permaculture

[Graham <grahamburnett@blueyonder.co.uk>]

The more I see this header 'Re: [permaculture] Educating the ignorant' 
the more deeply disturbed I feel by it.

The more I look into myself the more I realise how deeply ignorant and 
uneducated I am.

Carrie Shepard wrote:

> <<<The first step might be to abandon the mindsets that you have a role as
> an 'educator' or that the people you propose to interact with are
> 'ignorant'.>>>
>
>
> Isn't this the age-old 'snag' of applying one's values to the rest of the
> world?   I'm just now reading Out of Africa and Dennison gives a lot of
> stories of how differently the natives think about things than the english,
> and also how they respect her opinion on some things.  
>
> I happen to be a follower of the way, and believe the poor will always be
> with us.  Progress as a value/goal for society is one of those humanistic
> lies I think, though I'd love for everyone to live comfortably and have
> enough food and clothing, there will always be those who have free will to
> NOT receive those basic promises.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Carrie
>
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