rosborne979 wrote:Cyracuz wrote:We are matter observing matter.
(Or) ... We are the Universe observing itself.
We are the universe engaged
in the struggle to observe itself. The eye trying to see itself. This is why we are tongue-tied ignoramuses, even the greatest philosophers among us. But we keep trying, don't we.
One of the tools in the toolbox is religion. Fairy tales and metaphor are ways of approaching the mystery. Not the way I've chosen for myself, but I understand what motivates the (honest) followers of that path.