everything has come to life

[bruno]

isn't everything already alive?
nothing can be known except for in its relation to other things, which implies a connection between all things. isn't the very nature of this connection "life" itself?

i wonder what it means to say that everything "will come alive", does this mean that everything as it is now is not alive? what about the wind? what about me?

[Ashley]

I think its more of an internal alive. More of a personal gain? It makes me think of "living" rather than "existing". I dont know, thats just what I figured, once you learn to express yourself, expand yourself, thats when you can truly become "alive".

[bruno]

but i guess i wonder what is the "self" i need to learn to express....i don't think i am just "me", i am a network, a series of cells, systems, communities, cultures...i exist in relation to a broader organization...if i lived alone on an island would i need to "express myself"? what is the difference between living and existing? either way, i already think i am "truly alive".

[Ashley]

"Self is broadly defined as the essential qualities that make a person distinct from all others" - Wikipedia.

I dont think its a need, as much as it is a desire. I dont think you can exactly NEED to express yourself (I take that back, but I dont think that everyone feels this "need"), but its more of coming together to expand minds. Like, right now, I can expand and express myself, but only to what I know, right? So by being here, joining this group, I am admitting that I express myself but that I also have the desire to learn other ways of expression. I would like to see how others feel they express themselves. Its more of a need for knowledge and the desire to share yourself for the common good.

Then again, I think only we, ourselves, can determine if we are expressing ourselves or are "truly alive".

I feel like I just wrote myself in a circle! HA! Sorry!