GENIUS FORUMS

Kevin Solway

In fact, we agree that we exist so much that we even decided to do our own radio program. But, at the same time, I think David and I are aware that this existence is only an appearance. And being a rational being, and not being able to avoid it, I accept the appearance that is being forced upon me - through what I have inherited. But my reason tells me that at no point in my past did I actually come into existence. It might be practical sometimes to say, "Oh yes, I began at conception", or it might be practical sometimes to say I began at childbirth - which is what my parents chose to tell me when I was a child. It might be practical to be like that person I was telling you about who said that life begins when the mother accepts the child. It might be practical to say that life begins at age twelve, when a child has more analytical thought- processes and is able to think about the past and future, and generally becomes a more conscious being with responsibility. So all these things have their practical uses. But I think the point is that that's all they have - they're just practical, depending on what we value in life. For example, if we don't value intelligence, if we don't value conscious responsible behaviour, then we might not care when children arrive at the point of being responsible and intelligent. So this age of eleven or twelve, when the mind has evolved to this certain level, we may not care about this - we might not even have a word for it; it doesn't exist as far as we're concerned. We create these existences. We create these boundaries - depending partly on what our senses throw up in front of us, and partly on what we value. Personally, I value Truth and Wisdom - Wisdom about the Ultimate Reality. So all of the boundaries, or as many as I can manage, that I perceive are based on these values. I judge people according to what benefit they are to Wisdom. If a person has no benefit to the survival of Wisdom in this world, then this person has very little value to me - maybe none. I can see no reason for their existence.

outofthebox wrote:Lucky for the fool that God lets them live.
Perhaps HE sees some value in them.
Fools should feel lucky that people who make a little effort to generate a thought, and become VALUABLE, aren't God.

Stupid fools have value. If it weren't for them we'd just feel average. Our superiority wouldn't be felt by our big heads.

outofthebox wrote:Lucky for the fool that God lets them live.
Perhaps HE sees some value in them.
Fools should feel lucky that people who make a little effort to generate a thought, and become VALUABLE, aren't God.

Stupid fools have value. If it weren't for them we'd just feel average. Our superiority wouldn't be felt by our big heads.