[ 03 ] audio ~ dated to after evening sirens

[theosen]

To those of you who have lived for more than a century --

What is the purpose of a father or creator?

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text; anonymous

[czes]

Ego.

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[theosen]

Is that all?

text; anonymous

[czes]

What else is a desire to create? It assumes that one is worthy and capable of creating a legacy. Whether it is for love or power, a father or creator makes more of himself to serve the ego.

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[theosen]

[ "Worthy and capable." Such laughable words these, given his own, personal experience with such matters.

The ego, though...perhaps. ]

Can it truly be called the "ego" if the "creation" is unwanted?

text; anonymous

[czes]

It's ego if they attempt to raise what they created. Otherwise, it's really nothing more than nature. Sperm donation. Accident. Chaos.

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[theosen]

Is chaos any better than the direction of the ego?

text; anonymous

[czes]

Chaos has no proper explanation or reasoning, so it's not material to your original question. Chaos doesn't have direction, so it doesn't have a definable purpose, which is what you asked about. I'm not saying it's better or worse. I'm not even saying ego is necessarily a bad thing.

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[theosen]

Purpose and intention.

A creation can only reflect the ability of the creator.

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[czes]

The purpose of a creation is to exceed expectations.

Rare is a thing with free will that turns out as it was intended to.

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[theosen]

[ To exceed expectations. If only things were so simple, so easy to bring about. He tried with all he was able, and still, he could not succeed.

His creations were imperfect, as was he himself. ]

Intention only gets one so far.

What measure of choice is truly at our discretion?

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[czes]

People seem to think there are only two options. Freedom, free will, choice; and its opposite, enslavement, a complete lack of agency.

I think we choose our fate at times, but there are other things we can't control. It's never a good idea to assume you haven't a choice at all, because one's attitude and approach are almost always changeable. But the individual amount of control we have is not something that is easily determinable.