Big Questions

by TerryWalstrom 13 Replies latest jw friends

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  TerryWalstrom

  
  
  BIG QUESTIONS
  Look at the entire history of humanity on earth and ask:
  "What is it people really want?"
  On the flip side:
  "What is it which keeps holding us back?"
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  No matter how bad or good our life is at any one moment we can imagine a better life.
  We can imagine a place "over there" greener, more beautiful, with rivers of purest water; a land of milk and honey.
  But wait--before you turn away with a yawn...

  One more thing.

  That gap--that space--between HERE and THERE, demands of us an irresistible passion to cross over.

  We seek: A BETTER LIFE.
  
  

  We find a "bridge" to buy which promises us a guarantee: whether it is God or Utopia or Diet and Meditation--we each, in our own way, find: THE ANSWER.

  The lowest form of human consciousness?

  We sleep. We wake. We toil.
  Little by little, we find ways to dull the pain of longing.

  If you convince yourself--you set about convincing others.
  If you stop hoping and believing there is a
  "way across the gap"
  what then?

  Look out.
  Look around you.
  Who is on a golden rat wheel of frenzy?

  Distraction. Entertainment. Sex, drugs, politics.

  Some of us become fanatics selling a brand name dream.
  Others shrink into the smallest space possible: despair.

  BIG QUESTIONS

  "What is it people really want?"
  On the flip side:
  "What is it which keeps holding us back?"

  No matter who you ask--you will get an answer.
  Isn't that amusing?
  
  

  Everybody has an answer.

  "KEEP MOVING"
  
  
  
  
  
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  snare&racket

  What does everyone want? To pass on their genetics to the next generation.

  what holds us back? Competition and comparison of self with others.

  Thats all.
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  TerryWalstrom

  I don't think I've ever been consciously "motivated" by DNA genetics per se.
  I take your point, however.|
  
  The urge, the instinct for sex is not a choice in humans any greater or lesser than animals. It can be moderated through force of will and indoctrinations, of course. Especially if you manage to sleep without a pillow between your knees :)
  
  What we WANT is mysterious.
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  snare&racket

  If you don’t think you have ever been motivated by genetics to do anything....

  Then I’m out of this conversation, because current human knowledge says otherwise, has evidence for otherwise and a logical explanation as to how and why.

  Deal wit the material before you consider the ethereal.
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  Finkelstein

  Easy ..... Peace, Love and Happiness ........... a good tasting beer
  
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  Holden Caufield

  That is hard to say we seek and desire children.
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  Charles Gillette

  Terry! I just finished reading "Heavens on Earth: The scientific search for the afterlife,Immortality, and Utopia." By Michael Shermer. This what mankind is searching for. We want to imagine a better life. Hope you read it and comment on it later on. I know it is your kind of book because I read your book,I wept by the rivers of Babylon. By the way he does look at the entire history of humanity on earth in this book.It is a tough read. Take good care of yourself Terry. You know me as Blueblades who reads all your topics and comments on some. I'm 33 years a watchtower slave 1969 to 2002 when I first joined Simon's original site back then. I miss the old guys and gals from back then.
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  Charles Gillette

  I did an edit and can't find it?
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  Charles Gillette

  Oops! There it is above.
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  TerryWalstrom

  snare&racket
  If you don’t think you have ever been motivated by genetics to do anything....
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  Read my reply c-a-r-e-fully...
  "I don't think I've ever been consciously "motivated" by DNA genetics
  per se."
  
  I make an effort to say exactly what I mean.
  Conscious choice, to me, carries with it aware grasp of pragmatic decision-making as opposed to instinctive emotional reactions. (I'm attracted to brunettes, for example).

  Also, I did say "I take your point, however."