Tag: relation

• The Workings of Diversity

  Diversity means many different relationships, many different approaches to the same problem. A diverse community is a resilient community, capable of adapting to changing situations. However, diversity is a strategic advantage only if there is a truly interconnected community, sustained by a web of relationships. If the community is fragmented into isolated groups and individuals,…

  David L. Smith

  March 17, 2023

  consciousness, Humanity, Perception, Science, society, Transformation, Values

  adapt, adaptation, Capra, change, community, fragment, friction, group, interconnectedness, interdependence, isolation, life, mailbox, members, prejudice, problem, relation, relationship, strategic, system, vision, web

• The Universe in a Chair

  When we look at a chair, we see the wood, but we fail to observe the tree, the forest, the carpenter or our own mind. When we meditate on it, we can see the entire universe in all its interwoven and interdependent relations in the chair. The presence of the wood reveals the presence of…

  David L. Smith

  February 3, 2023

  consciousness, Cosmos, evolution, Nature, Perception

  apple, blossom, forest, meditation, mind, object, presence, present, relation, separate, sun, tree, wood