GIA - Earth Goddess

smittywerb · #1 (**permalink**) 02-08-2005, 03:04 AM

Does anyone know anything about this theory? I heard a little bit about it and it's very interesting, to say the least. I heard that it is the theory that the earth is a huge, conscious, living being. I heard that it maintains and regulates everything here on earth to provide for life....it's wierd. Can anybody tell me more?

g-rock61 · #2 (**permalink**) 02-08-2005, 06:24 AM

I'm pretty sure she was who gave Captain Planet his power on that kids show back a while ago.

smittywerb · #3 (**permalink**) 02-08-2005, 06:55 AM

thanks, that helps....a lot.

g-rock61 · #4 (**permalink**) 02-08-2005, 01:24 PM

OK sorry...She's a Greek goddess. The original origin is in Greek mythology from what I know.

smittywerb · #5 (**permalink**) 02-09-2005, 01:50 AM

that's a start. i'm more interested in the theory, but i'll start there.

Del420 · #6 (**permalink**) 02-09-2005, 01:54 AM

Some believe that the earth has her own spirt (yup yup i do). We call her Gaia.. I cant say much about it, because I honestly don't have much knowledge on a "religion" about it..

However I can say that I believe that all life has a connection with Gaia..

smittywerb · #7 (**permalink**) 02-09-2005, 02:00 AM

hearing about it makes me think of star wars, where yoda tells luke that everything is connected, that everything affects eveything.

my instructor for my societies and nature class tried to tell us how Gaia is this self-regulating spirit of the earth that is conscious of what it needs to make all life hospitable here, and that it controls every part of the spirit...which would include us as well. it's pretty trippy, but if you can get past the strangeness of it, it kind of makes sense.

g-rock61 · #8 (**permalink**) 02-09-2005, 06:01 AM

Be careful with this thinking though...because thinking of Earth as a thinking being might mean we don't have to take care of the environment...you know, if she can take care of herself.

smittywerb · #9 (**permalink**) 02-10-2005, 06:58 AM

good point, i can see that. what i'm getting to is that, even in the face of such crap as human pollution, the earth has still remained relatively the same.

hailChickenWing · #10 (**permalink**) 02-10-2005, 12:06 PM

In addition to Captain Planet and the Planeteers, she also featured heavily in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. What a sellout.

Digit · #11 (**permalink**) 02-10-2005, 05:32 PM

where u gonna draw the lines on your definition of life? need any lines at all?

we are one. part and whole.

too far gone to effectively comunicate, but too far to even imagine or comprehend? ... eye of the beholder.

CSchultz314 · #12 (**permalink**) 03-19-2010, 04:43 AM

Do we lose the point with the profanity. We are all part of this world, if we completely destroy it, who surmises, no one. We must take care of what we have been given lest we lose it all. This rock may be only a small part of many but we only know of one, this one which we live on. If you know of any other planet which we can transport to, let us know and we will meet you there.

Cannabliss88 · #13 (**permalink**) 03-19-2010, 04:08 PM

Please see next post

Cannabliss88 · #14 (**permalink**) 03-19-2010, 05:35 PM

Every part of nature is connected forming Gaia (The Earth and its "spirit"), Gaia is a being just as alive as any other.

Gaia has the amazing ability to sustain complex systems that support life just as the systems of the human body do but on a much larger scale. This is evidence of a complex living organism.

Many Gaian theorists believe the Earth to have a consciousness. This is supported by the fact that all living things have a certain level of consciousness. Meditation is the way to achive lasting spiritual growth but any psychedelic could give a glimpse even good weed which is my choice

I really reccomend you check out the wiki on this theres some good nuggets of wisdom and everything I left out:

Gaia hypothesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm interested in hearing what you blades think about this hypothesis. I find it a very enlightening

KeeneGreen · #15 (**permalink**) 03-19-2010, 05:39 PM

I cannot speak for whether spirituality is involved, because I do not know if it was planned that way.

But we are all connected by this planet, to this planet. We are all part of the cycle. Life feeds on life... feeds on life. This is necessary.

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#1 (permalink) 02-08-2005, 03:04 AM
smittywerb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 75	GIA - Earth Goddess Does anyone know anything about this theory? I heard a little bit about it and it's very interesting, to say the least. I heard that it is the theory that the earth is a huge, conscious, living being. I heard that it maintains and regulates everything here on earth to provide for life....it's wierd. Can anybody tell me more? __________________ "There is no 'right' or 'wrong', there is only power, and those who have it." I don't give a fuck what you think, but that shouldn't stop you from doing it. ___smitty.

#2 (permalink) 02-08-2005, 06:24 AM
g-rock61 Scholarly Shmoker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Detroit Area Posts: 264	I'm pretty sure she was who gave Captain Planet his power on that kids show back a while ago.

#3 (permalink) 02-08-2005, 06:55 AM
smittywerb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 75	thanks, that helps....a lot. __________________ "There is no 'right' or 'wrong', there is only power, and those who have it." I don't give a fuck what you think, but that shouldn't stop you from doing it. ___smitty.

#4 (permalink) 02-08-2005, 01:24 PM
g-rock61 Scholarly Shmoker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Detroit Area Posts: 264	OK sorry...She's a Greek goddess. The original origin is in Greek mythology from what I know. __________________ "I is 'ere standin' outside da United Nations of Bennetton, which is where representatives from da free corners of da world come to end wars, international drug traffickin', and everyfin' else dat is a bit of a laugh." - Ali G

#5 (permalink) 02-09-2005, 01:50 AM
smittywerb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 75	that's a start. i'm more interested in the theory, but i'll start there. __________________ "There is no 'right' or 'wrong', there is only power, and those who have it." I don't give a fuck what you think, but that shouldn't stop you from doing it. ___smitty.

#6 (permalink) 02-09-2005, 01:54 AM
Del420 Confused Stoner? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: next to the slow guy Posts: 1,088	Some believe that the earth has her own spirt (yup yup i do). We call her Gaia.. I cant say much about it, because I honestly don't have much knowledge on a "religion" about it.. However I can say that I believe that all life has a connection with Gaia.. __________________ ... ...

#7 (permalink) 02-09-2005, 02:00 AM
smittywerb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 75	hearing about it makes me think of star wars, where yoda tells luke that everything is connected, that everything affects eveything. my instructor for my societies and nature class tried to tell us how Gaia is this self-regulating spirit of the earth that is conscious of what it needs to make all life hospitable here, and that it controls every part of the spirit...which would include us as well. it's pretty trippy, but if you can get past the strangeness of it, it kind of makes sense. __________________ "There is no 'right' or 'wrong', there is only power, and those who have it." I don't give a fuck what you think, but that shouldn't stop you from doing it. ___smitty.

#8 (permalink) 02-09-2005, 06:01 AM
g-rock61 Scholarly Shmoker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Detroit Area Posts: 264	Be careful with this thinking though...because thinking of Earth as a thinking being might mean we don't have to take care of the environment...you know, if she can take care of herself. __________________ "I is 'ere standin' outside da United Nations of Bennetton, which is where representatives from da free corners of da world come to end wars, international drug traffickin', and everyfin' else dat is a bit of a laugh." - Ali G

#9 (permalink) 02-10-2005, 06:58 AM
smittywerb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 75	good point, i can see that. what i'm getting to is that, even in the face of such crap as human pollution, the earth has still remained relatively the same. __________________ "There is no 'right' or 'wrong', there is only power, and those who have it." I don't give a fuck what you think, but that shouldn't stop you from doing it. ___smitty.

#10 (permalink) 02-10-2005, 12:06 PM
hailChickenWing Trust me Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Inside a tapeworm, letting it know how it feels Posts: 778	In addition to Captain Planet and the Planeteers, she also featured heavily in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. What a sellout. __________________ Metal.

#13 (permalink) 03-19-2010, 04:08 PM
Cannabliss88 Midnight Toker Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 51	Re: GIA - Earth Goddess Please see next post Last edited by Cannabliss88; 03-19-2010 at 05:55 PM. Reason: following post was better worded

#11 (permalink) 02-10-2005, 05:32 PM
Digit Banned Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,829	where u gonna draw the lines on your definition of life? need any lines at all? we are one. part and whole. too far gone to effectively comunicate, but too far to even imagine or comprehend? ... eye of the beholder.

#12 (permalink) 03-19-2010, 04:43 AM
CSchultz314 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1	Re: GIA - Earth Goddess Do we lose the point with the profanity. We are all part of this world, if we completely destroy it, who surmises, no one. We must take care of what we have been given lest we lose it all. This rock may be only a small part of many but we only know of one, this one which we live on. If you know of any other planet which we can transport to, let us know and we will meet you there.

#14 (permalink) 03-19-2010, 05:35 PM
Cannabliss88 Midnight Toker Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 51	Re: GIA - Earth Goddess Every part of nature is connected forming Gaia (The Earth and its "spirit"), Gaia is a being just as alive as any other. Gaia has the amazing ability to sustain complex systems that support life just as the systems of the human body do but on a much larger scale. This is evidence of a complex living organism. Many Gaian theorists believe the Earth to have a consciousness. This is supported by the fact that all living things have a certain level of consciousness. Meditation is the way to achive lasting spiritual growth but any psychedelic could give a glimpse even good weed which is my choice I really reccomend you check out the wiki on this theres some good nuggets of wisdom and everything I left out: Gaia hypothesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I'm interested in hearing what you blades think about this hypothesis. I find it a very enlightening Last edited by Cannabliss88; 03-19-2010 at 06:00 PM.

#15 (permalink) 03-19-2010, 05:39 PM
KeeneGreen Pschonautical Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Where is necessary. Posts: 2,220	Re: GIA - Earth Goddess I cannot speak for whether spirituality is involved, because I do not know if it was planned that way. But we are all connected by this planet, to this planet. We are all part of the cycle. Life feeds on life... feeds on life. This is necessary. __________________ The Rant. http://forum.grasscity.com/politics/582256-rant.html Read it. Discuss! Mark 8:36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?