Wednesday, June 04, 2014

SELF-DETERMINATION:


Self-determination does not mean
exercising intellectual mastery at all
times over bodily, earthly processes,
though the capacity for that mastery
expands our human possibilities.

Growth means learning the limits of
our will. What appears to be mastery –
flying an airplane, for example, is
merely cooperation with natural forces.
Human intellect does not master
natural processes; we tap into them,
learn them, bring our own aims into
harmony with them.

The world is not a jungle, to be
hacked, cleared, or bulldozed.
Human beings are learning not to
clear jungles that way either. The
world is us extended over the globe.
We can spend our whole lives
discovering the wonderful oneness
of creation.

The awareness of this unity expands
our human possibility, for each case is
an example of our growing harmony
with nature.

Web Stores:

 

No comments:

About Me