Re: Joyous Chee: Is There a Need to Save Humanity?

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Thank you, Liane!!!!! Awesome awesome article.

Love & Light,

Kanta

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> I was watching a Japanese anime called

> *Vexille*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexille>.

> It is about the year 2077 and Japan has isolated itself from the

world.

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> Apparently, some scientists are developing robotic technology to

take over

> humanity. Well, the story is not important here and so I am not

going into

> the details of the plot. But what triggers the topic of this

column is that

> the movie is about humanity trying to save itself.

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> I cannot help but draw a connection to other science fiction

movies where

> the protagonists are always trying to save humanity. If not from

some

> man-made disasters, then it is about averting some natural

catastrophes like

> a meteorite falling on Earth, ice age, the sun burning out, or

some disease

> wiping off mankind.

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> The plot may be different, but the theme is always about some

heroes saving

> humanity.

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> Now, my question is this: why do we need to save humanity?

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> Are we not eternal souls, individuated aspects of God,

consciousness that

> can create matter out of thoughts? After all, this is a most

common belief

> of metaphysics. Why do we need to save humanity so badly?

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> It seems to me that the idea of saving humanity is really about

the fear of

> death.

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> The human species and more specifically, our human bodies are our

earth

> space suits which we create and use to explore the physical realm

of terra

> earth. While this beautiful planet has provided us some of the most

> wonderful experiences, would we not ever get bored of it

eventually? It is

> very much like trying to achieve immortality in a human body. Why

on earth

> would anyone want that if we can reincarnate and play different

kinds of

> roles or explore other realms of creation? If we are playing a

computer

> role-playing game, do we always want to play the swordsman? Don't

we want to

> try other roles like magician, bowman, thief or pirate? Similarly,

when we

> are done with our human experience, we might want to discard it

and move on

> to other experiences and explore other parts of the infinite

multiverse -

> our grand creation of the All That Is.

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> It seems to me that the...

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> To read more, click... no, not your Ruby Slippers, silly... the

LINK!

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> http://www.cosmiclighthouse.com/feb08/columns/joyouschee

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> " As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace

since I

> became civilized. "

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> ~Ohiyesa, Santee Sioux~

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