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“Despite your vanities, you are part of Nature, too”: The Planetmates reveal instinct and “free will” … “However, you prefer the self-congratulation of crowning yourselves with ‘free will’”

Posted on March 27, 2014 by sillymickel

“All planetmates come into the world with unique skills. Humans, as well. What you have so forgotten, astonishingly, is how life’s pleasure is involved, not just in sensory satisfactions, as in passing substances over the surface of your taste buds, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Environment, Health and wellness, History, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Spirituality | Tagged animals, consciousness, control, culture, experience, free will, God, health, humans, instinct, life, nature, planetmates, psychology, religion, science, society, species, spirituality, truth, unconscious | Leave a comment

Reflections on a Collective Shadow and Of Sacrifices—Human, Animal, and Cucumber: Why We Scapegoat … Why We Insist on Saviors

Posted on October 28, 2012 by sillymickel

The Group Mind and The Community’s Inner Dragon: Heroes, Shamans, and Gurus … Ah, But Scapegoats As Well The Community’s Inner Dragon She’d experienced being raped was what she’d told us. This veteran consciousness explorer and trained facilitator had also … Continue reading →

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21st Century and Its Discontents, Part 12: Deep Thoughts on The Fall – On Sacrifice, Dominion Over Death, Meat, and Murder … Beginning Our Apocalypse

Posted on May 26, 2012 by sillymickel

Kaleidoscope of Postmodern Life, Part Twelve: Deep Thoughts on The Fall – On Sacrifice, Dominion Over Death , Meat, and Murder… How We Started Our Slide Into Savagery Deep Thought on the Falls – Meat, Sacrifice, and the Determination of … Continue reading →