Catastrophes are often stimulated by the failure to feel the emergence of a domain, and so what cannot be felt in the imagination is experienced as embodied sensation in the catastrophe.

Quote by William Irwin Thompson

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Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with...

Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with...

A World is not an ideology nor a scientific institution, nor is it even a...

A World is not an ideology nor a scientific institution, nor is it even a...

The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures,...

The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures,...

Idealistic reformers are dangerous because their idealism has no roots in love, but is simply...

Idealistic reformers are dangerous because their idealism has no roots in love, but is simply...

The conscious purpose of science is control of Nature; its unconscious effect is disruption and...

The conscious purpose of science is control of Nature; its unconscious effect is disruption and...

I don't think anyone now really understands the planetisation of mankind, really understands the new...

I don't think anyone now really understands the planetisation of mankind, really understands the new...

The conscious process is reflected in the imagination; the unconscious process is expressed as karma,...

The conscious process is reflected in the imagination; the unconscious process is expressed as karma,...

In the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market...

In the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market...

The more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control,...

The more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control,...

One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road,...

One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road,...

Ideologies do not map the complete living processes of a World.

Ideologies do not map the complete living processes of a World.

If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you

If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you

Not all intelligence can be artificial now, so if we make a mistake, the consequences...

Not all intelligence can be artificial now, so if we make a mistake, the consequences...

Unconscious Polities emerge independent of conscious purpose.

Unconscious Polities emerge independent of conscious purpose.

For the first time in human evolution, the individual life is long enough, and the...

For the first time in human evolution, the individual life is long enough, and the...

With the emergence of civilization, the rate of change shifted from hundreds of thousands of...

With the emergence of civilization, the rate of change shifted from hundreds of thousands of...