List of agnostics

[Phillip Greenlief]

From: Madeleine Maudlin <madeleinemaudlin at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: List of agnostics

Some say that there are but two primary vibrations in the world, of which all 
things are varying frequencies: fear and love.  Fear, they say, are the lower 
frequencies; love the higher.  The higher frequencies are more energetic.  I 
don't think many will disagree, or all will concede the idea, that higher energy 
is a manifestation of greater power.  


Nietzsche, the greatest of life-affirming humans, proclaimed that life is a will 
to power.


How does that sound?

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i like the first statement, it is indeed something i've thought about 
repeatedly. the universe revolving on two basic frequencies is a taoist 
principle, methinks. the two sides of the taoist coin depend on one another ... 
conflict is  the axis upon which the tao spins ...  no conflict: no drama -  no 
literature, no art, no music, politics, etc. etc. etc. in that way, is it 
perhaps inevitable that americans will continue to spin on the axis of the 
two-party system?

and yet, i don't truly see how fear can be a frequency that "just exists" - 
because it is usually in reaction to something. it is possible that when human 
consciousness apprehends the infinite nature of the universe, fear will 
naturally follow ... like, how can you navigate something that is endless, 
something whose form is a mystery?

love seems something that you can possess - for humanity, for example, not 
talking about a specific, romantic love for another person - unconditional love 
can exist without responding to anything in particular. whereas fear is 
something that comes from apprehending something you don't understand ... yet.

just responding, not attempting to propose answers to this puzzle.
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