"THE WEB OF LIFE"

The power of abstract thinking has led us to treat the natural environment - the web of life - as if it consisted of separate parts, to be exploited by different interest groups. Moreover, we have extended this fragmented view to our human society, dividing it into different nations, races, religious and political groups. The belief that all these fragments - in ourselves, in our environment, and in our society - are really separate has alienated us from nature and from our fellow human beings, and thus has diminished us. To regain our full humanity, we have to regain our experience of connectedness with the entire web of life. This reconnecting, religio in Latin, is the very essence of the spiritual grounding of deep ecology.

- from "The Web of life" by Fritijof Capra.

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Comment by matahari on December 20, 2008 at 11:00pm: mmmmmmm.
Bonito sueño y seguro que esa es la solución. Volver a ser parte de la tierra, un animal mas en la naturaleza, en equilibrio y respeto con el medio. Pero que complicado Patty, ¿cuanta gente estaría dispuesta a volver a ese tipo de vida?. El tema está en que como no se tomen estas medidas en serio, como no empecemos a preservar, espíritú, medio, y sobreexplotación, volveremos todos de un solo golpe. Todos no, los que quedamos, porque estamos andando por el peligroso filo de la autodestrucción.
Bonitas reflexiones las tuyas Patty