[WSMDiscuss] Are viruses sentient beings?

[Estelle Fein]

Thanks Anna, for this wonderful post
Makes a lot of sense to me







Sent from my iPad

> On May 15, 2020, at 1:34 PM, Jai Sen <jai.sen at cacim.net> wrote:
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> Friday, May 15, 2020
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> Hi Anna
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>             This is just an interim post, almost in the nature of a list admin post !  With respect to what you've said here,
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> 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
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> 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 !
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>             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. 
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> 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.
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> Just my two bits worth…
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> Jai
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>> On May 15, 2020, at 10:33 AM, Anna Harris <anna at shsh.co.uk> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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. 
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>> https://www.animaltalk.net/The-Animal-Communicator-Blog/files/8bd4669c918d040b2fcf908a4fa32632-58.html
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>> With heartfelt feelings for all, 
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>> Anna 
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