[MD] Chance

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Krimel <Krimel at Krimel.com>:

> In some sense we 'can' travel in time and I suspect that this fifth
> dimensional aspect of our being is what produces consciousness. It is the
> ability to remember the past and to project into the future that really
> makes us, if not unique then 'special'. We can take various points of view
> not only of social relationships and spatial relationships but of temporal
> relationships. We are constantly interacting with these multifaceted
> perspectives; processing them in parallel and constructing serial narratives
> out of them. 
 
Yes, indeed. Somehow we as humans were freed from the trap of living only in the
present moment, like animals. That makes us special. To me this further supports
Pirsig's theory that evolution is towards freedom -- DQ's "only perceived
good." (Lila, 9) 



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