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    Michael Dowd updated new location at Freeland, WA, USA 5 years, 4 months ago

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    Beautiful, Laura, and a perfect contribution to this conversation thread. Thanks! (And yes, a most beloved woman in my life is taking responsibility for Thanksgiving dinner; I do the clean up. 🙂 Among other things, these videos celebrate the evolutionary (survival!) significance of our brain’s propensity to personify — that is, to give human ch…[Read more]

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    Beautiful, Laura, and a perfect contribution to this conversation thread. Thanks! (And yes, a most beloved woman in my life is taking responsibility for Thanksgiving dinner; I do the clean up. 🙂 Among other things, these videos celebrate the evolutionary (survival!) significance of our brain’s propensity to personify — that is, to give human ch…[Read more]

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    Another major attribute of living systems is that they all have GRACE LIMTS. For anyone on this thread who might be interested, this is the main thing I’ve been involved in over the last year: http://thegreatstory.org/grace-limits-audios.html        My most important contribution to this “Grace Limits” body of work (indeed, the main messa…[Read more]

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    My final post for the day: Another major attribute of living systems is that they all have GRACE LIMTS. For anyone on this thread who might be interested, this is the main thing I’ve been involved in over the last year: http://thegreatstory.org/grace-limits-audios.html      My most important contribution to this “Grace Limits” body of work (inde…[Read more]

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    My final post for the day:  Another major attribute of living systems is that they all have GRACE LIMTS. For anyone on this thread that is interested, this is the main thing I’ve been involved in over the last year: http://thegreatstory.org/grace-limits-audios.html    My most important contribution to this “Grace Limits” body of work (indeed, the…[Read more]

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    My final post for the day:  Another major attribute of living systems is that they all have GRACE LIMTS. For anyone on this thread that is interested, this is the main thing I’ve been involved in over the last year. By far, my most important contribution to this “Grace Limits” body of work (indeed, the main message I’ve been working on over the pa…[Read more]

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    Final post for the day: Another major attribute of living systems is that they all have GRACE LIMTS. For anyone on this thread that is interested, this is the main thing I’ve been involved in over the last year. By far, my most important contribution to this “Grace Limits” body of work (indeed, the main message I’ve been working on over the past y…[Read more]

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    Look at the attributes of living systems and ask whether those are attributes of our universe.  To me, the evidence points increasingly in the direction of aliveness and this has truly enormous implications for the foundational nature of reality and the human journey.

    Trust me, I’m with you, brother!  Big love and cyberhugs,  ~ Michael

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    fyi…near the top of Connie’s and my “What’s New?” page on our main website is a link to some great videos of Thomas Berry on YouTube:  http://thegreatstory.org/new.html

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    Thomas Berry was quite careful, Duane, to only use language that could be embraced by the vast majority of mainstream scientists. You, by contrast, consistently take the opposite approach. I knew Thomas personally over a period of 20 years and counted him as a dear friend as well as my main mentor. Between August 1988 (when I first met him and…[Read more]

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    Mike, this many-months-long discussion thread is precisely what I’m speaking about. Just look back over the interactions between Ursula Goodenough and Jon Host (on the one hand) and Duane (on the other). Mind you (and this is important), I don’t expect, nor do I even want, Duane to use language that Jon and Ursula can celebrate. Long li…[Read more]

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    Mike, thanks for that quote from Thomas! Years ago I memorized that one and often concluded my evening programs by reciting it. What a gem!

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    Mike, thanks for that quote from Thomas! Years ago I memorized that one and often concluded my evening programs by reciting it. What a gem

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    Thomas Berry was quite careful, Duane, to only use language that could be embraced by the vast majority of mainstream scientists.  You, by contrast, quite consistently take the opposite approach.   I knew Thomas personally over a period of 20 years and counted him as a dear friend as well as my main mentor. Between August 1988 (when I first m…[Read more]

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    Thomas Berry was quite careful, Duane, to only use language that could be embraced by the vast majority of mainstream scientists.  You, by contrast, consistently take the opposite approach. I knew Thomas personally over a period of 20 years and counted him as a dear friend as well as my main mentor.  Between August 1988 (when I first met him and…[Read more]

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    Thomas Berry was quite careful, Duane, to only use language that could be embraced by the vast majority of mainstream scientists.  You, by contrast, consistently take the opposite approach.    I knew Thomas personally over a period of 20 years and counted him as a dear friend as well as my main mentor. Between August 1988 (when I first met him a…[Read more]

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    Thomas Berry was quite careful, Duane, to only use language that could be embraced by the vast majority of mainstream scientists. You, by contrast, consistently take the opposite approach. I knew Thomas personally over a period of 20 years and counted him as a dear friend as well as my main mentor. Between August 1988 (when I first met him and…[Read more]

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    Connie and I fully and wholeheartedly agree with Angela (and Thomas Berry) on this point!As I said in my only previous contribution to this discussion, what truly matters, it seems to me, is NOT whether or not we all agree that “the Universe” is “alive”, or “a living system”, so much as this… If we don’t treat NATURE with the same respect and h…[Read more]

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    Michael Dowd replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 5 months ago

    Connie and I fully and wholeheartedly agree with Angela (and Thomas Berry) on this point!As I said in my only previous contribution to this discussion, what truly matters, it seems to me, is NOT whether or not we all agree that “the Universe” is “alive”, or “a living system”, so much as this… If we don’t treat NATURE with the same respect and hon…[Read more]

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