33. ANCIENT ANTECEDENTS

WHEN WE CONNECT TO THE SOURCE … PERCEPTIONARISES “FROM THE WHOLE FIELD.”Eleanor Rosch

Long before Western scientists acknowledged the field of active information, the zero-point field, or the implicate order, ancient scholars and indigenous healers described the “web of creation” in the words of their traditions. The Hopi spoke of the “web that unites the universe.” Many of the earliest creation myths invoke a primordial state or ground out of which all nature emerges. This is at the heart of John Milton’s teachings in his Way of Nature passages Brian Arthur introduced me to. The prayers of the Tibetan Buddhists, dating to the fourth century, speak of a field that unites all things. Throughout history, scientists, mystics, ...

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