I love this. I’ve been thinking for a while about how we need “new stories” to replace the old and outdated ones, and this feels like a mirror of that idea. I also suspect the new stories are threaded with some very ancient ones. Looking forward to hearing about what you find!
"While we post-modern settlers can resurrect our sense of indigeneity, we will never
really be Indigenous, and it would be disrespectful to appropriate that label, or
Indigenous wisdom itself, for our own purposes. We instead are being called upon
to decolonize our systems, un-colonize our minds, and re-indigenize “all our
relations.” It is this kind of relational, systemic approach to the meta-crisis which
holds the promise of resolving all the traumas that are presently gumming up the
works. It includes quite naturally the kinds of cultural reparations that are called
for to resolve the trauma of genocide our Indigenous brothers and sisters are still suffering from... Ultimately, holistic indigeneity can be reduced to a number of core values that can
be, and in many cases are already being, adopted by individuals and communities
in solidarity with Indigenous peoples and cultures, thereby bringing us into proper
relationship with those survivors of colonialist genocide that still carry the wisdom,
ecological knowledge and lifeways necessary for all of us to come into a more
wholesome, sustainable relationship with the natural world."
Thought-provoking post. Living - surviving and thriving - during this metamorphosis does feel a little like changing shells. And perhaps also experiencing the vulnerability of coming out of one’s shell more often for transformational rewilding opportunities.
I loved the article, as i feel I'm on a similar quest.
I'm curious about your experience in your attempts to make, and try on, new shells. And to which degree this shell must be similar with the shells of the people around you.
Thanks Matthias, I am happy to share more about this - and plan to do so in the next couple weeks. I found that it can definitely be challenging to change shells that are unsimilar to the people around you. I even found that it's almost in the nature of changing shells that they are unsimiliar.
I love this. I’ve been thinking for a while about how we need “new stories” to replace the old and outdated ones, and this feels like a mirror of that idea. I also suspect the new stories are threaded with some very ancient ones. Looking forward to hearing about what you find!
Thanks Eden. I agree with the idea of stories mirroring this idea. And I absolutely agree about the ancient stories.
"While we post-modern settlers can resurrect our sense of indigeneity, we will never
really be Indigenous, and it would be disrespectful to appropriate that label, or
Indigenous wisdom itself, for our own purposes. We instead are being called upon
to decolonize our systems, un-colonize our minds, and re-indigenize “all our
relations.” It is this kind of relational, systemic approach to the meta-crisis which
holds the promise of resolving all the traumas that are presently gumming up the
works. It includes quite naturally the kinds of cultural reparations that are called
for to resolve the trauma of genocide our Indigenous brothers and sisters are still suffering from... Ultimately, holistic indigeneity can be reduced to a number of core values that can
be, and in many cases are already being, adopted by individuals and communities
in solidarity with Indigenous peoples and cultures, thereby bringing us into proper
relationship with those survivors of colonialist genocide that still carry the wisdom,
ecological knowledge and lifeways necessary for all of us to come into a more
wholesome, sustainable relationship with the natural world."
https://www.academia.edu/116640701/PsyGaia_101_The_Psychology_of_Gaia_Theory_On_Recovering_Our_Indigenous_Nature
Thank you so much for this!
Thought-provoking post. Living - surviving and thriving - during this metamorphosis does feel a little like changing shells. And perhaps also experiencing the vulnerability of coming out of one’s shell more often for transformational rewilding opportunities.
Yes, I like that.
Beautiful 🐚
Thank you Tijn 🙏💚
I loved the article, as i feel I'm on a similar quest.
I'm curious about your experience in your attempts to make, and try on, new shells. And to which degree this shell must be similar with the shells of the people around you.
Thanks 🙏
Thanks Matthias, I am happy to share more about this - and plan to do so in the next couple weeks. I found that it can definitely be challenging to change shells that are unsimilar to the people around you. I even found that it's almost in the nature of changing shells that they are unsimiliar.