Bodhi's Blogs

It is so appropriate to call our species homo sapiens sapiens; the one who thinks about thinking. Aside from continuous becoming because of our capacity to co-create and to unfold our creativity in the cosmos, to be able to think about thinking means the capacity to transform and metamorphose into novel and creative ways of being. In this latest stage of our human becoming, we have already discovered where we came from--the Big Bang; and we have begun to explore the universe of the very small--hadrons and leptons; sub-atomic particles and the very large--astrophysics and galaxies. And yet we are still submerged in a dangerous social cybernetic that may eventually lead to our utter destruction- like the ecological timebomb, social volcano, or nuclear annihilation. I liken this stage to a caterpillar who greedily and selfishly eats and eats all its environment to the point of destruction---then we will undergo a crisis of unimaginable proportions--a silent death--a pupal stage for all humanity---If we survive, we will all transform into a butterfly- a rediscovery of our humanity--an unending metamorphosis of one who thinks beauty upon beauty--the homo sapiens sapiens.:wink:

:wacko:If there were to be a planetary court case including all animal and plants indicting the human species, would we plead guilty or not guilty? While it is true that in this past 200 years, we have created human made extinctions, threatened the global climate, destroyed the forests, killed the animals, and launched wars, it is also true that in this past 200 years that we were able to discover and create so much in nature. Is humanity gift or curse, creation would ask the question. Are we going to transcend ourselves or are we going to doom ourselves? That is the question. Yet there is beauty and mystery to all this. We have come this way bringing to fulfillment all things unto its last and finest--even plotting the very genes that make our species and conquering the stars...We have often acted out of harmony. Yet hope springs eternal in the human heart. We have transcended our ape-like origins, certainly we may be able to transcend our dark passions and celebrate the meaning of being truly human.:tongue:

What differentiates the human being from the animals? The human being creates his environment while the animal simply lives on its environment. Depending on what you do, you create the environment appropriate for your work. When one is a farmer, he creates fields from forests. When one is a worker, factories arise. When one is an astronaut, space can even be created with spaceships and satellites. The human being is really a co-creator of God with the capacity to fulfill all creation unto its fullest manifestation. Knowledge for the human being is cumulative so that the knowledge of our earliest ancestors is passed on genetically and through society. Unlike animals where all things that they learn is lost when they die, human beings evolve rapidly through the accumulation of knowledge. The most beautiful thing about the human is that we are human becomings. We continuously recreate ourselves as we are never the same species as time goes by because we define our own beingness. We have the capacity to emerge from every mess that we find ourselves in. We are transcendent...:smile: