Good questions are to be appreciated, not answered.
The awareness that seeks to know is the very object of its own seeking.
A philosopher is a lover and searcher of truth, beauty, meaning, and wisdom.
Have you seen anybody dancing? He is totally aware of himself and dances his way in a manner as decided by his heart. Meditation is also similar to the dancer. You need not reach anyplace, you have to...
So tell me, since it makes no factual difference to you and you can't prove the question either way, which story do you prefer? Which is the better story, the story with animals or the story without a...