Blog #11

My parents are both Christians, and they raised me in a Christian home.  Though I don't consider myself  a Christian in the traditional sense, my personal morals were definitely influenced by Christian values, and I do believe this makes me more receptive to the concept of Spiritual Ecology.  Like I said I don't consider myself a Christian, not do I like to adopt any "religion" so to speak, but  I would consider myself spiritual, and live by a strong moral code I've developed throughout my life.  I think it's incredibly important to feel a deeper spiritual connection, but I feel like a lot of people, even those who subscribe to a religion, are not even concerned with the spiritual aspect of their life.  Some people who don't claim a religion are scared away from spirituality because they see it as the same thing.  This is why I feel like Spiritual Ecology is rather interesting.  It can be seen from a religious, or non-religious viewpoint, and therefore it is not exclusive, but rather inclusive.  

The Gaia hypothesis is pretty damn cool in my opinion.  I mean, I've always kind of viewed the Earth as a mother, ever since I was young I've been kinda romantically attached to the spiritual idea of Mother Earth.  It just always made sense in my mind that the earth supports us, and a mother supporting her child is just a microcosm of this same idea.  Now here with the Gaia hypothesis, we have James Lovelock, a highly educated former NASA employee who's saying the same thing, only backing it up with science. I think whether or not you agree with it, you have to admit, its pretty interesting.