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Figure 46: The Ecosophical Tree.
The tree's roots snake down into the rich soil of deep experience, absorbing the nutri-
tion of profound inspiration. Each root tip represents an individual person's deep exper-
ience of wide identification with Gaia and with the whole of creation, nourished by his
or her own unique part of the soil. These deep experiences need not be fully consistent
with each other—a Buddhist would not evoke God as part of their deep experience, but
a Christian would, although both would agree about the importance of compassion in
our relationships with the whole of life. Naess stresses the importance of radical plural-
ism at this level, for we need to be tolerant of other people's deep experiences, no matter
how different they might be from our own.
 
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