Is the earth a Sentient Being?

Maybe there is - out of many, one.

Maybe the mind is also a similar phenomenon of individual entities joining together to form a whole.

Maybe all the minds on this planet and living things form a whole (or single) entity.

originally posted by: nOraKat
Maybe there is - out of many, one.

Maybe the mind is also a similar phenomenon of individual entities joining together to form a whole.

Maybe all the minds on this planet and living things form a whole (or single) entity.

And if one of us travels too far away from the sentient home world, we die instantly. How far away would that be?

Wonderful Gaia.

She lights up our part of the Universe.

As far as we can see in the vastness of space, there is absolutely nothing to compare to her. Nothing.

Imagine being ET traversing the darkness of space, passing millions and trillions of galaxies full of cold dark planets devoid of life. Eon after eon you travel. Suddenly, in the far distance, you behold Gaia. A brilliant blue sphere. Teeming with life. Sentient life. Your optic sensors would surely be mesmerised just at the mere sight of her.

Gaia is a living sentient entity, and all life here is her expression, her communication. She expresses sentient life, or gives life to sentient beings, because she herself is a living sentient being.

All life, with the exception of humans, works and lives in co-operation with nature and the planet. None taking more than they need and only when they need it.

Humans are different because we have free will. We can choose how we live. Unfortunately, the soul-less few on this planet are in charge and have created only one system to live by - theirs. And their system does not co-operate with the planet and its nature. It's un-natural, and damaging.

But it's all about to change. Gaia is evolving, her energy is changing, and that means life here will change. These changes have already begun as we can see with the geological and other events occurring right now. She's just shaking off the scabs.

Just my thoughts.

a reply to: djz3ro

Does a daisy have some notion of its existence? Yet it is still alive. Life is not always sentiment...

Yes a daisy has a notion of existence.. Plants have memory.. they can problem solve... they can hear.. they can see. They have over 27 different senses...

a reply to: djz3ro

Haven't asked one.

originally posted by: AMPTAH

originally posted by: DpatC
I have always wondered if the earth is a Sentient Being. Is this planet alive?

Well, seeing that you can't get living things from dead things, the answer would be "yes."

Earth is alive. The creatures living on the surface of the living earth are like the maggots on a dying corpse.

Well then, if, as you say "you can't get living things from dead things" just how did life begin?

We are all just stardust - literally.

From the venerable Scientific American:

www.scientificamerican.com...

Then you have to define 'life'.

a reply to: DpatC

It obviously does. Sorry arbiter, you don't need to be informed for something to exist.


Darwin didn't have electron microscope.

I believe Earth itself is something like a supernatural Computer with an awful lot of various Users/Players and programs, all performing the great Game, providing the avalanche of events for us to be aware of. We are Players wearing virtual reality helmets connected to the Computer. We are playing with the choice of thoughts/acts in what we perceive as our "physical" brains/bodies, without knowing what we really are. The "physical" Planet (as well as the "cosmos" around it) is merely the temporary game Earth plays now.

a reply to: DpatC

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