[MD] Consciousness

[Andre Broersen]

[Krimel]to Platt:
No, we always live and breathe in the context of others. We are the product
of our culture and culture provides the context and the raw material for
every advancement made by every individual. The advance of any individual is
not an advance at all unless it is appreciated and adopted by others. An
advancement only has meaning in the context of culture.

Andre:

Hi Krimel, if we always live and breathe in the context of others no change
will ever be possible. I happen to live and breathe in a society at present
where people are forced to 'live and breathe in the context of others'. (it
is at times suffocating!)
How to explain a Gautama Buddha, Lao Tsu, Leonardo Di Vinci, Michael Angelo,
Newton, Jesus, Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninov,van Gogh, Drake, Callas, Proust,
Durrell, Einstein, King, Lennon, and many others. Their genius was an
opennes to DQ,and doing something with this, each within their own fields.
Of course you are correct when you say that somewhere along the line their
'products' will have to be appreciated 'by others'. But this isn't really
the point. Point is that any advance is usually apprehended by one
individual only. It is the starting point.
If it is conceived to be 'better' by enough 'others' then it will be
adopted.
Neither of these worked in isolation but they created something from all the
foregoing, plus their own apprehension of DQ and created something new and
original.
In the same way did weak Dynamic subatomic forces seize carbon as their
primary vehicle. Here was an opportunity to create variety out of 'life and
breath in the context of others' (bear with me, this is pulling your analogy
to the sub-atomic level). And what a variety has been chosen.(Lila p149-50).
It 'worked' because it was better...simple and easy and that's  why it
survived and 'we' are here.

Merry Christmas to you all!
Andre
Ps: shit, and I promised myself to have a break from this Discuss...I am
discussted with myself.