In Spanish at times we say “What is not yours or mine belongs to no one.” I do not agree, all that is belongs to all of us and is “the commons.” We have a duty and responsibility for the whole, what does not belong to you or me is our stewardship and humans are reluctant stewards. It is a pity for our collective responsibility is our legacy and we leave little if we care less for now and think not of tomorrow and thus shrug off the duty to our own humanity. Circular thinking has its place in philosophy when the caretaker of the garden only uses and takes, not cultivating that which feeds them. Pax Michael
Pachamama is a goddess revered by the indigenous peoples of the Andes. In Inca mythology she is an "Earth Mother" type goddess,[1] and a fertility goddess who presides over planting and harvesting, embodies the mountains, and causes earthquakes. She is also an ever-present and independent deity who has her own creative power to sustain life on this earth. Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachamama
In Spanish at times we say “What is not yours or mine belongs to no one.” I do not agree, all that is belongs to all of us and is “the commons.” We have a duty and responsibility for the whole, what does not belong to you or me is our stewardship and humans are reluctant stewards. It is a pity for our collective responsibility is our legacy and we leave little if we care less for now and think not of tomorrow and thus shrug off the duty to our own humanity. Circular thinking has its place in philosophy when the caretaker of the garden only uses and takes, not cultivating that which feeds them. Pax Michael
I wonder if the idea of the commons is connected to the indigenous understanding of belonging to the land rather than land belonging to someone.
Quite possibly the Inca spoke of Pachamama.
Pachamama is a goddess revered by the indigenous peoples of the Andes. In Inca mythology she is an "Earth Mother" type goddess,[1] and a fertility goddess who presides over planting and harvesting, embodies the mountains, and causes earthquakes. She is also an ever-present and independent deity who has her own creative power to sustain life on this earth. Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachamama