performance on certain fields, and his fitness levels now, then average out his wins against losses, you can get an idea of his potential in this coming race – enough to make an informed decision, at least, on where to place your bet.
Which brings us back to our first point, since this is also how science works: through educated best guesses. And the current best guess, after studying past form and looking at the health of the planet now, is that man-made CO2 is leading to raised temperatures and to climate change.
WHAT DO THE SHAMANS SAY?
The Sioux medicine man Black Elk spoke early last century of the “sacred hoop of life”, that all things are “one” and that everything is part of a “great circle of existence”. Visionaries like Black Elk, and plant spirit shamans today, know that life on our planet amounts to far more than the discrete boxes, capable of control and intervention, that we have taken it to be until now.
James Lovelock – a visionary scientist rather than a shaman – has also shown, in our century, through his Gaia Hypothesis, that the world is alive, aware, and intelligent; a self-regulating organism that seeks balance, like our own bodies.
The job of human beings, says Lovelock, is “through our intelligence and communication [to act as] the nervous system of the planet. Through us, Gaia has seen herself from space and begins to know her place in the universe. We should be the heart and mind of the Earth, not its malady”.
A humble plea that we might start taking our rightful place by simply planting a few more trees.
Ross Heaven is a therapist, workshop leader, and the author of several books on shamanism and healing, including Darkness Visible, the best-selling Plant Spirit Shamanism, The Way of The Lover, The Journey to You, and Love’s Simple Truths. His website is http://www.thefourgates.com where you can also read more about The Village and how to join his sacred journeys to the plant spirit shamans and healers of the Amazon.
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