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“SOMETHING ON THE OTHER SIDE” BE OBSCURED BY TECHNOLOGY
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“LIKE THE EUROPEANS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY WE ARE STANDING ON THE SHORES OF SPAIN OR PORTUGAL
LOOKING OUT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. WE KNOW THAT THERE
IS SOMETHING ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THAT OUR DISCOVERY
OF EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS WILL MEAN THAT THE
THINGS IN OUR WORLD WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN”
TIME – JANUARY 14” 1974
THE DISCOVERY IS THE MEANING OF LIFE (ALL LIFE) AND THE MEANING TO LIFE (ANY LIFE). DISCOVERY IS BY A PROCESS OF SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS, OR A TRUE SCIENTIFIC SCRUTINY. THE ONLY PREMISE IS I AM; TO DISCOVER HOW I AM AND WHY I AM . (COMMENTARY I).
ALL THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH RELATIVE EASE AND EFFICIENCY IF BILL CLINTON’S PRIME, POST ELECTION OBJECTIVE IS ACCEPTED: THAT “EACH PERSON TAKES CHARGE OF HIS LIFE, WITH THE COURAGE TO CHANGE”. THERE IS NOTHING BETTER. (THE QUOTE IS FROM CNN – 27 – 10 – 1992)
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV’S WORKING PRINCIPLES OF ‘GLASNOST’ (OPENNESS) AND ‘PERESTROIKA’ (CHANGE) ARE EQUALLY RELEVANT – THOUGH MORE GENERAL. (COMMENTARY II)
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MANY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT LIFE IS ONE – THIS ONE! (THEY JUST COME FROM NOWHERE, ‘PLAY THEIR PART’ AND DISAPPEAR AGAIN.) THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS, AS THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT LIFE (BEING A BEING) IS. ALL THEY KNOW IS THAT LIFE IS SOMETHING IS THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A BODY. OUR QUEST (OF REALITY) STARTS HERE, IS CONTINUED INTO EXISTENCE (LIVING) AND THEN, PERHAPS – A GOAL TOO!
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“I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO FEARS ABOUT DYING, AS I KNOW THAT LIFE WILL CONTINUE. MY ONLY FEAR IS THAT OF WASTING TIME.”
(SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS IN A B.B.C. INTERVIEW IN
1995)
WHAT HE MUST MEAN IS THAT THE SUPPOSITION THAT ONE CAN ACQUIRE ANOTHER BODY IN THE WAY ONE ACQUIRED THE PRESENT ONE IS FAR MORE RATIONAL THAN THE IDEA OF DISAPPEARING INTO NOTHINGNESS OR BEING CARRIED TO HEAVEN OR HELL! BUT HE IS UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE WAY TO BETTER HIM SELF. WHAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT HE WAS DRAWN A DISTINCTION BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS BODY.
WHEN ONE CONSIDERS
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WHEN ONE CONSIDERS THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE BETWEEN THE MOST ADVANCED APE AND THE MOST PRIMITIVE HUMAN, THERE APPEARS TO BE LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. HOW EVER,
THE ACTUAL DIFFERENCES ARE VAST. TO START WITH, THEY BELONG TO TWO DIFFERENT SPECIES; WHERE CROSS FERTILIZATION IS IMPOSSIBLE. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE HUMAN HAS THE INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY (TO LEARN) TO COMPREHEND REALITY; AND APE DOES NOT!
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IF I WERE TO BE CREATED BY AN ALMIGHTY, TO LIVE OUT THREE SCORE YEARS AND TEN, ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, ON EARTH; IN RETURN FOR AN ETERNAL, BLISSFUL EXISTENCE THEREAFTER; I WOULD BE AN IMBECILE NOT TO OBLIGE! BUT ALAS, THIS IS ONLY A FERTILE IMAGINATION. AS A RELIGION BASED
ON MIRACLES PROVES NOTHING EXCEPT FOR THE POWER TO PRODUCE THEM. YET THE CONCEPT THAT BODILY DEATH WOULD BE THE END OF IT ALL – A SORT OF NOTHINGNESS – WOULD ALSO MAKE LIFE TOTALLY PURPOSELESS. FOR IT WOULD MEAN, THAT ONE HAS APPEARED FROM NOWHERE (IN INFINITY) TO RETURN TO OBLIVION. (Dr. S.P.DE .SILVA.)
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN EGG (OR ANY OTHER EGG OR EVEN A SEED) FOLLOWS THE PATTERN OF EVOLUTION OF ITS SPECIES. THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT GENES HAVE MAINTAINED A CONTINUITY (OF THE SPECIES); WITH THE OLD GENES NOT BEING DISCARDED, BUT ALTERED, AND NEW ONES ADDED, WHERE NECESSARY. THUS IT MAKES THE EVOLUTION OF EACH SPECIES A FAMILY
TREE. TO POSTULATE THAT WE, AS INDIVIDUALS, ARE JUST ORGANIC CREATIONS*(1) THAT JOIN THE
SPECIES ONLY TO DISAPPEAR AT DEATH; IS TOO FANCIFUL EVEN FOR FICTION. A PROCESS OF CONTINUITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS TO BE FOR THERE HAS TO BEA BASIC GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT BRINGS ABOUT THE GENETIC EVOLUTION OF THEIR SPECIES*(3). THE AGNOSTICS*(2) SHOULD NOW BLUSH, AS MATERIAL EVOLUTION HAS SHOWN THE INEVITABILITY OF A MENTAL FACTOR – OR A MIND CONTINUUM!
*(1) – JUST ORGANIC CREATIONS’ MEANS: SIMPLY THE PRODUCTS OF OUR PARENTS BODIES
*(2) – BY PROCREATING ONE MAINTAINS A CONTINUITY OF THE SPECIES, AND (INSTINCTIVELY) PROVIDES A FUTURE NIDUS FOR ONE’S OWN SELF (MIND).
*(3) – AN AGNOSTIC IS ONLY INTERESTED IN WHAT CAN BE SEEN, AND NOT IN WHAT COULD BE SEEN – IN REALITY.
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THE MANNER IN WHICH THE GENES IN A FERTILIZED EGG CONSTRUCT A BODY, CAN BE COMPARED TO THE MANNER IN WHICH AN ELABORATE HOUSE IS BUILT. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE HOUSE (OR BODY) ACTUALLY CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF HOUSES; EACH BEING AN EXTENSION OF ITS PREVIOUS
UNIT; WITH THE ORIGINAL BEING A SIMPLE FUNCTIONAL UNIT. THE ANALOGY IS IN FACT APPLICABLE TO
THE CELL: SINCE IT IS THE CELL THAT UNDERGOES THE MOULDING. THE GENE CONTROLLING AN ADULT CELL IS RESPONSIBLE ONLY FOR ITS FUNCTION. ITS STRUCTURE HAS BEEN BUILT UP BY A
RELAY OF GENES. THERE IS A VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REPRODUCING CELLS AND CONSTRUCTING AN ORGAN. FOR IF AN ADULT CELL HAS TO MULTIPLY, IT MAY DO SO WITHOUT MOULDING*(1) – A FILLING TO REPLACE DEAD TISSUE. THIS IS THE BASIS OF TISSUE CULTURE; WHICH CAN ONLY GROW TISSUES BUT NOT ORGANS*(2). IT IS MOULDING DIFFICULTIES THAT PREVENT THE VITAL (HUMAN) ORGANS BEING REPLACED LIKE THE BRANCHES OF A TREE *(3). THE ANALOGY TO A HOUSE GETS LOST HERE! (OF ALL THE GENES INVOLVED IN CONSTRUCTING A HUMAN BODY , THE GENE OF THE RED BLOOD CELLS IS PERHAPS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS OBVIOUSLY ACTIVE THROUGH OUT LIFE; ENABLING IT TO BE USED AS CELL TRANS PLANTS FOR DISEASES OF RED CELLS)
*(1) – THERE HAS TO BE A SPECIFIC GENE FOR SUCH MITOTIC MULTIPLICATION, IN EVERY LIVING BEING. AND, IT IS AN OBSTRUCTION TO THIS GENE THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NEARLY ALL CANCERS; BY AN UNLIMITED PROLIFERATION OF IMMATURE CELLS \, UNABLE TO REACH THE NEXT (MATURATION)
STAGE. (THE FEW CANCERS NOT CASED BY A MITOTIC OBSTRUCTION, WOULD BE FROM A GROWING ORGAN TISSUE, LIKE LEUKEMIA)
*(2) – ALTHOUGH IT IS UNLIKELY THAT TISSUE CULTURE WILL EVER PRODUCE AN ORGAN, IT MAY BE
ABLE TO PRODUCE AN ORGANISM. THIS COULD OCCUR ONLY IF THERE IS SPECIFIC ASEXUAL GENE
PRESENT (AS IN PLANTS) WHICH CAN SOMEHOW BE ACTIVATED IN VITRO. (ONLY AN ASEXUAL GENE CAN INTEGRATE THE REST OF THE GENES, TO CONSTRUCT AN ASEXUAL BODY OR CLONE.)
*(3) – IT CAN BE STATED EMPHATICALLY, THAT TISSUE CULTURE (IN VITRO) WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO PRODUCE VITAL HUMAN ORGANS LIKE THE HEART, LIVER OR KIDNEYS. A STUDY OF EMBRYOLOGY
WILL INDICATE THE EXTENT OF GENETIC MOULDING OF THE ENTIRE FOETUS REQUIRED, TO BRING
ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC MOULDING OF THESE ORGANS. THE HARELIP IN HUMANS SHOWS THE PRECISE GENETIC MOULDING AND COORDINATION OF THE ENTIRETY NECESSARY IN CONSTRUCTING AN ENTITY .HOWEVER, A HUMAN NAIL (FINGER OR TOE) CAN REGENERATE AS SIMPLY AS THE BRANCH OF A TREE. THIS IS BECAUSE BOTH THE NAIL AND THE BRANCH HAVE NO CONSTRAINTS OF EXTERNAL MOULDING, AND APE ABLE TO GROW INDEPENDENTLY. EVEN SO, A NAIL COULD BE GROWN IN VITRO, ONLY FROM THE GENE ACTIVATED TISSUE OF A NAIL – BED. SINCE THE EXACT CONDITIONS FOR GENETIC ACTIVATION IN VIVO CAN NEVER BE SIMULATED IN TISSUE CULTURE OR IN VITRO.