We are meme replicator machines

snips from a great post from Carolyn Baker:

Remember though, we are not walking away from something bad,
although our culture is looking pretty bad right now, but we are
walking toward something better.

We all do not have to become walking Buddhas to obtain peace and
fulfillment. Remember, modern Salvationist religions were invented
2,500 years ago in a response to the failures of our culture. Before
the agricultural revolution, all humanity shared one religion. First,
if you woke up tomorrow, and the media told you that all humanity
suddenly agreed on the same religion, that would be startling. The
name if this religion is not capitalized and it does not even have a
book. The ancient native religion that all humanity shared before the
agricultural revolution was called animism. In fact, animism is not
even a religion at all. It is more a respect for the fire of life in
everyone.

The reason I mention this is that the beauty of a simple story that
reconnects us to our home and honors all life in it equally, grants
all species their inherent right to follow their own evolutionary
path, works for average people just as they are. Once we break the
current disconnect to our home and rejoin the earth, we feel it is
right deep inside. Again, every cell in your body has been
evolutionarily guided for millions of years to respect and honor the
totality of our home that nurtures us-the fire of life-our mother
earth-gaia.