civilisation is the problem. civilisation is the imposition of 'order' upon nature's 'chaos'. but nature's 'chaos' is implicitly ordered. nature is sublime order. when we work *against* nature - levelling forests, polluting waters, constructing ugliness - we sow disharmony which ultimately manifests as world war etc.
civilisation is nature as other, fear of nature, which is fear of self. civilisation is schizophrenia. subject vs object. we have an alternative. we can work *with* nature. just as we have unparalleled power to destroy, so do we have the same power to create - to amplify and direct the creative power of nature itself. how do we shift to this path? by walking the path perhaps....funny how things become obvious once you start living them. do you know that nikola tesla developed wireless electricity 100 years ago? his phrase 'harnessing the wheelwork of nature' is very apt. once we begin to work in league with nature then we will leave civilisation behind, and return to life. --- Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "But it is much less certain that the second great > problem of learning has been cracked. Many, indeed, > doubt that it can be solved at all. The 20th > century > record is not exactly encouraging when one takes > into > account the millions slaughtered in countless wars, > the millions killed in death camps, the all too many > totalitarian regimes, the billions living today in > conditions of abject poverty in the third world, the > annihilation of languages, cultures and traditional > ways of life during the century, the destruction of > natural habitats and the rapid extinction of > species." > > > - Can Humanity Learn to become Civilized? > The Crisis of Science without Civilization > (Published in Journal of Applied Philosophy 17, > 2000, > 29-44.) > Nicholas Maxwell > Emeritus Reader in Philosophy of Science at > University > College London > > > Death across the board. What is happening? > (The second problem he discusses is as the title of > this article I'm reading, "Can Humanity Learn to > become Civilized?") What does civilized mean? I'm > just starting to read the article now, but as much > death that Western Civilization has reaped around > the > world in the last 500 years is so striking. Not > only > thousands of cultures, but plant species. What is > this dynamic quality? I say dynamic quality because > I > can't find the static patterns at this moment to > explain this havoc. Maxwell is pointing towards our > lack of focus on societies on-going need for wisdom. > > thanks. > > SA > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet > in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sick of deleting your inbox? Yahoo!7 Mail has free unlimited storage. http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/unlimitedstorage.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
