Questions and Meditations

36 Released from duality

Probably ever since the human race stands erect upon this earth, able to observe its environment and to marvel at the multitudes of stars in the night sky, we have wondered whether we are alone in this material universe. That there exist other subtler planes that influence us or with which we may enter in contact, we may sense and concede already, but how could we be the only conscious living physical creatures in this entire material universe?

This question has never ceased. Contemporary scientific advances, however formidable, find to it no answer.

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But the question itself grows more refined and deepens and evolves. We have for example become aware of the possibility of different space-times, or of different proportions in the main material laws such as gravity.

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Could it be that on other planets Matter is animated and conscious of existence in forms comparable, if not analogous, to those we experience, according to an identifiable scale of densities or autonomy?

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In most of our “fantastic” tales we project on their hypothetical species the leading axes of our own trajectory = the quest for power or sovereignty and the needs for relationships.

Rarely so far have we been able to imagine a quest for plenitude.

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In human memory, we have all along been kneaded by duality. By opposition and conflict.

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