When a caterpillar disintegrates it turns into what’s called an “imaginal soup.” “Imaginal cells” then form what is ultimately a butterfly. That’s where we are in many ways right now, an entire way of being disintegrating while we imagine where we want to go next.

Jan 2, 2021 · 3:24 AM UTC

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Love this!!!! You are so right too.
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I think there was some study on butterflies that showed they somehow retained memories in the soup
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Going through this personally as the world does this around me. I don't even have words.
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The caterpillar always looks up at the chrysalis and then says to the butterfly "Hell no you are not getting me up into that thing!"
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Amen! Beautifully said!
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If this doesn't explain our current predicament, in easy to understand historical terms, I don't know what will. foreignaffairs.com/articles/…
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ugh - this is mayor Pete cringe tweet level !!
Thanks for sending me down an "imaginal soup" rabbit hole 😂
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Quantum mechanics plays a role in there. Hopefully this applies to civilization at large.