Comments on: A new way of knowing ourselves and the world http://imaginal.com.au/2008/04/12/knowing/ Remembering the Dream of the Earth Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:52:57 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Peter Brandis (Imaginal) http://imaginal.com.au/2008/04/12/knowing/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Peter Brandis (Imaginal) Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:11:52 +0000 http://imaginal.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-82 The comment "one among the possible forms" - really rings true to me - so, yes, I believe "other forms" are possible - forms that create a more benign human presence in this world. The comment “one among the possible forms” – really rings true to me – so, yes, I believe “other forms” are possible – forms that create a more benign human presence in this world.

]]> By: Ian M Johnstone http://imaginal.com.au/2008/04/12/knowing/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Ian M Johnstone Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:21:19 +0000 http://imaginal.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-80 Thoreau chose to lay emphasis on his relations to nature and the universe rather than on those he bore to the ant-hill of society, not to be merely another wheel in the social machine. He felt that the present is only one among the possible forms of civilization, and so preferred not to commit himself to it. Herein lies the secret of that love of the wild which was so prominent a trait in his character. Thoreau chose to lay emphasis on his relations to nature and the universe rather than on those he bore to the ant-hill of society, not to be merely another wheel in the social machine. He felt that the present is only one among the possible forms of civilization, and so preferred not to commit himself to it. Herein lies the secret of that love of the wild which was so prominent a trait in his character.

]]> By: Chris http://imaginal.com.au/2008/04/12/knowing/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Chris Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:17:49 +0000 http://imaginal.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-3 A quote that sums it up for me...........I have it stuck on the front cover of my work notebook to remind me of what is important......... "When human beings lose their connection to nature, to heaven and earth, then they do not know how to nurture their environment or how to rule their world - which is saying the same thing. Human beings destroy their ecology at the same time that they destroy one another. From that perspective, healing our society goes hand in hand with healing our personal, elemental connection with the phenomenal world". Chogyam Trungpa A quote that sums it up for me………..I have it stuck on the front cover of my work notebook to remind me of what is important………

“When human beings lose their connection to nature, to heaven and earth, then they do not know how to nurture their environment or how to rule their world – which is saying the same thing. Human beings destroy their ecology at the same time that they destroy one another. From that perspective, healing our society goes hand in hand with healing our personal, elemental connection with the phenomenal world”. Chogyam Trungpa

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