Variation and diversity are part of the magic of creation as well as the wonder of nature. Diversity and uniqueness are also essential ingredients for the survival and meaning of the human species. Thus, no two humans share the same genetic makeup. None of the billions of humans on earth share the same exact configuration of the base pairs of DNA that are strung on the double helix of inherited genes. We are intended to be unique beings and rare souls even from a biological perspective, as there is no single way of being. Neither is there a general form of intelligence; more like billions of intelligent forms seeking more than simple preservation of the species. Just as surely as each of us bears a precise DNA pattern within our cells, we each arrive with a unique and valuable style intended to give more presence to life and greater beauty and imagination to this world.
The genius in us knows from the outset how we are shaped and styled within and how we are aimed at life. Yet, we may rarely feel or fully grasp our greatest natural inheritance: the sense of inner meaning and purpose seeded in our lives. The ancient reverence for the individual, at times so clear and important, becomes easily lost amidst the collectivism of mass culture. For, despite touting themes of individual freedom, modern cultures are permeated with an atmosphere of literalism, materialism, and collectivism. The growing despair under the shining surface of mass culture arises from the sense that collective life increasingly lacks meaning and individual life serves no real purpose.
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