Every living organism on Earth that we know about is
influenced by, and e influences, the environment from which they emerge.
"One cannot hope to understand the phenomena of psychological distress, nor begin to think what can be done about them, without an analysis of how power is distributed and exercised within society." David Smail
The degrees of influence vary… and all participation matters.
There are networks of living influencers all across biology, in webs, networks, layers, currents, flows and interfaces. From bacteria to fungi, from ants to elephants, with wolves and beavers, flowers and trees.
All of life..
They all are active participants in life, rather than passive. We are too.
"One cannot hope to understand the phenomena of psychological distress, nor begin to think what can be done about them, without an analysis of how power is distributed and exercised within society." David Smail
The degrees of influence vary… and all participation matters.
There are networks of living influencers all across biology, in webs, networks, layers, currents, flows and interfaces. From bacteria to fungi, from ants to elephants, with wolves and beavers, flowers and trees.
All of life..
They all are active participants in life, rather than passive. We are too.
We are born both as influences of that environment, and as
influencers of that environment.
There is a feed back loop built in that feeds into balance, that enables recovery after occasional trauma, solves problems.
A healing mechanism.
Every child on Earth will be influenced by, and will influence, the social environment.
Natural Child, Natural Society
There is a feed back loop built in that feeds into balance, that enables recovery after occasional trauma, solves problems.
A healing mechanism.
Every child on Earth will be influenced by, and will influence, the social environment.
Natural Child, Natural Society
I see both as cause and effect at the same
time.
A natural society observes the nature of the child and responds to the child as a person, with dignity and respect, interest and support and a deep trust in the child’s abilities to cope with life, to develop the natural skills required for thriving in the environment, social and biological, in which they all live.
It’s should not come as a surprise to learn that the more that balance is disrupted, the more likely adverse behaviour and disease states will emerge in significant numbers.
Mad States make for maddened people.
Sick States make for a sickened people.
Happy States make for a happy people.
Bully States make for a bullied people.
“Given the kind of society you were born into, and all that you have experienced and lived through, it’s no wonder you feel the way you do.”
No man is an island.
David Smail puts it eloquently:
“Hardly any of the 'symptoms' of psychological distress may correctly be seen as medical matters. The so-called psychiatric 'disorders' are nothing to do with faulty biology, nor indeed are they the outcome of individual moral weakness or other personal failing. They are the creation of the social world in which we live, and that world is structured by power.
A natural society observes the nature of the child and responds to the child as a person, with dignity and respect, interest and support and a deep trust in the child’s abilities to cope with life, to develop the natural skills required for thriving in the environment, social and biological, in which they all live.
It’s should not come as a surprise to learn that the more that balance is disrupted, the more likely adverse behaviour and disease states will emerge in significant numbers.
Mad States make for maddened people.
Sick States make for a sickened people.
Happy States make for a happy people.
Bully States make for a bullied people.
“Given the kind of society you were born into, and all that you have experienced and lived through, it’s no wonder you feel the way you do.”
No man is an island.
David Smail puts it eloquently:
“Hardly any of the 'symptoms' of psychological distress may correctly be seen as medical matters. The so-called psychiatric 'disorders' are nothing to do with faulty biology, nor indeed are they the outcome of individual moral weakness or other personal failing. They are the creation of the social world in which we live, and that world is structured by power.
Social power may be defined as the means of obtaining security or advantage, and it will be exercised within any given society in a variety of forms: coercive (force), economic (money power) and ideological (the control of meaning). Power is the dynamic which keeps the social world in motion. It may be used for good or for ill.
One cannot hope to understand the phenomena of psychological distress, nor begin to think what can be done about them, without an analysis of how power is distributed and exercised within society.”
I think that’s pretty clear.
"One cannot hope to understand the phenomena of psychological distress, nor begin to think what can be done about them, without an analysis of how power is distributed and exercised within society."
read that again. reflect on it. it will deliver much useful insight, and provide a guide through the current power establishment.
Biology, being the source of intelligence, has crafted a basic functional element, which I call optimal biological health, to ensure the relatively smooth functioning of living systems within a dynamically changing environment.
"One cannot hope to understand the phenomena of psychological distress, nor begin to think what can be done about them, without an analysis of how power is distributed and exercised within society."
read that again. reflect on it. it will deliver much useful insight, and provide a guide through the current power establishment.
Biology, being the source of intelligence, has crafted a basic functional element, which I call optimal biological health, to ensure the relatively smooth functioning of living systems within a dynamically changing environment.
Hierarchies of power and violence undermine that balance.
Hierarchies of power and violence tend to impose chronic stress.
Balance is, in human terms, a question of how we respond to the evidence, rather than rely upon a reaction to get us out of trouble. The evidence is this.
We humans have embodied within us, within every cell and organ, a state of optimal biological health.
It does not include mass violence, abuse of power, loss of empathy, bullying, stealing or hoarding, self alienation, the generation gap, religious or ideological shame and guilt, addictions, obsessions, compulsions.
These are all symptoms of a state of dis-ease, a state of chronic stress.
These are also interwoven with symptoms of unresolved trauma that remain unresolved over many, many generations, and emerge as chronic stress related disease and socially accepted prejudice, nationalist hatreds, othering in general.
The emergence of so many adverse symptoms across all populations is a clear sign that the social and institutional environment is not a healing space, and is in fact creating a blockage to reaching a state of optimal human biological health, individually and as a species.
Sustainability is impossible if the current power culture persists in this psychological dysfunction.
It’s not about left/right, it’s about health and the people, now, today, and it must also encompass our long term responsibilities to future generations of humanity. Optimal human biological health.
Hierarchies of power and violence tend to impose chronic stress.
Balance is, in human terms, a question of how we respond to the evidence, rather than rely upon a reaction to get us out of trouble. The evidence is this.
We humans have embodied within us, within every cell and organ, a state of optimal biological health.
It does not include mass violence, abuse of power, loss of empathy, bullying, stealing or hoarding, self alienation, the generation gap, religious or ideological shame and guilt, addictions, obsessions, compulsions.
These are all symptoms of a state of dis-ease, a state of chronic stress.
These are also interwoven with symptoms of unresolved trauma that remain unresolved over many, many generations, and emerge as chronic stress related disease and socially accepted prejudice, nationalist hatreds, othering in general.
The emergence of so many adverse symptoms across all populations is a clear sign that the social and institutional environment is not a healing space, and is in fact creating a blockage to reaching a state of optimal human biological health, individually and as a species.
Sustainability is impossible if the current power culture persists in this psychological dysfunction.
It’s not about left/right, it’s about health and the people, now, today, and it must also encompass our long term responsibilities to future generations of humanity. Optimal human biological health.
Kindest regards
Corneilius
"Do what you love, it's Your Gift to Universe"
Thank you for reading this blog. All we need to do is be really honest, responsive to the evidence we find,and ready to reassess when new evidence emerges. The rest is easy.
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