It is true that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments take place at those points where two different lines of thought meet. These lines may have their roots in different human cultures, different times, different cultural environments, or different religious traditions.

If they meet; if they are at least so much related to each other that a real interaction can take place, then one may hope that new and interesting developments may follow.

Werner Heisenberg

3.01.2011

TAO 29- Gaia and the TAO

Do you want to rule the world and control it?
I don't think it can ever be done.

The world is a sacred vessel

and it can not be controlled.
You will only make it worse if you try.
It may slip through your fingers and disappear.

Some are meant to lead,

and others are meant to follow;
Some must always strain,
and others have an easy time;
Some are naturally big and strong,
and others will always be small;
Some will be protected and nurtured,
and others will meet with destruction.

The Master accepts things as they are,

and out of compassion avoids extravagance,
excess and the extremes.

Why do we as a species think we can control Gaia?

Our purpose in life is to dissipate energy as efficiently as possible.  That doesn’t mean sucking every last drop of oil from the crust and converting it to carbon dioxide, thereby reducing the stored energy from the sun, more rapidly than homeostasis allows..  It doesn’t mean micromanaging every aspect of the human economy at the peril of our resources.  It doesn’t mean that the excess of one group balances the poverty of another.

It means that we are an insignificant player in a bigger event.  Until we understand and participate, we lose.  Gaia doesn’t care.

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