~ The Wooded Way ~

There are two ways of approaching the return to Gaia Consciousness ... both are equally valid. The first advocates a return to where we originally separated from her ... a return to the primal source, to a tribal lifestyle, hunting and gathering, with only minimal technology. A return to what would essentially be a prehistoric lifestyle prior to the invention of agriculture. The second is to deconstruct and then reconstruct our technologies. To reasses all that we have created, invented and built from the perspective of "does this creation harm or support our relationship with Gaia?" For example: does the clearfelling of old-growth rainforests to make woodchip and paper harm Gaia? YES ... then stop doing it! Does the planting of vast areas of forest in support of the logging industry for timber for building, furniture making, etc harm Gaia? NO ... then do it! Do we need woodchip and paper to live comfortably? ... NO ... then stop using it! This is, of course, the simplest example of what I call the use of 'SELECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES', others are not as simple, for example, is mining harmful to Gaia? It depends on the techniques used, what is mined and where the mines are located. So these are what we reasses ... no more use of cyanide in gold mining, for example ... or no mining of any kind in rainforest and wetland areas such as Kakadu National Park ... or do we really need to use such things as uranium and bauxite (aluminium) in our lives? NO ... then get rid of them, leave them in the ground! What about fossil fuels and oil bi-products such as plastics? Obviously the burning of fossil fuels in the atmosphere in such things as vehicle engines and coal-burning power stations is very harmful to Gaia ... so we stop doing it, we find alternatives and implement them. This is the key ... to reasses everything we use and do in our lives ... to question it's true value... to initially eliminate (deconstruct) all that is harmful to Gaia and has little merit, and then reinvent (reconstruct) those things that are of value, but need to be replaced with less environmentally damaging materials or consumables such as fossil fuels.

The advocation of Selective Technologies is a major part of the Wooded Way lifestyle that needs to be undertaken as a global initiative and it needs to be implemented now if we are to live as a part of Gaia. But HOW? The answer lies wholly with YOU ... yes, YOU, nobody else, just YOU and your willingness to change your life completely and immediately. All of the world's governments, corporations and industries are wholly reliant on YOU ... they are wholly responsive to YOU AND YOUR NEEDS ... this is what the economists refer to as ‘Consumer Demand’, the need to meet the demands of the people upon which they are wholly reliant. As such, the only way to change the world to one that is Gaia Conscious is to change our demands to Gaia Conscious demands. It doesn't matter one iota what the type of Government is, of the nature of the industry or corporation ... they are all reliant on what we choose to use and what we choose to do in our lives. Stop blaming others, stop complaining about the state of the world, the economy, the government(s) and the 'power mongers' ... they are only your servants and must respond to your needs, not you to theirs!

CHANGE THE WORLD, YES, IT IS POSSIBLE ... THE KEY SIMPLY IS TO CHANGE YOUR DEMANDS ... DO THAT AND WITHOUT ANY DOUBT AT ALL EVERY GOVERNMENT, CORPORATION AND INDUSTRY WILL CHANGE WITH YOU, PROVIDING ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES ... THIS MUST BE THE NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN THE WORLD ... THE BIG QUESTION IS "ARE YOU WILLING TO CHANGE?" IF NOT, DON'T BLAME OTHERS OR COMPLAIN ABOUT IT ANY MORE ... JUST LIVE (AND ULTIMATELY DIE) AT LEAST BEING HONEST WITH YOUR SELF IN THIS.

The simple fact of the matter is that every single one of us knows inately exactly what we must do to change and to heal the world. Every one of us ... without exception ... knows what to do; but are we willing to do it? No, we are only willing to point the finger at others and say "it is all your fault, not mine". Point the finger at George Bush, Islama Bin Laden, the Queen of England, this Government, that extremist, the Oil Companies, the banks, Coca Cola and MacDonalds ... blah, blah, blah ... but never at your self because your are a good person, and you know it, and they are all bad people, and you know that too! WHAT RUBBISH! It all comes back to YOU, not them! They can only survive by being responsive to YOU and YOUR demands ... by this I DO NOT MEAN WRITE LETTERS COMPLAINING ABOUT CERTAIN PRODUCTS AND SAYING "I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE TO THIS THING OR THAT THING". This is NOT Consumer Demand, it is simply complaining and does absolutely nothing as long as you continue to use the things that you would like to see changed. Consumer Demand is to STOP CONSUMING THE CONSUMABLES YOU WANT TO SEE CHANGE. They (the industries) are not going to keep making things people do not use, saying that you don't want something or would prefer something else does nothing as long as you still use whatever it is you don't think you want. It all comes down to willingness and action. YOUR willingness to act by eliminating the harmful things (to your self and your environment) that you use in your life first, and then if you find your self lacking in some way or some thing that you truly need, seek an alternative replacement that is not harmful. Simple to say and, in truth, actually quite simple and enlivening (enlightening) to implement and do ... but very difficult to change your mind (set) enough to be willing to change your life. Especially when your ego-self is so good at convincing you that you are already 'one of the good guys' and don't need to change anything ... after all, you recycle your waste, your house is built of low energy materials and is environmentally sound, you eat organic foods and no meat, you don't wear synthetics ... so, if all you do is drive a car and work in advertising (for example) to earn a living ... it's all OK, right! Sure, do all the good little things in your personal life that convince you that you are a good, wholesome person ... feed the ego-self all that it needs to manifest a convincing case for your defence, and the really big things (like burning fossil fuels in cars that truly are Gaia killers) are OK to ignore, right! Oh yes ... and where does your electricity come from? … your water and gas? ... yep, more of the big things to think about!