Breaking Down the Wall
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I am going to take a brief break from my flow of things to dump some thoughts that I have been recently mulling over. Before I proceed, however, it seems like some apologies are in order. I reread my early meditations, and was aghast at the number of grammatical and spelling errors. The issues is…
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As I discussed in Meditation 2, it seems likely to me that humans are reverted to existence when they no longer have control of their actions — like in cases of political brainwashing. If we assume what I had talked about in Meditation 1, that humans have an innate set of faculties that makes them…
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From Meditation 1, let us assume that we have a drive to live. What confuses me is what that desire brings with it — specifically the value of cruelty. Let me explain myself. I don’t deny that scarcity exists, so there will likely always be some conflict. I am not religious, but having grown up…
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I would like to circle back to my opening question: why do we live? By live, I don’t mean exist. There is a difference between living and existing. To exist, I think, is to simply fulfill basic needs. You exist when you eat, sleep, reproduce, and die. Animals exist. Do they live? I suppose we’ll…
