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How great is the power of nature? From a human perspective, practically limitless, it was something that the human race was very soon to experience, up close and at first hand.
What is the Gaia theory? The scientist James Lovelock brought the theory to the public domain in 1970’s. Together with Lynn Margulis; a microbiologist; they determined that it might well be that planet earth is a sentient consciousness that can and will maintain and sustain the conditions to sustain life on earth, all life on earth. The implications of this possibility could and more importantly should, have been as a wake up call to Earth’s primary species, mankind.
While the suggestion that planet earth herself might be a sentient form of life was controversial, bold and even regarded as far fetched by many, it was in fact nothing new. The theory that ultimately the Earth herself would act to protect and ensure the continuance of all life on earth had long been regarded as a truism by many ancient civilizations.
Many of modern mans predecessors believed that planet earth was more than a mere rock within a universe of similar rocks. Even more, interesting, many within these ancient tribes claimed to have enjoyed a connection with the spirits of Mother Earth itself.
The history books are littered with tales of such a connection and worldwide. Within the America’s, north and south, Asia, India, the Himalayas, China and even within the Pacific islands and Australia, examples of this connection can be found within their ancient scriptures.
To mankind’s loss, each and every one of these ancient civilizations was ultimately rendered extinct and or irrelevant. Only later, much later would the loss of their knowledge be fully understood for the disaster it in fact was.
One species of man, one form of civilization, slowly, but surely became dominant. We can call him modern man, or European man.
History would show that the effective elimination of so many of these ancient tribes had been an error of monumental proportions. The knowledge that was lost, as modern man swept to dominance, would only later be recognized as the disaster that it in fact was, later, much, much later.
The modern European man proved to be inventive, technologically brilliant and doggedly determined to bend all life on earth to his will.
The problem was one of balance; modern man did not enjoy any understanding of quite how important this balance actually was.
It would be fair to say the modern man believed only in what he could see hear and touch. In comparison with many of the ancient civilizations that modern man rendered extinct, modern man enjoyed limited, or no understanding of the delicate balance that life on earth is and must be. The World and all it contained was regarded as one huge source of resources. Resources that could and would be utilized as mankind needed in its dash for material riches.
Almost from the beginnings of modern mans worldwide dominance, the balance of life on earth began to tilt and one dimension-ally. It was a process that once established gathered its own momentum and at a dizzying and life threatening speed.
It would be hundreds of years before the increasing imbalance would become undeniable. Even worse, for many within the now worldwide tribe of modern man, the imbalance would never be truly grasped, or even acknowledged. Mother Nature was patient, perhaps way too patient. She only began to exercise her frightening power at the eleventh hour.
How best could the power of Mother Nature be summed up? In one word, awesome, the mighty human race was in truth; as but fleas against such power.
No unwittingly, mankind had, through its own ignorance declared war upon the delicate balance that nature in fact was. Even worse and again unwittingly, Homo sapiens had through a combination of arrogance, ignorance and stupidity; become the virus, the predator, the source of the imbalance.
What is the Gaia theory? The scientist James Lovelock brought the theory to the public domain in 1970’s. Together with Lynn Margulis; a microbiologist; they determined that it might well be that planet earth is a sentient consciousness that can and will maintain and sustain the conditions to sustain life on earth, all life on earth. The implications of this possibility could and more importantly should, have been as a wake up call to Earth’s primary species, mankind.
While the suggestion that planet earth herself might be a sentient form of life was controversial, bold and even regarded as far fetched by many, it was in fact nothing new. The theory that ultimately the Earth herself would act to protect and ensure the continuance of all life on earth had long been regarded as a truism by many ancient civilizations.
Many of modern mans predecessors believed that planet earth was more than a mere rock within a universe of similar rocks. Even more, interesting, many within these ancient tribes claimed to have enjoyed a connection with the spirits of Mother Earth itself.
The history books are littered with tales of such a connection and worldwide. Within the America’s, north and south, Asia, India, the Himalayas, China and even within the Pacific islands and Australia, examples of this connection can be found within their ancient scriptures.
To mankind’s loss, each and every one of these ancient civilizations was ultimately rendered extinct and or irrelevant. Only later, much later would the loss of their knowledge be fully understood for the disaster it in fact was.
One species of man, one form of civilization, slowly, but surely became dominant. We can call him modern man, or European man.
History would show that the effective elimination of so many of these ancient tribes had been an error of monumental proportions. The knowledge that was lost, as modern man swept to dominance, would only later be recognized as the disaster that it in fact was, later, much, much later.
The modern European man proved to be inventive, technologically brilliant and doggedly determined to bend all life on earth to his will.
The problem was one of balance; modern man did not enjoy any understanding of quite how important this balance actually was.
It would be fair to say the modern man believed only in what he could see hear and touch. In comparison with many of the ancient civilizations that modern man rendered extinct, modern man enjoyed limited, or no understanding of the delicate balance that life on earth is and must be. The World and all it contained was regarded as one huge source of resources. Resources that could and would be utilized as mankind needed in its dash for material riches.
Almost from the beginnings of modern mans worldwide dominance, the balance of life on earth began to tilt and one dimension-ally. It was a process that once established gathered its own momentum and at a dizzying and life threatening speed.
It would be hundreds of years before the increasing imbalance would become undeniable. Even worse, for many within the now worldwide tribe of modern man, the imbalance would never be truly grasped, or even acknowledged. Mother Nature was patient, perhaps way too patient. She only began to exercise her frightening power at the eleventh hour.
How best could the power of Mother Nature be summed up? In one word, awesome, the mighty human race was in truth; as but fleas against such power.
No unwittingly, mankind had, through its own ignorance declared war upon the delicate balance that nature in fact was. Even worse and again unwittingly, Homo sapiens had through a combination of arrogance, ignorance and stupidity; become the virus, the predator, the source of the imbalance.
