Reflections and Musings
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Reflection
In the great way of going beyond, no endeavor is complete without being one with myriad things. -The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Reflection
In the great way of going beyond, no endeavor is complete without being one with myriad things. -The Tibetan Book of the Dead
![Up close view of abalone shell with small star fish on inside. Pulled from cove in Carmel](http://cali8fold.com/cdn/shop/articles/PXL_20221217_192929860.jpg?v=1675061122&width=533)
Musing
The cycle itself is a dynamic interactive relationship of all its parts, and process is a dialectical relation between part and whole. Ecology necessarily must consider the complexities and the...
Musing
The cycle itself is a dynamic interactive relationship of all its parts, and process is a dialectical relation between part and whole. Ecology necessarily must consider the complexities and the...
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Reflection
"Words are abstractions from reality; sentences or thoughts are connections among words.." Carolyn Merchant-The Death of Nature Speaking your will into existence has power, so be mindful of what passes...
Reflection
"Words are abstractions from reality; sentences or thoughts are connections among words.." Carolyn Merchant-The Death of Nature Speaking your will into existence has power, so be mindful of what passes...
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Reflection
"...nothing comes from me; everything comes from nature of which I too am part." - Carolyn Merchant--The Death of Nature
Reflection
"...nothing comes from me; everything comes from nature of which I too am part." - Carolyn Merchant--The Death of Nature
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Reflection
People living in a given period construct nature in ways that give meaning to their own lives as elite, ordinary people, men or women, Westerners or Easterners. The historian must...
Reflection
People living in a given period construct nature in ways that give meaning to their own lives as elite, ordinary people, men or women, Westerners or Easterners. The historian must...
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Reflection
"It is not reasonable, "he wrote, "to believe that any part of world is without soul, life, sensation, and organic structure." Carolyn Merchant -- The Death of Nature
Reflection
"It is not reasonable, "he wrote, "to believe that any part of world is without soul, life, sensation, and organic structure." Carolyn Merchant -- The Death of Nature