Week 5 Post 3

The mindset that humans are just walking mindless masses is very consequential. Thinking that humans are nothing more than chemical scum or disregarding a mindful self in others and yourself can lead empirically evil feats. For example, slavery and the exploitation of humans beings for financial advantages, or curating laws that offend an entire population of people. There is a prevalent disconnect in our society where a persons worth is often determined by characteristics that they have no power over. That subsequent self doubt is then used for someone's monetary gain (think of advertising for skin care products and makeup!). So many people receive the message that because their bodily self does not fit an unrealistic role, their potential is undeserving of being explored. These unrealistic roles include physical body image, socioeconomic status, race, gender, sexual identity, physical/intellectual abilities and financial advantages/disadvantages. 

It is literally as though we have a devil on our shoulder that yearns for instant gratification which feeds into the demonic messages of society. By practicing mindfulness and remembering everyone is your veritable equal I think we can become models of self contentment and assurance; we can harness the innate meaningful power within us.

Would God be considered an abstraction as God must not be spatiotemporal? (otherwise God wouldn't be God!). In fact does God even "exist"? Wouldn't existence mean to be and then to cease being? And since God is characterized by being eternal and unchanging I would think God is more than just existing.  Clearly humans can daydream... is trying to prove the "existence" of abstract objects similar to how religion is a survival mechanism of sorts?? It is speculated that the reason for religion is "to enhance the basic cognitive process of self-control, which in turn promotes any number of valuable social behaviors", does this mean religion has kind of been an outlet for fear? And in what ways has organized religion pulled the uno reverse card and caused fear?

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  1. Ms. DunleyDecember 10, 2020 at 10:51 AM

    To you does God exist?

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    1. Emmy KroneJanuary 8, 2021 at 7:21 AM

      Not in the traditional sense where there is an entity with very human characteristics. I think that there is definitely something greater than us but that is much more subtle and impersonal

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