At what level does life actually begin?

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@WendyDarling

No.

OK

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@Fixed Cross

I just figure this because life takes hold under pretty difficult situations on Earth,

Life exists deep in the earth living off the energy supplied by radioactive elements. newscientist.com/article/dn … y-the-sun/

Show me a place where life does not exist and I’ll show you a place that hasn’t been examined thoroughly

FWD to 27:17

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@WendyDarling

The balanced life is still being redefined between online and offline activities. Naturally, such balance depends on the individuals perceived reality in relation to their perceived successes on and offline. Highly social, average folks seem to be one of the two majority crowds and the other major crowd tends to be made up of the deeper thinkers who incorporate the internet into their more technical projects and thought processes.

“The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe.” - David Hare

The internet is trial by fire.

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@Fixed Cross

Zen is the art of staring at a wall and liking it.

Why does one like it though? Because the basic condition of life, the certainty of uncertainty, is unobstructed by apparent certainties that cause dread because of their true uncertain nature shining through as death. Most humans live to remain as little conscious of this pale shine. Sages and Warriors see that the pale light is only a veil. What the coward perceives as death is really himself.

The warriors are the most fearful among us. If you are a brave warrior who does not fear death, then why be a warrior?

See page 64-65 here: books.google.com/books?id=y8jLZ … nd&f=false

It’s not that one likes staring at a wall, but it’s the realization that there is no one staring at the wall. There is no one to kill, no reason to fight and therefore no reason to be a warrior or sage because there is nothing to know and no one to know it.

If you identify with the whole universe, then when the reaper comes, there is no one to kill.

“You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.” - Eric Hoffer

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@encode_decode

The internet.

Well I think it is the place for minds to be at the moment and some of our greatest achievements will happen because of the internet,

True but also some of our worse.
A hammer in the hand of an individual may either build a home or murder another.

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@Arcturus Descending

True but also some of our worse.
A hammer in the hand of an individual may either build a home or murder another.

That is quite possible - I have seen some evidence of this already. I also still think it is early days.

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Actually begin? I would say at the level where one wakes up and smells the coffee MMM and makes the conscious choice to LIVE instead of simply EXIST, to participate instead of sitting on the sidelines.

Just another slant on the question.