Connecting: a primary catalyst for change
The awareness of connection is primary.
We all exist in an interconnected web - of information and
energy, of resources and trade, of cultural exchange and human interaction,
of feedback and interdependencies.
Most deeply, we are connected by the planetary web of All
My Relations - the ecological and energetic interactions which bind us and
bond us to all other creatures and beings, to the natural processes and flows,
on this our home planet.
As the Navaho medicine man said when told about the Internet:
'Ah, I see, you are making an external network that will help you see the
invisible network that has always existed.'
Making the invisible connections visible is part of the task of the
Global Dialog Project. In assuming we are not interdependent,
in refusing to acknowledge our connectivity and effect on others, we are
missing the fact that they too feed back upon and affect us. It is possible
therefore for us to destroy our system, not knowing that we have set the
destructive events in motion. By simply not "getting" our connection in
this web, we short-circuit our ability to prevent our own destruction and the
destruction of the planet's ecological network. Further, we prevent our own
evolution into a form of system beneficial for us all, that will enable us as
individuals or cultures to express our true potential.
This, then, is a primary goal of GlobalDialog: to understand the nature and
importance of our connection to all on this planet, and thus choose our actions
with that understanding in mind. It is time to dispel the illusion of separation
that constrains our realization, and our compassionate and evolutionary actions.