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The Answer to the Question

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A good book for those interested in human philosophy, but by no means an answer to the 'question'.

Basing the nature of existence itself on the nature of animal survivalism is like saying the english language is based on this book. Since values and 'importance' exist only in the craniums of higher animals (including humans) and have no say in the actual nature of existence, the entire premise of this book reeks of subjectivity and conjecture inside the bounds of human psychology.

The final result? Definitely NOT a satisfactory answer, at least to anyone willing to acknowledge their own nature before attempting to guess at that of the Universe.

What a mishmash of meaningless words and phrases. All you have to do is read the five-star review the author gave himself (ahem!) to get the flavor of this tract. The Answer to the Question is Not for Me.

crap. Just a bunch of Christian rambling with no real imagination. Basically, if you want a Bible reprint, buy this book.

The natural energy of existence is in a perpetual cycle that exists beyond time and form. In the beginning of each epoch, matter appears as a single point, with time proceeding and space unfolding. From this beginning of time, ironically powered by the force to decay, forms and degrees of being and awareness evolve. Life, our place, is inside of and part of this process. Everything ultimately decays, leaving only space with no time or dimension. Eternally, like a seasonal cycle, the end of time and form spawns a new epoch.
This simple book, presented as a series of pages of grouped concepts, presents the overall nature of existence and the role of life. From the big bang to the end of time, the energy of the universe discovers itself by making determinations of the answer to the question: "What is important?". These determinations are the "values" given to meaning by life. The book illuminates the character of time, the definition of love, the differences between thought and feeling, the opportunity for choice, the duality of our interests, and the eternal nature of the energy of the universe. The proposal is that we have a reason to determine our values from the higher point of view of our "whole self" and that we reconcile our individual self with these values. In this regard, the nature of existence is an objective truth upon which the framework paridigm of our meaningful subjective thoughts and feelings ring. The truth is simple.