A key issue Molly. We probably have the accounting techniques to do this now but are still stuck with the wrong ones.
On 7 Sep, 17:29, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > A peace fit to survive in, yes. And if we can find this within > ourselves, it will be reflected to us in our experience. We can learn > this in our families or not, but to learn it, somewhere along the way > we must learn that what effects me effects you, and visa versa. > > On Sep 7, 12:03 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > We probably all 'began' in the same cell - though this leaves open > > questions about why amino-acids and such developed in the universe. > > The genetic connections between all people on the Indian sub-continent > > are closer than elsewhere because of a catastrophe 74,000 years ago > > that wiped most people there out. What might make a difference is > > better understanding of what we are vulnerable to and might work > > towards as humanity. Siblings are often nasty to each other, and > > often unite against others for survival reasons. What we need is a > > peace fit to survive in. > > > On 7 Sep, 16:45, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The difference that it makes, kid, is that if we truly understand that > > > we are all related in a way that means what happens to you happens to > > > me, we see the world differently, we act differently toward each > > > other, we live differently. Most of us learn this first in our > > > families, but if we have the misfortune of being born into a family > > > that does not provide a loving foundation or give us this lesson, it > > > is up to us to learn it from the greater community (or not.) > > > > On Sep 7, 10:03 am, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > my point is.. how does it matter whether one is a relative or not... > > > > where > > > > does this obligation of being good to our relatives come from.. it was > > > > the > > > > accident of birth that made them our relatives... why should that make > > > > them > > > > special... wat if they were not our relatives.. would we behave > > > > differently > > > > towards them? > > > > > On 9/7/09, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > that might be how it feels kid, but someone capable of being rude and > > > > > indifferent to family is also prone to this behavior in public, > > > > > although they might be more selective and use the behavior to promote > > > > > personal agenda... > > > > > > On Sep 7, 9:35 am, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > i dont thinkit would.... we can be rude and indifferent to our > > > > > > relatives like we can be to neone else. > > > > > > > On Sep 6, 2:50 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Have you ever thought about those to whom you are related? Of > > > > > > > course you have, but maybe not in this way. > > > > > > > We all have four grandparents, eight great grandparents, etc. > > > > > > > This geometric progression continues as we go back from > > > > > > > generation to > > > > > > > generation until, in about 1400 AD it equals the entire > > > > > > > population of > > > > > > > the human species at that time. In other words, each of us is > > > > > > > related > > > > > > > to everyone else if we look back far enough. > > > > > > > Similarly, if we go forward, from children to grandchildren > > > > > > > etc., > > > > > > > making some reasonable assumptions and using the current > > > > > > > projections > > > > > > > for the future human population, our direct progeny will equal > > > > > > > everyone living in about 2900 AD. If we include in this > > > > > > > calculation > > > > > > > brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins, we will be related > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > everyone living in about 2700 AD. > > > > > > > So at present we seem least related to friends, neighbors, > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > those in our community and country. But in fact we are all > > > > > > > related. It > > > > > > > is just that it seems now that we’re not. Would it change > > > > > > > anything if > > > > > > > we but acknowledged our relationship to everyone, ancestors and > > > > > > > descendants? Jim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
