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Originally Posted by Michael2Wolves
Regardless of whether or not the future will ever happen, I'm beginning to feel that the only thing that matters in the universe is now. This moment, right now. That is all that can be definitively said to exist, and if we are not doing everything we can to lift our species out of the darkness of ignorance, then we are failing as a human being. A human being is called a human being because it requires action--you're a human being, not a human already became. It requires sober responsibility from within.
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I think that 'now' is something that is fundamentally important to the way the human psyche has developed & to it's balance & well-being. Because we are cognoscent of the past & aware of the possibilities (and dangers) of the future, we are at risk of ignoring the present moment & instead, fixating on the decisions of the past & the choices faced in the future. What gives use the ability to perceive & project, is also what can prevent us from being effective & engaged in the present.
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Originally Posted by Michael2Wolves
The things that worry me the most, now that I think about it, are the removal of moral absolutes from our society because that is the underpinning of culture and civilization. If someone is allowed to "move" the goal posts of right and wrong based on whim, then we as a species are doomed.
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Here, I'd beg to differ. Depending on belief, it could be argued that right & wrong are fundamental absolutes enshrined at the beginning of creation - however, the human perception of right/wrong will inevitably have a personal interpretation based upon personal/environmental construction. Therefore, the positioning of those goal posts are always subject to individual variation - due to this, right/wrong at a societal level must become something of a compromise, rather than being fixed points. It's a price of having the ability to make individual choices - something that's likely essential to our development as a species.
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Originally Posted by Michael2Wolves
Fear is exhausting.
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But fear is also proof that you're alive...