{"id":3720,"date":"2009-10-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourplanet.org\/recharging-our-being-holistic-ways-of-connecting-with-gaia-our-planet\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T19:20:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T06:20:16","slug":"recharging-our-being-holistic-ways-of-connecting-with-gaia-our-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourplanet.org\/greenplanetfm\/recharging-our-being-holistic-ways-of-connecting-with-gaia-our-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Recharging our Being - Holistic ways of connecting with Gaia & Our Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"
I apologise for this posting, as it was originally a footnote after one of the radio programs. So please forgive the inadequateness of this post. Thank
\n you. - Tim<\/p>\n
With more and more issues coming to our notice, often we are stretched so widely, that we have to take an in-breath and take time out. <\/p>\n
Auckland\u2019s Aio Wira retreat centre is situated in the bush, in the Waitakere ranges on the outskirts of the city, and you can take personal retreats as
\n well as fasting and meditating. <\/p>\n
When we rest and nurture our being, we can again come out into the world to participate in community and be more effective in what we do.<\/p>\n
www.aiowira.org.nz<\/a> <\/p>\n Vipassana Meditation Centre - Dhamma Medini | Kaukapakapa, New Zealand ...<\/a> <\/span>153 <\/p>\n \n Although often described as a New Age concept, Eastern, earth-centric, and indigenous peoples have practiced holism for many centuries. The term holism The notion prefigures theologian Teilhard de Chardin's theory that the human race is \"evolving mentally and socially, towards a final spiritual unity.\"<\/p>\n Within this web site that you can join, you can learn of the many aspects of knowing the self, to being part of family, community from the local to There are many articles of interest covering a wide range of subject matter.<\/p>\n www.holisticliving.co.nz<\/a><\/p>\n Finally, to obtain an understanding of the seriousness and urgency of climate change and what is happening ecologically on our planet:<\/p>\n www.JamesLovelock.org<\/a><\/p>\n Originator of Gaia theory, that our planet is a self regulating super organism, he is also the inventor of the electron capture detector (which made Though we may strongly disagree with Lovelock because of our Nuclear Free status in NZ, the reason he pushes nuclear power, is because as a polymath He calls for a sustainable retreat. And sees only practical solutions, where regrettably he gives no credence to a higher state of evolutionary consciousness
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And we can also spend time at www.holisticliving.co.nz
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As the word holistic implies we need to see and experience the universe as a harmonious and connected way of being. An open system emphasizing the
\n importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts.<\/p>\n
\n derives from the Greek holos (whole), and was first used by Jan Christian Smuts an ex South African Prime Minister. His book Holism and Evolution in
\n (1926).was way ahead of its time. <\/p>\n
\n the global, plus health, metaphysics and spirituality.<\/p>\n
\n possible the detection of CFCs and other atmospheric nano-pollutants that affect the ozone layer) the microwave oven and he proved to NASA, with out
\n them going to Mars, that there was no life as such on that planet.<\/p>\n
\n (being capable in a large number of scientific disciplines) he sees that overpopulating industrialized man has pushed us over the tipping point, and
\n it his contention and many others, that it is too late to save the planet, and that we have to in the meantime - now save our civilsation.<\/p>\n
\n to come into being. This idea to propel us into a new unheralded, co-creative, consciousness where planetary oneness could instantly bring a shift
\n in attitudes. Which in turn reconnects us to all life, our selves and our planet in terms of being a high frequency, dynamic, synergistic - cooperative
\n whole. This is the concept of the 'Noosphere' that Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the French idealist philosopher and Jesuit priest who trained as a paleontologist
\n and geologist and took part in the discovery of Peking Man. He spoke of this as our next evolutionary leap.
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