On Apr 5, 2009, at 11:01 AM, Chris Doss wrote:
> What the hell is the "evolution of planetary consciousness"?
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Excellent question. By "planetary consciousness" I mean the "noetic
field" (called also "Weltgeist," "World Soul," "Buddha Nature")
comprising as its nodal points the planet's whole biosphere (the
ensemble of living cells and colonies of living cells). By "evolution"
I refer to the ongoing process by which the Earth has been transformed
from a mass of compressed plasma into the living organism of which we
are part. As a set among the more complex consciousnesses on this
planet our species is among the "growing points" of the Earth's
planetary consciousness.
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> --- On Sun, 4/5/09, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote:
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>> On Apr 4, 2009, at 8:08 PM, Barry Brooks wrote:
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>>> ...Nature sets limits for us...
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>> As if human animals were "images of God" and not part of
>> the natural world!
>> The only proximate limit for this part of the natural
>> world, this living planet, is its consciousness--whose
>> historical development is currently being blocked by the
>> contradictions of a long-outlived human social order, world
>> capitalism. The "ecological" question is not one of
>> "limits:" it is the question of whether or not the continued
>> evolution of planetary consciousness is compatible with the
>> continued existence of the human race. If not, the
>> planet can do very well without "us," thank you.
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>> Shane Mage
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>>> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
>>> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
>>> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>>>
>>> Herakleitos of Ephesos
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> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
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> Herakleitos of Ephesos