@Ruthless Logic,
Ruthless Logic wrote:
As an example, the 1st law of thermodynamics states that matter/energy cannot be created nor can it be destroyed. The Natural World is represented within a Construct. It is the careless mind that considers the possibility of producing an "unnatural" event or product from the Natural World Construct. It is simply a self-serving assertion fraught with contradiction. (1)While some the actions of human beings appear to be detrimental towards the species in the short-run, the long-run viability of the natural world is completely assured with or without the presence of Human Beings. (2)The concept of living in balance or sustainability with the Natural World DOES NOT insulate the human species from catastrophic events that eliminate millions of individuals from the population pool (new strain of bacterium or viruses, famine, severe weather, earthquakes, eruptions, pestilence, climate change, do I need to continue?)
Brilliantly put. If I might add we must do the very best with what we have to work with. I agree will all of
(1) and only some of
(2). Every thing you see is of the natural world. Stand on top of the Empire State Building and everything you see is from Earth, Air, Fire, Water, blood, sweat and tears. Ha. To add a few of my own. Some of what we know is in line with our ability to understand it and some of what we know is well beyond our ability to understand. In my opinion it is all about balance. This is not about the Earth's continuation, it's about ours. You bet, the Earth will continue on. All I am saying is we have a greater chance to understand what life is all about once we consciously try to act in accordance with the precise structure of universe rather than gratuitously and wastefully abusing her resources. The most important of which is man. In the free mind of man are those answers we need to make this planet hum. IMO. Right now we "rape" our most brilliant minds to continue the status quo. Once we really begin grasping for straws is when we will be past the point of no return and we will understand what hell is all about.
Of the catastrophic events that are beyond our control "now" are the two I have underlined, IMO: Earthquakes and Eruptions. All the others we can fix. In my opinion those are consequences of the imbalance. How could we say it doesn't have anything to do with balance when we don't have a clue to what that balance is. As far as the Earthquakes, eruptions, we can do all we can to insure we stay clear of those areas until we learn how to stem their occurrences. I fully believe we will learn how to deal with those. Yes they are "acts of God", and so are we. We are creations of this universe and we are meant to harmonize with it just as everything else does and whistling while we work has something to do with it. We don't work very well under stress.
Yes, there will be death as that is an essential part of life. It is that quality of life that is what is important. The better the quality, the more harmonic we are and the more productive we are as we work together as we were meant to. As far as the catastrophe's you mention, I don't think will hold a candle to the misery we could create for ourselves if we continue on the path we are going. I am not saying it can be done over night, creating a new reality will take a little time. Hell, we have eternity to work with. This existence on Earth is just a stepping stone in that existence, but unless we do all we can to harmonize here, the chances of us spreading our wanton ways through out that macrocosm will be like pushing a camel through the eye of a needle. I honestly think we will get it right, or we will begin again. IMO. We surely need to do something. Like I said, we have only been here for arguably 5000 years. We have a lot to learn. Right now I think we are at one of those crossroads.
William