mitchellr said:
So I must ask, in all due respect, Ascott, are you making some veiled statement to your belief in a “higher power"
Thank you for being kind Ken...if what I said makes an impression of a veiled statement, then my response would be no, not at all. I firmly and outwardly believe there is a "higher power" that indeed is the master of the overall plan...the source of all parts of this life we know and ever chase to understand. When I refer to mere humans I mean that in the way that the higher power has a vision that we are always trying to explain, always trying to categorize, always trying to explain....and thankfully, in my humble opinion, we are part of the picture and therefore will not be able to explain this awesome force. I think that yes, there is a fascination with explaining away everything so we can check it off the list and go on to conquer the next thing...instead of relishing in the moment sometimes, we have to find and offer what we think is the ever all explanation...does that make sense??
that we as humans can never understand? And that this “higher power" is responsible for things we, as mere humans, will never[/u],
Yes, I believe we are meant to be part of what is going on and that we are not designed to "figure" it all out, but that sometimes we should simply understand we can not label, categorize all...that we should not think that we are the deciding factor...
nor should we try to, understand.
This is tricky, to meD), the days we are here are not nearly enough to ever truly understand all that is before us...and I think we get caught up (we) in trying to understand so much vs just enjoying what the big picture can truly offer---which is fantastic.
I ask sincerely, because it would appear to me this is what you are alluding to without actually saying it…[/quote]
I have a huge issue with this all of the time....I sometimes will share what I feel and believe....when doing this I offer no answers, I personally don't feel qualified as simply one of the species that walk this world to do that....
I also have to say that I have great respect for people who take the path of science, truly I do. These are people that have put alot of time into their journey....I only have a personal diversion to this when what they share is labeled as concrete, absolute, no deviation allowed....this is where I know that I have a difference of opinion because I feel that this life if full of no absolute outcome....
zenoandthetortoise, I am sincerely sorry if sharing my opinion may have been displayed as some type of dig at your hard work, your diligent study---this was not at all my intent, not at all. I simply intended to share that while there are the norm the norm can absolutely be tossed out the window by life and her wonders....so, I extend a true apology if anything I shared felt as though it were a dig at you...it was not.
