'The Web of Life' by Fritjof Capra :: A Book Review by Scott London

'The Web of Life' by Fritjof Capra :: A Book Review by Scott London  Something I have been learning is that people often misinterpret the meaning of sharing, dedicating, and for the good of all.  The great thinkers , including the Buddha, had more in their meaning.  It is tied in with addiction, and what addiction means.  Put simply, if we were all St. Francis, depending on others to give us food, clothing and sustenance, there would be no one to farm, produce goods, etc..  We need workers, producers, and people who make things happen, but we can not depend on them totally, or they will lose their will to produce, there has to be pride of production, desire to be successful in your quest has to be satisfied, we are all striving for something, (that is those of us who are productive.)Reading Dr. Candace Pert, in ," What the Bleep do we Know?", she explains addiction, as something we all have in our cells , we live with it daily, this is our reward system.  What we learn from this is not to let addiction get us in any of the areas we can be addictive.  Most important, once we interfere with the cells, they shrink and the treatment for addiction is most painful, as the cells learn to recover.  In other words, do not become addicted to anything. We all have desires, that we must satisfy in order for our drives to be rewarded, it is how we fufill our reward system to our cellular components that counts.  Desire, to achieve, succeed, to meet our dreams must be done with good intent, and right motives.Observing mean spirited rhetoric on the internet, such as," I want to destroy this person", is a desire that is motivated from the wrong intent. .  The only answer to this person streaming mean and vindictive rhetoric, is for them  to examine self and look into self.  Is this truly you?  Is this the person you choose to put forth to the world? Ask, how can you best deal with someone that gets you upset?  Do you truly listen to that person and try to understand the world view of that person?  Understanding the world view of another is important.  Everyday in Washington, we see instant responses to events, that could best be kept under wraps until each side understands the other side, that is where true compromise can be reached.

Fanatic religious people always have destruction in mind, because no one helps them understand that destruction of people with terrorist acts will not bring about their desired result.  Rather, it will stir up stronger dislike for what they represent.  If they have an intent to make everyone believe what they believe then they have to set about changing the belief system, through actions with right intents.  This is the lesson before us, as we come to 2012, I believe.