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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.
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 16, 2014, at 6:47 PM, "Colleen K. Peltomaa" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > ************* > The following message is relayed to you by [email protected] > ************ > 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. > > > > . > _______________________________________________ > Trom mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.newciv.org/mailman/listinfo/trom
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