[WSMDiscuss] Are viruses sentient beings?

Sat May 16 15:44:57 CEST 2020

Thank you Jai, for taking the time to respond. I appreciate your support
and encouragement. And also the work you do to maintain this discussion
list and it's openness. Much love, Anna

On Fri, 15 May 2020, 21:34 Jai Sen, <jai.sen at cacim.net> wrote:

> Friday, May 15, 2020
>
>
>
> Hi Anna
>
>             This is just an interim post, almost in the nature of a list
> admin post !  With respect to what you've said here,
>
> The question being asked here comes from a very different mindset from
> that we usually find on this forum. I am putting a link here to a very
> different social movement, one which some may object to being included here
>
> I at least see no reason at all why anyone (though that remains to be seen
> !) would *object to your posting something like this here !
>
>             I personally think that some of what the article says rings
> true, and is interesting to contemplate in terms of the larger picture of
> life and of the interrelatedness of life as a whole and of the web of life
> on Mother Earth.  And for me, it certainly resonates with how I have come
> to see ‘movement’ (as I have also written about, here and there).  I’m not
> sure I agree with all the – what I see as - subjective wrappings that they
> author has then also brought in, though (such as by saying “They're
> fulfilling their function with love and devotion. The living cells and
> bodies that they contact are spurred to increase in consciousness”), but
> that’s a matter of opinion and judgement.
>
> But in short, I don’t think there is any need for you to hesitate about
> doing such postings here, and opening them up for discussion !  And from my
> point of view anyway, thank you for doing so.
>
> Just my two bits worth…
>
> Jai
>
> On May 15, 2020, at 10:33 AM, Anna Harris <anna at shsh.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> The question being asked here comes from a very different mindset from
> that we usually find on this forum. I am putting a link here to a very
> different social movement, one which some may object to being included
> here. My feeling is at this time of potential for a deep transformation,
> socially, economically, politically, many different voices can come
> together for restoration and reparation, speaking for a new approach for
> our humanity. Bringing together many divergent threads may be what is
> needed to create this new tapestry for human society, which can include our
> relationship to all non human aspects and facets of our environment.
>
> I am doing this because I see the possibility of linking with many
> different cultures which though based on very different belief systems,
>  may nevertheless join with us in the sort of society they envisage as
> desirable or essential to serve the interests of the whole of mankind.
>
>
> https://www.animaltalk.net/The-Animal-Communicator-Blog/files/8bd4669c918d040b2fcf908a4fa32632-58.html
>
> With heartfelt feelings for all,
>
> Anna
>
>
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