I think the butterfly effect is when a butterfly flaps its wings here
and sends a flutter that builds until it's storm in China. The point is
that everything is tied together,only one theory.

Butterfly effect is a term that covers the concept of what could happen
if you traveled through time. If you were to kill a single butterfly in
1,000,000 BC, you might return to your own time to find that the whole
world is controled by Nazis or that dinosaurs never died out. A very
small change a long time ago could result in huge changes in the
present.

I have been focusing on the seventh gift of magic as it is given and
find that I am a caretaker and a caregiver. My homelife is a caretaker
by taking care of the land, trees, plants and my dogs and my job is as a
caretaker taking care of the elderly. In my spiritual life I am a
caresharer getting and recieving strength, experience and hope in my
recovery. It does seem to line up with a magical gift because it helps
me to grow.

I’ve been an advocate of getting back-to-basis (or close to nature)
since my early teens. I see this as having benefit in all areas, not
just better for the environment and our physical health, but it’s better
for are emotional and spiritual health as well.

Unfortunately, it’s is totally naïve to believe that the masses could be
convinced to make such a return to basics. There is far too much
dependency on mammon. In fact, out entire society is completely
dependent on the economy today. When our economy falls apart so will
we. Even if the people in the rural areas could survive on their own if
they had to, it won’t matter because the masses from the cities would
migrate to the rural areas in desperation and pillage and steal for
their own survival anyway. The only way a transition back to nature
could be possible is if it was a consensus of the entire society to
move in that direction.

Finally, even if such a direction were entertained governmentally as a
consensus, it would be riddled with political and religious
controversies that could easily become insurmountable. For example,
should technology be abandoned altogether? Or it is possible to retain
modern technology and simply use it more efficiently and wisely.

I for one, am a strong believer in technology. To me this represents
intelligence. To blindly reject technology would simply toss us back
into the dark ages. The problem with technology today is not the
technology itself, but rather how it is being used. Manufacturers
purposefully manufacture ‘throw-away’ products that quickly become
obsolete or unusable. They do this for economic reasons (i.e. they want
to make money!) Industry isn’t guided by what’s good for the planet, or
for people. Industry is guided by the ability to make a profit and with
growth of the industry itself.

It doesn’t need to be this way. It’s not mandatory. This is simply how
we have allowed things to become, and now we find ourselves enslaved to
this lifestyle.

To change our lifestyle drastically would take drastic measures. The
important thing to realize right now is that there is nothing even
remotely close to this on the political table today. Politicians aren’t
even thinking about any such drastic changes. In stead they are all
dealing with ways to just fine-tune the economic-based lifestyle that we
have already established.

So as a species we’re doomed. And that’s that.

We are not doomed as a species.

Just our current civilization.

It will colapse at some point from its own weight as it is an inherently
unstable system locked within a cyclic system.

The cyclic system will eventually right itself and the damage caused by
the system we have overlayed on it will cease to exist.

Those that can survive without our false system will. Those that cannot
will become dust in the wind of change.

Hmmm, the meek shall inherit the earth and the strong shall inherit what
is on top of it. That is if there is any earth left.

The earth will still be here but it may not sustain life as we know it.

http://www.druidry.org/

Click on the meditation part of the page. I think you will like
it.

I am contemplating bringing nature into my house. I am beginning to
think if I have less clutter that I could decorate with plants and
flowers. I am wondering if others have had much success with this or if
it better just to keep nature outside.

I have spent some time talking to trees and plants outside but still
haven't had much luck with them talking back.

I think its a good idea to bring some plants inside. Some people have
herb gardens inside. I have a hard time getting things to grow inside.

I went to the meditation page. Thanks, it was awesome just what I
needed on a stressfull day. I'm going to check that sight out in more
detail it looks very interesting.

Yeah, me, too. I either forget to water them; Have the wrong lighting or
just forget that they are there. I have been thinking of having cacti,
ferns and maybe a venus flytrap. I really don't have a green thumb.
Cacti can go without water; Ferns live off stuff in the air and there
are always plenty of flies around because I forget to close the windows
sometimes. I really wouldn't want a large venus flytrap because it might
eat my two little dogs.

Cactus would be good idea. Airplane plants are pretty sturdy plant too,
don't need a whole lot of water. I like having a garden you get to dig
in the dirt and keep it up and get stuff out of it at the end. It makes
me feel good and refreshed.

The four tomato plants I planted are doing good so far. So many rocks in
the ground here that you have to unscrew the carrots from the ground
because they grow around the rocks. Good crop of polk salat this year. I
have been thinking of making a good mess of polk salat with scrambled
eggs. The polk berries are poisonous but the leaves and plants are good
when they are small. The large polk plants come out tough and hard to
digest.

I've never had polk, what is like? I love tomato sandwiches in the
summer.

Aw, polk is real good. Takes a while to cook but then so does beans. Raw
spinach salad is good with vinegar. Polk grows in shady places and
sometimes where you find polk you can find natural springs of water.
Wild mushrooms can be good if you know the right type to get because
some mushrooms are poisonous. People here have made a lot of money
finding ginseng and bloodroot. Like your book on birds books on wild
plants can really be beneficial.

We have a lot of Sassafras trees here and the root can really relax a
body. Natural calming effect to the nerves it can give. Tomatoes are
high in antioxidants that can really do wonders for your heart.

People here are just wild about mushroom hunting. I like to use natural
herbs and other natural remedies. Ginger is great for upset stomachs,
garlic is a natural antibiotic. I'd like to get a book for native
plants for my area.

The polar bears around Churchill, Manitoba, Canada have a shorter
hunting season.
The ice floes they're used to hunting seals on are melting faster every
year. This means some of them are actually starving. They have lower
birth rates and less survive.
Another problem is coming in to contact with humans more often. They
have resorted to digging for food at the landfills and show up in towns
in the area more frequently. Obviously unwelcome by the people they are
being trapped and transported further away only to show up again.
The rate is increasing yearly and there are predictions that it won't be
long until they're extinct, except the few that are in zoos.