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The origin of life

Where did humans come from?  Created by god is one persistent answer to this question believed to be postulated in different forms by multiple races and cultures since the beginning of humanity.

More recent records propose a let omnipotent solution, that of black holes and natural evolution.  That is not a grand design but rather a happenstance occurrence.

Missing Motive

Whether you accept the creationist or evolutionist answer to explain the mystery of life, or even both in some combination, these solutions lack a definitive conclusion of the most important element of any mystery.  That is motive.

The reason for the existence of the universe remains hidden to me, although we can, and do, rationalize how the universe began the story is supported only by speculation as to motive.

Love is the Answer

One of my favourite underlying explanations as to the motive for building a universe is from the oft expressed creationist view that god was motivated by his love.

Being all alone is tough so god created the universe to allow for development of a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure.

Love without Hate

Love cannot exist without hate and if love was the motivation for creation unfortunately time has shown it cannot, and does not, exist without hate.

I question whether an omnipotent being  would not have know this and so purposely was driven to create something complex to stave off the boredom and loneliness of just being without anything constructive and defined ((i.e., an universe).

The search for Answers continues

Or perhaps the answer lies in the accident of evolution.  The mental pursuit of motivation continues until the story ends and perhaps even then we will not have a satisfying answer.

Accident or Design

Our universe is composed of many things that make logical sense.

For example humans breath in oxygen and breath out carbon dioxide, plants breath in carbon di-oxide and release oxygen.  The eco system components complement each other perfectly.

Our world is comprised of materials which are useful.

For example we can use trees to create heat which enables us to survive in weather conditions that can be uncomfortable or even deadly.

It just is.

I wonder how this complex array of integrated components (e.g., earth, water fire) to name just a few basic things that naturally compliment life, came to be.

Things work together naturally in an organic way.   People kind have extended the ways things are used  so we can have better lives, however, the core substance of the things appears to me to be too ordered to just randomly occur.

A Higher Power

Throughout humankind the concept of some thing being the brains behind the universe (i.e., a god) exists because intuitively it makes sense.

Although we can explain human creation through the theory of evolution the basic components of the universe connect together in such a logical way it is hard to believe some external design was not at play.

Random

Could our world, our universe developed just as a happy accident? Were things planned and or orchestrated with a purpose.   Is our universe by design or a natural progression.

Given the complexity of the Universe we live in I personally find it hard to contemplate it all as something that was created without a plan and direction.

The real mystery lies with figuring out what that thing was.

Ideas, the journey begins

Ideas are thoughts about a potential course of action, typically for beneficial purposes.  Ideas can also be philisophical and highly conceputal both with a mental image or etherial perspective.

For todays post I am focusing on the more material form of ideas, those that can be converted to reality.  That is, the potential is acted on and ultimately beneficial gain is realized (monetary or otherwise).

Inventing

Often the conversion of an idea to reality is termed as the process of invention but this is not always the case.  Invention implies the idea has a newness to it, i.e, never seen before, unique, innovative.

Inventing can be a profession ranging from creating and patenting the idea without making it a reality, to actual building and implementing the idea, that is acting as an entreupreneur.

 Implementing Ideas

Arguably  the most satisfying process is not the ideas inception, rather implementing the action arising from the idea and of course reaping the benefits thereof.

This is the journey from the germination of the idea to conceptualization and finally reality.  Like many journeys it can be long and tiring, can have frustrating moments and even times when you wonder why you even started.

The key here is overcoming the motivation not to act.  Often the getting the idea is as far as it goes.  For those few that take the journey and overcome the challenges the satisfaction can be high.

Of course it could lead to failure, willingness to accept the risk is, of course, one of the key barriers to taking an idea to fruition.  Ths can be offset by the pleasure of the journey.