The State of Being.

Recently an interesting thought has persisted in my mind and that is quite simply put, do things happen of their own accord or is there some intention for a specific result?

I have come to the conclusion that both can take place. However looking at the universe there is an incredible amount of natural creation taking place every second of the day. That then prompts the thought that natural selection might be the way that life can sustain itself. It could be argued there is no perfection, except the ability to survive in an ever changing environment unless circumstances are too drastic for survival.

The next point that I question is, did life not just change dramatically due to a change in the atmosphere? The very start of life itself could be suggested began without a specific intention for a particular form. That idea itself might be supported by the amount of time it takes for the variation of life forms to evolve.

If life has no intention of a specific form then it would only flourish in an environment and time that would be aptly suitable. Numerically I have pondered and grappled with the thought that life is a natural phenomena and it would only need a planet at the right time to be able to support life. The fact that we are not aware of any other life on a different planet is not surprising as life is a widely scoping category and the distance and time needed to make contact might be enormous.

Things that happen with a specific result and are not natural are often recognisable and need an intention. Scientifically speaking even if an agent is involved, it would not necessarily still be involved with the object or even still existing itself. Take an artist and a painting, it may well be a masterpiece that has been created but the artist may have passed away.