Hola, at Chambalabamba Comunidad (chambalabamba.org) in Vilcabamba, Ecuador we are doing exactly what is mentioned in this article since 2012. Your or his ideas are totally coherent with ours. I am a long time radical anarchist activist and the founder of our mostly latino community. You might consider visiting sometime. Our foundation is love and connection with the pillars of personal integrity (authenticity), harmony, and unity.
I am involved in trying to bring horizontal governance to the gov't. of Ecuador (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wywMhg604W8) by first unifying all the 35 indigenous nations and the campesino communities with this singular demand. It takes time, we are connected with all of them.
So, we are aware of the need to evolve internally and at the same time deal with the outside world. I was an activist with food not bombs in SF for a number of years and I was the only one combining my spiritual path with activism. For me, to be spiritual without being an activist is impossible. We should all get together.
This is a vision I share. I will download his book. For a long time I have been living from a similar vision, sometimes meeting people of like mind but never so far in actual community. That's the hard part, founding an actual community rather than simply connecting online or in print, as valuable as that is. Given how the System works, to do so is harder than it looks because the forward momentum of surviving on the System's terms is predominant. But here I am. In the Catskill mountains. Might take a look at my latest book, Let's Burn the Flags of All Nations, that being a spiritual activist title if there ever was one! There's a poem in the book titled Slipping the Leash. You understand what that means -- freedom outside the domesticated back yard surrounded by a cyclone fence on all levels. Courage to jump the fence and run free...Michael
"Humans promote industrialised agriculture, plastic and poisonous foods, competitive economics, artificial lifestyles, absurd fashions, junk medicine, information-acquisition rather than education, laws rather than justice, and endless tragic needless wars – all of which alienate us from the Sacred Mystery we inhabit together with the Earth’s other animals, the fish, the insects, the trees and the birds."
If you observe how all species "except" Homo sapiens interact with the environment you'll notice how their actions are instinctually based on survival and perpetuation, whereas Homo sapiens appear to be "dysfunctionally wired" inevitably resulting in obliteration of not only themselves but the entire planet.🙀
I agree 😁. Although I do try to see humanity and it's creations, no matter how abhorrent, as 'natural'. If not I would go mad.
Maybe things are meant to unravel this way? Is their much difference between a psychopaths and a shark, or between us and most animals that cannot regulate their populations to avoid starvation and extinction. Humans are not the first creatures to create havoc on this planet. Our hubris makes us believe we have the ability to create harmony but all utopian dreams have failed because humanity does not scale well.
Sharks attack looking for food or to protect themselves if they fear danger, but psychopaths murder for sadistic pleasure.
In addition, other creatures aren't acquisitive and don't take joy in watching other animals starve. That being said, most animals are terroritorial and will fight over an enclave they feel is their own.
How do you know what animals take pleasure in? Does the fox kill just for survival out of instinct or does it enjoy the blood lust as it kills way more animals than it can eat?
I completely allign with your disconnection from nature proposal. Are you familiar with the work of Carlos Castaneda on the wisdom of Mexican Indian shamans? Don Juan Matus says that we are born connected to nature inside a luminous cocoon that is transparent. As we get older the cocoon begins to mirror our own reflection; that being the Named world that we surround our individual selves with.
It's been observed that troops of chimps display aggressive behavior among themselves determining who'll be or stay on top of the heap.
Anyway, here's an interesting article: "A common myth about foxes suggests that they are ruthless murderers who kill other animals just for fun. This is not true of foxes or any other predator. Hunting takes a lot of energy and can leave an animal susceptible to injury by prey, so no animal chooses to do it “for fun.”
The quick fix from the individual's standpoint is to give up pretenses, living in the past and worrying about the future. Humans have a great tendency to hang on to the past because it may be known (assuming it is remembered correctly) or it has some sentimental value. There is no fear in living in the past, but you remain trapped in a reality that no longer exists.
You can let the past go in an instant by becoming aware of your thoughts. At least the mental anguishes and emotional prisons can be dissolved and only the practical may be retained for everyday living. What occurred, even one second ago, is now in the past. Clinging to that past is what drags you down.
The individual has the power to change his daily life in thoughts and actions. Being part of a [cult]-ure or organization relieves the individual of having to think for themselves. And nothing changes because the individual is still the same despite being part of a different cult. Cults and cultures are steeped with traditions and anchored in the past.
Hola, at Chambalabamba Comunidad (chambalabamba.org) in Vilcabamba, Ecuador we are doing exactly what is mentioned in this article since 2012. Your or his ideas are totally coherent with ours. I am a long time radical anarchist activist and the founder of our mostly latino community. You might consider visiting sometime. Our foundation is love and connection with the pillars of personal integrity (authenticity), harmony, and unity.
I am involved in trying to bring horizontal governance to the gov't. of Ecuador (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wywMhg604W8) by first unifying all the 35 indigenous nations and the campesino communities with this singular demand. It takes time, we are connected with all of them.
So, we are aware of the need to evolve internally and at the same time deal with the outside world. I was an activist with food not bombs in SF for a number of years and I was the only one combining my spiritual path with activism. For me, to be spiritual without being an activist is impossible. We should all get together.
What you are doing sounds really excellent! We are certainly "together" in spirit, even if not geographically!
This is a vision I share. I will download his book. For a long time I have been living from a similar vision, sometimes meeting people of like mind but never so far in actual community. That's the hard part, founding an actual community rather than simply connecting online or in print, as valuable as that is. Given how the System works, to do so is harder than it looks because the forward momentum of surviving on the System's terms is predominant. But here I am. In the Catskill mountains. Might take a look at my latest book, Let's Burn the Flags of All Nations, that being a spiritual activist title if there ever was one! There's a poem in the book titled Slipping the Leash. You understand what that means -- freedom outside the domesticated back yard surrounded by a cyclone fence on all levels. Courage to jump the fence and run free...Michael
"Humans promote industrialised agriculture, plastic and poisonous foods, competitive economics, artificial lifestyles, absurd fashions, junk medicine, information-acquisition rather than education, laws rather than justice, and endless tragic needless wars – all of which alienate us from the Sacred Mystery we inhabit together with the Earth’s other animals, the fish, the insects, the trees and the birds."
If you observe how all species "except" Homo sapiens interact with the environment you'll notice how their actions are instinctually based on survival and perpetuation, whereas Homo sapiens appear to be "dysfunctionally wired" inevitably resulting in obliteration of not only themselves but the entire planet.🙀
I agree 😁. Although I do try to see humanity and it's creations, no matter how abhorrent, as 'natural'. If not I would go mad.
Maybe things are meant to unravel this way? Is their much difference between a psychopaths and a shark, or between us and most animals that cannot regulate their populations to avoid starvation and extinction. Humans are not the first creatures to create havoc on this planet. Our hubris makes us believe we have the ability to create harmony but all utopian dreams have failed because humanity does not scale well.
Sharks attack looking for food or to protect themselves if they fear danger, but psychopaths murder for sadistic pleasure.
In addition, other creatures aren't acquisitive and don't take joy in watching other animals starve. That being said, most animals are terroritorial and will fight over an enclave they feel is their own.
How do you know what animals take pleasure in? Does the fox kill just for survival out of instinct or does it enjoy the blood lust as it kills way more animals than it can eat?
I completely allign with your disconnection from nature proposal. Are you familiar with the work of Carlos Castaneda on the wisdom of Mexican Indian shamans? Don Juan Matus says that we are born connected to nature inside a luminous cocoon that is transparent. As we get older the cocoon begins to mirror our own reflection; that being the Named world that we surround our individual selves with.
It's been observed that troops of chimps display aggressive behavior among themselves determining who'll be or stay on top of the heap.
Anyway, here's an interesting article: "A common myth about foxes suggests that they are ruthless murderers who kill other animals just for fun. This is not true of foxes or any other predator. Hunting takes a lot of energy and can leave an animal susceptible to injury by prey, so no animal chooses to do it “for fun.”
https://forfoxsakewildlife.com/2021/01/07/foxes-dont-kill-for-fun/#:~:text=A%20common%20myth%20about%20foxes,do%20it%20%E2%80%9Cfor%20fun.%E2%80%9D
https://open.substack.com/pub/iweothers/p/extra-space-post-metaversevatars?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1eqrx1
The quick fix from the individual's standpoint is to give up pretenses, living in the past and worrying about the future. Humans have a great tendency to hang on to the past because it may be known (assuming it is remembered correctly) or it has some sentimental value. There is no fear in living in the past, but you remain trapped in a reality that no longer exists.
You can let the past go in an instant by becoming aware of your thoughts. At least the mental anguishes and emotional prisons can be dissolved and only the practical may be retained for everyday living. What occurred, even one second ago, is now in the past. Clinging to that past is what drags you down.
The individual has the power to change his daily life in thoughts and actions. Being part of a [cult]-ure or organization relieves the individual of having to think for themselves. And nothing changes because the individual is still the same despite being part of a different cult. Cults and cultures are steeped with traditions and anchored in the past.