I always think that there are two personalities within most of us. One is an idealist who believes there's a cosmic balance of good and evil in this world guarded by a mysterious force. He thinks there's more to the world than which can be perceived by our senses, one who sees beauty in mystery.
The Other is a realist who ponders over everything with a mind of a rationalist and the heart of a revolutionary. Of course he sees and exclaims, 'nothing! just the atom and the void!', yet he sees more. He believes in the divinity of mankind, and that the mystery surrounding everything is the last cloud of darkness before science makes its voyage till there. Hence he sees as his mentor, Lucifer - the bearer of light - who gave man knowledge much like Prometheus of Greek mythology. Hence the name, the Lucifer Dialogues.
Enjoy this piece of philosophical intercourse..
‘What is Life?’
‘That’s a Silly question.’
‘But I doubt you’ll find an equally simple answer.’
‘Okay, Life is the metabolic activity of an organism.’
‘Wow, a silly answer!’
‘Why?’
‘What’s an organism? Something which has life in it, right?’
‘Yeah. Sorry mate’
‘Ok where does life start?’
‘As a baby, of course.’
‘Why didn’t you say it began in the womb?’
‘Right! It’s in the womb.’
‘Sure?’
‘Yes.’
‘Even sperm cells have life, don’t they?’
‘Okay, I’m not sure. You tell me.’
‘Or is it from the splitting of the chromosomes?’
‘Too much biology.’
‘But if it is, then it is not the beginning. It’s a continuation of existing life, a sort of branching off, as we see in amoebas.’
‘Are you suggesting that we’re part of our fathers’ lives? How can it be when we have different souls?’
‘Souls?’
‘You know. Mind, consciousness?’
‘Mind. Consciousness. Soul. Are they all the same?’
‘Well, almost. In my opinion, yes.’
‘Then what is the mind?’
‘Don’t you know? The mind is the true self, which controls our bodies.’
‘But the mind is part of the body’
‘No, it is independent. It just controls the body.’
‘Is your personality a part of your body or your mind?’
‘The mind.’
‘So, whether you have a cheerful personality doesn’t depend on your body, right?’
‘Yup!’
‘Then you don’t know much about Brain chemistry, do you?’
‘Err.. No’
‘Look, scientists have found a chemical called serotonin which could trigger happiness.’
‘Sero.. what?!’
‘Serotonin. A chemical which could trigger happiness. There are different chemical substances in our brain that decides our emotions and moods.’
‘Are you telling me that, happiness is no longer an abstract feeling, but something which can be bottled and bought for 50p a phial?’
‘Well it could be bottled, though I’m not sure about the marketing part.’
‘Whatever. I still believe mind is different from the body.’
‘Well it is known that brain chemistry is determined genetically and by environmental factors. That brings it closer to the evolution, doesn’t it?’
‘So you’re saying..’
‘..that the mind is nothing but the resultant of the chemical changes in our brain.’
‘Never!’
3 comments:
Akoz! Nice piece dude.
Here is my say:
Like other human beings, you think because you got a brain. You might also like to think that a Human being has a superior brain compared to the rest of the earth dwellers.
Naah! Lucifer knows that you never think of things inside you.
Does your thought capability allow you to think of a dimension beyond the third?
One man did, our computers can.
How about a 5th? Who can prove that it does not exist?
Silence talks more
Well, why is that we 'see'?
Coz we got eyes.
Then it is just one of the 5 senses you have. You rely on your organs for it. You are a multicellular organism with cells that organized to so called organs. Weren't you just one cell when you gained your identity-the embryo?
Yeah! As I grew powerful, my stem cells organized into organs. Now I am well formed, more capable than single celled pseudo-life!
Ah! Then why are they intelligent life forms and your individual cells cant fight it without involving efforts from multiple organs? Is that not like an army of thousand against one?
If you want to call it military, I have the biggest army and the best ammunition. As they say.. Flaunt it, if you got it.
Blah! You end up taking medicines to curb attack from 'single' cellular organisms!
our brain cells worked to develop those chemicals! *grin*
Why don’t you admit that they are more clever and stronger than you multicellular piece of *****!
Hey! Chuck it!
Ok. What do you think of multicellular organisms without brains?
Cut the crap. Don’t you see that we rule the world? Over and out.
Hmm... you think your brain lets you think and act. You never consider thought without a brain. You can’t. You are built that way!
Silly! No one can think without a brain
Plants, they do. They live, grow, act and feed without a brain.
They don’t think.
They do. they take decisions. They perceive stimuli and act accordingly.
...*goes mad*
Ye that is you! You never want to think beyond what you are and what your senses perceive!
this piece is good.. little ambiguous n abstract in some parts.. n i think u should change the part..'..r v part of our fathers life?...'.. that is sexist.. write parents' life or somethin like that... thats more politically correct... :)
divya.. thanx for the commentz.. oh no i didn't mean to be sexist, but here we are referring to sperm cells. they come from the father (i'm saying this to a biotech student?).. i think you understand now.. but do keep an eye out for sexist language.. they creep up coz of the way we are conditioned to think:)
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