Download or read book The Vital Vastness written by Richard Michael Pasichnyk and published by Writer's Showcase Press. This book was released on 2002-02-01 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are only some of the topics that are presented in The Vital Vastness - Volume One: Our Living Earth. The Earth has a myriad of characteristics typical of a living entity, not just the biosphere (as proposed in the Gaia Theory), but the entire Earth. The Earth is much more dynamic than theorized, and life maintains its dynamics, electrical environment, and magnetic field. The Earth is comprised of a system of fields maintained by life, and so, this new model is referred to as the Field-dynamical Earth Model (FEM), our living Earth. There are many problems with our current model of the Earth that this new model resolves. From the quantum level up to the planetary scale, life creates stability. Much of the entropy (disorder, decay and randomness) on Earth, including our own bodies, is the result of a lack of abundance and diversity of life. Evolution is not the result of competition between species, or "survival of the fittest," as suggested by Darwin, but rather, the result of genetic mutation caused by ionizing radiation and other factors. The dinosaurs did not become extinct as a result of a comet or asteroid impact, but by planetary destabilization and ionizing radiation emanating from the Earth itself. Much, much more is explored in this volume, yielding a whole new paradigm, and world view.. Throughout both volumes the conclusions are clear, life has dominion over the Cosmos, and we need a new mind-set in our exploration of it. The most important direction for humanity is to understand that the care and nurturing - love - of life is of the utmost importance if we want a world filled with peace and plenty. The last book in the series reveals the prehistory and history of human interaction with the Living Earth and Cosmos, disclosing the unrest and destabilization when we do not know of life's paramount importance.