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Indeed the words Inert, and Artificial have crept into social vocabulary to cut-off or put-down qualities of individuals that we have difficulty relating with. The way humans name non-humans either disconnects us from them...or draws us closer. What draws me to seemingly inanimate objects, is the realization that all are comprised of vibrating atomic particles...the knowledge that the very frequency of those vibrations is what gives an element its function. Ironically my perspective stems from merely theoretical physics from high school....that was 45 years ago. Today, when I meditate on my breath and my lungs, then I also meditate over how my breath is carried by the wind, which mingles with dust from the Sahara, and moisture from the Amazon...

During the Spring meetings of the Global Ecovillage Network in Switzerland I always come into the realm of the fourth level of listening. Indeed GEN meetings are for me an island of spiritual recovery. Sacred Story Telling really...like what Leah Lamb teaches too. Unfortunately in my current day to day living situation, my husband is stuck in the paradigm of downloading and object focused listening. Attempts to influence anything more, result in aversion. Bridging the difference between his needs and mine are deeply challenging. I tend to defend myself by using the last promise of the 4 promises of ZEN as a mantra: The Path of Experience is Unsurpassed.

From the Ancestor's Tale:A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life, Richard Dawkins I got the idea that in the course of natural evolution that patterns repeat themselves. Modern gentechnology is also discovering such patterns. Do they apply to social evolution as well? Starlings flight? Perhaps also soil microbial activity? hope to influence Curiosoil project with Ladderpod.