The Noble One and His Place In the Universe

The ideal of the “Noble One” as expounded by Daniel Rea, PhD-proabtionem, is very well thought out and draws on a long history of secular philosophy and scientific advance. Daniel pulls together the great thought of philosophers through-out history and at the same time disposes of most of their failings. I congratulate him fully for his hard work and dedication to improving the human condition.

Humankind has searched for its place in the universe for as long as we have contemplated our own sentience. We have marveled at all the wonders around us, both rapturous and dangerous. We have named them and categorized them. Initially we associated much of what we saw to a power or powers beyond ourselves. Powers both wondrous and capricious. Even today most of the world’s human population attributes the unknown to such one or more “supernatural” powers.

Mr. Rea proposes that, in fact, we have outgrown the need to associate the unknown with “god” and place it squarely in the field of natural phenomena yet to be properly labeled and categorized. With a proper understanding of nature in hand, he goes on to address our relationship with nature and our place in it and how we should more rightly view ourselves.

His philosophy assigns all or most of the characteristics that we, especially in the Judeo-Christian cultural sphere, associate with God. He proposes that we are in fact each “god” and that we have fashioned God from the ideal image into which we aspire to evolve. It makes for a very inspiring read and an admirable quest to achieve for anyone seeking enlightenment.

The only shortcoming that I feel this philosophy has (discounting the absence of the real God - if any) is the lack of, other than through DNA and your future descendants, immortality.

One of the most important attributes that we have always assigned to our gods, in every culture is their immortality. I think that this short coming needs to be addressed in a more comprehensive way. It is possible, in my view, that we have not reached the intellectual capacity to understand some natural phenomena that could be associated with immortality. Perhaps parallel realities which may surround us and even encompass us give us an immortality quite natural, yet “supra-natural.” This is speculation on my part but without some argument put forth as an avenue of future contemplation, I feel that Mr. Rea’s philosophy is as a beautiful full course feast without the spice.