« The Illusion of the Central Position — We're Seeing Plenty of That! »

Seeing ourselves as the wisest species, we presume that we know how to use, manage, and control more of the powers of nature than we actually do. Our ego-centric views of the world childishly underestimate and understate nature’s wild, wonderfulness. Even though the civilized way of living, shaped by this illusion, has us repeating acts of horrific destructions, we continue to live with our ego-centric assumptions, most of which are too small to assess the true size of Earth’s drama. 

Take the Multi Earth economy as an example. Each time we apply a new technology in the service of the economic structures we have designed for our short-term profit, the illusion of the center position provides us with a bubble of reality to justify what we do. But this illusion dooms its own project, the current civilization. Blinded by Multi Earth civilization, the ego-centric fruit of the knowledge of good and evil that Eden presents so timelessly, we do not see the intricate interconnections throughout our living planet. Yet those interconnections vigorously interact day and night to generate the cornucopia of life. Only within the context of that cornucopia have we made the Multi Earth economy work, and then only for those who have benefited from it.

The current 2012 election cycle in the U.S. gives us an oversupply of the rhetoric of illusion! People caught up in the central position can wear nice clothes, smile big, and speak clever sound bytes. It’s up to us to look past the surface and see the illusion! Planning for One Earth living is not on their minds! So there’s certainly no evidence there that we are a wise species. I’m looking elsewhere.

Comments

[Kyle Holberg]

If we were to actually open our eyes and take an honest look at what we are doing to the Earth and to ourselves, we might just be shocked, and yes, disappointed. Let's hope so.