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Thanks for your thinking on this manner. There is a web site, http://www.natureinstitute.org that does a splendid job of deconstructing the mechanistic view of biology and replacing it with a clear understanding of the holistic nature of nature. They present their understanding with clarity, detail and example. You may be interested in reviewing their offering.

I found the article on Professor Veizer’s thoughts on celestial activity’s effect on global warming weak. I’m not contesting Veizer’s thoughts here, just how they were not explained very well by the article. Do you have any better writings on this subject? Thanks.

Thanks for posting this article. If anyone is interested in reading more coherent and concise articles that show the strengths but also the considerable weakness of viewing life only through a reductionist lens (e.g. thinking the whole is the result of and no more than the sum of its parts, that genes are the dominant determinent of traits and…[Read more]

Michael,

I agree with you when you say that the “Great Story” folks overlook the governing aspect of the life force. Am I correct in thinking that when you apply the word “governing” as a quality of the life force, you do not mean it in a “command and control” way, but rather in more of a “continuously unfolding harmony/order” way? There is a…[Read more]

Thanks, Michael. Your answer helped me.

Generally, in the morning I do a few stretching exercizes along with a few simple qigong movements just to get the kinks out and the chi flowing. Recently, I saw an article by K. Cohen in an old Yoga Journal. In the article, he laid out a series of 8 or so qigong movements, two of which I do in my little stretching routine. The thing that caught…[Read more]

Wendy,

I have neither the experience nor knowledge to comment on your desire for male/female harmony and liberation in terms of healing dao practices. However, one thing that seems real to me that I’d like to share with you is the idea of the acceptance, rather than the pursuit, of your divinity. Though the spiritual technique I practice is…[Read more]

Wendy,

I have neither the experience nor knowledge to comment on your desire for male/female harmony and liberation in terms of healing dao practices. However, one thing that seems real to me that I’d like to share with you is the idea of the acceptance, rather than the pursuit, of your divinity. Though the spiritual technique I practice is…[Read more]