Thank you! At first glance re: this post, I'd say your gratitude for the work you've done, and your general optimism, are part of the way forward. We --- and many other species whose lives are affected by us --- are at an unprecedentedly difficult point in our existence in this biosphere. My understanding of this tells me that for many millions of years in our drive to solve daily problems like hunger and danger from other species, we have over-instrumentalized life around is and within us. --- So much so that generally we have missed the fact of wholeness, commonality, the single whole system that we share with others, other species, around us and inside of us. It is almost unthinkable to think of telling "our leaders" of the present that we share this world with the animals and plants they are trying to erase from memory and vocabulary with destruction of wilderness and destruction of gains made by "democracy", enabling expanded factory farm "liberties" and so on, merely in the name of a few corraled, corraling human nationalities. So it emerges that although animals suffer under the attacks of the most advanced predators, probably their simple attitude of truth to life is good enough to show us more of the way forward also. Just as it is one of the things that inspired animal liberationists to start with. And remember, lying embezzlers can ogle Mars, or somebody else's pile of bombs somewhere, but they won't package the universe, which is "the Life" happening . . . including their portions of "the Life" . . . roughly speaking, this is my current reaction to "anthropogenic" stress.
I guess I'm saying, that as far as philosophical goes, we are missing the larger picture because we've cut ourselves off, burnt so many bridges, but the answer is presenting itself continually, --- the fact of existence, Life, atmosphere, the very basic things that are being targetted as unallowable and politically evil, condemned as subject to violation by human top predators.
I certainly hope something good will come from all the bad things now happening in the world.
Thank you! At first glance re: this post, I'd say your gratitude for the work you've done, and your general optimism, are part of the way forward. We --- and many other species whose lives are affected by us --- are at an unprecedentedly difficult point in our existence in this biosphere. My understanding of this tells me that for many millions of years in our drive to solve daily problems like hunger and danger from other species, we have over-instrumentalized life around is and within us. --- So much so that generally we have missed the fact of wholeness, commonality, the single whole system that we share with others, other species, around us and inside of us. It is almost unthinkable to think of telling "our leaders" of the present that we share this world with the animals and plants they are trying to erase from memory and vocabulary with destruction of wilderness and destruction of gains made by "democracy", enabling expanded factory farm "liberties" and so on, merely in the name of a few corraled, corraling human nationalities. So it emerges that although animals suffer under the attacks of the most advanced predators, probably their simple attitude of truth to life is good enough to show us more of the way forward also. Just as it is one of the things that inspired animal liberationists to start with. And remember, lying embezzlers can ogle Mars, or somebody else's pile of bombs somewhere, but they won't package the universe, which is "the Life" happening . . . including their portions of "the Life" . . . roughly speaking, this is my current reaction to "anthropogenic" stress.
I guess I'm saying, that as far as philosophical goes, we are missing the larger picture because we've cut ourselves off, burnt so many bridges, but the answer is presenting itself continually, --- the fact of existence, Life, atmosphere, the very basic things that are being targetted as unallowable and politically evil, condemned as subject to violation by human top predators.