 Intro Song = "Arcane". Outro Song = "Firebrand". Both by Kevin MacLeod. Available under Creative Commons Attribution License. Five call-in questions from Fenesha Hubbard:
Q1: What are some tips to turn our yard into paradise? A1: A wonderful, free resource and great "gateway" to permaculture/regenerative design is ---> www.geofflawton.com. Urban dwellers, in particular, will benefit from video #3 "Abundant Urban Gardens." Q2: Please define "rewilding." A2: The literal definition of "rewilding" is: the restoration of an area of land to its natural, uncultivated state; reinstaing the role of keystone species to human society where the expression of this role appears lacking. My metaphorical/internal use of the words is: an invitation to remember that we are a gloriously complex interconnected network of systems that work together; an opportunity to reverse the effects of what happened to us in this over-industrialization; a unification of who we are. Rewilding is a state of mind that says, "I know who I am in essence, and I know that it is not an artificial, plywood manufactured fake kind of assembly line knock-off." It is the opposite of the prevailing mechanistic view of life. It is rawness of being, which I liken to a lion's roar. Q3: How do I know if someone has heightened sensitivity? A3: I talk about heightened sensitivity -- or high perception -- in two ways. One way is body-based sensitivity, thoroughly explained in Dr. Elaine Aron's The Highly Sensitive Person. 20-25% of all living organisms are born with Sensory Processing Sensitivity, which means having a nervous system that is more refined and receptive. Imagine some or all of your five physical senses being "amped up." Gifts and challenges accompany this trait. A free, 27-question self-test can be found at www.hsperson.com/pages/test.htm. The second, less common form of heightened sensitivity is empathic sensitivity, which goes beyond physicality. Meta-body. It is a subtle, nuanced ability to feel as if another. Empaths can experience the felt state of another, and often benefit from learning how to master their boundaries and manage their energetic well-being. One of my favorite related resources is Rose Rosetree's Empowered By Empathy. Q4: Please share the Victor Lebow citation/quote from Episode 1. A4: Here is Lebow's 1955 strategy for hyper-consumption, which our culture has enthusiastically adopted... with much of the world following our example. Tune in next week for my answer to question 5 about alternatives to hyper-consumption.
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Hi Fenesha,
Erika, great opening to this week's podcast. I can definitely relate to having a feeling of urgency regarding the challenges we are facing, but needing to balance or temper that in such a way as to not alienate or overwhelm others. Perhaps they don't see it the same way or they are overwhelmed by a feeling that whatever they are able to do, won't be enough to change things, so why bother? 2/24/2014 08:05:30 pm
Jill, I appreciate your companionship and presence on this journey. Thank you :-) Leave a Reply. |
The question "How are you?" is PROFOUND. But it has been watered-down to a synonym for "Hello." Forced or fake auto-responses of obligated okay-ness are expected. (And if you are going through something tragic, it really doesn't matter! Every social encounter OPENS with this well-established Ritual of Insincerity.) The question "How are you?" prompts an answer that begins with "I AM _____________." This means many times each day, you are invited to SPEAK THE MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT that can be spoken of yourself. And the socially-expected thing to do, is be QUICK + SLICK with your answer. For a change... TAKE YOUR TIME, and tell your truth. ✍🏾 |