Minestr on Nostr: The meaning of life in a nutshell. “Human thought does not arise unless there are ...
The meaning of life in a nutshell.
“Human thought does not arise unless there are two things opposing each other. If there is only one, there is nothing to think about. In other words, it is only by contrasting the concepts of change and unchanging, or eternity and transience, that we can contemplate the time that changes moment by moment and the unchanging eternity. The desire for eternal life arises because of the existence of birth and death. We can also say that to consider birth and death as transience is itself a wish for eternal life.
Human consciousness arises since it observes experience itself from a distance. This is because there are two aspects: the observer and the observed. Animals, on the other hand, do not separate into two; they live in a singular state. Thus, they do not have awareness beyond their immediate experience, nor do they critique, reflect, or yearn for anything beyond that. When they are alive, they are alive; when they die, they die. They do not speak of eternity or life. In contrast, humans, due to their divided consciousness, venture beyond reality, creating various dreams and yearning for what is not present. Why is this?
The ultimate resolution must be that the moment is eternity, and that life and death themselves are nirvana, with this world being a paradise as it is. There is no eternity apart from the passage of time. Eternity is the unconditional now.”
“Human thought does not arise unless there are two things opposing each other. If there is only one, there is nothing to think about. In other words, it is only by contrasting the concepts of change and unchanging, or eternity and transience, that we can contemplate the time that changes moment by moment and the unchanging eternity. The desire for eternal life arises because of the existence of birth and death. We can also say that to consider birth and death as transience is itself a wish for eternal life.
Human consciousness arises since it observes experience itself from a distance. This is because there are two aspects: the observer and the observed. Animals, on the other hand, do not separate into two; they live in a singular state. Thus, they do not have awareness beyond their immediate experience, nor do they critique, reflect, or yearn for anything beyond that. When they are alive, they are alive; when they die, they die. They do not speak of eternity or life. In contrast, humans, due to their divided consciousness, venture beyond reality, creating various dreams and yearning for what is not present. Why is this?
The ultimate resolution must be that the moment is eternity, and that life and death themselves are nirvana, with this world being a paradise as it is. There is no eternity apart from the passage of time. Eternity is the unconditional now.”