What is a Good Life? What is a Good Life? #89 - Connecting To The Web Of Life with Manda Scott
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Sep 24, 2024 Manda Scott, a veterinary-trained novelist and host of the Accidental Gods podcast, dives into a captivating exploration of connection to the living web of life. She discusses her transition from veterinary surgery to writing, emphasizing how places and objects speak to us through energetic imprints. Manda contrasts learning through pain versus love and introduces three pillars: gratitude, compassion, and joyful curiosity. She shares insights on co-creation, the role of artists in envisioning a better future, and the essence of a good life as rooted in genuine connection.
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Asking The Web Of Life
- Manda Scott frames her core question as asking the living web of life, "What do you want of me?".
- She treats humans as integral nodes in a reciprocal, non-separate system rather than autonomous minds.
Brochs Sparked A Lifelong Calling
- Manda recalls childhood visits to Scottish brochs that sparked a longing to connect with pre-Christian indigenous spirituality.
- That early memory seeded a lifelong quest to learn how to be in relationship with the land and its gods.
Places Remember And Time Shifts
- Places and objects can hold energetic echoes of past presences and feel communicative to those attuned.
- Time can be experienced as malleable when you learn to 'run alongside' moments and step out of linear assumptions.
