EcoCentric
Awareness
The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Mystery, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us. This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this.
Black Elk (1886-1950) - Oglala Lakota
CENTER
CREATES WHOLENESS
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keeping emptiness as their limit
and stillness as their center
ten thousand things arise
we watch them return
creatures without number
return to their roots
returning to their roots they are still
being still they revive
reviving they endure
knowing how to endure is wisdom
not knowing is to suffer in vain...
Lao-tzu's Taoteching, Verse 16
Translation: Red Pine
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DOWNWARD
CREATES BALANCE
Nature maintains
BALANCE
between differences ~ between opposites
effortlessly
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yin ~ yang
ebb ~ flow
inhale ~ exhale
internal ~ external
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Were it not for the
slightest difference in the
density distribution of matter
galaxies would have been
unable to form.
Parker Barry, Physicist
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A mind that is always comparing, always measuring, will always engender illusion.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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the anthropocentric paradigm uses difference to perpetrate illusion;
considers humans to be the central and final achievement of the universe; interprets the world solely in terms of human values and experiences.
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anthropocentrism within
governments
philosophies
cosmologies
paradigms
ideologies
traditions
religions
theories
stories
beliefs
engenders dissociative
language, thinking
behavior and culture
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It is not natural for difference
to divide us from the Whole.
BALANCE
affirms both diversity and
the unequivocal Whole by which
difference illustrates a measure of illusion and Oneness a measure of self evidence.
INWARD
CREATES COHESION
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Indigenous cultures
have thrived sustainably for
thousands of years by living
COHESIVELY with Nature.
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Though indigenous cultures differ
in their languages, stories and traditions, the QuintEssence of their Wisdom Teachings is always
COHESIVE.
Nature is COHESIVE.
That is how there is
nothing outside of Nature.
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We are all indigenous
to Mother Earth.
We are all born with
EcoCentric Awareness.
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However,
anthropocentric
fear based
patriarchal
hierarchical
programming
passed down from
generation to generation
causes human incoherence
human dissonance
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That incoherence manifests as
unnatural behaviors such as:
shame, blame, greed, jealousy,
resentment, hatred, racism, revenge, cruelty, war...
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Once we overcome our fear of being tiny,
we find ourselves on the threshold of a vast and awesome Universe that utterly dwarfs
- in time, in space, and in potential -
the tidy anthropocentric
proscenium of our ancestors.
Carl Sagan
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UPWARD
CREATES CONSENSUS
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- RISE TOGETHER above the tidy anthropocentric, patriarchal, hierarchical proscenium of our ancestors
- STEP TOGETHER across the threshold
of a vast and awesome Universe
- Follow Nature's Universal Directions
TOGETHER!
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In Nature there is no
'right way' or 'wrong way'
only effortless
'Judgment of the
Middle of what is True'
Forests CON SENSUALLY all ways
Judge the Middle of what is True.
If they didn't they would fall DOWN!
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The only mistake is making a mistake and
not correcting it.
Shi Heng Zong
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It is a mistake to think of ourselves as
separate
from the air, the water, the minerals,
the sun, and the earth which sustain us,
and not correct that disconnected thinking.
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It is a mistake to view ourselves as
separate
from anyone or anything
and not correct that disconnected thinking.
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Disconnected thinking is toxic to us
and causes us to act with aggression
and ill will toward Others,
including the Elements.
For the benefit of future generations
we must reach CONSENSUS
to correct our Vision -
we must replace the anthro lens
through which too much of humanity
views the world with a sacred
Eco Lens!
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OUTWARD
CREATES FOCUS
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Humanity's immature phase of being
unaware of that which sustains us
is unsustainable.
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Lack of FOCUS allows
chaos to rule.
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How can we RE-FOCUS
our thinking and culture
from anthropocentrically
unaware and destructive to
EcoCentrically Aware
and Constructive?
When all else fails...
Follow the DIRECTIONS!
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They All Ways ReTurn Everything To
CENTER
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Cultivate EcoCentric Awareness
for yourself and the benefit of the Whole
Life's Directions are QuintEssential
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When we are Centered and
the QuintEssential Directions are
in balance and in harmony
within us we experience
good health on all levels.
When we are not Centered and
the QuintEssential Directions are
imbalanced and in disharmony
within us we experience
poor health on all levels.
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Nature is the True Teacher
of the
QuintEssential Directions
- Use this content as a guide
- Learn directly from the Elements
- View Life through an EcoCentric Lens
- Follow the QuintEssential Directions
- Reconnect with your True Nature
- ReTurn Everything to Center
There is nothing to join
other than to re-Join the Whole.
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EcoCentric Awareness
has no levels of certification.
It is not a new self help system.
This Is Our Primordial
Eco System.
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There is no 'one way' to
Follow Nature's Directions -
no getting them right or wrong.
There is no questionnaire
with which to diagnose
which Direction you are.
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You Are All Of Them
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The Force Is
All Ways With Us
May We All Ways
Be With The Force
