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ZetaTalk: Bounded Robots
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ZetaTalk: Bounded Robots
Note: written Jul 15, 1997.
Confusion over whether robots are alive, make choices, or might be incarnated with spirits lies in understanding what is seen versus what is unseen on the surface. On the surface, humans see robots able to entertain focus on a task at hand to the exclusion of all possible distractions, and thus, for instance, win at a game of chess over a human chess master. Is the robot not thinking? Yes and no, depending upon how one classifies thought. To primitive peoples, a simple computer program appears to be thinking, as it can rapidly arrive at a conclusion while entertaining a problem it has been programmed to address. Computer programs are not considered brains by most humans only because they
can gaze at and understand the program, and can see that the computer is simply following instructions.
What is seen in robots versus humans is that:
1. Robots can go places humans cannot, such as the surface of Mars or the outer reaches of the Solar System.
2. Robots can concentrate on a bounded task, such as a game of chess, far better than humans.
3. Robots can operate without attention or direction from their human masters.
4. Humans get distracted by their biological needs.
5. Humans can have intractable prejudices or cultural viewpoints that they refuse to drop.
What is unseen is that robots are bounded in ways that DNA is not bounded. Humans are bounded by their biology, an inability to put aside their biological needs, so that they cannot travel where robots can, exclusively concentrate on a task as robots can, or remain calm in disturbing circumstances such as a burning building or the torture of another human might present. In overcoming biological imperatives, robots seem superior, especially since the average human does not understand how they have been programmed and are in awe. Robots, however, are bounded in what they can address. Even where robots are designed to repair themselves and make minor adjustments to their surroundings, they are still operating within their original programming.
Humans see their DNA in light of its limitations, an upper limit on IQ, on the speed an athlete can sustain, or on
longevity. They see the end result of decisions as limited because the human can only maneuver about in their natural habitat, so the complexity of what went into decision making is not apparent. What is unseen is the spiritual struggle, the pondering of the workings of the Universe, or the multiplicity of factors that go into a single decision to walk down the street or stay in the house! A robot arrives at its decision quickly because it does not ponder. Humans are virtually unlimited in their ability to ponder, which is what makes their life form attractive to the stuff of souls so that entities form within humans. Robots are utterly boring, as they have an inability to ponder, being programmed to reach quick conclusions after considering a set number of variables, and thus do not attract the stuff of souls, regardless of
appearances!
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ZetaTalk: Rule of Forgetfulness
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ZetaTalk: Rule of Forgetfulness
Note: written Oct 15, 1996.
Forgetfulness occurs naturally. When an entity incarnates into a human body, the mind naturally has no knowledge of past lives. The mind develops memories from what it experiences, observes through its senses, and concludes due to
the mental processes resulting from all this. Thus forgetfulness is natural, and breakthroughs where the spirit has an opportunity to relay bits and pieces of a past life rare. The Rule of Forgetfulness is not an imposed rule, it is a rule of nature. However, given that incarnations work this way, and incarnations have proven to be the fastest way young spirits grow and mature, no one is rushing forward to bring a newly incarnated body up to date on what has happened before. In fact, such a process can delay maturity or skew the eventual decision the entity makes on its first lesson, the orientation lesson. Imagine instances in life given no knowledge of past decisions or full knowledge of past decisions.
A mother, cuddling her newborn infant, sees its helplessness and dependence on her and imagines the feelings of
abandonment and desperation such an infant would feel if not held and loved and rescued when distressed. The
mother, being basically a caring person, and the incarnating entity inclined toward the Service-to-Other,
proceeds to care for the infant with great affection and pride in herself for her competence. If in past lives the
entity incarnating had deserted a new born, to ease the pressure on herself, and all the memories of this past
incident were remembered, then the current situation would be colored with guilt and shame and in particular,
the strong memory of what caused the abandonment in the first place. The mother might defend her prior action
by repeating it, as a way of saying to herself that she had done nothing wrong. Or the mother might look around
warily, looking for evidence that she need be on guard again, rather than caring for her newborn.
A man, on the job with others whom he is competitive with while at the same time these same others are his
friends. A promotion opportunity comes up, and there are several candidates. The man has seen one particular
co-worker working long hard hours and knows this co-worker to be more competent than the others. Putting
himself in the place of this co-worker and imagining the hurt that would come from being bypassed, especially
when the best choice, the man decides to back his friend, rather than compete with him. In the current
incarnation, the entity does not foresee distress at losing out, as win or lose the promotion there will be enough
to go around for all. If the human were aware of what the entity experienced in past lives, where the entity may
have focused solely on what was to be gained over what the impact on others might have been, his focus during
the current situation might be pulled in the direction of entertaining thoughts of what the additional money could
buy, or what power the new status might bring one.
Thus, forgetfulness allows the entity to move through circumstances that were similar to past circumstances, trying them out with a different approach and consequently experiencing a different outcome.
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ZetaTalk: Karmic Justice
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ZetaTalk: Karmic Justice
Note: written Apr 15, 1996.
Where karma on a personal level does not pass from one life time to another, it could be said that karma between
intelligent species does exist, in the same manner that a type of karma exists between nations or social groups on Earth. Look to the American Negro, who long after their emancipation as slaves are still exacting karmic justice from their white overlords. Look to the economic rights America grants to Japan, whom they dropped the bomb upon. This