Lessons from a long life.
What have I learnt?
One important thing I would like to pass on: beware men who have no doubt!
Beware people who are certain about anything – particularly the religious and political ones. They are very dangerous.
Philosophical discourse.
According to Descartes, and I go along with him, ‘I think therefore I am’.
The only thing we can be certain of is our own existence. The rest of the universe, including our own bodies, is up for grabs.
We will wake up soon.
All this world is but a stage.
I should imagine all people find it hard to imagine the whole of this universe coming from nothing.
Yet some people do not find it hard to imagine a God coming from nothing and then creating a universe out of nothing. Why is that? Surely that is at least twice as much implausibility?
I think we are back to the nature of mind and consciousness. I am conscious. That is all there is. I’m not even sure about you.
So I get on with it and make the best of it. I could be discorporate in the midst of nothing. Anything is a bonus. Perhaps this is all a figment? Yet what a glorious construction. I should at least relish it.
Is it easier to imagine a mind coming out of nothing?
Imagination is my greatest tool. It can create universes.