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On human souls
#5807416 - 06/30/06 06:00 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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When did homo sapien inherit his soul? Was it 100 thousand years ago exactly at 5:00pm or was it 74 thousand years ago at 8:51pm?
Is having a soul unique to human beings? I'm not familiar with other people's doctrines.
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dblaney
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Re: On human souls [Re: TODAY]
#5807462 - 06/30/06 06:19 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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If you start at ground zero, taking nothing for granted and making no assumptions, as anyone who seriously is seeking the truth ought to, then you can find no evidence of a soul. Everything, including yourself, is impermanent.
However, if you start off with some religion or dogma, then you can come up with all sorts of wonderful and fantastical stories about SOMETHING that is permanent, some rock of ages.
And this is what happens to so many people: for whatever reason, they never truly question everything. They may start to, but then end up eventually relying on some external authority or something along those lines.
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Re: On human souls [Re: TODAY]
#5807466 - 06/30/06 06:19 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Not unique, soul is within all. It is just that we have the capacity for god realization. Soul is within trees, rocks and wind. It's not some thing with a boundary, flesh is just a manifestation of it. Soul experiences soul. Self-awareness isn't a prerequisite for soul, individual or absolute.
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Re: On human souls [Re: thatiAM]
#5807471 - 06/30/06 06:21 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I suppose we should start off by defining terms.
How do you define "soul"?
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Re: On human souls [Re: dblaney]
#5807680 - 06/30/06 07:56 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I think when people define soul, they mean: the driving force of a material structure that is the cause of its defiance of external physical forces.
But even when we try that definition it stands that an anodized alluminum plate has soul because it can resist external forces. This is consistent with a universal lack of soul and that everything is material in nature. At least, this is what I understand from the proposed definition.
Dblaney, if you would like clarification I can try to provide it.
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Re: On human souls [Re: TODAY]
#5807881 - 06/30/06 10:06 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I view the soul as conciousness itself. Everything that is concious, no matter what level (this would include cells and such), and therefore alive has the soul. I believe that whatever the force that drives the existance of life and conciousness is the soul.
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Re: On human souls [Re: SoY]
#5807917 - 06/30/06 10:29 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Viewing the soul as anything is folly to me. For one thing it's existance and nature is not certain. How can one speculate with any surety on that which is merely an assumption? The only certain thing in this dream is death. Beyond that nothing is certain. The existance of the soul is irrelevant to our current condition. Worry about how you can act now...don't waste time worrying about the unknown.
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SoY
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Let me reword that. The phenomenon that is life/conciousness is what I term "the soul." What induces atoms and energy to combine in such a way that things actually come into life/conciousness? What causes the same materials that make up rocks and dirt and water to become alive? This is the force that I call the soul. It is in all living things alike. Nothing is seperate in the soul. Not the plants, animals, or anything else. We are all of the same source.
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Re: On human souls [Re: SoY]
#5808026 - 06/30/06 11:11 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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In other words, the spiritual/physical separation that many perceive is a false dichotomy?
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I believe that souls are unique to humans. The proof of this is in our intelligence and capacity to learn. This cannot be solely attributed to our brains. Looking at our brain size, sperm whales have 5x our brain size. Even looking at something like a brain to body size ratio, we aren't at the top (hummingbird is, i believe). So it has to be some other part of us giving us this unique ability. My answer: a soul. This is a part of us but in another dimension (sometimes called the spiritual realm).
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Re: On human souls [Re: SoY]
#5808123 - 06/30/06 11:44 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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"The phenomenon that is life/conciousness is what I term "the soul.""
Then simply call it life/conciousness. On the material level it is merely a series of chemical reactions...fully explainable and eventually it will most likely be reproducable. The word soul assumes a common definition.
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Re: On human souls [Re: hamarrboo]
#5808137 - 06/30/06 11:47 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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"I believe that souls are unique to humans. The proof of this is in our intelligence and capacity to learn. This cannot be solely attributed to our brains."
Using scientific terms to explain and describe that which is only an assumption creates a huge gap in logic. For you to be correct would assume you have knowledge that no other human is in possession of. Believe only that which you have experienced and know for certain. This cuts away layers of pettiness and keeps us focused on that which is important..
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is proof the term you refer to?
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"Using scientific terms to explain and describe that which is only an assumption creates a huge gap in logic. For you to be correct would assume you have knowledge that no other human is in possession of. Believe only that which you have experienced and know for certain. This cuts away layers of pettiness and keeps us focused on that which is important.."
I would say I am not assuming anything. I don't claim at all to have knowledge that no other humans have. I was simply presenting a logical argument that shows there is something unique about humans. Something like a soul.
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Re: On human souls [Re: SoY]
#5808167 - 06/30/06 11:54 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I am making reference to such a concept. Even personal experience is valid for the individual, but considering assumptions is merely a form of masturbation for the mind.
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Re: On human souls [Re: SoY]
#5808174 - 06/30/06 11:56 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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You are correct. I should use "life/conciousness" instead of "soul." Either way, we are connected.
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Re: On human souls [Re: hamarrboo]
#5808192 - 07/01/06 12:00 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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"I was simply presenting a logical argument that shows there is something unique about humans. Something like a soul."
No argument based on an assumed quality of a mystical nature is logical. You are engaging in pure speculation with no basis in fact.
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hamarrboo
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Quote:
Huehuecoyotl said: "I was simply presenting a logical argument that shows there is something unique about humans. Something like a soul."
No argument based on an assumed quality of a mystical nature is logical. You are engaging in pure speculation with no basis in fact.
Yes, speculation based on logic though. Black holes have never been experienced yet we can logically assume they exist. I was using this same kind of logic to say that souls could exist.
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Re: On human souls [Re: hamarrboo]
#5808218 - 07/01/06 12:06 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Speculation can only be logical if it is based on known values. Black holes are based on known values and phenomenon. No value exists that suggests the existance of a human soul.
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Re: On human souls [Re: hamarrboo]
#5808226 - 07/01/06 12:09 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Fact is stranger than fiction man
everyday this is enforced for me
-------------------- "The choiceless truth of who you are is revealed to be permanently here permeating everything. Not a thing and not separate from anything."--Gaganji "Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream." "My karma ran over my dogma!"
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