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The question is a philosophical one and the prison is too. The schools teach that life is an accident caused by a big bang or quantum flutter. There is no afterlife.

The only rational response is fear, but science will come to the rescue and we can upload our consciousness to the cloud and live forever. Whoopee. I’m not making this up, they really think like this.

Some believe they have a soul, but apparently haven’t thought this through too well either, because they seem to be afraid of where their soul will go, which can be a worrisome consideration.

If something is eternal (since it is highly unlikely that absolute nothing produced something), then so is our soul.

If our soul is eternal, it means it can’t be harmed, in which case all efforts to save it are rendered redundant. What can’t be harmed needs no saving. So what is the prison? The prison is fear.

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Feb 17, 2023Liked by David Marks

Brilliant. Bravo.

I see a humanity living in harmony with the planet and all her species. The trees and fungus having been doing it for millennia. Surely we can learn from them?

I see a return to nature as the way forward. We should embrace ourselves as animals of the Earth, the Earth which provides an abundance for us to all thrive together. There is more than enough for everyone. There is so much art and culture and innovation still to come.

The current capitalist monetary system has failed. It will always go down the path of corruption. Creating wealth and material cannot be our primary directive as a species. It is inauthentic.

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Feb 16, 2023·edited Feb 16, 2023Author

I do realize these thoughts are provocative - and most welcome further comments, questions and perspective. This topic seems to me the core of what we might be reflecting on...

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Feb 16, 2023Liked by David Marks

Oh yes. We cannot continue along these lines.

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