Fundamental Questions about Humanity
It will really help you to bring your beliefs about Humanity out from your subconscious and into the open. Even if you're not sure or haven't made up your mind yet, it will still be useful for navigating around seductive rhetoric from those who make definitive statements about the nature of life - in the cosmos, on this planet, YOU - that tolerates no contradiction.
From my own journey - past and present - I've noticed that there are three primary perspectives about life as a Homo Sapien:
- there is nothing beyond the brief phenomena of life ... it's just a bio-chemical occurrence
- life has a spiritual purpose and we live in the middle of spiritual realms
- life on Terra is a neighbourhood with life on other planets as well.
Are these mutually exclusive? Not necessarily ... that will depend on you, how hard-line your understanding is. For me? They're not exclusive, and there is overlap. Beings on other planets also have a spiritual life, for instance.
To help you understand your orientation to your individual life as well as the more general situation, I've outlined a few questions for you to ask yourself.
Expand and dig deep into your responses.
Yes?
No?
Depends ... ?
2. Is Humanity confined only to Earth?
Yes?
No?
Depends ... ?
3. If Humanity is not necessarily the 'pinnacle' of creation, is it perhaps 'special' in any way?
Yes?
No?
Depends ... ?