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Gaia Anyone?
I tend to believe that we live in a clockwork universe, where God created everything and then pretty much vanished from the scene to wait for time to run out, but leaving us our free will. Otherwise, I think, if God somehow had a hand in the world where natural disasters take thousands of lives, he'd be complicit in murder.
But another idea occurred to me a few days ago. What if he does have a hand in this world and, while respecting our free will, perhaps the Earth is alive, and he respects its free will too.
It seems like this isn't a new thought. The Gaia Movement is the child of a scientific theory first posited by ecologist and environmentalist James Lovelock in the late 60's, that the Earth is a superorganism. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a superorganism is: "A group of organisms, such as an insect colony, that functions as a social unit." He named this superorganism Gaia, after the Greek goddess of the Earth.
Some environmentalists ran with the Gaia theory and it morphed into a spiritual movement that maintained that the Earth is alive and, furthermore, a sentient being. Thus would our world have the capability to be benevolent or cruel (as are we) according to its nature (pun intended). God's love could flow through the Earth as through us, giving God a hand in not only our hearts through prayer, but whatever passes for the heart of the Earth as well.
How does this relate to soulful living? LOL I'm not entirely sure. Perhaps to broaden and deepen enchantment by our realization that the Earth we walk on is ALIVE beneath our feet.
But believe me, I know...this is far out stuff, and I know there are holes in my logic. Point them out gently, if you will. But who's to say that when a tornado diverts radically from its track towards a town, that it's not the Earth being kind?
But another idea occurred to me a few days ago. What if he does have a hand in this world and, while respecting our free will, perhaps the Earth is alive, and he respects its free will too.
It seems like this isn't a new thought. The Gaia Movement is the child of a scientific theory first posited by ecologist and environmentalist James Lovelock in the late 60's, that the Earth is a superorganism. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a superorganism is: "A group of organisms, such as an insect colony, that functions as a social unit." He named this superorganism Gaia, after the Greek goddess of the Earth.
Some environmentalists ran with the Gaia theory and it morphed into a spiritual movement that maintained that the Earth is alive and, furthermore, a sentient being. Thus would our world have the capability to be benevolent or cruel (as are we) according to its nature (pun intended). God's love could flow through the Earth as through us, giving God a hand in not only our hearts through prayer, but whatever passes for the heart of the Earth as well.
How does this relate to soulful living? LOL I'm not entirely sure. Perhaps to broaden and deepen enchantment by our realization that the Earth we walk on is ALIVE beneath our feet.
But believe me, I know...this is far out stuff, and I know there are holes in my logic. Point them out gently, if you will. But who's to say that when a tornado diverts radically from its track towards a town, that it's not the Earth being kind?
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