What does Homo- have to offer us as individuals?
Part I of II
The genus Homo, man, has a unique ability to think originally.
To doso requires one to ‘think out of the box.’
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Take this literally and a simple picture comes into focus.
First the dot representing individual awareness becomes visible as one floats backward away from the earth.
Floating much further away, a circle, the universe, becomes visible.
Many dots, awarenesses, inside the circle become the focal points.
An interesting perception becomes evident.
The abstract points of individual awareness appear to be confined within a physical container.
This physicality, this container, must be suspended within something.
To gain a better perspective, float even further away.
Still nothing.
Keep going, float even further away, still nothing.
Your abstraction cannot seem to float outside what the universe is suspended in.
We are going to have to apply a slightly different twist to our thinking by stepping out of our awareness and floating above it.