War and Enviromental change linked scientifically

Periods of war and periods of environmental change linked to each other.

War and Enviromental change linked scientifically

New Civilization Foundation Overview

A bunch of years ago a group of very diverse people met on the Internet on a website called New Civilization Network, and because we thought we had access to a large fortune of money we could use to make the world a better place for everyone, we worked on a document/plan on how to spend the money to make the world better for everyone. None of us are rabid capitalists so none of us are greedy, and we all know the world needs big changes for the better. If you would like to see where a bunch of spiritual people would use real world resources, please read it.

This is the link to that document:

http://www.newciv.org/ncn/ncf/ncf01.html

Japanese Slaughter Dolphins

My friends,

The Japanese fishermen have again slaughtered
hundreds of dolphins in a bay the dolphins
were herded into, and activists have called
on a boycott of Japanese products and a
flood of Internet messages to Japanese
officials telling them of the boycott.

The reason given by Japan for the slaughter
is the competition between the dolphin and
fishermen, the complaint that dolphin kill
too many fish and therefore keep the fishermen
from catching what they think they should get.

This short sided slaughter is an excellent
example of the kind of thinking which is
causing the obvious damage to the ocean
ecosystem and the scientific prediction
that the oceans will be sterile of all fish
in less than two decades.

It was recently proved that dolphins have
saved many thousands of people in the
ocean over human history, because sharks
will not attack people when dolphins are
present, dolphins will move to protect human
life, and, more rarely, dolphins have towed
or pushed people to land when they were
floundering and in danger of drowning.

And we slaughter them in return?
Not acceptable nor rational!

I am going to email the Japanese and tell
them my feelings about this practice and
I will not buy any Japanese products for
the foreseeable future. This kind of action
is a major force in the world, I think, and
more powerful than war and destructive
practices people think are the only forces
that change the world.

If you think slaughter of dolphins is a
serious breach of rational behavior, I urge
you to do the same.

Peace,
-Roan

Relevant Patriotism Today http://rtoday.blogspot.com/
Geodemocracy http://geodemocracy.blogspot.com/
Gaia's Superconscious http://gaiaone.blogspot.com/
Roan Carratu's Science Fiction Bookshop http://roancarratu.tripod.com/
Yet another: http://geodemocracy.bravehost.com/
Geodemocracy Explained: http://com5.runboard.com/bsosahome.f16

A Common "Common Sense"

I was going to write a little essay on the Oil problem, but, you know, I suddenly realized it was irrelevant. Sure, it will cause all kinds of hassle and probably a lot of death and destruction, and maybe as the level of living drops in 3rd world countries they will swarm up to the places they believe have all the resources, like the USA, and destroy everything in their march path, and the militaries in their way will pull out all their worse weapons to kill them en mass, and yet that won't stop them and eventually humans will be as rare as dodos.

But never less, all of that is still irrelevant. They are all symptoms, not the cause.

Because if it is not the oil, or the global warming, or radioactive pollution, or world wide war, it will be something for sure. And the only solution has nothing to do with any of the threats. The only solution is a change in what is called 'common sense'. A sense which is common. It's almost as rare as dodos, I think, and frankly, what most people call 'common sense' is merely their particular blinders keeping them from paying attention to anything but what they were taught to notice.

But the world is not made up of our 'common sense'. The world is common, but we don't really make any sense out of it. If it was really what we sensed, physically sensed, which is common, and not what we filter our senses with, then we would, en mass, change the world quite quickly. But we are, as a species, very habitual. We have these blinders called 'practicality' and 'rationality' and other variable sense filters which obscure almost everything that would really work.

It's not about thinking outside the box... It's about not seeing the box at all, and going with what we do see... which is undivided and undifferentiated.

I see that there is no separation between Humanity and Nature. I see no separation between people. I see that we are totally interdependent, relying on each other, no matter what we think. I see that we do better when we take care of each other than when we don't. I see that the hassle is in our minds, not in Nature.

We live in Paradise. The only thing wrong with this place, this world, is what people have in their minds. It is said we use only 10% of our brains... but I say we use only 10% of the interdependence which keeps us all alive and flourishing. It is the loss of that 90% of potential interdependence that is destroying the environment, killing people for resources, causing horror upon horror, both personally in people's lives and socially, in the world en mass. That is the cause of the terminal illness.

That common sense, that perception, of interdependence is what is relevant. Only that.

Huang Po -A perfect teaching on Mind

To know Gaia's Superconscious, one must tune the consciousness like a radio to pick up a broadcast:

Q: What is the Way and how must it be followed?

A: What sort of THING do you suppose the Way to be, that you should wish to FOLLOW it?

Q: What instructions have the Masters everywhere given for dhyana-practice and the study of the Dharma?

A: Words used to attract the dull of wit are not to be relied on.

Q: If those teachings were meant for the dull-witted, I have yet to hear what Dharma has been taught to those of really high capacity.

A: If they are really men of high capacity, where could they find people to follow? If they seek from within themselves, they will find nothing tangible; how much less can they find a Dharma worthy of their attention elsewhere! Do not look to what is called the Dharma by preachers, for what sort of Dharma could that be?

Q: If that is so, should we not seek for anything at all?

A: By conceding this, you would save yourself a lot of mental effort.

Q: But in this way everything would be eliminated. There cannot just be nothing.

A: Who called it nothing? Who was this fellow? But you wanted to SEEK for something.

Q: Since there is no need to seek, why do you also say that not everything is eliminated?

A: Not to seek is to rest tranquil. Who told you to eliminate anything? Look at the void in front of your eyes. How can you produce it or eliminate it?

Q: If I could reach this Dharma, would it be like the void?

A: Morning and night I have explained to you that the Void is both One and Manifold. I said this as a temporary expedient, but you are building up concepts from it.

Q: Do you mean that we should not form concepts as human beings normally do?

A: I have not prevented you; but concepts are related to the senses; and, when feeling takes place, wisdom is shut out.

Q: Then should we avoid any feeling in relation to the Dharma?

A: Where no feeling arises, who can say that you are right?

Q: Why do you speak as though I was mistaken in all the questions I have asked Your Reverence?

A: You are a man who doesn't understand what is said to him. What is all this about being mistaken?