THE ISSUE DEPENDS ON THE QUESTIONS :

IS THERE "PURPOSE" IN THE AFFAIRS OF MAN . . .?

OR . . .

ARE THE AFFAIRS OF MAN . . .

PART OF A LARGER . . .

CHAOTIC PROCESS . . . IN THE UNIVERSE . . .?

OR . . .

IS THERE SUCH A THING AS . . .

"PARTIAL CHAOS". . . ?

WOULD "PARTIAL CHAOS" . . .

ALSO MEAN "PARTIAL ORDER" . . . ?

ONE ASPECT OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR . . .

IS THAT IT IS BY DEFINITION :

GOAL DIRECTED . . .

AND . . .

IF HUMAN BEHAVIOR . . .

IS GOAL DIRECTED . . .

MUST SUCH A GOAL . . .

NOT BE . . .

THAT HUMAN’S PURPOSE . . .?

PERHAPS PURPOSE . . .

IS A SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT . . .

OF THE HUMAN MIND . . .

PERHAPS THE HUMAN MIND . . .

CAN NOT FUNCTION . . .

WITHOUT PURPOSE . . .

FUNCTION IN . . .

CHAOS WITHOUT PURPOSE . . .

PERHAPS . . .

IT MUST BE A REQUIREMENT . . .

OF THE HUMAN MIND . . .

SIMPLY TO BELIEVE . . .

THAT WE HAVE . . . PURPOSE . . .

AND LIVE IN ORDER . . .

LET THERE BE PURPOSE . . . !

BUT THEN THE PROBLEM BECOMES . . .

WHAT OUR PURPOSE MUST BE . . . ?

OUR RELIGIOUS LEADERS . . .?

OUR POLITICIANS . . .?

OUR SCIENTISTS . . .?

OUR RELIGIOUS LEADERS . . .

WILL EXPLAIN TO US . . .

THAT ONE OF OUR PURPOSES IS . . .

TO GO AND MULTIPLY OURSELVES . . . HAVE CHILDREN . . .

OUR POLITICIANS WILL ALSO . . .

STRESS THE IMPORTANCE . . .

OF FAMILY LIFE . . .

STABLE FAMILIES . . . WHERE CHILDREN CAN GROW UP . . .

IN PEACE . . . AND BECOME STABLE ADULTS . . .

OUR SCIENTISTS WILL ALSO AGREE WITH THIS . . .

(IF THEY CAN AGREE ON ANYTHING . . .) . . .

ONE CONDITION FOR STABLE FAMILY LIFE . . .

HAS ALWAYS BEEN . . .

THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN . . .

THAT WE CAN PRODUCE CHILDREN . . .

IN A SIMPLE, "NATURAL" WAY . . .

THIS IS ONE REASON WHY . . .

MOST PEOPLE . . . TRY TO PREVENT . . .

BECOMING STERILE . . .

SO THEY CAN CREATE . . .

HEALTHY . . . STABLE FAMILIES . . .

IN A NATURAL WAY . . .

THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF YEARS . . . WHERE NEEDED . . .

TO CONDITION THE HUMAN MIND FOR THIS . . .

ONE OF THE MECHANISMS . . .

IN THIS COMPLEX SYSTEM . . .

IS THE . . .

THE HUMAN CONSCIENCE . . .

WHICH BASICALLY OPERATES . . .

THROUGH THE . . .

GUILT COMPLEX . . .

THE HUMAN CONSCIENCE . . .

WITH IT’S GUILT COMPLEX . . .

IS A RELATIVELY STABLE SYSTEM . . .

PART OF THE GUILT COMPLEX . . .

IS OUR NEGATIVE FEELING . . .

ABOUT "UNNATURAL ACTS" . . .

BUT WHAT ARE "UNNATURAL ACTS" . . .?

ARE THEY AN INVENTION OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS . . .?

ARE THEY AN INVENTION OF POLITICIANS . . .?

ARE THEY AN INVENTION OF SCIENTISTS . . .?

DOES THAT MATTER . . .?

IS IT NOT MORE IMPORTANT . . .

TO KNOW . . .

WHAT WE TRULY BELIEVE OURSELVES . . .

ARE "UNNATURAL ACTS". . .?

DO WE HAVE ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE . . .

TO MAKE UP OUR OWN MINDS . . .

ABOUT SUCH COMPLEX THINGS . . .?

IS IT NOT MORE IMPORTANT . . .

TO KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN . . .

IF WE COMMIT . . .

"UNNATURAL ACTS" . . .?

RELIGIOUS LEADERS . . .

POLITICIANS . . .

AND SCIENTISTS . . .

WILL PROBABLY AGREE . . .

THAT . . .

WHEN WE GET VERY ATTACHED . . .

TO A SUBSTANCE . . . OR AN OBJECT . . . OR A PERSON . . .

IT MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT . . .

TO . . .

DETACH . . .

OURSELVES . . .

FROM THAT SUBSTANCE . . .

OR THAT OBJECT . . .

OR THAT PERSON AGAIN . . .

THIS IS . . .

WHY IT MAY OFTEN BE BETTER . . .

NOT TO GET VERY ATTACHED . . .

TO ANY SUBSTANCE . . . OR OBJECT . . . OR PERSON . . .

THUS . . .

WHEN IT BECOMES UNAVOIDABLE . . .

WE CAN LET IT GO . . .

WITHOUT . . .

DESTROYING OURSELVES WITH GRIEF . . .

THIS IS . . .

WHY EVEN PARENTS . . .

MUST BE PREPARED . . .

TO LET THEIR CHILDREN . . .

GO . . .

EVENTUALLY . . .

AND WHY EVEN CHILDREN . . .

MUST BE PREPARED . . .

TO LET THEIR PARENTS GO . . .

EVENTUALLY . . .

AND WHY FRIENDS MUST LEARN . . .

TO LET THEIR FRIENDS GO . . .

EVENTUALLY . . .

FOR THIS REASON . . .

THEY MUST FIRST LEARN . . .

NOT TO GET TO ATTACHED . . .

STAY COOL . . .

ONE PROBLEM WITH FRIENDSHIPS IS . . .

THAT THEY OFTEN START . . .

WHEN WE ARE VERY YOUNG . . .

WHEN WE ARE LITTLE CHILDREN . . .

OUR FEELINGS . . .

OUR . . .

DRIVES . . .

MAY NOT BE AS STRONG . . .

AS THEY BECOME . . .

WHEN WE GET A LITTLE OLDER . . .

PERHAPS THIS IS . . .

WHY PRECISELY . . .

AT THE AGE OF ABOUT TWELVE . . .

WE GO TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL TYPE . . .

A TYPE . . .

WHICH IS BETTER ADAPTED . . .

TO OUR DIFFERENT . . .

STRONGER BODIES . . .

STRONGER FEELINGS . . .

STRONGER DRIVES . . .

AND PERHAPS THIS MECHANISM . . .

WHICH HAS EXISTED . . .

FOR MANY MANY YEARS . . .

HAS HELPED US . . .

TO GET SEPARATED . . .

FROM FRIENDS OF EARLIER PERIODS . . .

SO THAT WHEN OUR BODIES . . .

OUR DRIVES . . .

GET STRONGER . . .

THEY ARE NOT . . .

BLEND . . .

WITH THE ATTACHMENTS . . .

WE HAD WHEN WE WHERE . . .

VERY VERY YOUNG . . .

WHEN BOYS PLAYED . . .

MAINLY WITH BOYS . . .

AND GIRLS PLAYED . . .

MAINLY WITH GIRLS . . .

PERHAPS IN THE NEW SITUATION . . .

BOYS AND GIRLS . . .

ARE MORE EXPOSED . . .

SHOULD BE MORE EXPOSED . . .

TO INFLUENCES . . .

WHICH MAY INCREASE . . .

THE CHANCE . . .

THAT BOYS FORM ATTACHMENTS . . .

TO GIRLS . . .

AND GIRLS . . . TO BOYS . . .

SO THAT WHEN . . .

THESE ATTACHMENTS ARE . . .

BLEND . . .

WITH THE NEW . . .

STRONGER DRIVES . . .

THEY WILL INCREASE THEIR CHANCES . . .

OF GETTING CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN . . .

BUT THEN AGAIN . . .

WHAT ABOUT OUR CONDITIONING AGAINST . . .

DISCRIMINATION . . .?

EARLIER WE HAVE DISCUSSED . . .

THAT BETWEEN OPPOSITES . . .

WE MUST FIND THE STABLE STATE . . .

PERHAPS RELIGIOUS LEADERS . . . POLITICIANS . . . SCIENTISTS . . .

MUST HELP US MAKE UP OUR MINDS AGAIN . . .

GUIDED BY THEIR OWN CONSCIENCE . . .

IN THE DARK FOREST OF REALITY . . .

FOR WHICH NO ONE HAS A COMPLETE MAP . . .

WHAT WILL IMPROVE OUR CHANCES FOR A STABLE STATE . . .?

TO PREPARE US FOR LIFE . . .

WITH A NATURAL FAMILY OF OUR OWN . . .?

OR TO AVOID DISCRIMINATION . . .