Re: Progress: What does it mean to you?

From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Mon Jun 04 2001 - 06:45:08 MDT


> I believe what is most meaningful to me is a consistent science
>or cosmology that provides, well, shall I say hope. Is this possible?

Mitch,

'hope' is a state of mind. A human could be in the most dire life
circumstances (ever read: Viktor Frankl's _Man's search for Meaning_ ?),
and still have hope for his/her future and carry a passion for living.
I think that you are devoting a lot of attention to looking for a
philosophical/scientific savior, instead of cultivating your own hope.
The world is what it is, what we have to work with is only ourselves to
follow our own dreams. If by accident we influence someone else,
then hallelujah, but otherwise why bother?

Once you have your own hope, the human brain will do an amazing thing:
it will filter for you all of the hopeful things that humans are actively
working at presently. Yes, indeedy, they are all around you.

Of course the world is a lousy mess, but it's a beautiful lousy mess.

Amara

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