As the stars glitter in space individually they are all part of the grand scheme of the cosmos as are dust particles that move about suspended in air, some gather as blankets upon a surface. Such as it is for man, the individual mind moving about freely and sometimes gathering with other minds in unison while at the same time a part of all galactic particles. Man is a self, a self that is a part of a whole. What sets man apart is the faculty of reason, the awareness of being a self and a part of the whole. We are here but we are also there, in the parallel scheme, oft times realized only within our dreams. Even upon physical demise the senses go on to reside within the whole as I've often referred to as the soul, the continuum of self, the self, individually and as part of all things, as Albert would have it, the infinite nature includes the universe. This experience of living is merely tangibility of the self and does not negate the existence of self without physical representation. Such is the way of all things unseen, as the fragmentation of a whole into invisible atoms, the dispersing of the whole structure, still in a sense retaining a quality of the whole. Existence here seems, as Shakespeare relays, fascinating, however man's existence here has great many limitations, for the part has taken a fixed form that is mortal, where as the infinite nature of man has no boundaries, no limitations. Just as atomic particles come together to form a fixed mass that is confined to it's form as a rock or a piece of steel, either of which will erode in time, so has man taken form. Though our nature is a synthesis of the temporal and the eternal, our self in the physical form remains confined and limited.
IMO, SD On Feb 10, 8:33 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > “Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me,” > Shakespeare instructs us. But do we? Is there a part of us that is > infinite, or is immortality just a longing? There are at least parts > of our beings that are infinite, according to Shakespeare: “What a > piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in > faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how > like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.” > > Our infinite nature is not just fodder for the poets. Einstein came > to the conclusion that “the infinite nature of man includes the > universe.” Kierkegaard explained our existence in this way: “Man is a > synthesis of the infinite and the finite, of the temporal and the > eternal, of freedom and necessity, in short a synthesis. A synthesis > is a relation between two factors. So regarded, man is not yet a > self.” > > What do YOU think? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
