| To be or not to beThe mortality and
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| | from the evolving physical, biological,
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| immortalityFor most of the 5.4 billion
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| | mental. technological and social spheres.
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| years that the cosmos has been in
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| | It
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| existence, there was
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| | might better be called the cosmic
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| no one to ponder the question of to-be
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| | memory.This cosmic soul or memory has
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| or not-to-be. While quarks evolved into
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| | been evolving since the Big Bang. Each
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| atoms, the atoms, into molecules, and
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| | step in
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| the molecules into cells, consciousness
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| | evolution -- quarks to particles,
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| of
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| | particles to atoms, atoms to molecules,
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| being did not exist. Each new step of
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| | molecules
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| evolution brought new entities and new
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| | to cells, cells to life-forms,
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| properties. Only in the evolutionary
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| | life-forms to humans, and humans to
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| phase when brain cells had evolved the
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| | cultures-- has
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| and
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| | created a new part of the cosmic memory.
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| created the human mind did 'being,' --
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| | It includes Mount Fuji, the Johnston
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| the property of thought and
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| | flood, the ice ages, the Crusades, and
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| consciousness,
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| | all other happenings. Each individual at
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| -- emerge. Only in this brief miniscule
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| | birth
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| submoment of cosmic evolution has the
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| | is enmeshed in the cosmic memory/soul of
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| sense of being existed. Only in this
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| | the time.A simple example of this idea of
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| small window of time have humans been the
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| | soul is in a flock of birds. The soul of
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| | the flock
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| source of conscious being and
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| | evolves is a unit. It includes
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| recognized, as Descartes put it, "
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| | migration patterns, eating resources,
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| Cogito, ergo sum"
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| | nesting places,
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| (I think therefore I am).It is safe to
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| | and other characteristics. The flock
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| say that for most of the past billions of
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| | follows certain patterns for centuries.
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| cosmic years I, as an
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| | Individual
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| individual, did not exist. It is also
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| | birds live for but a short time. But
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| reasonable to believe that in billions of
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| | the memory esebce or soul of the flock is
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| future
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| | passed
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| cosmic years after my death I, as an
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| | to new birds as they hatch, join the
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| individual, will not exist. Only in a
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| | flock , participate, and learn by doing.
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| brief,
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| | The soul
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| transient flash do individual people
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| | of the flock evolves as it continually
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| exist. Certainly I was not before a
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| | finds new opportunities and faces new
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| zygot was
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| | challenges. Each bird gains its
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| formed by the union of cells from my two
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| | individual soul and passes its know-how
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| parents. And certainly the development,
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| | on to other
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| by chemical and biological means, of an
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| | new birds that join. The soul of the
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| embryo from that zygot did not have the
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| | flock is passed from individual souls to
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| property of independent action and
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| | individual souls, as it evolves to meet
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| conscious thought. It is also clear that
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| | contingencies of the time.Humans likewise
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| when I
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| | are born into the cosmic memory or cosmic
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| drew my first breath on being born I was
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| | soul. They are
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| not the evolved being that I was to
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| | embedded in the essence of all that
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| become. The question "to-be or
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| | exists. Who they are to become depends
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| not-to-be?" was not in my mind. My
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| | on
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| process of
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| | what they absorb into themselves from
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| becoming a human being was still ahead
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| | all that is. Each "soul" is immortal.
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| of me.It is clearly impossible to
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| | It is part
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| identify all of the experiences in one's
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| | of the "cosmic memory. "Every thing
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| life that
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| | anyone, makes, writes,says,or does
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| contributed to one's development into a
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| | becomes
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| unique being. Everyone is learning every
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| | part of the cosmic memory and is
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| | everlasting. Shakespear, Edison,
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| moment from birth to death, from waking
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| | Einstein,
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| to sleeping. Each moment is a step in
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| | Jesus, Marx, Smith and others are still
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| becoming. Our bodies, brains, and minds
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| | with us. So is Joe Blow, Anna
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| slowly evolve from the nothingness of
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| | Finklestein, and
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| our births to the to the final passage
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| | other common people. All have left
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| back into dust. If there is no heaven or
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| | their marks for eternity.Each act or
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| nirvana
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| | expressed idea is like dropping a stone
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| into which to pass it is reasonable to
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| | in a mill pond. The stone may
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| think we come to an end.So far I have
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| | sink to the bottom never to be seen
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| written about only two aspect of being --
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| | again. But its ripples spread out and
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| the body and the mind.
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| | may join
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| There is a third aspect.It's probably
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| | other ripples to produce an overwhelming
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| more the essence of who we are than the
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| | wave of social transformation. The
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| other
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| | origins of any act of social change may
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| two. It's more ethereal and more
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| | be lost in its myriad of its sources.
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| everlasting. I'm not sure what I should
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| | Once we
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| call it. But
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| | recognized that, we are driven to live
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| for lack of a better word I'll call it
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| | a positive creative life of value-- to be
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| "soul." By soul I don't mean anything
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| | one of
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| mystic,
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| | the sources of what will become. Whether
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| magical, divine, or other worldly. The
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| | anyone remembers the name of any one
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| soul is the essence of who we are. It's
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| | of us, everything we've done, said, or
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| who
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| | written is part of the evolving cosmic
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| we are more that either our minds or our
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| | soul.Each person's soul is formed by
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| bodies.This soul, the true center of
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| | every experience and every thought they
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| one's being,is not easy to circumscribe.
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| | ever have.
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| It, like the
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| | It is passed on in the same way. Each
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| mind and body, evolves. But its
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| | "unexpected act of kindness or senseless
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| evolution is over all time. Not that the
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| | act
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| past will be
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| | of beauty" makes a ripple like a grain
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| embodied in one's physical and mental
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| | of sand dropped in the cosmic mill pond.
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| being. But from the beginning of time to
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| | Every kind word one utters forms a
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| the
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| | pebble's ripple that will be passed on.
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| end of time what we become involves the
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| | More
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| whole cosmos. We have a birth date and a
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| | telling in the cosmic soul will be some
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| | of the memos, papers and posts that are
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| death date. But who we become is
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| | written. They are rocks that make a bit
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| already, in part, predetermine by the
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| | bigger splash, or at least have a
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| world
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| | guaranteed
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| around us. The essence of our being --
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| | longer life. Most important are the
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| our soul -- is absorbed over time from
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| | interactions with among people close one
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| the
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| | another -- families, friends, and
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| preexisting world of ideas & actions,of
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| | communities. In a person's children,
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| nature and technologies, of awe & wonder,
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| | friends an
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| | colleagues there is a cotinual riling of
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| ans of the beauty & mystery that exists
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| | the waters (particularly of the good
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| in, and is, the cosmos. It is the
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| | stuff). It
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| universal
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| | is passed into the cosmic memory/soul in
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| cosmic soul. It is similar to the
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| | that it remains real in the future and
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| 'noosphere' of Tielard de Chardin, the
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| | assures the immortality of everyone who
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| 'collective
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| | ever lives.Recognizing the immortality of
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| unconscious' of Carl Jung, the
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| | our souls suggests a new emphasis on
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| 'ideosphere' of others. It is the
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| | morality.
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| totality of the
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| | Every act thought or word we utter
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| physical, biological, technological, and
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| | should be in the context of its impact on
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| cultural worlds and more. It is the the
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| | the
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| knowledge, the beliefs, the feelings, as
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| | cosmic memory. They change the cosmic
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| well as the written word and the passed
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| | soul as they happen and they will be
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| on
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| | remembered and they will affect cosmic
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| memories of everyone who has ever lived.
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| | evolution for ages into the future. They
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| It is inherited from our ancestors and
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| | provides us with reason for living.
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