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DavidA human residing in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Ancestral territory of the Erie, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Mississauga and Neutral First NationsVeteran
We'll wait for the O/P and see what direction they want to go from here.
Also remember evolution is not about 'gradual improvement'. It is about fitness for a niche arising. So for example some dinosaurs ended up in trees, as birds. Most died out. Humans could fall prey to highly adaptive 'stupid' viruses. Pattern seeking, an evolutionary human trait, insists on finding a mechanism to explain dukkha. Karma from previous incarnations is one such attempt.
... and now back to the rebirth of emptyness ...
Pattern-seeking is an important thing to be aware of. It seems to be a very common source of dukkha as well.
It has definitely had its usefulness for individual survival and emerged for a reason throgh evolution. But like many things we are "hardwired" with for survival, we seem to let these basic tendencies get in the way of a greater evolution in how we make sense of the world.
Therein lies the difference between surviving and living, maybe.
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We'll wait for the O/P and see what direction they want to go from here.
@lobster said:
Pattern-seeking is an important thing to be aware of. It seems to be a very common source of dukkha as well.
It has definitely had its usefulness for individual survival and emerged for a reason throgh evolution. But like many things we are "hardwired" with for survival, we seem to let these basic tendencies get in the way of a greater evolution in how we make sense of the world.
Therein lies the difference between surviving and living, maybe.