MODERN SOCIETY VS. PREHISTORIC LIFE

TODAY OUR SOCIETIES BASE THEIR IDENTITIES AND VALUES ON WHAT THEY DO VS. WHO THEY ARE AND THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH LIFE BALANCE. THEY BECOME DRIVEN TO WORK AS IS TYPICAL IN AMERICA. DURING PREHISTORIC TIMES CULTURES WERE MUCH MORE BALANCED BECAUSETHEY
-RELIED ON NATUREAS THEIR TEACHER
-LESS TECHNOLOGICAL/MORE SELF RELIANT
-VALUED COMMUNITY MORE
-WORK WAS ONLY ONE ASPECT OF THEIR LIFE

THE NATIVE AMERICANS IN CALIFORNIA WERE BALANCED FOR OVER 10,000 YEARS;
-WEAVING A BASKET (BOTH MEN AND WOMEN) PROVIDED BALANCE IN EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR LIFE. THE BASKETS WERE PASSED ALONG AS GIFTS AND AS MONEY AND WERE USED FOR CURING THE SICK.
- WORKING A BASKET WAS THEIR WORK AS WELL AS AN ARTISTIC TALENT THAT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY LEARNT AS TODDLERS
- THE FITNESS PICTURE WAS IN PROCURING THE REEDS/MATERIALS
- SPIRITUAL PLEASURE IN SHARING TRADITIONS AND MYTHS SURROUNDING CULTURE
- DREAMS OF FUTURE VISIONS WERE WOVEN WITHIN THE BASKET - WOMEN WERE LEADERS
- THIS WAS ONE EXAMPLE OF FAMILY/COMMUNITY SHARING A TASK WELL DONE

MANY PEOPLE TODAY SPEND 90% OF THEIR TIME AT THEIR CAREERS-IT REPRESENTS 12% OF YOUR LIFE.

ARE YOU LIVING ACCORDING TO SOCIETY'S NORM OR HOW YOU WANT TO LIVE?