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To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (27801)	7/1/2012 11:27:58 AM
From: Solon	1 Recommendation Respond to of 69300

“Is consciousness really that challenging for you?” I suspect you misunderstand my usage of “the burden of consciousness”. But I am willing to help you with that! Firstly, I did not invent this. It has been in the literature and in the human psyche for untold centuries. As sentient and conscious beings we can wander through life in a supernatural daze, or we can experience reality with open eyes and bared breast (yes, men have breasts and so do little babies but try not to get sidetracked with an irrelevant argument). Those who choose to experience relationships and events without delusion and without myriad psychological mechanisms (such as schizophrenia)--and without loads of medication to numb their heads and their hearts--will experience great joy and rich encounters with the world, with all the wonderful seasonings of life. But they will also experience the depths of pain, grief, and fear. I hope this helps you to understand the usage I made of “the Burden of Consciousness”. If it does not, it will simply mean that you have chosen not to burden yourself with the extremes of joy and love...and the depths of loss, agony, and pain that must accompany an open heart and an honest mind--and that is ok, too. Unlike animals, we can choose just how far and how deep our caring will go. We must face the knowledge and the awareness that everyone and everything we love will experience loss and pain. And their burden is our burden. Oh...and if you love yourself (you do, don't you?)--it is just one more loss you will need to bear.

To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (27801)	7/1/2012 4:16:17 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

Whether those structures are 200Ad or 5000Bce what seems to be lacking is any such alien script/writing included anywhere to be seen here , no "siggys" . It would be of great importance to see such writing inscriptions , assuming as advanced beings they would have such & it not be in pictures only . An alien version of "kilroy was here" would be something one would think universal so if they ever do find some complicated alien script previously unknown or ever witnessed properly dated , then count me in . Creating structures of language & writing are as monumental an achievement as quarrying stone blocks , which i believe takes 1500-2000 laborers to be able to move 100 metric tons . A gang of 25-30 finishers would take some weeks or months depending per block but all very possible , look at all the rest across the world though unique in each case . Our ability to commuinicate, articulate & think linguistically rapidly increased our consciousness for these kinds of coordinated thought/brain arrangements demand greater attention & retention with new forms of pattern recognition of an order not found in nature ,or new to nature of complex vocalization . So many more ideas & the vocalizations to represent those ideas or states of mind or referencing supposed facts about the current envirionment then conveying that to others . ( New areas of the brain are also developing along side this simultaneously, if you did go back 250,000 yrs you would indeed be an alien just by your power of speech alone )