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duga · 03-26-2010, 04:11 PM

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That is why I don't believe in each person having a unique and individual soul, as I mentioned earlier, but a kind of "oneness" connected to life. There is absolutely no evidence that we consist of two separate entities (a body and a soul). Dualism is what lead to categorizing and separating everything we see, which in turn lead to an "us and them" mentality.

You do make an interesting point about self awareness being a consequence of our evolution. I knew what caused it, but never really thought about it in that way exactly. Here is an interesting question, then...is self awareness helping or hurting us? Would we be able to live more in harmony with the Earth if we were not self aware? Assuming we still have this average level of intelligence, minus self awareness, would we still be able to make the advances we have made?

03-26-2010, 04:11 PM	#101 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	^ That is why I don't believe in each person having a unique and individual soul, as I mentioned earlier, but a kind of "oneness" connected to life. There is absolutely no evidence that we consist of two separate entities (a body and a soul). Dualism is what lead to categorizing and separating everything we see, which in turn lead to an "us and them" mentality. You do make an interesting point about self awareness being a consequence of our evolution. I knew what caused it, but never really thought about it in that way exactly. Here is an interesting question, then...is self awareness helping or hurting us? Would we be able to live more in harmony with the Earth if we were not self aware? Assuming we still have this average level of intelligence, minus self awareness, would we still be able to make the advances we have made? __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...