Hi davidm.davidm wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2017 6:23 pmThis is why analogies are so prone to FAIL.seeds wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2017 6:41 amNick, with this “...only a rare few men...” business, you seem to be promoting the most exclusive religion I’ve ever heard of.Nick_A wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2017 3:35 am Is an acorn an oak tree or the seed of an oak with the potential for becoming an oak? Only a very small amount of acorns become oaks. The great majority are consumed by the earth and animals that dwell on the earth
Conscious evolution offers the potential for man on earth to consciously evolve into a higher quality of being much like an acorn becomes an oak mechanically. Like acorns, only a rare few men on earth reach the height of Man’s conscious evolution.
(And by the way, are there not a “rare few women” that make it into this club? - other than Simone, of course. I suggest that you try to be a little more mindful of how you word things.)
The bottom line is, you are complicating life far more than it really is.
And lastly, I simply can’t resist presenting my own personal take on the “acorn” metaphor...
(For a clearer view of the dialogue, click on the following link and scroll down - http://theultimateseeds.com/oakleytheacorn.htm)
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There is no reason to think that you are an acorn that is going to grow into some kind of "spiritual tree" after you die. To my knowledge, you have given NO REASON AT ALL to think that anything you write or believe is TRUE -- it's pure wishful thinking.
Dream on, though, if it makes you feel good.
You said:
“This is why analogies are so prone to FAIL.”
Are you kidding?
I don’t think that the glowing proof of the success of an analogy can be more evident than that which is displayed in the contents of your response to my post, for you have perfectly captured and demonstrated the meaning of the allegorical theme of the second illustration.
You have clearly mimicked - in real life - the problem faced by “Oakley” as he attempts to convey an obvious truth (as viewed from a higher perspective) to a closed mind.
In other words, davidm, you are the human equivalent of the incredulous and angry acorn in the cartoon.
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