Quantum theory stresses the irreducible link between observer and observed and the basic holism of all phenomena. Indigenous science also holds that … - F. David Peat

In modern physics the essential stuff of the universe... exists as relationships and fluctuations... Indigenous science teaches that all that exists is an expression of relationships, alliances, and balances between what... we call energies, powers, or spirits.

In the act of simply being with another culture there comes the realization of a need for balance, the understanding that there are times when it is better to listen than to ask, better the feel than to think, more appropriate to stay with a silence than to seek answers in speech.

Is there an objective aspect that remains constant through time? Or are we more like open systems or processes within the constant flow of life?