Seriously now.
Questions about human identity
 loom big in me.
Not only, “Who do we want to be?
but
more simply
“Who are we?
Maybe,
to cast a new perspective,
“Who does the land want us to be?”
or
“What do the forests want us to be?”
or
“How would the non-human animals like us to be?”
or more specifically,
“What would the polar bear ask of us?”
or
“What would Earth’s star, our sun, want us to want?”
or
“What would the Salish Sea want us to want?”
the latter two questions,
paraphrasing Ken Hall’s recent questions
in his Cascadia presentation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74EJiPr6EH0&t=82s
on the Deep Transformation Network,
Jeremy Lent’s global, online community.
 The link below
takes you to Jeremy’s post
https://deeptransformation.network/posts/38082849
written TODAY, June 20^th, 2023,
about AI –
To Counter AI Risk, We Must Develop an Integrated Intelligence
 a compelling read –

Artificial Intelligence,
an emergency as riveting as prior
technological breakthroughs
when
humans did not know
when to quit manipulating possibilities,
as riveting
as the scientists
 who regretted
unleashing the atom.


Break glass in case of emergency!*
May we hear glass
shattering
everywhere on Earth!

May we choose our future now.
Who do we want to be?
My vote is for
animating our sensory intelligence,
embodying truth,
experiencing the wisdom of ecstasy,
the power of intuitive knowing,
and
loving,
more love loving,
laughing with camaraderie,
dancing and harmonizing.
Imagine our cells
calling for transformation,
our imaginal selves
inciting joy**
creating beauty.
Watch this NOW.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrXLVoTf7Kk
Reimagine Humanity by Darcia Narvaez –
 13 minutes
of brilliant evocation.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
YES.


( * thank you Kathryn Lafond, author of “Seasoned with Gratitude”
for recognizing the metaphorical power of that literal directive.
**thank you Ross Gay for writing the book by that title. )