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Changes in Perspective on Life by Including Manomaya Kaya in One’s Worldview.

uccheda ditthi

  • Genetics provides an explanation that the origin of certain similarities observed between different individuals (especially parent and child) lies in the material that mediates between them.
  • Evolution theory explains the diversity of species through the acquisition and loss of genetic traits.
  • Evolutionary psychology views changes in material structure as the origin of mental phenomena.
  • Biology regards the cell as the smallest unit of life.
  • These four fields naturally seek the origin of biological structures in matter.
    • As a logical result, they assume the existence of the first cell(LUCA).
      • But, it does not have any evidence!
  • All four follow the notion that ‘matter precedes mind,’ which is uccheda ditthi.

mundane samma ditthi

  • Establishing mundane samma ditthi involves escaping this one-sided view.
  • This is achieved through accepting the concept of manomaya kaya.
    • How does manomaya kaya help us understand the phenomenon of life?
  • Genetic phenomena between parents and children are the result of two individual lifestreams with similar gati forming a specific relationship.
    • Therefore, there is no need for a material substance to transmit the structure of their similarities.
  • The distinction between species is determined by the level of mind, not by material structure (genetic traits).
  • The physical form changes according to the level of mind.
    • Hence, the manifestation of a species should be seen as a manifestation of conditions rather than speciation.
  • Mental phenomena are the origin of changes in material structure.
    • This directly opposes evolutionary psychology.
      • Evolutionary psychology explains selfishness as the core motivation for realizing all other virtues, suggesting that even empathy is merely a tool for passing on genes.
        • However, in reality, virtues merely have the incidental effect of helping the species survive longer.
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