Being upon nature...

When i`m outside with the nature i feel like myself,no masks no nothing,just the real me.I feel in peace with myself!I love that feeling,that`s why i love nature so much!

 

I think nature's rather therapeutic. I love the city,but every so often I need to get out with the green. It does help relaxation, and it helps me think (even if the thinking is not always positive)

 

i go one further and think about how we could live closer and more harmoniously to nature in our day to day lives without giving up things we actualy depend upon or find real gratification in.

which leads me to my love of mechanical transportation NOT having to mean automobiles and/or diseconomies of excessive scale.

and how much of what we are used to being surrounded by do we really need and/or actualy find real gratification in anyway?

cellphone, credit card, television, automoble? NOT

well insulated walls - sure, and refrigeration - you bet, heating and cooling sure, at least up to a point. our computers and internet? well we could get along without them but then we wouldn't be HERE and the do gratify and don't cost that much to energy or environment.

how not need cars? energy efficient little people sized trains, park train size, just big enough to ride in, like a mini-van on rails and hernia gauge, just big enough to ride on, like a bench that you straddle on rails less then a foot apart.

so yes tecnology, certain tecnologies anyway, can be harmoniously, sustainably and gratifyingly intigrated into the natural environment. that's the kind of world that my previous lives on other worlds were lived in and that's the kind of world we could be living in here and now if and when we choose for such to be our priorities

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Do you reckon if people knew more about Photosynthesis, their view on the environment (tree felling and the needless ripping out of so much greenery) would change? If they knew what it did and gave us?

 

Not just photosynthesis - Biodiversity, soil erosion, water retainment and the fragile interconnectedness of eco-systems. I think that everyone's education should comprise of at least a year 11 standard course on biology. It is of course, the science of life. Once you know how nature truly works, you just stand in awe.

 

Amen brudder

 

I can remember in year 12 I was really keen about biology and I was going through this really wierd intraspective time. I had always known about the way in which ecosystems recycle mass but i was starting to get this huge spiritual grasp on the cycle of death and rebirth and the interconnectedness of forces in the universe. I came home one night to find my 2 year old goldfish moses floating dead on the surface of the tank. I took him gently into my hands and walked outside in the moonlight, this fragile expired life in my hands felt so strange and precious. I buried him in our garden under a tree as a symbol of becoming one with the earth. I'm the least sentimental person i know...but things like that just get to me.

 

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It's great being out in Nature, you pick up so much good energy that you just couldn't get in a town or city.

 

It is the only time I feel myself

 

Trippingb and pansy, I think about the now etc., a lot, nice to hear about other people doing the same
And LyingITF, I'm really... in .. I dunno, I want to say I'm really 'impressed,' but I don't want that to sound condescending. Anyway, I think it is so neat how you just replied to that and listened to your pride but didn't believe in it, and didn't get very defensive.. very, very fascinating and exciting.

 

Oh, lol, aestheticnugs, it occurs to me that you may be getting a bit of a biased sample on your poll in the environmental section

 

Thanks, I was actually proud of myself for not being too proud to keep that silly argument going - note the irony

Did you ever hear about Winston Churchill's description of depression as a Black Dog that follows you around everywhere you go and you just can't lose it? Well pride is a more like a rabid wolf waiting to eat you when you turn your back, you shouldn't have anything to do with it, or it'll consume you eventually.

 

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Mm, in my experience it's like a whiny child who's crying will become more and more piercing, loud and screachy the more you push it away. If you take it onto your lap and sit with it and listen for a bit, it has a good cry, quiets down, cuddles, and then dissolves into you.

 

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I'm not saying it won't be back, necessarily. But the more you listen and recognize yet don't believe in your pride (that is, you don't label yourself as a prideful person so that it becomes part of your identity), you'll be more ready for the next time your pride pops up, and the next time, and the next time. Gradually your awareness will grow, and your inclination for understanding will increase.

 

When I'm out taking in nature, I'm reminded that I don't have to worry about anything... I am reminded that I'm not alone, that I'm a part of everything around me. I wish I could live outdoors... I constantly crave the sun, the trees, the flowers, the tall grass... Nature comforts me.

 

The best days ever are always the ones outside.

 

Especially when it's raining