Remember Ourselves As A Murmuration
માનવસમુદાય મર્મરેશન (લયબદ્ધ સમૂહ ) છે - આ યાદ રાખીએ.-- જેક બુશ દ્વારા
પક્ષીઓનું મર્મરેશન ( સામૂહિક રીતે લયબદ્ધ ઊડતું પક્ષીઓનું ઝૂંડ ) એ પ્રકૃતિની ઘટનાઓમાંની મારી પ્રિય ઘટનાઓમાં એક છે – જ્યાં સ્ટાર્લિંગ પક્ષીઓ સેંકડો હજારોની સંખ્યામાં એકસાથે ઊડીને જટિલ ગતિશીલ આકૃતિઓ બનાવે છે.
એકસાથે એટલા બધા પક્ષીઓ વચ્ચેનો આ સંપૂર્ણ સમન્વય, પ્રકૃતિની એક અજાયબી છે. દસ વર્ષ પહેલા વૈજ્ઞાનિકોએ આ પક્ષીઓના વર્તનનો અભ્યાસ કર્યો અને જે જાણવા મળ્યું તે અદભૂત હતું.
જોકે પક્ષીઓ સેંકડો કે તેથી વધુના ઝૂંડમાં હોય છે, પણ તેઓનું ઊડાણ ફક્ત તેમની આસપાસના 7 પક્ષીઓની ગતિ અને વર્તન પર આધારિત હોય છે. અને આ ઘટના કદાચ પ્રકૃતિની સહજ સામુદાયિક યોજનાની અહીંયા યાદ અપાવે છે.
માનવજાત તરીકે, આપણે હમણાં પૃથ્વી પર અબજો છીએ – આપણે સૌને પોતાની વંશાવલી, પોતાની કથાઓ અને પૃથ્વી પર પોતાનું સ્થાન છે. અને જોકે આપણે એક સાથે અબજો લોકો સુધી પહોંચી શકતા નથી, પણ આપણી આપણા સમુદાય પરની અસર જ માનવતા માટેના ફેરફાર – જેમ કે સ્થિરતા અને અસ્તિત્વ – માટેનું એક માનવીય મર્મરેશનનું નિર્માણ કરે છે.
આપણી સેલ્યુલર બાયોલોજી પણ એવી જ છે – જેમાં અલગતા એ આધાર નથી. ‘કોરમ સેન્સિંગ’ એ બેક્ટેરિયા વચ્ચે રાસાયણિક સંકેતો દ્વારા થતા વાર્તાલાપને કહેવાય છે અને આ આંતરકોષીય સંવાદ જ બેક્ટેરિયાની મેટાબોલિક ક્રિયાને સુધારે છે – મેટાબોલિક ક્રિયા એટલે સંસાધનોની વહેંચણી, જે શરીર ની બધી સિસ્ટમોની કાળજી લે.
અને વધુ રસપ્રદ એ છે કે, ‘કોરમ સેન્સિંગ’ સેલ્યુલર વાર્તાલાપથી આગળ વધીને છોડની રોગપ્રતિકારકતામાં, માખીઓ અને મધમાખીઓના નિવાસના વર્તનમાં, અને માછલીઓના ઝૂંડમાં પણ જોવા મળે છે.
પ્રકૃતિનું આ વર્તન માનવસમાજ માટે પરિવર્તનકારી જવાબો ધરાવે છે કારણ કે આપણે ક્યારેય પોતાની સૃષ્ટિની કથાથી અલગ નથી હોતા, ભલે આપણે કેટલા પણ દૂર નીકળી ગયા હોઈએ. પરંતુ, ધરતી માતા, બ્રહ્માંડ અને આપણી વચ્ચેની દિવાલો તોડવા માટે મનુષ્યના એકબીજા વચ્ચેના અવરોધો તોડવાની જરૂર છે.
આપણે આજ સુધી એવા વર્તનથી કામ કર્યું છે જે આપણા જીનેટીક માળખાને અનુરૂપ નથી – બધા માણસોએ સાચી રીતે પ્રકૃતિના સહ-સર્જક તરીકે જીવવાના બદલે માત્ર પોતાને , વિખૂટા પડેલા આપણા સમાજો ને અને સુખસુવીધાઓને જ મહત્વ આપેલું છે.
પરંતુ પ્રકૃતિ આપણને દરરોજ દર્શાવે છે કે આપણે માનવસમુદાયને એક મર્મરેશન ( લયબદ્ધ સમૂહ ) તરીકે યાદ રાખીએ – આપણે એકસાથે અસ્તિત્વ માં રહીએ, આપણા માટે બનાવાયેલી યોજના મુજબ.
મનન માટેના બિજ પ્રશ્નો:
- આ વિચાર સાથે તમે કેટલા સંમત છો કે નાના સમુદાયોમાં આપણી આંતરક્રિયાઓ, “માનવીય મર્મરેશન” ની જેમ, ફેરફાર અને અસ્તિત્વ ટકાવી રાખવા માટે એક મોટો સામૂહિક પ્રભાવ ઉત્પન્ન કરી શકે છે ?
- શું તમે તમારી એક વ્યક્તિગત ઘટના વર્ણવી શકો છો જ્યારે નજીકના સમુદાયમાં ભાગ લેવાથી આપના અથવા અન્યના જીવનમાં મહત્વપૂર્ણ અને સકારાત્મક પરિવર્તન આવ્યું હોય?
- આપણે પ્રકૃતિની સહજ સામુદાયિક યોજના સાથે સુસંગત બની શકીએ તે માટે, તમારા નજીકના સમુદાયમાં જોડાણ અને સહયોગની ભાવના વિકસાવવામાં તમને શું મદદ કરે છે ?
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What do you make of the notion that our interactions within small groups can create a larger collective impact akin to a "humanitarian murmuration" for change and survival? Can you share a personal story that highlights a time when participating in a close-knit community led to a significant and positive transformation in your life or the lives of others? What helps you foster a sense of connection and cooperation within your immediate community to align more closely with nature's inherently communal blueprint?
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On Aug 5, 2025 Esther wrote :
Murmarations are a sight of wonder, suggesting what is possible.
This collective intelligence in nature speaks volumes.
This collective intelligence in nature speaks volumes.
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On Aug 5, 2025 Susan B. wrote :
Lovely spotlight on murmation and the impact of that small number of 7 (leaders) that influence the huge flock of birds! Wowza. A bit unrelated but I wake every morning quite early here in northern Mexico. There is a huge flock of Great-Tailed Grakles (the blackbird of Mexico), and as they begin to wake just before the sun rises, there is this lovely bird song that begins and continues throughout the day.
My first thought upon reading, however, was that we do have this influence of a small number of humans on a group. There are several psychological terms for it, but we are seeing it in the US currently, and throughout European countries, against immigrants, and in several other nationalistic movements. The author noted this as our operating from a "behavioral function".
I do hope that our human species comes to be linked by our Quorum sensing and that we make a turn for the better, yes, for the survival of all of us, and that this turn brings us to our human murmuration, at the so... [View Full Comment]
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On Aug 5, 2025 Jagannatha Das wrote :
That is indeed a fascinating fact, that these birds or fishes doing the murmurations, are only keeping tabs of 7 of its immediate neighbours. And yet, they are able to move harmoniously with thousands involved, creating wonderful forms together.
I also read that somehow, we can find a common connection with any body in the world, in at the latest, only 6 levels. The hypothesis suggests that any two people on Earth can be connected through a chain of acquaintances (or "friends") with no more than five intermediaries (resulting in six links or "degrees"). So, you (1) know someone (2) who knows someone (3)... and so on, until person (6) knows the target person.
In FaceBook they even shrank this connectios to only 4 degrees. We live in a "small world" socially.
Maybe it is hightime we take real and active notice of the seven individuals beside us, so that we, too, can murmurate and create a harmonious world for everybody.
I also read that somehow, we can find a common connection with any body in the world, in at the latest, only 6 levels. The hypothesis suggests that any two people on Earth can be connected through a chain of acquaintances (or "friends") with no more than five intermediaries (resulting in six links or "degrees"). So, you (1) know someone (2) who knows someone (3)... and so on, until person (6) knows the target person.
In FaceBook they even shrank this connectios to only 4 degrees. We live in a "small world" socially.
Maybe it is hightime we take real and active notice of the seven individuals beside us, so that we, too, can murmurate and create a harmonious world for everybody.
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On Aug 4, 2025 DPS wrote :
Murmuration offers us agency...to turn away from despair and brokenness when we are overwhelmed by what appears to be insurmountable brutality and harrowing pain...By understanding, effecting change across a chain-holding that at heart-we release the power we do have to be transformational, to be catalysts, nurturers of good.
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On Aug 2, 2025 David Doane wrote :
Our interactions seemingly within small groups not only can create but do create a collective impact, a "humanitarian murmuration." We are part of the whole, not apart from it whether we know that or not, and we go against nature and ultimately against survival in operating as separate entities. I have been part of close-knit communities, and when we were sincerely working together and helping one another there was significant and positive transformation in our lives and in the lives of all. Action creates ripples that affect all. Having experienced that helps foster behavior of connection and cooperation within my immediate community which aligns more closely with "nature's inherently communal blueprint." The challenge is to live all that much more often.
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On Aug 1, 2025 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
The Murmuration of birds is an astonishing phenomenon in nature. It's an occurrence where Starlings flock together up to hundreds of thousands at once to create complex patterns in motion. The sheer synchronicity that takes place between so many birds at once, is one of nature's miracles that happen. We live in a world with a tremendous diversity in which each of us have different lineages, stories, and places upon the Earth. We have an impact on our direct communities that create a humanitarian murmuration for change- for stability and survival.
When we interact within small diversified groups, our interactions within us create a larger collective impact akin to a “humanitarian” Murmuration for change and for survival.
When I was growing up in a relatively small community in India with people of different casts, colors, and religions. In spite of such differences, we felt a deep sense of community. Living in a community like this created a strong foundation of living toget... [View Full Comment]
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On Jul 31, 2025 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
The Murmuration of birds is an astonishing phenomenon in nature. It's an occurrence where Starlings flock together up to hundreds of thousands at once to create complex patterns in motion. The sheer synchronicity that takes place between so many birds at once, is one of nature's miracles that happen. We live in a world with a tremendous diversity in which each of us have different lineages, stories, and places upon the Earth. We have an impact on our direct communities that create a humanitarian murmuration
for change- for stability and survival. When we interact within small diversified groups, our interactions within us
create a larger collective impact akin to a “humanitarian” Murmuration for change and for survival.
When I was growing up in a relatively small community in India with people of different casts, colors, and religions. In spite of such differences, we felt a deep sense of community. Living in a community like this created a strong
foundation o... [View Full Comment]
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On Jul 31, 2025 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
The Murmuration of birds is an astonishing phenomenon in nature. It's an occurrence where Starlings flock together up to hundreds of thousands at once to create complex patterns in motion. The sheer synchronicity that takes place between so many birds at once, is one of nature's miracles that happen. We live in a world with a tremendous diversity in which each of us have different lineages, stories, and places upon the Earth. We have an impact on our direct communities that create a humanitarian murmuration for change- for stability and survival.
When we interact within small diversified groups, our interactions within us create a larger collective impact akin to a “humanitarian” Murmuration for change and for survival.
When I was growing up in a relatively small community in India with people of different casts, colors, and religions. In spite of such differences, we felt a deep sense of community. Living in a community like this created a strong foundation of living toget... [View Full Comment]
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On Jul 31, 2025 Victoria wrote :
Thank you Zack! I was fascinated to read that the birds base their movements and behaviors on the 7 neighboring birds around them. Wow.......and I appreciated then ' it is the impact we have on our direct communities that creates a humanitarian murmuration for change—for stability, for survival.' Feel like I can take a deep breath knowing that I can manage this. And if I pay attention to my direct community, it impacts stability and survival. Amazing.....