THE HUMAN IN NATURE: RETURN TO THE SACRED EARTH: Part 11 Deep Ecology for the 21st Century
Guest: John Seed, Dolores Lachapelle, Gus Dizerega, Ed Mcgaa, Eagleman, Connie Barlow, Alan Drengson, Winona Laduke Program 2726
Host: Michael Toms Interview Date: 10/1/1998 Program Length: 1 Hour
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Program Description: What is right relationship between humans and the rest of nature? Why is it so important to preserve wild places? Perhaps the most powerful and significant aspect of deep ecology is the way it leads directly into the realm of the spiritual-cultivating humility and reverence for the great mystery of life, and a sense of belonging to the larger body of the world. This theme is eloquently expanded upon by these ecologists, philosophers and representatives of Earth-based spiritualities. In the words of John Seed: "There's only one thing that's going to be of any use, and that's a huge transformation in consciousness. Then we won't need to dig everything up and cut everything down in order to be satisfied, because we'll have found true satisfaction for that sense of emptiness inside of ourselves." Included in Deep Ecology for the 21st Century. 1 hour
Topics explored in this dialogue:
Granting respect and status to inanimate objects
What the Bible really says about human "dominion"
The multi-leveled importance of wilderness
A more ecological image of God, and the meaning of "in God's image"
Why the dominant culture needs to learn indigenous spirituality
The practice and purpose of the vision quest
A better way to pray
The pitfalls of living in the rational hemisphere of your brain
The life-saving value of ritual and "community therapies"
Giving a name to the supernova that was the mother of us all
A new look at the bear and the wolf, and what they teach
