Thank you, Julia! Lot’s of interesting stuff. I especially liked the interview with Yuval Harari.
I love how he describes agriculture as a fraud and how hunter/gatherer life, which millions of years of evolution designed us for, was more interesting and healthy, and provided more freedom, than agricultural life.
Not that I want to go back to a diet that includes insects, but I think we could create a society that honors nature and our primal mind while integrating the best aspects of the European Enlightenment (freedom from arbitrary authority) with Eastern Enlightenment (freedom from ego-centered conceptual thought).
Harari gives credit for his amazing insights to his hardcore meditation practice. I love how he distinguishes the real world of experience from the conceptual world of stories that the mind is constantly generating.
Unfortunately, humans are prone to believe mad fictional dramas, like ‘us’ against ‘them’, or we are separate from the earth, or we can have infinite economic growth in a finite world.
Such toxic stories are likely to kill us all, unless enough people awaken from the spell of our current so-called civilization.
I agree, George, I love hearing how Harari's personal practices inform his work. I think a lot about how many people need to "wake up" in order for things to truly, sustainably change. Harari's work emphasized the power of stories in the human experiences, and I think if we just tell more stories of this other way of being, our Primal Being, as you call it, I hope more people will wake up.
PS I also loved the 9 minute film on the Gathering of the Tribe. I see you, Julia! 🙂
Thank you, Julia! Lot’s of interesting stuff. I especially liked the interview with Yuval Harari.
I love how he describes agriculture as a fraud and how hunter/gatherer life, which millions of years of evolution designed us for, was more interesting and healthy, and provided more freedom, than agricultural life.
Not that I want to go back to a diet that includes insects, but I think we could create a society that honors nature and our primal mind while integrating the best aspects of the European Enlightenment (freedom from arbitrary authority) with Eastern Enlightenment (freedom from ego-centered conceptual thought).
Harari gives credit for his amazing insights to his hardcore meditation practice. I love how he distinguishes the real world of experience from the conceptual world of stories that the mind is constantly generating.
Unfortunately, humans are prone to believe mad fictional dramas, like ‘us’ against ‘them’, or we are separate from the earth, or we can have infinite economic growth in a finite world.
Such toxic stories are likely to kill us all, unless enough people awaken from the spell of our current so-called civilization.
I agree, George, I love hearing how Harari's personal practices inform his work. I think a lot about how many people need to "wake up" in order for things to truly, sustainably change. Harari's work emphasized the power of stories in the human experiences, and I think if we just tell more stories of this other way of being, our Primal Being, as you call it, I hope more people will wake up.
Thank you for this drop of joy. Especially the Snail Girl thing. I'm not on TikTok and realising I may be a Snail Woman :)
„Drop of joy“ — I love it 🥹