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I think he's talking about ecology, where the big fish eats the smaller fish, 
and the small fish eats the plankton, etcetera. But about human ecology I 
guess. That's what he means by hierarchy.

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> On Feb 16, 2014, at 6:47 PM, "Colleen K. Peltomaa" <[email protected]> 
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> This is the heading near the front of the TROM Manual.  Since it is near the 
> front it might be important to thoroughly understand before going on to read 
> the rest of the manual.  This is one of those places where I wish Dennis had 
> elaborated on his discoveries
> 
> What does he mean when he says "hierarchy of life?"
>   
> Different classes of apes have different social and cultural mores.
> Of all the spiritual teachers Dennis is the only one I've heard putting so 
> much emphasis on the body in this way.  And in no other place does he mention 
> it any further, so how important is it really?  If one simply does TROM and 
> handles the mind, does it not all get resolved?
> 
> How has mankind suffered by ignoring the cultural and social tendences of the 
> human ape?   Different apes have different cultures ranging from warlike to 
> peaceful.
> 
> colleen
> 
> Life and Life forms.
> 
> Life is undoubtedly the most abundant phenomena on the surface of this 
> planet, as it is in the entire universe. Only the most superficial glance 
> through a microscope at a drop of pond water, coupled with the realization 
> that every cell in the body is alive in its own right, is sufficient to 
> convince all but the invincibly ignorant of the fact. A life form is an 
> aggregation of cellular life organized and directed by ‘higher’ life in a 
> hierarchy that leads up to the being who answers up when his name is called. 
> He is the one who does the exercises.
> 
> The human body is thus a life form and a complex cellular structure. It is 
> also a mammal, and a member of what is called the higher ape family. A 
> knowledge of the eating, mating, cultural and social habits of this ape are 
> invaluable to any being who wishes to walk this route. Know this ape whose 
> body you currently consider yourself a part of, for such knowledge will bear 
> you in good stead. Many a person has spent half their lives at war with one 
> or other of this ape’s inherited social or cultural habits, and have at last 
> gone to their graves defeated in the struggle. When you try and fight this 
> ape’s evolutionary history you always lose. He has certain basic 
> requirements, and a number of quaint behavior patterns. Learn to live with 
> them, for you will not change him by fighting them; you’ll only make him ill 
> and yourself miserable. Ignorance of the true nature of the human ape as a 
> life form has caused untold misery down the ages. If you walk this route far 
> enough you will one day walk away and leave this ape, but you will never be 
> free of him until you understand him intimately.
> 
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