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GliderGuider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-08 02:33 PM
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13. "If we had the will"
Edited on Fri Dec-05-08 03:08 PM by GliderGuider
The reason we can't summon the will to stop our behaviour is in turn the true root cause of the problem.

The core reason for our predicament is that humanity sees itself as separate from nature -- above it, apart from it rather than a part of it. As a result we feel we're not subject to petty natural constraints like biophysical limits or the properties of exponential curves. Until we heal this toxic sense of separation no act of will can pull us off our two-thousand-year trajectory. On the other hand, if we can heal that dualism it will take no effort at all.

Is there such a healer in the house?



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