Nature Designs

In ancient times every known culture revered the Earth as a living entity, which the Greeks called Gaia, Mother Earth. Native cultures today still revere Mother Earth as a conscious entity and know the power and harmony this belief creates. Modern physics has recently corroborated the ancient concept of the "Antekarana", the Web of Life, through Bell's Theorem which describes the interconnectedness of all atoms in the physical universe. Like the spider's web, action anywhere is felt by the whole. Our present society is learning quickly that what we do has profound effects on this web. We are at a point where we must begin to recognize our part in this living whole and respect Gaia, ÒMother EarthÓ, recognizing our part in this relationship. We don't know how many species of plants and animals we have already lost through our carelessness and greed. Hopefully the cures for cancer, AIDS and other diseases are still to be found in what remains of the diverse biosphere, especially the tropical rainforests. The concept that we are emotionally as well as physically connected to all life in our world was felt by many when for the first time mankind, through our technology, viewed the Earth from space. The sense of beauty and awe which this image evoked brought us face to face with the delicate awareness of our connection to our home in the vast void of space. We must take this awareness to the point where we, as a species, respect all life forms in their fantastic diversity and beauty, including the planetary body herself, and care enough to change, for in the end what we do to the Earth we do to ourselves.