories are often cautionary tales about human ego - calcified into commandments, bones without flesh, which distort, misinform and mislead those with good intentions. Examples include the Garden of Eden and the Tower of Babel, and are found in all religions. These are about human nature - not God.
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