When it comes to the earth, health, and other matters, there is this pervasive perspective, parasitic in nature, I see so often in my practice and the world around us. In our culture, a compromised state of being has become ubiquitous, only to be exacerbated by the belief that one can only benefit at the expense of the other. It is sketched deeply into our psyche at both the individual and collective level, in patterns like comparison and competition, essentially buying into a lack of wholeness and connection, thinking fear based thoughts like 'in order to succeed the other must fail'. In our environment and healthcare system, we see people who believe that toxic pesticides are the only way to get rid of weeds, although they deprive our soil of nutrients and certain creatures of life. We see people who believe that the only medicinal substances that work are the ones that come with a prescription and harsh side effects, although they have the potential to cause devastating damage, and we have the research to back alternative, safe and effective methods.