I was reading one of the books and want to share few things here on my blog.We human beings sometime think that this world has been created for us only...How funny? In fact we do not realized that we have created more mess around us ...for our self
Legendary science writer Stephen Jay Gould once told :The human species has inhabited this planet for only 250,000 years which is like .0015 percent of the history of life.Human beings have lived for that much time.Think of your own life span w.r.t this . The earth & this world fared perfectly well without us for all but the last moment of earthly time–and this fact makes our appearance look more like an accidental afterthought than the culmination of a prefigured plan. Moreover, the pathways that have led to our evolution are quirky, improbable, unrepeatable and utterly unpredictable. Human evolution is not random; it makes sense and can be explained after the fact. But wind back life’s tape to the dawn of time and let it play again–and you will never get humans a second time.
So I am not sure what are we proud of...if we are not sure of our existence second time .Continuing with same ....
We are here because one odd group of fishes had a peculiar fin anatomy that could transform into legs for terrestrial creatures; because the earth never froze entirely during an ice age; because a small and tenuous species, arising in Africa a quarter of a million years ago, has managed, so far, to survive by hook and by crook. We may yearn for a ‘higher’ answer — but none exists. This explanation, though superficially troubling, if not terrifying, is ultimately liberating and exhilarating.
Infact I am liberated after reading this..
We cannot read the meaning of life passively in the facts of nature. We must construct these answers ourselves — from our own wisdom and ethical sense. There is no other way.
Someone once question this to himself Why I’m here most of my life ? Then he answered himself - If there’s a purpose I don’t care anymore. I’m seventy-four. I’m on my way out. Let the young people learn the hard way, like I did. No one ever told me anything.
I am neither young now neither old...so what to do..
Just to be on the lighter side and those who do not want to stress themselves more than what they have already accumulated so far
A wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. And the highest form of play is the search for Truth, Beauty and Love. What more is needed? Should there be a ‘meaning’ as well, that will be a bonus?If we waste time looking for life’s meaning, we may have no time to live — or to play.
As far as I am concerned I am more of a seeker, an agonist and this definition suits me...
For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can’t readily accept the God formula, the big answers don’t remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God.
We are here to unlearn the teachings of the temples, churches, mosque ,state ,parenting and our educational system. We are here to drink wine & beer. We are here to kill war.We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us. We are here to read these words from all these wise men and women who will tell us that we are here for different reasons and the same reason.
Last but not the least some one even questioned this questioning
Avant-garde composer and philosopher John Cage said : No why. Just here...
Happy Reading...
Legendary science writer Stephen Jay Gould once told :The human species has inhabited this planet for only 250,000 years which is like .0015 percent of the history of life.Human beings have lived for that much time.Think of your own life span w.r.t this . The earth & this world fared perfectly well without us for all but the last moment of earthly time–and this fact makes our appearance look more like an accidental afterthought than the culmination of a prefigured plan. Moreover, the pathways that have led to our evolution are quirky, improbable, unrepeatable and utterly unpredictable. Human evolution is not random; it makes sense and can be explained after the fact. But wind back life’s tape to the dawn of time and let it play again–and you will never get humans a second time.
So I am not sure what are we proud of...if we are not sure of our existence second time .Continuing with same ....
We are here because one odd group of fishes had a peculiar fin anatomy that could transform into legs for terrestrial creatures; because the earth never froze entirely during an ice age; because a small and tenuous species, arising in Africa a quarter of a million years ago, has managed, so far, to survive by hook and by crook. We may yearn for a ‘higher’ answer — but none exists. This explanation, though superficially troubling, if not terrifying, is ultimately liberating and exhilarating.
Infact I am liberated after reading this..
We cannot read the meaning of life passively in the facts of nature. We must construct these answers ourselves — from our own wisdom and ethical sense. There is no other way.
Someone once question this to himself Why I’m here most of my life ? Then he answered himself - If there’s a purpose I don’t care anymore. I’m seventy-four. I’m on my way out. Let the young people learn the hard way, like I did. No one ever told me anything.
I am neither young now neither old...so what to do..
Just to be on the lighter side and those who do not want to stress themselves more than what they have already accumulated so far
A wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. And the highest form of play is the search for Truth, Beauty and Love. What more is needed? Should there be a ‘meaning’ as well, that will be a bonus?If we waste time looking for life’s meaning, we may have no time to live — or to play.
As far as I am concerned I am more of a seeker, an agonist and this definition suits me...
For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can’t readily accept the God formula, the big answers don’t remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God.
We are here to unlearn the teachings of the temples, churches, mosque ,state ,parenting and our educational system. We are here to drink wine & beer. We are here to kill war.We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us. We are here to read these words from all these wise men and women who will tell us that we are here for different reasons and the same reason.
Last but not the least some one even questioned this questioning
Avant-garde composer and philosopher John Cage said : No why. Just here...
Happy Reading...
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