As regards trees ... who is to say they are not sentient at some level. I'm thinking of the book 'Speaker for the Dead' by Orson Scott Card where the Piquininos life cycle contains a tree and in many senses is their higher purpose.
On Apr 14, 8:46 pm, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > Rocks become sand and clay, Gruff ! > > I see that as being its purpose. Imagine how else would we have > created our dwellings, worn clothes and eaten juicy melons ! > > In my view, the " purpose " need not be synonimous with intent or > drive. It may just lie in " consequences " or " usefulness," to the > rest of the creation down the line. > > Along these lines, trees are very much laden with purposes ! > > On Apr 15, 4:09 am, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Purpose presupposes sentience. Rocks have no purpose other than being > > a rock, if one can call that a purpose. I can't. But sentient > > creatures can have purpose. Purpose I believe is a choice, at least > > in creatures of higher intelligence, and since we are the highest > > intelligence in the known universe we have the greatest ability to > > create and choose purpose, which we do. Our purpose -- at least as > > far back as cave art -- is self defined, and given that much I suspect > > ever since our minds became elevated above all others we have chosen > > our own purpose. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
