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Jun 30Liked by Thom Hartmann

“The simple reality is that our planet is a single living organism, as much as our bodies are.”

The UNIverse is alive.

All the things in nature are together in one place.

Each thing is moved by nature’s pattern.

Signals give direction.

The whole divides in to parts. 🧬

The parts move around and in and out of each other.

Like water flowing in rivers 💦 and oceans 🌊 and changing into vapor 💨 and snow ⛄️❄️and ice 🧊.

The water flows in and out of creatures 🐿️ and plants 🌱.

Every part is circulating, round and round. 💫☄️🪐⛈️🦠🧬🌪️

Things unFold 🌱 then enFold 🍂 .

Everything in the UNIverse fits 🧩 because

each part belongs to the ONE whole cosmic song 🎻 and dance 💃🏻.

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Reading this is almost as scary as watching a live debate between two life forms -- one obviously good and useful yet noticeably declining, decaying, and dying and the other sinister and malevolent, a liar, and a threat to all humanity and everything good, everything sustainable. Both pose a dire threat. What to do? God help us.

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Thom, I know you like Rupert Sheldrake. His son Merlin’s book ENTANGLED LIFE links the small things in life like bacteria 🦠 and fungi with larger aspects of existence. Everything is interCONNECTED!

“Fungi throw into question our concepts of indi-vidualitv and even intelligence. They are metabolic masters, earth makers, and key players in most of life's processes. They can alter our minds, heal our bodies, and even help us remediate environmental disaster. By examining fungi on their own terms, Sheldrake reveals how these extraordinary organisms- and our relationships with them-

are transforming our understanding of how life works.”

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Thom,

This post on plants 🌱 further describes the intelligence of nature.

How plants think 💭 and send SIGNALS.

And supports your comment:

“ Life is infinitely complex in ways even our most sophisticated science is still struggling to understand.”

A Masterclass in Living to One's Fullest, Weirdest Potential

By BILL DAVISON

https://billdavison.substack.com/p/a-masterclass-in-living-to-ones-fullest

"Nature is an entangled, shape-shifting mirage of organisms. The plants are not who we thought they were, and we are not who we think we are. We are a loose coalition of microbes. We are mutualism in action."

Plants 🌱 like planets 🪐 are living aspects of nature.

“The simple reality is that our planet is a single living organism, as much as our bodies are.”

—Thom Hartmann

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