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Show There is no meaning in life to be discovered; if it is to be there at all, it must be created. The more appropriate expression of the issue of life’s meaning, then, is really the young Nietzsche’s claim that, "it is only as an aesthetic phenomenon that existence and the world are for us to live in harmony with nature. Perhaps, we took the wrong evolutionary path. Not only are we the cause of the sixth mass species extinction, but mass civilization is also eternally justified.” the cause of the genocide of many indigenous cultures. We could learn so much, if we could just hear the message these people are trying to convey. However, it's like Jessica Berry is a Ph. D. candidate in philosophy at the University of Texas in Austin. Her dissertation is on "Nietzsche and the Ancient Skeptics.” having one teacher in a class of 6 billion students; some of the students will listen and learn others will be too busy playing games to pay attention. In the end, we will all pay the price for ignorance. ; it means that there are simply too many of us. There are too many humans. We cannot Deborah Hughes live in harmony Moab, Utah The meaning of it all--the penultimate question second only to “Who am I?”, yet close enough to be related. But since we're in Utah, where close relations are divinely inspired and mean more than can be shared in this tight space, I'll leave the discussion of equating meaning with the Divine for those with longer divining rods. From my point of view, meaning is all about. value and perspective. The question breathes out disparate answers and breeds in divergent values. The response you might receive from an accountant in San Diego as opposed to an auto parts clerk in Idaho, a poet in Moab as opposed to a seamstress in Logan, a teenage mother as opposed to a camp host on the Colorado River, a groundskeeper as opposed to a grandmother, a Baptist minister's daughter as opposed to a cocktail waitress, the wife of a meth freak as opposed to a lifeguard, are seemingly conflicting points of view with equally contrary values except for what they have in common--me. Despite the fact that you would find it difficult to pick me out of a crowd by searching for any one of these faces, they are all part and parcel of who I've been, who I am, or who 1 am becoming. from my perspective. They all have value. snuck in anyway. Must be the Baptist minister's daughter running amok.) If we are to “save” ourselves though, we need to redefine meaning to fit our growing awareness, not Art Goodtimes Norwood, Colorado San Francisco poet George Oppen said it best, "Ultimately the air is bare sunlight, where must be found the lyric valuables." And dancing on the brink between the Colorado Plateau and the Southern Rockies, where the slickrock meets the avalanche chutes, I discover a little bit more of Gaia’s watershed-sweet song every day. What greater joy than that? What better purpose? The meaning of it all is me. ; Art Goodtimes is a public servant, political activist and poet, not necessarily in that order. He lives in Norwood, Colorado. the other way around. Perhaps we should learn how to cast off old dogma like we do last season's fashions. Though the question's answer remains elusive, dressed and naked at the same time, I | Sore No MORE! I will strive to answer it penultimately and benevolently. The meaning of it all is you. But ultimately, the meaning of it all is about children--mine and yours, related or not. I don't mean having more and more of them is The Meaning of It All. That is the Means to The End. I mean allowing and nurturing, even sharing, their dressing up in and undressing from points of view. I mean living within the meaning that meaning—mine, yours, or If you have ever had a hard day on the A Natural Pain Reliever AE theirs—is not absolute. trail, a hard workout, or are visited by sore joints and muscles, you need this product. Made from 100% natural plant extracts, this gel is formulated from American Indian medicines which they have used for centuries. For questions or to order, call or write: Glo Germ Company, 150 E. Center St, MOAB,UT 84532. 1-800-842-MOAB or 259-5693 Deborah Hughes is a free-lance writer and poet; she also “plays with numbers." She lives in Moab. Aspen Downs Check or money order only. Order by Visa and we pay shipping. : Grand Junction, Colorado For a free sample, just send us a dollar for shipping/handling. I'm sitting in front of my computer, thinking about the meaning of life. It strikes me that there is some irony here, but I haven't figured it out yet. What is the meaning of life? This is a question human beings have been pondering for thousands of years. I would never presume to know the answer because it is the eternal question that each person must answer for him or herself. When I look out into the world, it makes me want to shut my eyes, or close my ears. There is no more dreadful punishment than futile and useless labor. - The damage we have done, as a species over decades will take millions of years to repair. lam ashamed to be human. So, what does it mean? It means that somewhere along the line, we messed up as a species. Humans are inherently flawed. 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In the uncoordinated adolescence of our consciousness, we are just becoming aware of the festering pimple humanity is on this planet. Dinosaurs, but not coyotes, know what that means. And like teenagers, we fear standing out from the crowd (B.C. or A.D.) and still believe that something outside of ourselves will save us. (Oops, God will dare to answer it penultimately and arrogantly. with nature, because nature cannot support all of us by itself. needs the assistance of technology to provide for the billions of human inhabitants on this planet. Technology will be our eventual downfall. Our love affair with the internal combustion engine, the internet, fast food and high powered toys is fatal. I begin to see the irony of my own situation. I am just another cog in the machine. I can't function without the technology I have become so dependent upon, but I don't want to live that way. I don't know anything about farming, hunting or gathering, but I believe it is the right way to live. Iam torn between my desires to live a better life and my dependence upon civilization. In the end, it all comes back to overpopulation. Our biggest mistake as Homo sapiens was assuming that the earth's abundance would never run dry. We assumed too much. < CREATIVE NAIL DESIGN Sometimes even HE knows when to quit. Ih |