It's nearly six years since I read The Years of Rice and Salt, Molly. It blew my mind then and themes and memes from it have been rattling around in my head ever since!
Francis On 6 Aug., 22:32, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > For me, at this time, death is integral to life in ways that I am not > sure that I can articulate right now. After reading The Years of Rice > and Salt, it occurred to me that the simple daily deconstruction in my > experience may just be the conflation of bardo and life. Seen in this > way, meaning changes. The meaning of what is happening during those > times when things are seemingly falling apart. This is a new viewpoint > for me and I am not sure that I have witnessed enough to articulate. > And I am not sure that a postponed eventual and final departure from > this body would make any difference to that experience. Like I say, I > should give it some more thought. > > On Aug 6, 4:27 pm, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Just a spontaneous thought; Is living forever really to be preferred > > to living ever more deeply - right now? > > > Francis > > > On 6 Aug., 22:23, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > This is a wonderful topic, Jim, and I need to give it some thought. > > > Justin mentioned in a recent argumentative post that "this was the > > > kind of stuff that caused him to look forward to death" (sorry for the > > > paraphrase, Justin.) I read that and could feel it through every part > > > of my being. As much as I love life right now, I am not sure it is > > > enough for me, the way the world is now. My hope is, that as I > > > change, so will the world and there will be a point of recognition > > > that will change that for me. > > > > Let me think about this some more. If I could only stop thinking > > > about the Highlander. Thanks alot, Francis! > > > > On Aug 6, 4:01 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Many of the recent threads - evolution, non-medical healing, are we in > > > > control, Feynman's mysteries, etc. - seem to dance around on the > > > > wavecrest of scientific discoveries. It strikes me that, given the > > > > major scientific advances in recent decades and the increasing speed > > > > of scientific progress, in the foreseeable future - 100 years maybe - > > > > humans may be able to elect to live without aging. We might well be > > > > able to maintain our bodies at age 30 or 40 or whatever as long as we > > > > like. In other words, we might be able to choose to live forever. > > > > If we accept that as a possibility, I wonder what sort of > > > > philosophical issues it raises. How might our view of life and death > > > > be changed, if at all? How would our economies adapt? Would people > > > > still marry for life? Would it change communities? Would our > > > > objectives - happy life, great wealth, friendships, learning, travel > > > > etc. - change, and if so how? And how would we settle such issues? > > > > Anyone care to pursue this thread? Jim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
