bill..i agree with you... merle
Mike, It's just possible that "no other organism' needs these gifts (the dharma). Since we humans make our own suffering through attachments it's possible that is not a problem, or at least as big a problem, in other organisms. Just a thought... ...Bill! --- In [email protected], uerusuboyo@... wrote: > > Merle,<br/><br/>I sometimes wonder if your view of humans is influenced by > your personality or your exposure to Christian-Judaeo thinking. It certainly > seems in accord with ideas like Original Sin! I see things differently. Those > of us alive right now 'owe' it to the fact that every single one of our > ancestors survived to reproductive age and procreated. We also can see our > place in the universe and our origins. We have been born in a time where > there is a teaching (Dharma) that shows us how we can experience ultimate > reality and end our suffering. No other organism has these 'gifts'. How > extraordinary and lucky we are!<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! > Mail for iPad >
