The Art and Science of Interconnection and Sustainability

With Christmas right around the corner, it’s a good time to make a note about spirituality generally.  There are quite a few excellent film documentaries that make the point that all life forms are intimately but mysteriously connected to one another, and that Western civilization’s general failure to recognize this important fact is the root cause of our many maladies:

• The ever-growing rate at which we’re damaging our home planet with various forms of pollution

• Our reckless exploitation of our precious natural resources

• Our growing lack of concern for the well-being of one another

Two of my personal favorite works along this line are “What the Bleep Do We Know” and the more recent film, “I Am.” 

For those who would like a photographic depiction of this point, I offer you this masterpiece of “photo-manipulation” by Tom Chambers called “Illumination.”   I can’t recall a time I was so emotionally moved by a piece of art.  “Illumination” isn’t a bad title, but I think I’d title it “Connectedness.” 

In any case, I will resolve, for 2014, to try to heighten my sense of connectedness with my fellow travelers here on Earth; please accept my invitation to do the same.

Best wishes to you for the Holidays.  And thanks for being a part of what we’re doing here at 2GreenEnergy.