I never felt that birth And being human is a blessing. Rather, it is precisely because of being a human being that I keep thinking about the meaning of being human, although it seems that the meaning is not so easy to find. Man is a thinking reed, but a noble reed with the name "thought". Seriously, the word "noble" is really annoying. noble? Compared with whom? Compared to other creatures on earth? Are humans more "noble" than any other creature on earth?
However, it is undeniable that this sense of pretentious nobility is the result of the demonstration and pursuit of the vast majority of human minds and their spirits. "Man is the primate of all things", human beings are more noble than any living thing. But thinking about it from another angle, it can actually be said that the concepts of "identity" and "rank" are at fault. The "identity" of human beings is "higher" than any other creature. We have spent thousands of years, but we have not been able to break the barriers of identity and hierarchy between people, let alone break the distinction between people and other creatures.
Of course, thinking from the perspective of the law of the jungle and social Darwinism, in fact, this should not be a fuss at all, no, this is "as it should be", it is a part of the human society that has given itself to killing other creatures' lives (just like executing the lives of human beings). A legitimacy, a "legitimate right". This can be said to have become an inherent concept of a "collective unconscious". Having said so much, it is not that I personally want to provoke banners such as "All things are equal!", "Symbiosis between human beings and nature!", etc., and greatly criticize this inherent concept. I'll be honest, I eat meat, I eat carcasses of other animals (to explain again, most of them are captive and livestock), so I don't have this moral high ground, and to be honest, I don't think anyone can have. We have to admit the reality that killing is a sin, killing other creatures... It's hard to say it's a sin. Although some countries have introduced bills to protect animals, protecting animals does not mean that we will not eat meat.
- In this sense, man is always an animal. It's just that humans are animals that find reasons for themselves, while other animals can't speak.
If you live, you must kill. Just a little reminder, killing viruses and bacteria is also killing (living life). Human beings are killing every breath and every living thing. It seems that this is what nature prescribes, and the nature of all things: this is truly the "law of nature", the "rule of life" (セイの格RATE)!
Having said all this, what does it have to do with the title I wrote? I mentioned the word "nature" just now, and I must clarify that my understanding of this word is only limited to the limits of my terminology. This clarification also applies to what I mean by "spiritual". Next we cut to the chase.
The words of Tamura Reiko or Tamiya Ryoko or Parasite quoted at the beginning of the article are one of the things that I think is really special about people: spirituality. Of course, perhaps it should be generalized to be spiritual, intellectual, rational, emotional, and so on. But what I want to emphasize the most, which I myself have rarely mentioned in the past, is spirituality. Tamura's monologue is really my "soul monologue": how to break away from the paradigm of animal nature and find a different answer about my life, a somewhat interesting answer. I think of Nietzsche, of "the value of life is aesthetic value", of "beauty is true brilliance", of "life doesn't need a destination, life only needs you to go forward", and... love and thought. In Tamura's words, it is precisely where the spirituality of man is: love and thought. She has love for children, and it is because of love that she will raise human children to human beings, which is the best destination for children; it is because of love that dying as a mother of a human child is probably the most important thing for her. Meaningful way to die. This kind of love is naturally contained in nature, but it is also a kind of spirituality. It is the voice and prayer of a mother’s soul, not for the continuation of the race (human children will not reproduce for the parasite), but a sincere hope The happiness of flesh and blood. In this way, this kind of love is selfless, because the mother gave her life; this kind of love is selfish, because in the end, it is also looking forward to the happiness of her children. It's really, "When one problem is solved, the next one follows."
So, finally, let's talk about ideas, ideas that are both complex and simple. From the moment Tamura pondered the meaning of her own existence, I think she has undoubtedly been spiritual. In other words, she may have acquired her soul through her intellect. Represented by questioning and reflection, the most unmistakable spirituality. It's not just about reason, it's also about spirituality. Because there is love in the human mind, spirituality should be this "thought of love". Just as the love of wisdom is the spirituality of philosophy, so the spirituality of man should be this thought of love. Love is not just an act, an idea, but a thought, which frees us more or less from the mechanical behavior, tool performance, and natural paradigm of animal nature. This spirituality, then, is probably a shining display of the soul, telling us that human beings not only have desires, but also love. When this kind of love is slowly moving forward in a low voice, perhaps, human beings have truly found a place to live on this earth.
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