Life is soupy, mixed up, and tumultuous. Muddying the waters is precisely the point because it’s from such nutritious streams that life grows…
[KP: How would you start to answer this vast question of what it means to be human? Perhaps, how has that evolved how you might start to answer that question?]
What it is to be human is such a small thing…in this universe, right? Just try to be nice, be kind babies, be kind. As Vonnegut wrote. That’s the only guide. Try to be good and try to do the least harm and be kind. That’s the only human bit. But what it means to be more-than-human, that’s something else. That’s the bigger question, I think, for me is what it means to transcend that narrow frequency of being human in this time here to perhaps partake of something far greater, something more-than-human. That is actually the more deep or meaningful connection to everything around us…
Every time we train our most sophisticated tools upon the central questions of our existence – Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? – the answer comes back clearer: Everyone and Everywhere…
— James Bridle, excerpts from “The Intelligence Singing All Around Us,” an interview with Krista Tippett. Onbeing, March 2, 2023.
Notes: Portrait: Quantum
Live & Learn 
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It all distills down to a mantra of ‘be nice’… Why we consider such recommendations poorly conceived and/or difficult to incorporate into our daily requirements, I’ll never know. Paraphrasing Hillel – “if not us, then who/if not now, when’.
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Yes. And love that Hillel quote!
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As the plasma scientist Robert Temple says, there is a good news and bad news about dying. The good news is, you never die. The bad news is, you never die. So be nice. Because you’re going to have to live inside your self for eternity. Be a nice person. I agree with that! 😍
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Mr Temple is a genius! Yes!
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“…being human in this time here to perhaps partake of something far greater, something more-than-human. That is actually the more deep or meaningful connection to everything around us…”
these passages came to mind…
Colossians 3:12
12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
and
Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Life is a Gift…
Kindly, Christie
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