[Mohan.C]

Originally Posted by mkirkpatrick I would like to start this thread with the question What is life?And is there anything that is dead-un-alive!I will add my comments if there are any takers on this question.look forward to your replies! kind regards michael.

The most difficult question.
All I can say is "Life is the manifestation of energy into existense".

[mkirkpatrick]

Originally Posted by Mohan.C The most difficult question. All I can say is "Life is the manifestation of energy into existense".

Yes
that is exactly right!Well said.


kind regards michael.

[Unreal Zelta]

Defining life is the same as asking a fish to define what they are swimming in (water) or what is water, but biologically, it's when brownian motion is applied to a larger and more advanced form of bodies.

[mkirkpatrick]

One way of defining life would be to suggest that life comes from no-thing
and becomes an expression of some-thing,so there is no mis-understanding
I am NOT saying that life comes from nothing,as that is plainly impossible
and totally absurd,what I mean is that life came from the no-thing,which is
totally different.Life is expressed through many dimensions and many realms
of consciousness,we are aware of but a few of the total.Where we as mankind are exhibited we can through identifying with each other,penetrate
further into the outer coverings and sheaths of livingness,pushing back ever
further the mystery of manifestation.

kind regards michael.

[SinJin]

I think the fundemental forces drive everything in the universe. Matter is like a branch lost at sea, drifting along and being pushed helplessly by the current (the fundemental forces.) Life is when matter reaches a point where it can break itself down and reshape itself and no longer has to be carried by the current. However, this is just an illusion, because even as this matter (life) begins to reshape itself, it is still under the influence of the current. That is to say, from inanimate to life, matter is carried along by this current towards a certain destination, and reaching a point where it can reshape itself and reach that destination quicker is when life is born. So where is the current taking us?

[mkirkpatrick]

Originally Posted by SinJin I think the fundemental forces drive everything in the universe. Matter is like a branch lost at sea, drifting along and being pushed helplessly by the current (the fundemental forces.) Life is when matter reaches a point where it can break itself down and reshape itself and no longer has to be carried by the current. However, this is just an illusion, because even as this matter (life) begins to reshape itself, it is still under the influence of the current. That is to say, from inanimate to life, matter is carried along by this current towards a certain destination, and reaching a point where it can reshape itself and reach that destination quicker is when life is born. So where is the current taking us?

It is taking us to further expansions of consciousness,where as evolution
progresses we will at first be a few then the few will become the many who
begin to enter into cosmic consciousness,of which as yet we know nothing!
kind regards michael.

[HappytheStripper]

Non-life

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In the physical sciences, non-life is an umbrella term set to distinguish or characterize those inanimate chemical precursors found in the primeval soup of the early years of planetary evolution from which life, theoretically, evolved or came into existence. In the classic 1953 Urey-Miller experiment, for example, non-living chemical entities such as water (H2O), methane (CH4), ammonia (NH3) and hydrogen (H2) were electrically-stimulated, using sparks as simulating lightning, into forming the various precursors to life, such as hydrogen cyanide, amino acids, simple sugars, etc. These, in time, would theoretically form RNA and DNA the building blocks of life.

[harmonygirl]

I have been using Einstein's formula to really define life (starting from the premise that life=energy). Then I started thinking about light, which has energy. Then I started thinking about motion, which is energy. Now I don't know what to think. I used to be sure that everything that has a physical manifestation has life (yes, even a chesterfield has life at a sub-atomic level). I could even go so far as to say that light has life. But motion?

[mkirkpatrick]

Originally Posted by harmonygirl I have been using Einstein's formula to really define life (starting from the premise that life=energy). Then I started thinking about light, which has energy. Then I started thinking about motion, which is energy. Now I don't know what to think. I used to be sure that everything that has a physical manifestation has life (yes, even a chesterfield has life at a sub-atomic level). I could even go so far as to say that light has life. But motion?

Harmony,even for motion to display itself in action,there has to be an
actioneer?


kind regards michael.

[HappytheStripper]

Yws Michael I agree ..

Motion is the force by which light is propelled .. for instance .. hold a naked flame to gas an see what happens .. the force .. ignites the gas into something new .. meaning everything is continuously changing in formal structure .. you are right though HG .. everything comes back to energy ..

Ashley