Re: Inspiring thoughts about community

Posted on Jan 25th, 2009 by Meenakshi in Gaia Networking~Enhance your Community Experience

I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely. Daniel Quinn Source: Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit,... More »

Re: OS infiniti, OS earth

Posted on Jan 20th, 2009 by bensoph in God Pod or Life, the Universe and Everything

Alan:  Yes, "0" and "1"  have cosmic meaning from my point of view.  I would also say that human cognition or brain function mirrors cosmic process.  So, we're both saying the same thing, you are looking... More »

Re: Are we the heirs of reality manipulation?

Posted on Nov 25th, 2008 by Alan in God Pod or Life, the Universe and Everything

Nicole and John, thanks so much for responding.   to answer your question, Nicole, I'm in complete agreement with John.  I think that happened and I think we are very much the heirs to the... More »

"tribal" business?

Posted on Jul 3rd, 2008 by Jeremy in Gaia Lounge

I have an idea to start a web site to bring people together who are like minded in wanting to start a business. Using Daniel Quinn's basic idea's he wrote on in Beyond Civilization. The set-up... More »

Ants Crawling and Biting

Posted on Jun 22nd, 2008 by michaelsits in DIVING DEEPER: A Writing Workshop

Sitting on artistically placed very polished cement blocks outside the Williamsburg Public Library.  I am reflecting on my current status and how to work through my inner and outer obstacles.  There is a young girl... More »

Re: Can anyone recommend any great books to me?

Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by Amber in Gaia Lounge

Hey there, I'm not sure what your particular interests are, but I am enjoying the book Ishmael , by Daniel Quinn. On a more studious or academic level I am also really enjoying Bowling Alone... More »

Good Books

Posted on Apr 14th, 2008 by Sarah in Gaia Lounge

So I am new here.....anyway I just recently read some amazing books that have influenced my thinking....they were Silent Spring by Rachel Carson and Ishmael by Daniel Quinn.  I am always looking for book suggestions....preferably ones... More »

Life-Changing

Posted on Feb 11th, 2008 by Burt in Gaia's Traveling Library

I think the phrase “life-changing book” is thrown around far too loosely. I’ve enjoyed a great many books immensely and some have had a considerable impact in shaping the way I thought about life. But... More »

Fudging Financial Statements and Deceptive Accounting Enron-style

Posted on Jan 3rd, 2008 by mita in Transforming the "Capital" in Capitalism ~ Change The System

This is an old news, but the deceptive techniques are still continuing I'm sure in the high office towers of the corporate world and the world of investment banking and finance. ------ Citigroup Deals Helped... More »

Re: Jumping at our own Shadow

Posted on Oct 23rd, 2007 by Philip in The Red Pill

I understand your criticism of Europeans. Many of these destructive characteristics rooted in Christianity -- or even Greek philosophy and earlier cultures -- "the virus of western civilization," has now manifest as de-facto international consumer... More »

The Visionary Series Keeps Conversations going May-June 2009...

Posted on Apr 9th, 2009 by Bryan

Bryan Has These Conversations  Scheduled During Months April-June... Origin of the Soul (Blog Entry) by Walter Semkiw, MD (Author-Researcher)   A word from Bryan with more information: Read the specifics about these authors and books... More »

When Debate Returns to Dialog and Thence to Analog

Posted on Jan 25th, 2009 by bensoph

  When Debate  Returns to Dialog  and Thence to Analog)   Burl B. Hall, MA             I sit here in front of a computer screen.  Life here doesn't feel real.  It's superficial.  The screen... More »

Language Separates Us from Natures

Posted on Dec 6th, 2008 by Chuck Burr

code of hammurabi Imagine experiencing nature and the whole of life without words. Just as you walk, paint, feel, swim, or ski without words. Look around your room and just perceive it. Now look around... More »

How do we reconcile "what is" with "what we want it to be?"

Posted on Nov 19th, 2008 by dannyboy

To accept what is from the ego's perspective is the equivalent of giving up.  But are we really giving up? We put a lot of stock in dreams--the things we imagine that we want.  Sometimes... More »

Year 2019 (Superstruct) Olfactory Liberation Front

Posted on Oct 21st, 2008 by TimeToShine

She is 2 years old and she comes home with her dad from her (big deal for her) 3-hour stint away at her fine little “circus school down the road” ( bow to Daniel Quinn... More »

Sheeple - The Mold of Man

Posted on Aug 25th, 2008 by Cloud

Don Juan talks about, in The Fire From Within , how human beings are pure energy or "an amorphous blob of biological matter" and that a particular pattern of energy serves to stamp the qualities... More »

Ants Crawling and Biting

Posted on Jun 22nd, 2008 by michaelsits

Sitting on artistically placed very polished cement blocks outside the Williamsburg Public Library.  I am reflecting on my current status and how to work through my inner and outer obstacles.  There is a young girl... More »

bits and bobs

Posted on May 28th, 2008 by emma

Be sure not to miss this excellent post. You know that book Ishmael by Daniel Quinn? People just never stop talking about this book, do they? I'm finally going to give it a try. I... More »

Flying in the Blimp Above Baltimore, Mencken's home

Posted on Dec 21st, 2008 by Charles

On Thursday December 20 I was invited by the Ron Paul Blimp team to LIVE broadcast their flight above Baltimore, Maryland, for Ron Paul Radio . When I'm not lobbying, teaching kundalini yoga, or researching... More »

Help! I've been tagged!

Posted on Feb 19th, 2008 by Jami

I've been tagged by  MamaKat to answer the Proust Questionnaire.  What is your idea of perfect happiness? A hot fudge sundae!. What is your greatest fear? Panophobia (or Pantophobia) fear of everything. Which historical figure... More »

Man's destiny was to conquer and rule the world, and this is what he's done--almost. He hasn't quite made it, and it looks as though this may be his undoing. The problem is that man's conquest of the world has itself devastated the world. And in spite of all the mastery we've attained, we don't have enough mastery to stop devastating the world--or to repair the devastation we've already wrought. We've poured our poisons into the world as though it were a bottomless pit--and we go on gobbling them up. It's hard to imaging how the world could survive another century of this abuse, but nobody's really doing anything about it. It's a problem our children will have to solve, or their children.

Man's destiny was to conquer and rule the world, and this is what he's done--almost. He hasn't quite made it, and it looks as though this may be his undoing. The problem is that man's conquest of the world has itself devastated the world. And in spite of all the mastery we've attained, we don't have enough mastery to stop devastating the world--or to repair the devastation we've already wrought. We've poured our poisons into the world as though it were a bottomless pit--and we go on gobbling them up. It's hard to imaging how the world could survive another century of this abuse, but nobody's really doing anything about it. It's a problem our children will have to solve, or their children.

And in spite of all the mastery we've attained, we don't have enough mastery to stop devastating the world, or to repair the devastation we've already wrought.

Perhaps the flaw in man is exactly this: that he doesn’t know how he ought to live.

I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely.

Increasing food production to feed an increased population results in yet another increase in population.

The rule of that law was and is sufficient. Mankind was not needed to bring order to the world.

With gorilla gone, will there be hope for man?  With man gone, will there be hope for gorilla?

This system would work perfectly if people were a little better than people are. (paraphrase)

With Gorilla gone, will there be hope for Man? With Man gone, will there be hope for Gorilla?

Deep Ecology: Reclaiming our Sanity in a Crazy World

Deep Ecology: Reclaiming Our Sanity in a Crazy World is designed to question how we are living.... More »

Beyond Ishmael

Join us to further explore beyond the insights and wisdom of "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn. In Ishmael,... More »