Gaia & Pronoia

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[Francis]

The Gaia hypothesis is an ecological hypothesis proposing that the biosphere and the physical components of the Earth (atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere) are closely integrated to form a complex interacting system that maintains the climatic and biogeochemical conditions on Earth in a preferred homeostasis. Originally proposed by James Lovelock as the earth feedback hypothesis,[1] it was named—at the suggestion of his neighbor William Golding—the Gaia Hypothesis, after the Greek supreme goddess of Earth.[2] The hypothesis is frequently described as viewing the Earth as a single organism. Lovelock and other supporters of the idea now regard it as a scientific theory, not merely a hypothesis, since they believe it has passed predictive tests.[3]
History
The Gaia hypothesis was first scientifically formulated in the 1960s by the independent research scientist James Lovelock, as a consequence of his work for NASA on methods of detecting life on Mars.[4][5] He initially published the Gaia Hypothesis in journal articles in the early 1970s[6][7] followed by a popularizing 1979 book Gaia: A new look at life on Earth.
The theory was initially, according to Lovelock, a way to explain the fact that combinations of chemicals including oxygen and methane persist in stable concentrations in the atmosphere of the Earth. Lovelock suggested using such combinations detected in other planets' atmospheres would be a relatively reliable and cheap way to detect life, which many biologists opposed at the time and since. Later other relationships such as the fact that sea creatures produce sulfur and iodine in approximately the quantities required by land creatures emerged and helped bolster the theory. Rather than invent many different theories to describe each such equilibrium, Lovelock dealt with them holistically, naming this self-regulating living system after the Greek goddess Gaia, using a suggestion from the novelist William Golding, who was living in the same village as Lovelock at the time (Bowerchalke, Wiltshire, UK). The Gaia Hypothesis has since been supported by a number of scientific experiments[8] and provided a number of useful predictions,[9] and hence is properly referred to as the Gaia Theory.
Since 1971, the noted microbiologist Dr. Lynn Margulis has been Lovelock's most important collaborator in developing Gaian concepts.[10]
Until 1975 the hypothesis was almost totally ignored. An article in the New Scientist of February 15, 1975, and a popular book length version of the theory, published in 1979 as The Quest for Gaia, began to attract scientific and critical attention to the hypothesis. The theory was then attacked by many mainstream biologists. Championed by certain environmentalists and climate scientists, it was vociferously rejected by many others, both within scientific circles and outside them.
 Lovelock's initial hypothesis
James Lovelock defined Gaia as:
a complex entity involving the Earth's biosphere, atmosphere, oceans, and soil; the totality constituting a feedback or cybernetic system which seeks an optimal physical and chemical environment for life on this planet.


~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis

There are processes in-place that tend to provide for an optimal environment for the proliferation and sustenance of life. In other words, the Universe wants to nurture you. This is pronoia.

So why is the human portion of the biosphere using technology to reform the environment (atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere) in a reckless fashion that overpowers and threatens the optimal environment that the natural processes have established?

Because the noosphere is contaminated with a paranoid thoughtform that says just the opposite: “The Universe is a cruel and hostile place that must be met with brute force and bridled using any means available.”

We’ve all heard stories about the guy who shot a loved one during a case of mistaken identity; he heard a noise in the house, it was dark and paranoia gripped him as he shot in the dark. This is modernity’s predicament. Paranoia sees only threats. Pronoia sees only benevolence and blessing.

So how do we clean up the noosphere and get people to tune into the Universal benevolence that is their birthright?

[Jana]

Its a matter of the vibrational quality of the womb...if the mother is stessed out in a war zone, a domestic dependant, not supported during pregnancy then the nervous system of the child is geared toward fight/flight. To change the human race over to pronoia we would have to license babymaking to certain high quality females who are provided a living wage and idillic environment in which to give birth and raise children...otherwise forget a healthy noosphere...it won't happen in mass for another 1-5 thousand years.

Besides the universe is an engine for life, but only life can be compassionate for life. Ultimately the universe kills all life, just as it gives birth to all life. Where "benevolence" comes in is in the humanizing principle which is about the logic of making the best out of what we have in order to further the progress and process of life.

Sooo...all we can do is to take care of our own pronoia in order to spread the benevolent meme around. For example...101 pronoia means that if you invite yourself to stay at someones house you do not let on that you are afraid of their energy. Instead, you don't invite yourself in the first place if you are energy-paranoid. 

[Francis]

The idea is that we're still in a womb. Gaia is another type of womb, with similar properties of protection and nurturing.

[Jana]

Well yes, thanks to 3.5 billion years of terraforming by life...we are doing our best to screw up this womb. But we are learning slowly. You can't understand a thing about Gaia without becoming a student of Viktor Schauberger. He is the ultimate authority on how Gaia works.