no. d—ananee or lunnony in liie sysienu or sociely
as aelirewd life is rooperanve ralher ihan eornpeiiiive,
and lire iornis oi very diliereni qualifies may intend
benennally wiih one anoiher and won iheir physical
environmenr Even "lhn baelerra live by
collaboralion, icwmmodahan, exchange, and Inner"
(Lewis Thomas,1970

mammalian.
amnion, noi oomomion. o ih. vary been oi
oirisliiig lile syslams and or hilure vaal

There aro many oppnnuniuei in male sysieans ihai
walk lioin ihe elemenls and reehnologies irial eaol,
Perhaps we should do "minus else ior rhe nexl eeniury
bur apply our knowledge We already know how lo
build, nuinlain, and inhabilsusiainable !ysiems Every
essenrial problem is mind, bul in me everyday lile oi
people ilus ii hardly apparenl. lhe Wage-flave,
peasani, landlord, and uidusinalisl alike are depraved
oi rhe leisure and rhe liie spirii iliai is possible in a
moperaiive sociay whieh applies iis knawlxdge born
warders and prisoners are equally mpliue in ihe
sorrery in whieh we live

ll we quesnon why we are here and whal lile is, ihen
we lend ourselves inlo boih ieienee and mysiirism
whieh are rnmlng eloser together as scienee iisell
appmlrhls irs eoneepnial hours, As lor liie is lhe
rnoil open oi open syskmL able ro rake lrorn rhe
energy mums m lime and lo re—eapress ilseli nor
only as o liienrne our as a deseenl and an evolurron

Loveloek mom has perhnps besr eapreioed a
philosophy, or mslghl, which links seienee ond lnbal
belieis; heses rhe eanh, and rhe uruvene,aa a though!
pm, or as a sellrrcgulanng, se|l<nns|niclzd and
reamve syikzm, during and preserving ilie eoridilioiis
lhar nuke lilo possible, and aelively adjuslmg lo
regulfle disrurbanres Humaniiy however, in no
pmeni mindlnunss, may be ihe one dblulbam lhai
ihe earilr cannon loleiaie.

 

The (3an bypolheelo ls inr mooe who lilie io
m|k or simply stand and alare. lo wonder
nboiu me an and me lire ll beare. and lo
speculnie about me consequences oi our own
presence here. ii is an aliernalive lo llial
peasimlsuc view whlch aees nniure as a
primizlve loroe in be subdued and conquered,
ii is also an Illernnuve lo lhai eoually
depressing pielure or our planer as a
demenied spaceship. iorever lravelllngi
dnverless ond purpooeless, around an inner
circle oi ihe sun.
(LE lnvekxk, lmi.

For every Klenlific sraierrienl arneulaied on energy, ihe
Abnnglnal lribespeople oi Australia have an
equivalenl slalemeni on Me» Liie, rhey say, is a ioialliy
n iher numd nor desiroyed, ii an be imagined as an
:55 iron. wlueh all iribes iliie lormsi issue and lo

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which all ieium. meidealway in whiehioapend one-a
rimeis in rhe perieeiion oi lhe eepiuion niiiie, bo leed
rlie mosi evolved iiie possible, and in aerial in and
eeiebrale me eilsrenee oi iiie ionns oiher man hum
lorau iomelrorn ihe sanieegg

lhe iolaliiy oi ihrs nullooli leads lo a meaninyld
daily eaisleneo, in which one 5-11 eaeh quanluanoiliie
elernallv crying io perieel an expression lowardi a
lulu-e, and possibly banseendenral, pedeerloir. ll is all
rhe more hurrihc, lherelnie, ihar iribal peepls, whose
aim was in develop a enneepiual and apirilual
exisienee, have eneounlered a mode seieniilie and
malenal culiure whose lile aim is nor only unriaied,
bur whieh relies on pseudo—eeonoi-nie and ledllltr
logifil sysrenu lor iis eaislenee.

The eapenenee oi the naiural world and us laws hu
alrnosr been abandoned ior closed, arliiieial, and
mam'ngkss lives, perhaps ba| iypiiied by ihe dreams
oi ihose who would live in space saiellirei and
Ibandmlz dylng earih.

i believe lhal unless we adopi sophisiiealed
aborigmal belie! sysrerns and learn iaspeer for all lite,
ihen we lose our own, nol only as iiienraie bul also u
any iuiure opporiuniry ro evolve our poienlial.
Wheiher we eoniinue, wiihoul an eihie or a phib
sophy, like abandoned and orphaned eluldren, or
wheilier we mare opporrunines lo aehieve maiurrry,
balance, and harmony is ihe only real queslion ihar
laces rhe presenr generallml Thai is rhe debare lhar
musl never srop,

A young woman orieecame lo rnealiera leerure in
which i wondzlled ar ihe various mnoepis oi anerliie;
rlie pierhnra oi 'heavzns" oiiered by various groups.
lier view was,"Thii is heaven, ugh! here This is ii
Gmr ii all ya 'lxgvi.‘

lmuMn‘i berrer dial advree. The heaven or hell, we
llvehilolwmmwmafimfikrflwhfiish
ean beno diiierenl loreaeh blue

1.2
H'HICS

in earlier days ieveral oi oi researehed canmllmity
erhua, as adopied by older Ellyn“) and eoopenove
eioiips, seeking lor universal prinerples io guide our
own eeiions, Alihough many oi ihese guidelines
remained as many as is prinoples, rnosr oi ihme an
be ineluded in lhe ihree below (and even rhe soeond
and rhiad arise lroni uie nrsi)

 

i CARE or we EARTH Fmsion iol all me eyslam
weonnnua and muhinry.

z, CARE OF PEOPLE Provision lorneopio lo acme
lhoso loaoiiioos moasary in in» axial-nos,

a SEWING illillrs Y0 POPULATION AND
CONSUMPTION. av uuwming dorm mi m an
n| msouloes aside lo hinhiariho Ibow pilndplu.