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Re: Perma+culture



You are correct sir, this does sound like "mental compost."

On 28 Aug 1996, David Fuller wrote:

> Absolutely agree with you.  The balance between Slow Knowledge and Fast 
> Knowledge is at the heart of much of what we are struggling with as a 
> species.  I found an excellent article in the April (I think) issue of 
> Conservation Biology, by David Orr that addresses these issues.
> 
> Whether we refer to certain classes of information as "spiritual" or "wisdom"
> or apply any other label, it matters less than the recognition of a 
> particular kind of synthesis that is occurring.  Our own personal kind 
> of mental composting, I guess!  A non-cognitive form of processing is 
> resident within us, and becomes particularly potent when coupled with 
> critical thinking.  These faculties, whatever we choose to label them 
> are to be celebrated, not pinned to the dissecting board.  Things have 
> a way of disintegrating when that happens.
> 
> Warmest regards, Dave Fuller.
> 
> 
> 



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