the values of belonging

I am reading this book by a favourite author of mine: Carol Lee Flinders, feminist, and yet again, not.
She finds this really interesting balance, where she investigates the suppression of what we could call feminine values, but could also recognize as universally human.

She talks about to different ways of being in the world:

The way that we see the world today as ours, belonging to us. Ours to exploit and use and take hold of and own. My body. My house. My family. My country.
And that the moment we settle down and own something, we also have a tendency to be caught up in envy and fear of losing what we have, which in turn leads to violence and wars. (This is so simplified, so read the book) ;-)

And then the way of the hunter-gatherers: Looking out into the world as belonging to it.
I belong in this world, this body, this family and when I nourish this mutual body of my world, I am nourishing  "me". And in a way there is no separate me. Nothing separate from the interconnected web of life. If I harm that web, I harm myself.

I thought that so interesting in relationship to the way we work with spirituality.
Cultivating a non-attached view of ourselves, letting go of our neurosis, to feel the world more.
So that we can start taking care of the world.

So again making it very simple:

Living in a world where it is all about I, me and mine with all the anxiety it births, fear of losing what we have, envy of others, striving to have more, linear time, going from one place to another, being in a hurry...

Or:

Living in a world, where it is about seeing the world as a matrix, that I am part of, and that I influence with my actions. So I take care to tread lightly, not acquire more than I need (hunter-gatherers are on the move, so they can't hord more than they can carry...In contrast think of how much we have, that is unnecessary for survival) Knowing that this world has to sustain me tomorrow as well. Taking time, slowing down. Nourishing others, not just our own species, but all species. Seeing all beings as spirited. (brother eagle and the like ...)

I know which I prefer and maybe we can make choices that bring us closer to that kind of care for our planet and our fellow beings...