Our Millions Year-Old Embodied Wisdom: Indigenous Worldview, With Darcia Narvaez And Four Arrows

Listen to the authors of Restoring the Kinship Worldview talk about reclaiming our millions year-old embodied wisdom through Indigenous Worldview. Learn more about the book Restoring the Kinship Worldview, from the authors, here: https://www.kindredmedia.org/?s=Kinsh... Learn more about Indigenous Worldview, including downloading a worldview chart, here: https://www.kindredmedia.org/glossary... See this article on Kindred: https://www.kindredmedia.org/2022/06/... Most philosophical positions are rooted in western enlightenment assumptions of human superiority to and separation from nature, the notion of human cultural progress, and individualism—all part of what anthropologist Marshall Sahlins called the ‘western illusion of human nature.’ Virtually all prior and contemporaneous cultures had a different orientation, one of human interconnectedness and partnership with the biocommunity and a cyclical panpsychism. Social anthropologist Robert Redfield concluded that there are essentially two worldviews—a set of implicit assumptions that guide one’s values, philosophy, and attitudes towards life. We name these the dominant and the Indigenous worldviews. The dominant worldview considers the cosmos fragmented, amoral and disenchanted and has led to the disruption of ecological systems, including child development, worldwide. The Indigenous worldview considers the cosmos interconnected, moral and sacred, and is associated with greater biodiversity preservation. The Indigenous worldview and corresponding philosophy represent the longest empirical “experiment” ever done in biodiverse and culturally diverse settings. The Indigenous worldview of interconnection and circular effects, sentience and cooperation among natural systems, is supported by scientific evidence today, from physics to biology. We present forty precepts showing how the Indigenous worldview supports biodiversity and the dominant worldview does not.