A brief overview of the dish with one spoon principle.
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- čas přidán 21. 01. 2023
- This principle is not exclusive to the Six Nations, It is shared with the Ojibwe and certain others in the eastern great lakes. It might have been a common term for borderlands, a way of keeping peace by not competing for resources.
Like many philosophical metaphors, the dish with one spoon was also used in treaty making. I know of two treaties which share the name, one with the Mississaugas, which states that we both have the right to hunt and fish in south western Ontario, the other with the British crown, which ensures traditional hunting, fishing and forestry rights.
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One day something like this happened to me, where I was tasked to bring a cake to my class for a fake wedding celebration, and I had cut and given out everyone’s share, until i realized I had left not a share for myself. When I and my class realized this, I just said everyone could enjoy their slice and I would be fine without one, but considering I had bought it, everyone else seemed conflicted. Quickly tho, a classmate I was not even very close to, who had not take a bite of theirs yet, cut half of their slice without asking and gave it to me. Then everyone had a good time and I felt very loved. 😊
This is wisdom our world needs.
Thank you 🙏🏾 for sharing! So much and yet so little was said, yet allows for much space for beautiful reflection. Just wholesome this way of life!
Malcolm, I had never heard of this before. Fascinating . I sent the link to my kids.
This is a wonderful metaphor to articulate the intent of the term "sustainability" as I believe most would understand it. And it was described very well, thank you.
I'm the new "sustainability coordinator" at my job at the library, and I've struggled to get a handle on nicely communicating the idea until now. Maybe for my first program I can host, "What The Heck Is Sustainability, Anyway?", play this six-minute video and say "yeah I figure it's pretty much that."
This is a very interesting concept, and something I think all humans "understand" in some deep level, even if they don't make an effort to actually act on that understanding. I think I will try and add this principle to how I live.
I had never heard of this, but it’s so genius.
Thank you for sharing this.
a nice side effect of fairness is dissuading the individual from making enemies
Thanks Malcom
Great lesson. Fantastic channel. Good man.
Great wisdom. Beautifull
Thank you! I like your talks.
nya:wen for this teaching. This sounds similar to the honorable harvest philosophy, I appreciate the wisdom and will continue to seek to practice and become a good ancestor.
What's the honorable harvest philosophy? Is that also in a video?
@@otherperson I learned about the Honorable Harvest from an Indigenous author Robin Wall-Kimmerer in her book Braiding Sweetgrass. In short the philosophy is that we should respect the plant or animal we are harvesting, we should seek to harvest from the land in a way which honors and cares for and respects the land and the plants and animals which we use, and we should ask for permission, from the plant or animal, and we should only take what we need in that moment instead of taking too much out of greed.
@@Earendil1979 ahh. Thanks!
I want more indigenous philosophy! I really hope by the time i'm old and grey, all people in my country regardless of their culture can spend less time worrying about clean water and access to basic healthcare, and more time pursuing arts & philosophy. And not just because those things are in danger of disappearing forever like is sadly the case with many indigenous cultures today, but simply because they're far more worthwhile pursuits than seeing how much money we can get into Jeff Bezos' bank account before we die. There's so much more to life than the world we were born into.
This is the exact concept of the movie The Platform fr. Its sad this is the opposite of our current world
If we as a species could adopt this philosophy towards one another and to natural resources, maybe we could mitigate climate change
This is a good way to explain why we need to conserve nature and fight climate change.
Shortfalls can also be avoided by having everyone feed the person next to them. By outsourcing the work of portioning to someone who is not doing the consuming, you avoid aspects of greed. If you short the guy next to you, whats to stop the guy on the other side from shorting you? Treat others how you want to be treated, as it were.
You are so interesting
Very interesting way to look @ life. If i cut my grass i always go over the property line & cut a little of my neighbors yard. He never seems to notice or thank me but that is not why i do it. I believe i should always do my share & just a little more.
Consider sowing some native plants, flowers, and so on in your yard too instead of turf grass. Grass like that isn't native and is an ecological wasteland - basically nothing at all can live there. The only thing turf grasses and lawns do is stoke ego and use water and work that could be going to something better
It starts at the 4th or 5th before last. You can already eyeball what your share is. Not based on what was (that's entitlement) but from what is left. What was is never the issue. You got to share what is left. But yeah. Taking what you need based on what's there is not the same as eating what is offered you.... like that extra deer. Reminds me of why white man is called Wasicu.
One approach is for each person to be fed by the next one in line, and count on everyone recognizing the mutual self-interest in trying to not overfeed anyone. Another is for the person who made the soup to decide how much each person gets, and as long as everyone gets something the rest is his; if the cook is too inequitable the others will not let him do it again, and someone else will cook next time (also, the cook washes the pot).
Heck ennit?
Heck in it.
We are our brothers’ keeper , whether it be a four-legged , winged or two - legged brother .
It works if everyone knows everyone else, and everyone can see how much everyone else is taking. It mostly works if everyone knows each other, and there's a reasonable likelihood that others will see what someone takes. But it's susceptible to being eroded, if people usually can't see how much others are taking: once everyone thinks that most other people are trying to take more than their share, there's going to be a temptation to try to even things up by trying about as hard as others are.