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“Just being surrounded by bountiful nature,
rejuvenates and inspires us.”
~ E O Wilson
I feel the natural world is my family. I have received so much insight, inspiration, healing and beautiful experiences in nature. I have also begun to talk to the birds, the trees and the animals as I walk because I feel they enjoy our interaction, as well as feel acknowledged and honored. This has deepened my bond with nature.
It’s sometimes easy to take for granted the beauty and wonder which is so available to us through the natural world. I was gifted the following post which speaks so much to our connection with nature.
“In The Lost World of the Kalahari, Laurens van der Post writes about living among the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert and describes how shocked they were that he couldn’t hear the stars.
At first they thought he must be joking or lying. When they realized he really couldn’t hear the stars, they concluded he must be very ill and expressed great sorrow. For the Bushmen knew anyone who can’t hear nature must have the gravest sickness of all.
For nearly all of the time humans have been on the planet, regular conversations across the species border were an everyday natural part of life.
Sadly, this seems like a strange invitation in our world today; most people have difficulty initiating such a conversation. Perhaps this is because we’ve been taught from a very young age to perceive nature as separate, a life-less object, a commodity. This mistaken perception seems to be at the foundation of our cultural ills.
Humanity’s ability to perceive the sentience of Earth is critical to our survival and to all life on earth.
Longing to be in conversation with nature can catalyze us. And perhaps the natural world longs for this relationship with us too...”
~ Rebecca Wildbear, the Animas Valley Institute
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