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Shifting Paradigms: Aligning with the Wisdom of Nature
Posted on January 18, 2015 by Christopher Chase
“See simplicity in the complicated, Seek greatness in small things. In the Universe, the difficult things are done as if they were easy.” ~Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching
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For decades now, the human species has been at a crucial turning point in our evolution upon this planet. Einstein saw this very clearly, and during the 1960’s a counter-culture arose in Western societies, a global generation that questioned the predatory and compartmentalized thinking of modern civilizations.
Millions of people marched in the streets, calling for peace, equality, an end to racism, respect for indigenous people and protection of the natural world. Coinciding with the first photographs of our planet from space, young people celebrated with new forms of music, spirituality and creative expression.
“When we humans were finally able to look back and see the fragile beauty of our home planet from space, it represented a crucial turning point, both symbolically and historically… When we experience the deeply moving beauty of the Earth seen from space, and intuitively realize that all life is bound together, facing a common fate, we automatically sense ourselves as participants in life’s tapestry, not as disembodied spectators.” ~David Fideler, The Cosmopolis Project
Unfortunately- as time passed, the sense of unity and vision of the sixties started to fade for many people. Perhaps the dream of living in tune with Nature and shifting Civilization’s paradigm seemed unrealistic, the calls for absolute freedom and equality destabilizing, a threat for those in positions of power?
By the end of the 1970’s the culture of materialism came back in full force. Civilization’s people were lulled to sleep again, overwhelmed by the demands of careers and economics, seduced by the hypnotic spell of new cars and color television sets, beautiful homes, delicious foods and other fabrications of Wall Street’s consumer marketing sorcery.
For the Natural world and less “developed” cultures, the nightmare of wealthy nations’ insatiable desire for resources, materials and endless “growth” continued in full force. As Alan Watts, Noam Chomsky and others have described- wars, poverty, terrorism, crime, political corruption, ecological destruction and economic instability have become chronic symptoms of a Civilization in Crisis.
Posted on January 18, 2015 by Christopher Chase
“See simplicity in the complicated, Seek greatness in small things. In the Universe, the difficult things are done as if they were easy.” ~Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching
creativesystemsthinking.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/shifting-paradigms-aligning-with-the-wisdom-of-nature/
For decades now, the human species has been at a crucial turning point in our evolution upon this planet. Einstein saw this very clearly, and during the 1960’s a counter-culture arose in Western societies, a global generation that questioned the predatory and compartmentalized thinking of modern civilizations.
Millions of people marched in the streets, calling for peace, equality, an end to racism, respect for indigenous people and protection of the natural world. Coinciding with the first photographs of our planet from space, young people celebrated with new forms of music, spirituality and creative expression.
“When we humans were finally able to look back and see the fragile beauty of our home planet from space, it represented a crucial turning point, both symbolically and historically… When we experience the deeply moving beauty of the Earth seen from space, and intuitively realize that all life is bound together, facing a common fate, we automatically sense ourselves as participants in life’s tapestry, not as disembodied spectators.” ~David Fideler, The Cosmopolis Project
Unfortunately- as time passed, the sense of unity and vision of the sixties started to fade for many people. Perhaps the dream of living in tune with Nature and shifting Civilization’s paradigm seemed unrealistic, the calls for absolute freedom and equality destabilizing, a threat for those in positions of power?
By the end of the 1970’s the culture of materialism came back in full force. Civilization’s people were lulled to sleep again, overwhelmed by the demands of careers and economics, seduced by the hypnotic spell of new cars and color television sets, beautiful homes, delicious foods and other fabrications of Wall Street’s consumer marketing sorcery.
For the Natural world and less “developed” cultures, the nightmare of wealthy nations’ insatiable desire for resources, materials and endless “growth” continued in full force. As Alan Watts, Noam Chomsky and others have described- wars, poverty, terrorism, crime, political corruption, ecological destruction and economic instability have become chronic symptoms of a Civilization in Crisis.