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In the endless upward spiral of evolution, life creates the conditions for more life, more complexity and diversity, more and more amazing possibilities. It transformed Earth's surface from an empty, hostile wasteland into a world both hospitable and abundant, making possible the flourishing of a glorious variety of species and the fantastic complexity of their ecosystems, which together form a global biosphere that acts like a vast superorganism to maintain inside its body the conditions for life.
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But all organisms must reproduce, carrying forward the cycle of evolution in the face of each organism's inevitable death. Now, with the advent of humanity and the great burst of creativity and possibility it has unleashed, the biosphere has found a way to spread outward from Earth, to transform more barren worlds into living ones, seeding the Solar System and eventually the Galaxy with life. So instead of using up Mother Earth's resources for the sake of fleeting human advantage, it's time to make her cause our own, the cause of life and evolution, so that one biosphere can become many and go on forever. It's time to become SolSeed.
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The [[SolSeed]] cluster of pages is a [http://lgbtq2stoolkit.learningcommunity.ca/welcoming-space/ WelcomingSpace].
=== Who are we? ===
The [[SolSeedMovement]] exists to bring together and support <b>all</b> those who believe that [[Life is Precious]]. It is about supporting each other in living the highest quality lives we can create, and more broadly it is about supporting and nurturing all of [[Life]], helping it thrive and grow.
The members of the [[SolSeedMovement]] are striving to form a [[SolSeedCommunity|community]], and working to develop a [[SolSeed Philosophy|philosophy]] written in the form of a [[SolSeedCreed|scripture]] and based on the central tenet that [[Life is Precious]]. (See [[SolSeedFacets]] for more details of how this works.) We believe that living according to this philosophy means becoming a specific kind of people we refer to as [[starfarers]]. Not all of us are [[SolSeed Literalists]] working on projects that directly support the physical achievement of [[TheDestiny]], to help [[Life]] spread beyond this world and take root amongst the stars, but all of us strive to be the kind of people who will be capable of making [[TheDestiny]] happen.
=== What is [[SolSeed]]? ===
[[SolSeed]] means "the body of all life."
[[SolSeed]], the body of all life, is organized like a human body is. If you and I take care of ourselves and our neighborhoods, [[SolSeed]] will be healthy and can accomplish amazing things that we as individuals could not accomplish alone. If we do our part to provide and care for the body of all life, it will provide and care for us.
The following snippet is taken from the [[SolSeedCreed]].
:As you are alive, and I am alive,
:and in kinship with all other beings
:nourished by Sol,
::we are SolSeed ---
::the Body of All Life.
...
:As SolSeed's intelligent spark,
::we are called to express the Arete of Life,
::We are called to fulfill The Destiny.
=== [[Sol]] ===
[[Sol]] is the life-giving star at the center of our Solar system. [[Sol]] (our sun) literally provides all the energy that animates life on [[Terra]] (our earth).
The energy an eagle uses to flap its wings comes from [[Sol]]. The energy an ant uses to carry a leaf comes from [[Sol]]. The energy you use to read and understand this text comes from [[Sol]]. Ants carrying, eagles flying, people thinking ... none of these would exist if [[Sol]] didn't send its life giving energy our way.
AND
Without [[Life]], the energy from [[Sol]] simply bounces off the planet. [[Life]] literally collects the energy [[Sol]] sends to earth, and stores it up for future use. Plants take energy from [[Sol]] and convert it into denser, more storable forms. The sugars and fats that our bodies burn are little pools of energy that originally comes from our sun. Ants carrying, eagles flying, people thinking ... none of these would exist if [[Life]] wasn't capable of storing up the energy [[Sol]] sends.
=== [[Seed]] ===
[[Seed]]s are highly effective mechanisms for spreading [[Life]]. They consist of instructions for creating [[Life]] and a packet of energy and materials that gives the new [[Life]] a good start. The instructions and energy are packaged in a protective covering that gives them a great chance to arrive together and take root.
Our solar system is a kind of seed. The biosphere on our earth [[Terra]] encodes the instructions for creating life and contains vast stores of energy saved up from our sun [[Sol]]. The large outer planets protect the embryo of [[Terra]] from rocks, comets, and other space debris that could shatter her.
Also, a spaceship carrying [[Life]] to another world is a kind of seed.
=== [[Life]] ===
[[Life]] is the means by which the Universe engages Itself.
Everything, no matter how alive, is composed of atoms, finer particles, waves, strings and other energies. At some level of description, its behaviors are governed by the simple physical laws that order these basic constituents. And yet...
When we think about how and why a person acts, we rarely refer to simple physical laws. Instead we talk about needs, wants, feelings, desires, emotions, goals, relationships, and other organizing principles that are very far removed from the laws of physics. The behavior of a human being is governed by principles that [[Transcend]] and Include the foundational laws of Physics, Chemistry, Geology, and Astrophysics. Unlike the rest of the Universe, life-forms obey the [[Observership]] of the Universe through the conceptual artifacts of experience and meaning.
=== Continuum of Life ===
Life is a multi-dimensional continuum. The higher forms of life cannot exist without the less organized forms.
* Quarks, Leptons (such as Electrons and Neutrinos), Bosons (such as Photons and the Higgs)
* Hadrons (such as Neutrons and Protons) ... composed of quarks
* Atoms ... composed of Electrons, Neutrons, Protons
* Compounds and Molecules ... composed of Atoms
** Crystals
** Carbohydrates
** Nucleotides
** Amino Acids
** Lipids
** Proteins
** Enzymes
** RNA
** DNA
** Plasmid
* Organisms ... composed of Compounds and Molecules
** Viruses
** Bacteria
** Archaea
** Fungi
** Plants
** Animals
* Societies and Ecosystems ... composed of Organisms
** ant, bee, and termite colonies
** human families, cities, nations
** Cascadia, Gaia, SolSeed
* Biospheres ... composed of Societies and Ecosystems
* Biospheric Communion ... composed of interacting biospheres on multiple worlds
Even a single human being can be more or less alive depending upon how much creatorship they have within their own life. If they are trapped, repressed, and powerless, they are not as alive as they could be if they were free, fully self-expressed, and powerful.
=== [[TheDestiny]] ===
:: [[TheDestiny]] of [[SolSeed]]
:: is to take root amongst the stars.
There is no moral imperative except that which you choose for yourself. If you choose to [[JoinTheMovement|Join]] the [[SolSeedMovement]] you are choosing to believe that [[Life]] and all that sustains [[Life]] is precious. That belief requires that you nurture and protect the only life that we know of.
We have the power to prevent catastrophes of our own making, such as nuclear war or runaway global warming, but for now there is no telling whether we will succeed. And there will always be more dangers, because we live in a complex cosmos full of powerful forces. At some point in the distant future, [[Sol]] will expand to the point that life as we know it will not be able to exist in this solar system. If we really believe that [[Life is Precious]], we should move decisively to nurture and protect it. Life is vulnerable here ... all our eggs are in one basket.
Being worthy of and fulfilling [[TheDestiny]] are the two ultimate goals held by members of the [[SolSeedMovement]]. The phrase "Take root amongst the stars" means literally to send life from our solar system out to settle in other star systems.
At this stage of [[TheDestiny]] the most important responsibility of the [[SolSeedMovement]] is helping humanity mature into its role as protector of [[SolSeed]]. This maturing process includes improving the quality of life for all of [[SolSeed]] everywhere in the world.
== Strategy ==
Our strategy is six prong
===Practice===
We use our practice to create our lives, aligning our thoughts, words, actions, habits and character with our highest aspirations
===Document===
We create a record of our efforts so that others can stand on our shoulders
===Recruit===
We actively seek others who will join us in our efforts to [[Bring Life]]
===Alliances===
We seek other groups who share various subsets of our philosophy ([[Kindred]], and support their efforts
===Nurture Life===
We focus our energies on helping the Life on Earth to maintain and even expand its biodiversity
===Fulfill [[the Destiny]]===
We work toward [[The Destiny]] along whatever paths we find open to us.