From a YouTube viewer of my video on climate change:
A species stupid enough to cause global warming isn't going to be bright enough to solve it!
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My response:
Our species has great potential, but a key step involved is re-connecting with Gaia, our Mother Earth. The more folks do that, the more we will realize that our fate as a species and that of the planet are intertwined and that we are PART OF this living planet. Wisdom about what to do will come from that awareness!
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His/her response:
But how many thousands of years would such a huge jump in evolution like that take - we simply don't have the time left to hope for an entire species to suddenly start operating on such a massively heightened level of awareness
Most members of our poor human race are still happily driving cars and watching X-factor!
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My response:
Brings up interesting philosophical points, e.g., how much of our human events are destiny vs. how much is decided by us as individuals? First, I am not convinced that an evolutionary step is REQUIRED for salvation of the human race to occur. Second, we have to ask if it is possible to separate survival of civilization from survival of the human species. If you believe it's OK to separate the two (as I do), then the next question is obvious: How can we deconstruct civilization vs. let it be destroyed via violent chaos?
If evolution is necessary, I think it helps to look at how evolution has happened in the past. If memory serves, there is never a gradual change in any species. Evolution happens in surprising leaps! And if you know anything about how individuals make personal changes, it is by stress/challenge that we grow or develop. Who is to say if we are not already on the precipice of a major evolutionary jump of awareness?
If you'd like to help, here is the link for the full version (in one piece) of this video:
http://www.cascadecreativeservices.com/GH/VideoClip.htm
Feel free to pass it along. And when you do, please encourage people to act assuming that they have power to make changes that will make a difference. We humans are nothing if not self-fulfilling prophesy beings. Positive thoughts=positive results. Pardon me if I sound a bit New-Agey, but I truly believe in that.
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