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Old 01-16-2008, 08:14 PM   #8 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru
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We created that world.
No we didn't. We observe it as it unfolds before us. Never ending. Ever changing.

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We allowed that world.
No we didn't. We simply adapted and continue to adapt to the chaos.

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Hell, we like that world.
No we don't. One cannot like something that cannot be seen and is always changing.

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Millions of years of evolution and we still cater to the least common denominator. So often we are proud, foolish animals trying to assemble some sort of higher meaning out of the chemical reactions that created us and govern every aspect of our short lives.
This is what makes us different from any other being in the known universe.
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