Missed you Jennifer - good to reconnect after so long. Like the idea of coherence a lot - makes a lot of sense - as I learn more about our bacterial partners in our own body - illness can be seen as a conflict in the biome - incoherence!

Jennifer! How nice to see you online again. I love the idea of coherence as you explain it. I think you also show how to reach it in a practical sense of having a context or an outcome in mind that many can find their own way toward.

I se it this way - With Ag - a person now owns a flock and or land. Who will inherit it? His son. How does he know it is his son? Has to control his wife. Has to control his son. Who will work the land? His family at first. They have to do as he says. If he gets bigger needs a labout force.. The along comes a man with a band of men and he steals the land and calls himself a king. He has priests who tell everyone that the king is god's man. The people have to obey. They all belong to the king and so on. Now in the HG world all work for all. Leaders are those who have the expertise. Women share men and the babies. They have very few babies. Children are precious and do not have to be controlled fro they do not need to be art of a labour force. Do you see where I am going?

Why simplistic? This issue of authority and control was the basis of power for the church. They always responded vigorously to any challenge in this area. The institution of medicine also attacks any outside the profession who seeks to opine on health. Not just an analogy but reality. What is coming is the same kind of revolution in health as we saw 500 years ago in religion. The power of the intermediary will be weakened and the power of the individual to take charge will rise. The mysteries are not as mysterious as the profession think

My point is that with the advent of agriculture the core of culture has been ownership of assets. This created status - those with the most = the best. Property is the core idea. That was new and has been central to culture since the advent of agriculture. This lead to all things being seen in the context of property, Women and kids especially. It is the foundation of patriarchy and top down power. The Hunter Gatherer lifestyle precluded owning assets. This then meant that 10,000 years and back a very different world view. Property did not exist. All relationships were vastly different. So was power. I am saying that we are returning to a situation where millions will live a life where they have to find answers that do not involve property and ownership. This is NEW. Today it is not possible for many to own assets. Very quickly we are seeing a new culture emerge based on sharing. This IS very different. With 30 years of this, our world view has a chance of changing. Along the way new tools are emerging to accommodate this. Tools that make sharing and extended trust beyond our close circle viable. This is NEW.

So... Good for you and Tannis

Sounds like a great plan - off to stay with a non drinking pal next week - an ideal start

I will take you up on that - sense that by next weekend I will be feeling the void

I am already a box Wine Man! Found a good one here in Quebec - Will coast a long with one a glass for a while

Thanks Valerie I checked the law and this has gone to the Supreme Court - In Canada the DR owns the file. She has a duty to share her stat with you but not the data of other drs - she cannot give you the file