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Philosophy for the New Paradigm

Submitted by ahileva on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 01:19.

I've been working on this, let me know what you think:


Laws of Existence
1. There is something: Existence
2. I am: Consciousness; Awareness
3. We are something: we call it Life
4. Lifeforms reproduce: Regeneration
5. Lifeforms die: Renewal
: . There is order: Meaning
: . There is direction: Subject, Will

Laws of Human Existence
1. I am: Self-awareness; Knowledge
2. My human life will come to an end: Death
3. I was born, I live, and I will die alone: Isolation
: . I crave contact, communion: Reproduction
4. I am responsible for my condition: Freedom
: . I crave meaning, structure: Belief

What Life Is
● Every organism, with its unique cognitive abilities, has a distinct perception of the universe; a singular, subjective reality.
● By the laws of reproduction and death, natural selection yields organisms with increasing cognizance of the universe, and so, through evolving lifeforms, life garners awareness and consciousness unfolds.
● Every living being is a shot at perceiving, conceiving the cosmos.
● Brain and body (central (brain and spinal cord) and peripheral (body) nervous systems) are the instrument by which consciousness/mind/spirit takes form and perceives the cosmos.
● There is no objective reality; all reality is subjective; there are numerous realities. What we call objectivity is nothing more than the intersubjective agreement of the species, the operational plane of reality of the lifeform.
● If there is no objective reality, no existence outside experience, perception is creation.
● The phenomenon of Life is the will to awareness; the cosmos conceiving itself.
● You are wrapped in the middle of it all.