Of all the previous discussion about willpower, a logical implication is slowly emerging: if the decisions we make do not depend on just one being or origin of will, it seems obvious that this is because this being does not exist.
In other words, the human being as a living being with an individual willpower does not exist. Human willpower is the consequence of the individual wills of a multitude of more elemental beings generated by a system of personal decisions.
In this sense, we could say: "I think, therefore I am not".
On the other hand, the idea of being human fits in perfectly with the concept of the vital impulse system.
The GTCEL book defines the vital impulse systems as those that, for one reason or another behave as if they were living beings, or at least, have a lot of the principal characteristics of living beings.
Likewise we have pointed out that superior animals can be considered as symbiotic macro-societies of more elemental units with their own life, like cells.
The order of intuitive proximity indicates that the first type of vital impulse systems is formed by those whose components are also living beings (nation, state, beehive, ecosystems).
All of the above makes us ask, "Where do we come from? Where are we going? Who are we?" These are very difficult to answer, perhaps impossible. It is like asking, "Where does a state come from? Where is a beehive going?"
These questions are not very relevant because we are talking about organizational forms. To be able to respond to these questions, first we should answer precisely, "What are we?"
From a strictly scientific point of view, we are animals that have evolved from monkeys and it seems as though our existence is only based on a vital impulse system.We cannot even continuously guarantee the existence of human beings from a spiritual point of view, given that, as we have seen in discussing the decision-making processes or formation of will, our different components or individual elements are not always in agreement nor do they have the same points of view or morals.
Monday, March 24, 2008
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