Friday, February 22, 2008
Natures Creativity
by Mike Van Dam
Yeah, it seems....
like the planet is about at critical mass. But perhaps the human
population here is going to blast right through the threshold? Perhaps
the lesson will only really sink in when we've done ourselves in. Perhaps not
completely, but you have to look at the various possibilities. Anyway
there is a lot of movement to shift direction and thats something we
have to do no matter what happens. I just read a great book, "Ishmael". The basic
theme is that it all started with the so called agricultural revolution,
and that the shift to this lifestyle included a shift in attitude from
being one of the residents of this vastly diverse planet, to being THE
resident. From here came the idea that the earth was Made For Man. Man
was the purpose of the creation. Nature didn't quite have it right. So
we had to till and sow and build. That's why man has now gobbled up
and eaten the earth. Because some 8000 years ago the whole purpose of
the creation was achieved and the earth was for us to use as we saw fit,
its all about us. So all that was left was for us to use up and consume
and dominate. Now we're about out of stuff to eat and consume so perhaps
we need to reevaluate this paradigm. Do you thing? People love it when
it's all about them. It's so intoxicating. So called civilized man has
been intoxicated with being a special creation. This is all we know of
our recorded history. Which is really just the blink of an eye and full
of stupidity. So it shouldn't be to hard to shake this drunken stupor
off and get real about the fact that man in this time and age is not the
end of history. Any more than the creation of jelly fish millions of
years ago was the crowning achievement of Natures creativity. As
beautiful and sophisticated as the jellyfish is, Nature went on to create
many more wonderful life forms. Any why should she stop now? Unlikely!
And the ensuing calamity will in some way contribute to the continuing
evolution of life on this planet, even if it is not beneficial to so
call civilized man, which, more than likely will be remembered in the
echos of ancient history as Disconnected Man. I rest my case.
Yeah, it seems....
like the planet is about at critical mass. But perhaps the human
population here is going to blast right through the threshold? Perhaps
the lesson will only really sink in when we've done ourselves in. Perhaps not
completely, but you have to look at the various possibilities. Anyway
there is a lot of movement to shift direction and thats something we
have to do no matter what happens. I just read a great book, "Ishmael". The basic
theme is that it all started with the so called agricultural revolution,
and that the shift to this lifestyle included a shift in attitude from
being one of the residents of this vastly diverse planet, to being THE
resident. From here came the idea that the earth was Made For Man. Man
was the purpose of the creation. Nature didn't quite have it right. So
we had to till and sow and build. That's why man has now gobbled up
and eaten the earth. Because some 8000 years ago the whole purpose of
the creation was achieved and the earth was for us to use as we saw fit,
its all about us. So all that was left was for us to use up and consume
and dominate. Now we're about out of stuff to eat and consume so perhaps
we need to reevaluate this paradigm. Do you thing? People love it when
it's all about them. It's so intoxicating. So called civilized man has
been intoxicated with being a special creation. This is all we know of
our recorded history. Which is really just the blink of an eye and full
of stupidity. So it shouldn't be to hard to shake this drunken stupor
off and get real about the fact that man in this time and age is not the
end of history. Any more than the creation of jelly fish millions of
years ago was the crowning achievement of Natures creativity. As
beautiful and sophisticated as the jellyfish is, Nature went on to create
many more wonderful life forms. Any why should she stop now? Unlikely!
And the ensuing calamity will in some way contribute to the continuing
evolution of life on this planet, even if it is not beneficial to so
call civilized man, which, more than likely will be remembered in the
echos of ancient history as Disconnected Man. I rest my case.
