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Has the Tide Turned?

At this unprecedented fork in history, a time where our species has developed sufficient technology either to destroy itself or sufficient spirit to consciously evolve itself as a new humanity.... there are those who feel that the 'tide has already turned.’

This metaphor is taken from these words from Lynn Twist, "In a way, one way of looking at this is like the tide that turns in the ocean. When the tide turns in the ocean it turns way down deep where no one can see. And then it takes some time before it rises to the surface and then you see the tides turning. And I think the tide has turned. And we're just beginning to see it and feel it on the surface of life as we know it. “

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    Thadeus Frei

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    Jan 8 2012: I think it's true that all human affairs begin with subtle paradigm shifts while the current ethos still progresses under it's own inertia. But these are constant, it is an aggregation of technology and it's notions. You are insinuating some thing monstrous though which I do not foresee with our own accord. It will however be dictated by our own means. Our path has been unsustainable for quite some time and it is this that will give us no choice but to make this monumental change. Notwithstanding this it is only at the brink of collapse that we make our collective amends.

    *deleted post was a double, sorry.

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