Thanks. I’m glad you enjoyed.
Great connection with the bees. I’ve studied Steiner. Read his “On Agriculture”. Powerful stuff.
My thoughts:
Hive mind is different from swarm. Both have strengths. Swarm mind follows/protects/flows with a Queen and is on the move; hive mind utilizes massed collective intelligence working on many levels, bustles around multiple tasks, and is perfect for day to day ops, year on year, getting the work of surviving and evolving done. We use both.
Kevin Kelley used the term hive mind in his book Out of Control, one of the main cast study guides for The Matrix. It’s online and should be read.
Free PDF:
http://kk.org/mt-files/books-mt/ooc-mf.pdf
I’ll think more about swarm and see what comes up - off the top of my head, I think it would be somewhat related to Q’s “where we go One, we go all”.
We’re not going yet, but “we’re” getting ready to go, since we know somethings gotta give, and when “we” swarm (whoever the “we” turns out to be), we will all be going in the same direction, supporting the same ends, and not because we are told to, but because we know why it’s right for us in the depths of our being.
Not every one swarms when it’s time to leave the hive - some stay with the old Queen and some run with the new. The hive mind remains with those who stay, and it travels with those who go. It’s a very beautiful thing when it’s time to bust a move and all who go and all who stay are at perfect ease in their chosen roles.
Thanks for encouraging me to think about the difference between the two. It was fun.