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Tuesday, June 19, 2001
A few months ago I saw Deepak Chopra speak at the Arlington Theatre. He stated something which had occurred to me in the recent past. With the internet, we are in a sense creating an Akashic record.
This thought originally occurred to me while hiking. At the time I was contemplating photographing a hike to a geocache. A major reason why I post pictures (only occasionally in the recent past) is to share my experience, especially my experience of things beautiful or good. On my hike I envisioned a time when cameras were everywhere, and their output was available to anyone via the internet. Eventulally this reality will render physical travel or even presence, irrelevant.
Oddly, the depth of the akashic record of the internet is in many ways much deeper than the potential to see anything (or be located) anywhere anytime. Through the web log phenomena- any interested websurfer has a portal into the thoughts and feelings of the blogger, creator. I can only imagine that these portals will become only more rich with content as input devices and presentation methods and skills of expression evolve.
With the opportunities for experience afforded by this evolving medium, once apparently esoteric concepts such as instant manifestation (i.e. be careful what you ask for you might get it), instant karma (good or evil intent will be received in kind), become less easy to ignore. These concepts, and the pervasive understanding of the importance of being good, were common knowledge to the native people of the earth, but now what has been forgotten will soon be impossible to deny. This reality underscores the ever more increasing and great importance of things such as thinking good thoughts, being mindful, acting from a place of peace, and cooperating/contributing with organisms that promote life.
This perspective on the future and present, reminds me of the importance of attention, focus, collaboration, cooperation, visualization, planning, direction, and the potential demise of top-down methods of control. I would like to believe in the emergence of human creativity that has the power to transform, restore and steward, our eco-system and evolution responsibly and fruitfully.
As defined by the skeptics dictionary:
Akashic record
The Akashic record is an imagined spiritual realm, supposedly holding a record of all events, actions, thoughts and feelings that have ever occurred or will ever occur. Theosophists believe that the Akasha is an "astral light" containing occult records which spiritual beings can perceive by their special "astral senses" and "astral bodies". Clairvoyance, spiritual insight, prophecy and many other untestable metaphysical and religious notions are made possible by tapping into the Akasha.
posted by Ordered Chaos3:57 PM|
Sunday, June 17, 2001
For sometime I have been considering the nature of God. One question that occurs- is why do we (Christians?) assume that we are the pinnacle of life existent. We see other animals as a step somewhat below us, plants below them, and minerals below the plants. But what of that above us? Would it not be logical to assume that reality is consistent in having increasing and decreasing levels of complexity? There are orders of complexity above as well as below?
Along this line of thinking I have been playing with a metaphor which I have found to be much more informative than inconsistent. I like to state it as a question- what if the earth is like an egg seeded with the DNA (image) of what it is to become. In examining this metaphor- the first thought that arrives is that of the nature of Christ (or more accurately the metaphor was derived from this thought presented by Rudolph Steiner), The Earth is the physical body of Christ. I have been looking to find how this is inconsistent (or consistent) with the theology I was taught in church and school. A couple of scriptures come to mind:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God;all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. John 1:1-3.
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image. Gen 1:26
posted by Ordered Chaos5:24 PM|
Friday, June 08, 2001
While listening to NPR the other day I heard Ketzel Levine's Talking Plants in which Michael Pollan was interviewed about his new book.
The BT potato was one of the many interesting things discussed in this show.
Previously I had only heard vague references to the genetically engineered BT potato. Pollan clearly described that the BT potato creates its own defenses.
BT- is a bacteria which is commonly used by organic farmers. It's beauty is that it is a bacteria which is applied to fields, but is usually completely destoyed by the sun within 24 hours. This short life cycle enables it to act on bugs, but it does not persist in the environment long enough for other crop pests to develop any resistance.
"Environmental groups and organic farmers on the other hand oppose the approvals [of these new plants] because they fear that widespread use of Bt crops will accelerate the development of resistance to Bt."
I would think it is reasonable to assume that this fear will result in the destruction of one of the most beneficial and relatively harmless pesticides in use by organic farmers.
Now here is my question for all- could this easily be considered a crime against humanity? That is, the use of these new plants, and the subsequent loss of utility (destruction) of a tool used by organic farmers.
In a very real way, do not these actions make "clean" food less accessible to humanity?
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