By Sambodhi Padmasamadhi

What Is Life? 2/3 – The Essence of Life: Part I | Awaken the Living Awareness Within ∞ LIFΞ ∞

...influential, and thus we are very keen to dualism in our thinking when it comes to the subject of life. To give an example: there is no uniform consensus on whether viruses are a form of life or just some organic structures that interact with living organisms. Viruses are essentially strands of DNA or RNA packaged inside a protein shell; they don’t have cells or a metabolism but they do have genes and they can evolve. Thus viruses have been described as “organisms at the edge of life,” since they [...]

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By Sambodhi Padmasamadhi

What Is Life? 1/3 – The Essence of Life: Part I | Awaken the Living Awareness Within ∞ LIFΞ ∞

...up the whole of who you are? Obviously, there is no all-encompassing answer, which makes it all the more intriguing, doesn’t it? We can begin answering these questions by shedding some light on how we currently see and define life, and then expand upon it by exploring various aspects of the same. Perhaps it is best to start the discussion about this topic with the following thought: throughout the history of humanity, thinkers in many fields have tried to define life – failing to provide a universally accepted definition. For [...]

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