“Healing requires far more of us than just the participation of our intellectual and even our emotional resources. And it certainly demands that we do more than look backwards at the dead-end archives of our past. Healing is, by definition, taking a process of disintegration of life and transforming into a process of return to life.” -Caroline Myss
“What canvas have we but the self?” Russell Brand You may not care for his movies or his brand of comedy, but this man is a philosopher.
Joseph Chilton Pearce on the dynamic of biology and culture is well-worth the length of this interview. And THE BIOLOGY OF TRANSCENDENCE: A BLUEPRINT OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT is certainly worth the read.
In this interview with Duncan Campbell, he discusses the reasons culture is violent. He explains that by its nature it inhibits our biological drive toward transcendence. We are creatures designed to adapt and change. However, culture is not. Culture demands status quo. This tension will always build into a rage. Governmental powers that understand this have learned to shape narratives so that “an outside force . . .is organized” into a demon. The building internal rage of the individual is then culturally focused around an externalized block to the drive toward adaptability. It diverts the attention away from the self and toward other and releases the rage there.
And much more. Talk at its best.
“A new narrative is emerging, one where each person is integral to the larger picture; the journey of each one of us being a part of the journey as a whole. And a new story is emerging that tells us that the possibilities are open for humanity to engage in creating its way forward, consciously, and with harmony, balance and respect to all systems. This new human story gives us a renewed sense of meaning to our lives and makes us want to “wake up” each morning and each moment to this great enterprise.”
“(Contained
within cosmic
laws is the energy of grace,
which animates
what we call higher motivation
when a universal law
emerges in our psyche
during a decision making moment,
it comes
as a messenger of grace,
as well as psychic motivation.
In contrast,
traffic laws on the highway
are not ‘grace-filled.’
They are order-keepers
of the mundane
world that lack
the animation of grace.
However,
an intuitive ‘hit’
to slow down
for no conscious reason,
which then turns out
to be a life-saving act
because another car
was out-of-control,
is an act of grace
operating in the mundane
world.)”
Carline Myss, April Salon (Year not recorded.)
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Picasso
“Real learning takes place in the state children call play. The majority of learning adults think of is conditioning and that looks and feels like school. Play is nature’s agenda for optimum learning and performance at any age, any field, anytime. This is one of the best reviews of the importance of play you will find anywhere – Joseph Chilton Pearce at this best with Michael Mendizza.”
“The stories we tell ourselves about how the world works ultimately govern what we perceive.” Lynne McTaggart
The eyes have it, she says. What we are taught about how we relate to other, what our role is on the planet, governs the way we see–literally.
