Is the planet Earth alive or does it just sustain life?

Answer 1

Earth is a living organism with it's own consciousness.

Consider your own body. Within your body are cells, proteins, microbes, etc - each with it's own individual consciousness. The individual components may not be aware of any other consciousness but it's own, however it all resides within the same body whose highest consciousness is your own.

This same analogy holds true with mother Earth. All life forms hosted on the surface, in the waters, atmosphere, et. al. are individual consciousnesses, with the highest consciousness that of the planet itself.

Consider also what your body does to a virus that threatens the health of the overall entity in the context of how we injure and poison Earth. No wonder her immune system is trying to wipe us out.

Answer 2

ALIVE in my eyes. Every where you look you can see life. The trees, plants, mountains, everything is alive because the planet itself is alive. our bodies are made up of 70% salt water and rest carbon based from our planet.

Now does the planet have intelligence? That is a whole other issue. Some of course believe yes that it is very intelligent and others think it more like a plant with minor emotions.

I personally think it is intelligent on a level we do not understand. Everything on the planet is alive nearly is some spiritual way like Native Americans believed.

I do think we are the first species that has ever had the capability to hurt or destroy this planet but we must not forget Mother Earth as loving and beautiful as she is has her wrath and you see it in Typhoons, Twisters and such.

Great question!

Answer 3

Live exists on Earth but the planet itself is not alive, there is no animation in rocks but mountains do sustain life, it is really puzzling how people worship the planet and are so very careless of the life that dwells on it.

Answer 4

B

A biosphere is a complex collection of systems with interrelated feedback loops. Then again, so is a hurricane.

Gaea as a concept is valid, Gaea as an actual living entity is not. Think of a civilization. It certainly is necessary to sustain life at the level at which it currently exists but you would not call it alive. Similarly, Gaea the biosphere is necessary to sustain life but not alive.

Answer 5

Actually, there are people who support what is called the "Gaea" theory where the whole planet is essentially a super-organism, so possibly both.

The Goddess Gaea (or Gaia) is considered by Hellenic Polythests to be one of the Protogonoi (First-Born, or "Elder" Gods) so from a religious standpoint, I would go with the former. From the scientific standpoint, I am inclined to find the "Gaea" theory to possibly have some merit considering the modern development of "super" diseases to "thin" the human population which cannot entirely be attributed to those illnesses becoming drug-resistant....

Answer 6

sure. The Earth breathes, has a water cycle merely like various residing beings do and absorbs rays from the sunlight. The Earth strikes and flexes, often times with devastating outcomes. We communicate approximately 'ineffective' planets, that's, those in our photograph voltaic device with out existence on them, and we describe our very own because of the fact the 'residing' planet. it variety of feels completely available that this planet, that's host to such assorted distinctive varieties of existence, is itself a residing being.

Answer 7

The Earth is alive. Though sometimes I do believe she'd be better off without us.

I believe that we all play our role within the Earth's rich complex lifeforms and their ways of life. Humans play their role as well.

True peace will come when we stop fighting with each other and realize we're all human, and we're all from the same place...the hand of the Goddess.

Answer 8

Depends entirely on how you define "life" I think i read recently that dust particles suspended in plasma will continuously re-arrange themselves into increasingly stable and complex structures, is it life... well probably not but it does raise interesting questions.

Moreover, when does life begin... when does it end? Why stop at the Earth, what about the Sun, the Solar System, Galaxy, Universe... and whatever exists beyond that. Depends on your point of view I guess.

Answer 9

I say no, but I could be wrong. in our physical universe as we currently understand it no planet could be considered "alive". however we do know that not all of the laws of physics apply all of the time everywhere in the same way. and string theory states that in at least one parallel universe the earth is "alive".

Answer 10

What most do not realize is that while the Earth is a self sustaining biosphere, she is also a living entity that cares for us as Her children. I speak with Her quite often.:)