permaculture

[Sean Maley <semaley@yahoo.com>]

--- Niels Corfield <mudguard@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ken Wilber gives a very compelling argument on this matter in his book A 
> Theory of Everything (T.O.E.)

It would appear that Wilber collects Quinn readers, as well.  As I can't 
stomach the metaphysical
explanation of everything physical, I'll leave it to Niels with his excellent 
distillation of
Wilber's theories.  However, I do flag T.O.E. as a taker mindset, given it's 
attempt to encompass
everything.

I make a distinction between looking into a bubble and being in it.  Where 
Wilber attempts to
describe the bubbles, I perceive his theories as outside looking in, much as 
a hierarchy seeks a
branch.  Since permaculture requires observation to be applied, I perceive 
inside looking out,
much as a rhizome adapts to new soil.  Hierarchy can, of course, be useful 
for fitting concepts
into our monkeysphere.  On the other hand, pyramid imagery provides a more 
accessible way of
conveying the root problems of culture than what Wilber provides.

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