I believe every story you tell. I have my own to tell - but want to hear all of yours. They are so precious and so real. There is no doubt in my mind on this one (and Thomasina is my middle name!) that the intelligence of insects is not to be underestimated. It is going to be of critical importance in the near future already, if you ask my intution on this. It is not a loving or caring , as such, intelligence never is, nor does the Universal Law operate on love.... that's where we are supposed to come in, and the higher intelligences (not to be confused with higher Conscious) are beginning to catch onto that, knowing that we are coming too close to the edge of this plain of time, where they too will fall off.
(Disclaimer: all references to time and space here are beyond our current notions of time. But bennettitalia already knows that.)
:D I love the disclaimer at the end ha!
Thank you for your kind comments @sukhasanasister! I agree with you about the intelligence of insects... all creatures, really.
I disagree about intelligence and love... I think that true intelligence can only exist within love, because love is based in a recognition of interdependence. Evil, no matter how clever it seems on the surface, ultimately shows itself to be stupid, because it fails to recognize, or perhaps refuses to recognize, the web of connection in which it finds itself. Without recognition and acceptance of the basic nature of reality, all actions become destructive to it. Hence the fallen angels playing God, with genetic engineering, fission, the manufacture of pesticides, plastics, widespread distribution of xenoestrogens... The damage being done to the fabric of our reality, on the level of DNA, and on deeper levels as well, purely by their physical incursions, is mind boggling.
The recognition of interdependence is not love in and of itself... in that I believe you are correct. But such recognition inevitably leads to love, as one who recognizes the interconnectedness of all things cannot help but want to experience this connection on every level, not only intellectually, but on the level of feeling and sensation as well. When one can communicate with others, be they animal, vegetable, or mineral, without words... that is the beginning of love.
I think we only disagree on semantics! In Anthroposophy we reserve the word "intelligence" for the head pole. And use wisdom for the heart-felt communication. Then there comes imagination and inspiration and intuition to cover the "knowing" of the soul. You describe this system - only for the sake of philosophical debate does one need to get semantically picky. Not necessary here!
Love, love.
yes, I had a feeling it might be something like that! Those are interesting, useful sounding definitions :) Looking forward to checking out your blog, hopefully this evening after work. Ah, if only Steemit were my day job lol