pepke@scri.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke) wrote: >In article <3rhspu$cnc@knot.queensu.ca>, 3sv12@qlink.queensu.ca (Virk >Shakeel) wrote: >> No it is not. No one can deny that consciousness comes from pre-existing >> consciousness; that is a mother who is conscious gives birth to a >> conscious being. All I am asking for is an example of an unconscious >> object, say a rock or something, which creates a conconsious beings. >A mother may give birth to a conscious being, but that doesn't mean that a >mother creates a conscious being directly. The mother produces an egg >which unites with a sperm, forming a zygote. Then the mother supplies >nutrients to the developing zygote/embryo/fetus, which is then born. >Do you assert that an egg is conscious? Do you assert that the nutrients >are conscious? The consciousness, the soul, is there in the male sperm... If it successfully combines with the egg in the mothers womb the child starts to develop. In the early stages the consciousness is not fully manifest, but there cannot be growth and change without the presence of the soul, consciousness... Thank you. Hare Krishna! Madhudvisa dasa (madhudvisa@krishna.org) /sudarsana All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada!
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