Animate Earth Chapter 1-Anima Mundi

                         This chapter talks about how our world is in crisis because we don't take care of it the way we should. There are many things we can do to help the earth recover and Rushbeds Wood is a ecology that is a integrated living intelligence. There are not many natural places for exploration because we are destroying the world with our modern sceneries. There is also a animalistic perception in humans that we should get in touch with to better ourselves and the world. Animisms are everywhere possibly in ourselves they revolve around crops and land. The Scientific Revolution and Holistic Science give us insight into the earth and how to help it. The world is made of millions of elements necessary to survive here. To help ourselves help the earth we must get intact with our Intuition, Feelings,Sensing and Thinking. We must attempt to understand the earth and living beings that inhabit it, we and the earth are feelingful beings. Earth is animate-alive, sensitive, sentient and we must rediscover Gaia this is the Earth personified.

Journey of the Universe Chapter 11- Emerging Earth Community

                              Our path is uncertain because humans have a sense of larger purpose and our destiny is clouded. As people on earth we are always searching for some kind of ongoing guidance in our lives. Wonder is not only an emotion it also is a huge opening into the main heart of our universe and its surroundings. The oceans too guide us on our journey involving the past the present and future it helps us discover ourselves as people and can dissolve things into itself. Our human destiny is to  become the heart of the universe, and to embrace the whole of the Earth's community. Life is an adventure and this means both chaos and control. The nature of the universe is to keep moving forward, and our vibrant communities constitute the universe and creates a more diverse world.

Journey of the Universe Chapter 10- Rethinking Matter and Time

                                From the beginning of modern science as humans we tried to comprehend and discover knowledge to make a better universe. There is a simple way to understand the creative self-organizing dynamism of matter. It is to take the perspective of the universe and the earths evolution over time. We must commit ourselves to the control of the natural world and  try our best to help the Earth's ecosystem. There are traditional and organic senses of time it ties to the cycles of nature this was broken in the beginning of our modern era. Our systems of housing, transportation agriculture, and commerce are intertwined and help us to preserve organic life and the enveloping ecosystems. Earth itself begins with adventure within the conscious self-awareness and this helps us to be better people and create a better world. 

Journey of the Universe Chapter 9- Becoming a Planetary Presence

                             Every place we travel in this universe we become and it is our home we make it a special place this is because of our symbolic consciousness. The human species tries to match other species with themselves and be comfortable. The legal and ethical codes were created to stop chaos and try to maintain peace. These codes are the patterns we use to organize and perfect our society and civilization. One of the most fascinating patterns of our conscious is being able to transform our ideas into symbolic knowledge into machines. Modern humans have many valuable resources and are controlled by technology and dreams of progress. Humans hope wish and believe we are creating a prosperous world but the very thing that helps us can also lead to our destruction.

Journey of the Universe Chapter 8- The Origin of the Human

                          This chapter revolves around human beings and what created us and how we came to be on this earth.  It shows evidence through fossils and genetic about the human species and we can follow this all the way to the beginning of time. Human flexibility gives scientist biological evidence to tell the story of what our species has done and discovered. Contemporary biologist give examples ideas and stories of what our species did before they found true civilization. Human behavioral freedom and curiosity give us a good conscious. The greatest invention humans created is the symbolic language that helps us share our thoughts and ideas. Our culture and DNA shape who we are as humans and how we act towards one another. Our consciousness is what has helped us survive and progress throughout the years and it will continue to help us succeed in the present and future.

Reflection on video of Pope Francis at Congress-Ex Credit

        I watched the video of Pope Francis at congress trying to urge the US to embrace immigrants and become impassioned. It gave me a huge insight of the reality of where America is as a country and how we image ourselves. I completely agree with Pope Francis we must be open and diverse and embrace every person. We should treat others the way we want to be treated and give them the upmost respect. As well as appreciate and learn from our differences and become one with each other so we can truly gain peace. Pope Francis also explained that we need to love one another and support each other as well as try not make things a competition i found this to be a great point. I learned from this video to embrace life and make the best of it, to get along with anyone i meet and completely accept the way they are and their background. Overall to sum it up I agree with all of Pope Francis's ideas, and suggestions, and I believe our country should listen and work on these ideas together to make a greater and better United States of America!

Journey of our Universe Chapter 7- The Passion of Animals

                         Passion is our urge to merge, it makes our souls more intimate, and gives us passions which help determine our lives. All animals live within their passions and everyday put them to good use.  The animals also hold a big part in our universe and we must appreciate the different aspects of each animal. The world is filled with tons of decisions that we must make everyday and everyone wants to be special in their own way no one should be rejected. Parental care is when parents worry about their offspring and their well-being the parents only want the best for them. The difference between animals and humans in one way is remembering and spreading compassion as well as involving history within our lives.