As a Christian, Leibniz outlined his perfect world theory in his work The Monadology, stating the argument in five parts:
God has the idea of infinitely many universes. Only one of these universes can actually exist. God's choices are subject to the principle of sufficient reason, that is, God has reason to choose one thing or another. God is good. Therefore, the universe that God chose to exist is the best of all possible worlds.[1]
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. ~ Buddha If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. You get in touch with Mother Earth and eating in such a way, you feel in touch with true life, your roots, and that is meditation. If we chew every morsel of our food in that way we become grateful and when you are grateful, you are happy. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs ,honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.~ Bradley Whitford
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Smelly, I’m loving your flow right now. Lots of honey in your words.
I agree with you. BPW is just yin and yang. The creation of the universe pressing the suprise me button and playing hide and seek with itself. The knock on the door can only ever be us. We are not just IN the universe, we ARE the universe.
There was a time when we distinguished ourselves from the other animals because of our powers of reason. The icon of the Enlightenment was Rousseau's 'Smile of Reason'. Well, it seems, at least since the time of Machiavelli, Marx and Freud, that we have devolved from rationalists to rationalizers. The primary target of postmodern deconstruction is precisely the notion that there exists any such archetype as Reason. Reason has been dethroned by the Selfish Gene. What was once a singular and progressive history of ideas has been reduced to an endless interplay of mere memes. There is a problem, however, that the deconstructors of the mind are not facing up to. The whole notion of deconstruction is based on the possibility of analysis. Behind deconstruction lies analysis and the analytical movement in philosophy. Behind the analytical movement in philosophy lies the atomistic impulse of science. Everything must have a foundation, and the foundation of deconstruction is to be found in the ancient concept of the Atom. To deconstruct the mind is, in some very non-trivial sense, to atomize the mind. ~ Dan Smith
OK, so the problem I have with you guys saying this in the context of 'UFO disclosure' is that you probably wouldn't apply the same philosophy if somebody actually did knock on your physical front door, or your phone beeped with a message or you felt hungry etc.
You would open the door, check the phone and get something to eat.
You would respond to all these stimuli in a sane and NATURAL way, yet you are seemingly deflecting NATURAL curiosity towards UFO phenomena by implying we shouldn't pay attention to it.
Did I miss the meeting where curiosity was declared an UNNATURAL act?
The point is, this approach of sniffy, esoteric disdain and dismissiveness towards the UFO mystery is extremely useful for the Rons and the CIAs of this world who want ordinary people to keep their heads down and shut the fuck up.
listen do you want to know a secret i have surmised when I die and shut my eyes forever will I sleep not knowing who was wise while enjoying my sweet demise
By no means am I saying people should not be curious. I was very curious when I first came here to OMF 6 or 7 months ago. My brother had been having human initiated close encounter experiences and I was curious. I decided to go out to the West Desert here in Utah in the middle of the night and try it out myself. The result of that experience and encounter has led me to where I am now, but nothing Smelly could have said here in OMF would have satisfied my need to know and my need to experience IT myself. The key to understanding it all is hidden in our own consciousness.
its hard to imagine this is the BPW if you have been wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison . no this is not me. its easier if you have spent your life as hugh hefner . but i have pondered all things being evened out, fair and transparent , no predator prey. no need for camouflage , no feeding on each other, plants included, no deception and so on. everyone happy!! nope it doesn't work.
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