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sanatanadharma

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6. The evolutionary tree, or even a family tree is better understood as a vast tapestry

Reply to cab67 (Original post)

Sun Aug 1, 2021, 11:20 AM

Aug 2021

A tapestry woven in time from the knowledge of countless lives, desires, choices, actions, reactivity, names, stories, memories, egos.
The tapestry is never complete yet always full of the complete reality of "Now".
It is a magic tapestry whose unseen back and unknown edges are never reached by one walking the weaving of this mystical Mobius.

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thoughts on today's Google doodle and the line between human and nonhuman [View all] cab67 Aug 2021 OP

We are all connected. Kid Berwyn Aug 2021 #1

Very interesting, Cab67, and thanks. That's a fascinating field, Hortensis Aug 2021 #2

I usually make that joke about species concepts. cab67 Aug 2021 #3

I've always had a problem with the terms 'missing link' or 'dividing line' EYESORE 9001 Aug 2021 #4

I find it all fascinating and have no problem with the obsession with which anthropologists hlthe2b Aug 2021 #5

great post.... bahboo Aug 2021 #7

Yes, great post! Duppers Aug 2021 #9

The evolutionary tree, or even a family tree is better understood as a vast tapestry sanatanadharma Aug 2021 #6

Wow!!! Sur Zobra Aug 2021 #8