I will be talking to you on the most fundamental, human, conscious, existential, spiritual levels that a being can behold.
Okay maybe not on the deepest, but some murky area stretching the span.
Let’s start by answering the question; what is life? Life is a self-regulating collection of complex molecules. Thus, life exists in an infinite variety of manifestations; yet remains bounded by the same fundamental nature. As we begin with the definition of self-regulation, life creates conditions that are conducive to life. Each particle of life acts upon this principle and interacts with every other node. They come together in an infinite complexity to act as a whole. Thus, the planet Earth as a whole is alive. And every disturbance will perturb the entirety. Although, there could be no possibility to determine if an action is good or bad without using life based, subjective, self-preservation to guide this judgment. Life always wants to survive, and prosper. More so, life will always continue no matter the circumstance. Thus, manifestations of life may be crushed or wiped out to extinction, but it always prevails in another form.
Using these knowns, it is in the interest of the creatures that are currently alive to sustain the current conditions and life forms that exist today. But, if things were to change, life would exist in other ways, perhaps unheard of today.
As nothing in this universe is permanent and static, the name of perfection is existence itself. The idea of perfection is that there is an aim of existence to reach. Although, this is a fallacy because there is no aim at all. If there is an aim of existence, it is to exist. If perfection is to reach an aimed target, and the aim of the existence is to exist; then, the very act of existence must be perfection in itself. Therefore, the very act of coming into existence means perfection. And no alteration to something will bring it closer to perfection. It may change its manifestation, but by merely existing it remains to be perfect.
How does this apply to humans or the things that we build? What is natural? Everything that exists is nature itself. It may be altered, but it remains to exist and be a part of nature. Thus, even the creations of humans are natural. Are humans perfect? Are the machines that they build perfect? The answer to both these questions is subjective perfection. It is a perfection that is chosen by the humans that dream of it. Although, dreams affect the perception of perfection but do not alter it at all. Once a human being is born and brought into existence, it is perfect as it exists. To judge whether that human being is stupid or smart, ugly or pretty, dark or light, tall or short, moral or unmoral is a subjective act. To be tall is no more perfect than to be short. Neither is being short any more perfect than being tall. Both forms are perfect as they merely exist. Although selecting one over another is about the aims of life. And the aims of life are to self-replicate and propagate more copies of one’s genes; while also incorporating genetic diversity. Thus, there is an everlasting battle between in-group and out-group, same and different. And this battle wages on every level of life. As such, no single point of life is more correct than the other. As such, no point of life is more perfect than another other single point of life. Although, it is useful for beings to profess that they are the ultimate perfection and that the rest of life must conform to them. This is the fallacy of perfection. It is a myth used to bolster one’s self and disparage others. The truth of the matter is that merely existing is perfection in itself.
As such, human beings arrive on this planet in state of utter perfection. And as they grow they are immersed in multitudes of ideas that all claim that they are in fact the one that points to perfection. Yet, these ideas are but illusions that veil the consciousness and tangle the mind into confusion. Thus, the path of enlightenment is truly circular in nature. The path of enlightenment is to shrug off such illusions, and return to where one started. The path of enlightenment is to return to the knowledge that mere existence is perfection.
And the idea of transcendence or moksha is that not everyone arrives at enlightment in their first life time. It is one occurrence in which a human being is born and achieves transcendence in that life time. And the silliest of all things is that: transcendence, moksha, enlightenment, nirvana are states attained when one acknowledges that the very act of existing is perfection. It is the acknowledgement of one’s own existence that makes one perfect.