Lynne Mctaggart’s “The Bond” makes a strong case for a reinterpretation of our commonly held view of life. She begins by summarising the current “scientific” story of the universe thus…
a story that describes isolated beings competing for survival on a lonely planet in an indifferent universe. Life as defined by modern science is essentially predatory, self-serving, and solitary.
Although that is the dominant mythology, it’s not one which attracts me in the slightest. I just don’t buy the miserable nihilistic theories of a pointless, meaningless universe and the belief that only what can be measured should be valued.
From Mary Midgely‘s clear demolition of atomism, to Rupert Sheldrake‘s skepticism about materialistic science, from Thomas Berry’s The Great Work, to Ian McCallum’s Ecological Intelligence, there is a more appealing story emerging. According to Lynne, The new story is…
An entirely new scientific story is emerging that challenges many of our Newtonian and Darwinian assumptions, including our most basic premise: the sense of things as separate entities in competition for survival. The latest evidence from quantum physics offers the extraordinary possibility that all of life exists in a dynamic relationship of co-operation.
All matter exists in a vast quantum web of connection, and a living thing at its most elemental is an energy system involved in a constant transfer of information with its environment.
The world essentially operates, not through the activity of individual things, but in the connection between them – in a sense, in the space between things.
This shift in emphasis from “things” to “relationships” produces a different set of views – a shift from solitariness and competition to connectedness and wholeness….
Nature’s most basic impulse is not a struggle for dominion but a constant and irrepressible drive for wholeness.
I agree with your thoughts, well stated, and I think the shift to relationship with self and others is our moving towards connectedness and wholeness…thank you
Thank you Kris. I really do think that’s the direction of travel – through connectedness to wholeness.
You write about the most fascinating things! Thanks so much – more food for thought, and fodder to read…
Thank YOU Joanna, I just enjoy sharing what I find fascinating – and I pretty much find THE WHOLE WORLD fascinating!
Hi Bob
don’t know if you noticed I re-blogged the previous post on my blog. Hope you are ok with that. And thanks for this latest post too. I read Lynne McTaggart’s The Field some time ago and found it very helpful in developing my own views on interconnectedness – ‘as above, so below”.
Hi Anne – yes, I got the notification. That’s absolutely fine. Glad you’re enjoying the posts and I’m sure you’ll enjoy The Bond, if you enjoyed The Field. It’s quite different from The Field – I’d recommend reading both!
Thanks Bob. Will do!
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