Agree with you 100%...that "remembering" is important to note, thanks for bringing that up. I think being in nature activates the Egyptian "ma'at"...it resonates with it, and brings it back into our awareness.
Some of the books on my shelves are The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady; Walden by Thoreau; Parables From Nature, Beauty by John O'Donohue, Braiding Sweetgrass, etc. Books about the invisible embrace of nature. I hate the artificial world of technocracy and I will fight to my dying breath to hang onto the real.
Good read as usual, Todd. Probably why people are afraid of shrews 🐀 🐀 🐀, as we are nasty little critters!!! Linking as usual @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/
I don’t believe in any of Darwin’s theories, too many holes and inconsistencies. But I’m not sold on what organized religion is selling either. My beliefs seem more aligned with what native Americans believe, that we’re all interconnected with everything on planet Earth, the universe too. Mix in my convictions that nothing we’re being told is the truth about mankind’s history and most importantly that the battle between good and evil is a real thing that we’re living through right now. I do believe everything is being done to us deliberately by evil forces, tearing us away from nature and rational thinking. I don’t think we survive this unless we get back to basics.
Re Darwin: if dogs are descended from wolves why are there so many different dogs of all shapes and sizes but wolves stayed the same? Nope, I can’t agree with Darwin on much of anything
The many dog breeds are man-made, actually. That isn't so much evolution as it is genetic manipulation! (although from wolf to domesticated "dog" is still considered evolution). But most of it is human intervention, NOT nature's "survival of the fittest." Genetic manipulation, whether by the hand of man or the ways of nature, I do believe in. But varieties of species, and the "evolution" of species turning into other species due to mutation and natural selection, is a bunch of hooey (in my humble opinion).
Read "Darwin's Doubt"....and especially "Undeniable" ...both excellent books.
Jeesh...I typically state authors when I give book suggestions...and just forgot...sorry. I don't think I would ever suggest a book by Bill Nye...although this one might me interesting as a "counter argument"...although regarding evolution, I usually get pissed off reading anything "pro"...I find that argument so stupid.
"Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed" is by Douglas Axe. And "Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design" is by Stephen C. Meyer, one of the central figures in ID research.
As soon as I saw the title to this article I thought we should be running into nature. How often do you see children outside playing, just playing with no motive other than to have fun? Children are engaged in 'organized' sports or activities which means more groupthink which also means less time outside to even notice some of the things you describe. I love taking a walk (where I live) onto a particular road where few cars go by and I watch the changing seasons come - the fresh spring buds and wild flowers, the animals grazing, the sounds of the frogs in spring, and the leaves changing and dropping their colourful leaves. Nature is astounding and one of my favourite Canadian places is Newfoundland - the raw beauty of nature exists at every turn of your head.
As for your description of the native population and their connection to nature - I can't agree that all protect nature. They often take from nature to enrich themselves while condemning others who take from nature. I have seen it with my own eyes. I am not using a brush to paint all with this claim but I have long seen that many abuse Mother Earth.
Native populations, and their general world view, have been more connected with the fundamental divine nature of nature...all cultures used to be at one time. There certainly are ignorances in this worldview, and it isn't always the "best"...but it is closer to a healthy relationship than what we have today. Again, in my humble opinion!!
"The misery of man appears like childish petulance, when we explore the steady and prodigal provision that has been made for his support and delight on this green ball which floats him through the heavens. What angels invented these splendid ornaments, these rich conveniences, this ocean of air above, this ocean of water beneath, this firmament of earth between? this zodiac of lights, this tent of dropping clouds, this striped coat of climates, this fourfold year? Beasts, fire, water, stones, and corn serve him. The field is at once his floor, his work-yard, his playground, his garden, and his bed.
"More servants wait on man
Than he'll take notice of."
Nature, in its ministry to man, is not only the material, but is also the process and the result. All the parts incessantly work into each other's hands for the profit of man. The wind sows the seed; the sun evaporates the sea; the wind blows the vapor to the field; the ice, on the other side of the planet condenses rain on this; the rain feeds the plant; the plant feeds the animal; and thus the endless circulations of the divine charity nourish man."
Not only that, we simply worship utter unsustainability
https://voza0db.substack.com/p/morons-just-dont-get-it-cc8
But we do love to pretend that we enjoy Nature...
https://postimg.cc/k206GYZW
Just the degenerate uman animal doing his thing.
We weren’t meant to live sealed off from the world that formed us.
There’s a remembering that only happens when we return to what’s untouched, unengineered, still alive.
Every time we drift from that, something in us forgets how to be human.
Agree with you 100%...that "remembering" is important to note, thanks for bringing that up. I think being in nature activates the Egyptian "ma'at"...it resonates with it, and brings it back into our awareness.
Well said. I keep telling people-we were made from the soil. Everything that is in us came from nature. Why should we be afraid?
Absolutely true...
Some of the books on my shelves are The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady; Walden by Thoreau; Parables From Nature, Beauty by John O'Donohue, Braiding Sweetgrass, etc. Books about the invisible embrace of nature. I hate the artificial world of technocracy and I will fight to my dying breath to hang onto the real.
Wow...very impressive book list!!
Good read as usual, Todd. Probably why people are afraid of shrews 🐀 🐀 🐀, as we are nasty little critters!!! Linking as usual @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/
We certainly can be if needed!
I think it's becoming more needed all the time now. The hour is getting late to quote Bob Dylan's All Along The Watchtower.
Very curious to see how the shrews handle all of this...
Good reminder to go out in nature today...even though it's raining and cold here in Sacramento!
Cold and snowing here in Toronto.
I don’t believe in any of Darwin’s theories, too many holes and inconsistencies. But I’m not sold on what organized religion is selling either. My beliefs seem more aligned with what native Americans believe, that we’re all interconnected with everything on planet Earth, the universe too. Mix in my convictions that nothing we’re being told is the truth about mankind’s history and most importantly that the battle between good and evil is a real thing that we’re living through right now. I do believe everything is being done to us deliberately by evil forces, tearing us away from nature and rational thinking. I don’t think we survive this unless we get back to basics.
I'm pretty much on the same page with you all the way around.
RE Darwin...I think he was right to notice adaptation in species to their environment, and also noting the similarities in animal construction...
Re Darwin: if dogs are descended from wolves why are there so many different dogs of all shapes and sizes but wolves stayed the same? Nope, I can’t agree with Darwin on much of anything
The many dog breeds are man-made, actually. That isn't so much evolution as it is genetic manipulation! (although from wolf to domesticated "dog" is still considered evolution). But most of it is human intervention, NOT nature's "survival of the fittest." Genetic manipulation, whether by the hand of man or the ways of nature, I do believe in. But varieties of species, and the "evolution" of species turning into other species due to mutation and natural selection, is a bunch of hooey (in my humble opinion).
Read "Darwin's Doubt"....and especially "Undeniable" ...both excellent books.
Thank you. Is that “Undeniable” by Douglas Axe or Bill Nye? They both appear to address the same
Jeesh...I typically state authors when I give book suggestions...and just forgot...sorry. I don't think I would ever suggest a book by Bill Nye...although this one might me interesting as a "counter argument"...although regarding evolution, I usually get pissed off reading anything "pro"...I find that argument so stupid.
"Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed" is by Douglas Axe. And "Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design" is by Stephen C. Meyer, one of the central figures in ID research.
As soon as I saw the title to this article I thought we should be running into nature. How often do you see children outside playing, just playing with no motive other than to have fun? Children are engaged in 'organized' sports or activities which means more groupthink which also means less time outside to even notice some of the things you describe. I love taking a walk (where I live) onto a particular road where few cars go by and I watch the changing seasons come - the fresh spring buds and wild flowers, the animals grazing, the sounds of the frogs in spring, and the leaves changing and dropping their colourful leaves. Nature is astounding and one of my favourite Canadian places is Newfoundland - the raw beauty of nature exists at every turn of your head.
As for your description of the native population and their connection to nature - I can't agree that all protect nature. They often take from nature to enrich themselves while condemning others who take from nature. I have seen it with my own eyes. I am not using a brush to paint all with this claim but I have long seen that many abuse Mother Earth.
Native populations, and their general world view, have been more connected with the fundamental divine nature of nature...all cultures used to be at one time. There certainly are ignorances in this worldview, and it isn't always the "best"...but it is closer to a healthy relationship than what we have today. Again, in my humble opinion!!
Yes some of the native populations around the world live by the code of caring for nature. I can agree with that much. :)
"The misery of man appears like childish petulance, when we explore the steady and prodigal provision that has been made for his support and delight on this green ball which floats him through the heavens. What angels invented these splendid ornaments, these rich conveniences, this ocean of air above, this ocean of water beneath, this firmament of earth between? this zodiac of lights, this tent of dropping clouds, this striped coat of climates, this fourfold year? Beasts, fire, water, stones, and corn serve him. The field is at once his floor, his work-yard, his playground, his garden, and his bed.
"More servants wait on man
Than he'll take notice of."
Nature, in its ministry to man, is not only the material, but is also the process and the result. All the parts incessantly work into each other's hands for the profit of man. The wind sows the seed; the sun evaporates the sea; the wind blows the vapor to the field; the ice, on the other side of the planet condenses rain on this; the rain feeds the plant; the plant feeds the animal; and thus the endless circulations of the divine charity nourish man."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wise dude...thank you!!