Added: Nov 18, 2008
From: thequestionmarkofGod
Duration: 2:29
We are paying a price for our intellect and awareness just as a certain popular myth suggests... Now I am not suggesting the fact that a story may contain some reflection of reality makes it a literal truth, it doesn't... but it does imply that perhaps we could stand to give our ancestors a little credit for the language of religion they created to help them relate to this world.
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thequestionmarkofGod Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Which is precisely the role it serves in my life, I have had to learn to let go of my crazy urges to have some kind of skill or structure to it and just give in to expressing the feeling, the mood, regardless of if it "looks good" or has comprehensible form... My goal is not to create a masterpiece it is to relieve my angst and release thoughts and feelings for which I have no words.The way I imagine an idea in my mind NEVER translates to paper. I've give up trying, I'm drawing anyway.
Loreleila Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Indeed. These myths, symbols, archetypes, speak volumes on the human condition. To throw them out as factually incorrect is, imo, as unwise as behaving as if they are to be read literally.
jogayot Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - but think of the oranges! they have the right to go bananas, too!
JaktheAtheist Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - You should put a link to your new channel in your video description, so that every one finds it.
WiseMonki Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - What a wonderful video. regards,
ndclark Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Fantastic Sara! Great commentary, well spoken and clear reasoning. 5*
TristanPEJ Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Here's an interesting fact about the non-philosophical price we pay for intellect and consciousness. Ever notice when a cat gives birth its like she doesn't even feel a tiny bit of pain? It's because she doesn't.(this was not meant to be insulting or taken any other way than its literal interpretation I just thought it was interesting)
Brandt761 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Really? That would have interesting implications. What would make it so painful for humans...?
TristanPEJ Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - our brains have evolutionarily grown really quickly
Brandt761 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - So it's like an unnecessary sensitivity?
TristanPEJ Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - hips aren't large enough to adapt perfectly to Humans having huge heads
Brandt761 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Yeah, but what about Apes? They have fairly large heads, do they feel pain?
TristanPEJ Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - not as big as ours are when we're born
Brandt761 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - So we're the only animals who feel pain in that instance?
TristanPEJ Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - not only but ours is amongst the worst
Brandt761 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - So, just out of curiosity, which other species do, and how much?
TristanPEJ Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - some species die giving birth 100% of the time
Brandt761 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - So I guess they have it worse...
Brandt761 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Another question is: Was there ever any innocence. Because, I mean, before we became intellectual, and stuff, we were a part of nature, where the motto was "eat or be eaten". How is that innocent. If anything, we're more innocent now...
MishaVargas Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Perhaps, but then, their offspring go off and prosper without further help. What more could the parent desire?In fact, desires exist for the effects that they have on reproductive success.
Brandt761 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - That depends on the species. And either way, the offspring is still more likely to die. Especially in those species where they survive on their own, there are often massive numbers of offspring with few survivors...
MishaVargas Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - The point is, after successfully breeding, the mother has achieved as much as can be expected. There's no tragedy in her death, I'd say, not from her point of view. (This is all a bit anthropomorphic)
Brandt761 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Well, I guess, if they don't have self-awareness, their fate doesn't matter beyond evolutionary success. But would that be "innocent"? Seems more like "mindless" to me. If an animal dies in the woods, and no one is there to see it, is it still tragic?
NemoUtopian Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - i think you would enjoy neil gaimans sandman comic series,it very much deals with the importance of dreams and stories,how that which is not real can still be true.
thequestionmarkofGod Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - I think that is a question worthy of asking many times, on many levels... It is late here now but lets visit the concept later in discussion.I think on it often, finding the balance in life, would we have more peace, more health, more balance if we could just let it go.... return to our innocence?