I was looking at my cat, a Siamese queen, as she stood watch over the little nation of her twelve days old kittens – there are four of them – and I thought of what is called the “instinct” and which is just an idea to put a word on the behavior of animals, and of people too. The cat knows what to do. The kittens know what to do, just like their heart know what to do, just like my heart knows what to do.
And the eye knows what to do. And the flowers know what to do. By the way, have you ever heard about something called the plant’s instinct?
Even a virus knows what to do, and the various parts of a virus, they each know what to do. In the end, it seems as if the sun itself knows what to do. The whole universe obviously knows what to do. The whole thing around us, and that includes us, our mind, the soul if you want it, that’s all and only knowledge about what has to be done, and the means of doing it, and the result of it all, all what has been done. It’s everything together, and it’s pretty convenient that it is so. Imagine if the things were in one place, and the knowledge of what to do with those things was elsewhere… Such a situation would not be convenient, in my opinion.
We don’t know why we do what we do – we, rational agents, cognitive beings, we can ask ourselves that question: why? However it seems as if the why isn’t so important, unless it is for us to wonder at the beauty of it all. For instance, the beauty of a watchful tower, and the beauty of her little, fluffy kittens who just happen to know that they need warmth, and milk, and caresses, and sleep. This almost sounds like a definition of paradise.
The kittens just opened their eyes as I am writing this.
And the eye knows what to do. And the flowers know what to do. By the way, have you ever heard about something called the plant’s instinct?
Even a virus knows what to do, and the various parts of a virus, they each know what to do. In the end, it seems as if the sun itself knows what to do. The whole universe obviously knows what to do. The whole thing around us, and that includes us, our mind, the soul if you want it, that’s all and only knowledge about what has to be done, and the means of doing it, and the result of it all, all what has been done. It’s everything together, and it’s pretty convenient that it is so. Imagine if the things were in one place, and the knowledge of what to do with those things was elsewhere… Such a situation would not be convenient, in my opinion.
We don’t know why we do what we do – we, rational agents, cognitive beings, we can ask ourselves that question: why? However it seems as if the why isn’t so important, unless it is for us to wonder at the beauty of it all. For instance, the beauty of a watchful tower, and the beauty of her little, fluffy kittens who just happen to know that they need warmth, and milk, and caresses, and sleep. This almost sounds like a definition of paradise.
The kittens just opened their eyes as I am writing this.
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[Picture: Emailka and the Katyata by reading_is_dangerous] (May 9, 2008)
A picture of one of the kittens can be found here.
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The katyata are so round. I always think of cats as pointy -- ears, chins,faces, tails. These kitties are very round. Very cute. Are they full Siamese like Emailka?
ReplyDeleteYou're right. it would be terribly inconvenient if the beings were in one place and the knowledge were in another. Somehow we can tie this to politics and draw a comparison, I am sure.
Thanks for the pictures!
deB
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ReplyDeletegorgeous paradise you have in your home there. Look after them well.
ReplyDeleteThis thought... about the kittens knowing and their hearts knowing .. and my heart .. and, yes, yours.. knowing what to do.. it's a comfort. Thanks.
@ deB
ReplyDelete//Are they full Siamese like Emailka?// Yes.
@ Edita
//It means I am an exception, I don't know what to do.// Then you know that you don't know what to do.
@ Tracy
//gorgeous paradise you have in your home there.// Soon they'll be running every where, and then...
Great to see you here! :-)