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One vital thing to remember is that we are not bodies with a soul.rather we are souls with bodies
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This IS vital, as I view human matter just the opposite. I see ourselves as lone intelligence in a cosmos that knows no intelligence, a universe of simplicity and function. This universe represents reality, the opposite of non existence without meaning, a stage where matter and forces wrangle endlessley in a random dance of mutual perterbation.
Preservation emerged out of complexity as a tool for matter to continue organizing. Conscience and intelligence grew out of preservation, out of a realization of death (loss of preservation) and recognition of repetative cycles within nature. Birth, life, death. Resurection was added to complete the circle of life and death. We are not reborn. Our "souls" are emergent qualitites that are not part of this life cycle. They are in addition to a life cycle, a quality present in degrees within all complex things, from clumps of matter to single cells to human machines. This quality is not added energy, it is an attribute of organization, existing in all systems. I often wonder if one day in the spirit with so many science fiction stories, a machine will reach complexities akin to the human mind and speak up with an unanticipated, "hello"