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Raspberries and Fireweed
Epilobium Angustifolium Images "And so it begins" was the manner in with the previous page ended. What exactly has begun that has never before happened in recent time? A conversation has begun in which I must do a lot of careful listening. Who is listening? I have been shown that many people can hear the voice I'm hearing. Who is doing the speaking? There is an answer to this question, but let's say from the very onset, that I'm allowed to provide some answers but as most teachers are aware, answering a question will not help someone's learning as well as guiding others to discover the answer and in this particular case, recognition of the speaker and source of information depends upon a unique pedagogy. As recently mentioned, my life has undergone some extreme changes in the last few years. I have gone from being a teacher of children in the collective society of Korea where eleven years put me in touch with a life force I’ve recognized in nature as it's expressed in the way social creatures live. What I means is simply this; my observation of the creatures of earth show that all creatures, be they bacteria, insects, fish, mammals, or reptiles either live alone or in groups. For example bacteria can live as a single creature or exists in colonies like the kind that make plaque on teeth. Fish can be loners like sharks or swim in schools like the tuna. Likewise wolves can live alone or in packs. Birds can be loners like eagle or flocks like geese. Humans are the same way but it seems most choose a “loosely” connected social group as facilitated by an “on/off” switch on their social communication device be it cell phone or computer.
Later it may be prudent to explore the way other human social groups express their conscious awareness of the “voice in nature.” We can look at how various habits of humans shows up in comparison to what people read in the book of nature.
colony
in zoology, a group of organisms of one species that live and interact
closely with each other. A colony differs from an aggregation,
which is a group whose members have no interaction. Small, functionally specialized,
attached organisms called polyps in cnidarians and zooids in bryozoans form
colonies and may be modified for capturing prey, feeding, or reproduction.
Colonies of social
insects (e.g.,
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