Comments on: Wasps and Bees http://therioshamanism.com/2008/09/30/wasps-and-bees/ In the silence of the wild, we find the home we lost in the city. --John Muir Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:13:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: therioshamanism http://therioshamanism.com/2008/09/30/wasps-and-bees/#comment-674 therioshamanism Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:37:50 +0000 http://therioshamanism.wordpress.com/?p=180#comment-674 Riverwolf--We really have gotten too big for our britches. I don't think we need to be taken down a peg, so much as shown what else is out there outside of our own heads. Anthropocentric thinking is unhealthy for everyone. cissa--Good point! Riverwolf–We really have gotten too big for our britches. I don’t think we need to be taken down a peg, so much as shown what else is out there outside of our own heads. Anthropocentric thinking is unhealthy for everyone.

cissa–Good point!

]]> By: cissa http://therioshamanism.com/2008/09/30/wasps-and-bees/#comment-672 cissa Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:29:18 +0000 http://therioshamanism.wordpress.com/?p=180#comment-672 Actually, most bees don't make honey either- it's just honeybees, and a couple of other kinds. Actually, most bees don’t make honey either- it’s just honeybees, and a couple of other kinds.

]]> By: Riverwolf http://therioshamanism.com/2008/09/30/wasps-and-bees/#comment-670 Riverwolf Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:59:20 +0000 http://therioshamanism.wordpress.com/?p=180#comment-670 We humans are so conditioned to make value judgments on everything. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a wasp being a wasp, however that works out. A friend once complained that she hated cats because they killed birds, and this friend is quite the “earth mama.” Her statement bothered me (not only because I adore cats) because it implied that something was inherently wrong with cats. That sounds more like some Christian making an argument for “original sin.” I guess it gets tricky when you think, “Well, humans kill each other, too. I guess that’s just how we are.” Well…I do wonder. As societies, rules or standards for behavior help maintain order and balance. Even cats and bees do this. I think we have to hold our judgments lightly. If anything, nature’s mysteries convince me more and more that we are all connected. Humanity is only a part, and as long as we don’t put our selves up on the pinnacle of nature, it all makes sense. It’s humbling, yes, but why shouldn’t it be? We humans are so conditioned to make value judgments on everything. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a wasp being a wasp, however that works out. A friend once complained that she hated cats because they killed birds, and this friend is quite the “earth mama.” Her statement bothered me (not only because I adore cats) because it implied that something was inherently wrong with cats. That sounds more like some Christian making an argument for “original sin.”

I guess it gets tricky when you think, “Well, humans kill each other, too. I guess that’s just how we are.” Well…I do wonder. As societies, rules or standards for behavior help maintain order and balance. Even cats and bees do this. I think we have to hold our judgments lightly. If anything, nature’s mysteries convince me more and more that we are all connected. Humanity is only a part, and as long as we don’t put our selves up on the pinnacle of nature, it all makes sense. It’s humbling, yes, but why shouldn’t it be?

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