After we have learned to think, we can act rationally and purposefully. Our development has put us in a position to affect our lives, the lives of others and the course of the world. We can see this ... Read More about Living Life As an Invitation – Acting Purposefully
Another stage in development is cognitive thinking. The cerebral cortex develops last, and continues to develop for years after birth. That is why we can do calculus as teenagers but usually not as ... Read More about Thought
As the midbrain develops, we begin to experience emotions. Our emotions are processed in the center of our brains, and are central to our lives. The best and most beautiful things in the world ... Read More about Emotion
As the zygote develops into a fetus, sensation emerges, gradually. Over time, sensation continues to develop and mature. This is the first part of Being we can value on its own terms – though a good, ... Read More about Sentience and Sensation
The next step after the emergence of the cell is autonomic action. Single-celled organisms are active, after a fashion. Ants are living action machines, with no brains to process feeling as we ... Read More about Autonomic Action
. Before we become aware (sentient), life begins. A single living cell cannot value itself or anything else but without this building block, we would not Be. We began yesterday with human worth ... Read More about Life
Why does life mean anything? Our lives have meaning because we experience them – we are aware, each of us. That is where morality, ethics and all our values begin. Our ideas about right and wrong, ... Read More about Human Worth