Telos, of course.
On 3 Mrz., 17:36, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
> OK. But isn't that 'self aggrandizement' just the natural side effect
> of the foreshortening teleos? The size of the shadow you have no
> control over? The price you have to pay for your goal?
>
> On 3 Mrz., 17:00, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I will rephrase that...I do care about humanity. I do care about how
> > we progress. My intention was to say my goal has noting to do with
> > self aggrandizement.
>
> > On Mar 3, 7:57 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > gabbers, truth is, I care not a whit about what others 'take notice
> > > of'....Seriously!
>
> > > On Mar 3, 2:41 am, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > LOL! And that's why you keep leaving and coming back to this group.
> > > > Because we wouldn't be able to take notice of your transcendental
> > > > activities if you didn't make them an issue for us to validate. Don't
> > > > get me wrong, I appreciate you being a regular poster here. Seriously.
>
> > > > On 3 Mrz., 04:59, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > On a cellular and genetic level, that 'will to exist' is eternal. Few
> > > > > today even have a clear 'purpose of living'...in the mental/conceptual
> > > > > sense. Some can quote others, but, on their own are left high and dry.
> > > > > This is a rather sad state of affairs.
> > > > > And, yes, such transcendence is ultimately into theosis.
>
> > > > > On Mar 2, 5:17 pm, wood <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Hi thanks for the welcome and the reply.
> > > > > > I am not saying it wouldn’t be a great achievement. It would be a
> > > > > > major tipping point in human history. However, me personally, just
> > > > > > can’t phantom living forever. What is the longevity of that will to
> > > > > > exist? Can we consciously maintain a purpose of living? A human
> > > > > > being
> > > > > > living forever has to psychologically transcend… Almost god like.
>
> > > > > > On Mar 2, 12:21 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Hi wood...welcome.
> > > > > > > In fact, the very act of existing (being) has an innate will...an
> > > > > > > innate purpose (telos) built within it.
> > > > > > > Add to this the fact that many people have, do and will know that
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > eternal ‘now’ has, does and will always be…I see no great issue/
> > > > > > > problem with the notion of immortality at all.
>
> > > > > > > On Mar 2, 6:42 am, wood <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > Hi all
> > > > > > > > Time has a way of revealing possibilities, it’s unfortunate the
> > > > > > > > half-
> > > > > > > > life of individual being is too short to experience the full
> > > > > > > > extend of
> > > > > > > > those possibilities, hence the desire for immortality. It may
> > > > > > > > indeed
> > > > > > > > be possible in the distant future, but there’s so much of the
> > > > > > > > human
> > > > > > > > physiology that remain an enigma to scientist. We are a
> > > > > > > > stranger in
> > > > > > > > our own body. Let’s say Immortality is achieved; can we,
> > > > > > > > physiologically, and psychologically, be able to handle a life
> > > > > > > > without
> > > > > > > > an end? There are many life on earth that just exist, without
> > > > > > > > any
> > > > > > > > visible purpose—can we human being be able to just "exist"?
> > > > > > > > How long
> > > > > > > > can you keep a will to live? I think to want to live forever,
> > > > > > > > is to
> > > > > > > > fail to understand the grand design of life, and the flow of the
> > > > > > > > universe. Whether we truly understand the grand design of life
> > > > > > > > is
> > > > > > > > another matter.- Hide quoted text -
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