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Life is all about Energy Flow - Science and Tradition teach us this. The Panafrican Science Podcast Episode 8.
I keep reflecting on Mama Marimba Ani's description of spirituality as being (in part) the perception of the interconnectedness between all elements of the cosmos. Modern life seems to be aimed at severing that interconnection. It's about creating environments that are as insulated from the cosmos as possible. We spend our days indoors away from natural light, sounds, smells... in short, away from natural energies. While indoors we watch screens of various kinds that emit artificial light, sounds, etc. We breathe air that is quite artificial (think aircon, radiators, fans). We do not grow or rear anything much, we consume food that is produced industrially and presented to us wrapped in plastic. There are lots of other dimensions to this, including the clothes we wear, the places we sleep, even the way we wash ourselves!
Energy makes things happen, and different types of energy make different things happen. Electromagnetic energy (visible and invisible light) comes in different wavelengths and frequencies and each of those different forms of light energy are converted into specific types of energy (kinetic, thermal, chemical, etc) which then have specific effects on us. In a sense, you can say that these energies convey information to us which our conscious and subconscious selves can interpret and respond to (even communicate with).
All of this is our energy environment. And these man-made energies affect us in specific ways, individually and collectively. We are, to a huge extent, cut off from the cosmos. As a result we are cut off from meaning because meaning comes through connection with natural energies. We are living lives that are spiritually/energetically emaciated. And it's only partially by accident. I believe that the powers-that-be know all of this stuff and they know that people that are divorced from the cosmos are people that can be controlled easily (by manipulating them energetically).
Chapters:
01:24 The Philosophy of Traditional Societies
03:20 Cycles of the Cosmos
06:00 Matter is imbued with Spirit/Consciousness
07:50 Traditional Societies are in tune with Nature
12:00 the Cosmos is sharing energy constantly
13:00 Energy = Capacity to do work
13:20 Potential Energy
14:30 Kinetic Energy
16:35 Energy can't be created out of nothing
16:51 Energy can't be destroyed, only converted
18:55 Sunlight is Energy from the Sun
19:37 Invisible Energy is constantly influencing us
23:05 Modern life is divorced from the Cosmos
28:00 Sound Pollution
30:45 Modern Life is a Matrix
33:44 Human magnetic perception
35:50 Some people can smell diseases!
36:40 Modern life shuts down these senses
38:33 The Dangers of Man-Made Energies
41:47 Summary