tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136626590097801169.post7133227269784844280..comments2024-01-10T11:19:56.456-08:00Comments on What Is Sustainable: The ZenithWhat Is Sustainablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10227382786082159733noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136626590097801169.post-91996430122927080332012-11-27T15:34:47.434-08:002012-11-27T15:34:47.434-08:00Ha! Ha! Sad but true!Ha! Ha! Sad but true!What Is Sustainablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10227382786082159733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136626590097801169.post-62903889811957229012012-11-27T15:34:04.214-08:002012-11-27T15:34:04.214-08:00Susan, glad to "see" you again. I haven...Susan, glad to "see" you again. I haven't "seen" you in a while, and was starting to worry. This morning, I had a thought: We were born on the Titanic. We've never seen the terrestrial world. We've spent our lives in a manmade construct. Poor boar!What Is Sustainablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10227382786082159733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136626590097801169.post-70790689885106449672012-11-27T15:14:58.414-08:002012-11-27T15:14:58.414-08:00Post your whole article here: /wiki/Good_old_days ...Post your whole article here: /wiki/Good_old_days :)Ivy Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136626590097801169.post-89776479004284270802012-11-27T07:35:21.895-08:002012-11-27T07:35:21.895-08:00Hi Richard,
Thank you for your eloquence in descr...Hi Richard,<br /><br />Thank you for your eloquence in describing what life was like at 'the zenith.' Yes, I think you are quite right: "In the Upper Paleolithic era, the world was unimaginably alive and 100% wild and free." And we are born expecting this aliveness in our world. But now, what do children get, but imitation: artificial life, plastic instead of the real materials of the Earth, electronic buzz instead of the throbbing energy of an organic, wild milieu. <br /><br />Some years ago I attended a retreat in rural Hungary where there was a sad and primitive "zoo." I became fascinated with a female wild boar there who was obviously completely traumatized and terrified. Goodness knows what kind of inhumane treatment she had been subjected to by ignorant, cruel humans. She was so self-conscious and miserable that she looked like the only thing she wanted was to disappear, to hide, to die, anything but be on display. I felt so sad for her that I wept. I still weep at her memory. <br /><br />But what also impressed me about her was her size. She was larger than any domesticated pig I've ever seen in person or on screen. Truly formidable in size. How heartbreaking it is to see how reduced the spirits of wild creatures become when we humans keep them in captivity. Suzanne Duartehttp://www.dharmagaians.org/index.htmlnoreply@blogger.com