Nature nurtre's and Nurture is Nature.
This is the spirit of Essential Nature and I think we polarise the two, arent they really one force? We could not nurture if it wern't for Nature.
With regard to Human Nature, well what seperates us is the Human part which seems to mean to me, simply the Nature of a Species called Human; not much better than any other but being more evolved Physically and Mentally(which has a whole lot of positves and negatives).
Flawed creatures with a god complex, only flawed because of our god-complex.
If we can get rid of it would we be more like other animals...I rekon yes. This would be both good and bad. Our species would reject us though, we are burdened by our god-complex but it is something we try to intigrate so we can evolve, Spiritually. This is the plight and the battle. This is Evolution and the pain that is it's ensuing by-product. The pain we judge as 'bad'.
I rekon we love the beautiful essence of animals/plants so much because they remind us of ourselves but without the god-complex( the god-complex being: knowing we are 'better', 'stronger', having more control and awareness of what we are but all the same not being able to manage this power to it's full potential because we also know that we are so vulnerable) we know so much and we want to be like other animals; unaware of ourselves objectively. Living things rely on each other, we need them and they need us, so we love them, we value them and we suffer when we dont. They remind us of our beauty and we remind them of thiers. All little parts of a stream of matter and conciousness only divided by our subjective, perceived reality.
I guess one of the most beautiful enviroments, that I feel in awe of, is being in a wood/forest.
I feel like I am in the presence of God's when I'm standing amid Trees and all the incredible flora that hugs and scatters about them... and elusive, creatures that hide in it. Trees, remind me of the epitome of a perfect Androgyny; so gnarly, strong, resistant, protective and 'male' and with the light, fluid fronds of 'Female' leaves; swaying and communicating with the air, seemingly delicate veins that hide their resilliance, tapering roots stretching and clinging out and down toward the earth; appendage's reaching to sustain nourishment for the whole arboreal universe, sucking minerals and heaving it up toward the very tip, where its most victorious of parts stretches, full of chlorophyll and enthusiasm toward the sun-light. A delighted example of what this magical system has acomplished through its Nature/Nurture.
It's History encoded inside it's bark, rings of life, of a miraculous endevour to sustain it's own importance to this world.
Trees are strong, persistent, life giving nourishers. I am in awe of their beauty and of having some awareness of the science/Nature of their being here.
Enabling me to breathe, me enabling them to feed; a beautiful symbiosis that doesnt boast about it's majesty, it just is what it is.
I often feel this way with people too, although I'm often clouded by judgement and insecurities, there is something inside me saying: Im so lucky to be with you, to be in your presence; for giving and taking energy from you and you from me...
...and we're both standing here, living, beautiful and battling the god-complex.
This is the spirit of Essential Nature and I think we polarise the two, arent they really one force? We could not nurture if it wern't for Nature.
With regard to Human Nature, well what seperates us is the Human part which seems to mean to me, simply the Nature of a Species called Human; not much better than any other but being more evolved Physically and Mentally(which has a whole lot of positves and negatives).
Flawed creatures with a god complex, only flawed because of our god-complex.
If we can get rid of it would we be more like other animals...I rekon yes. This would be both good and bad. Our species would reject us though, we are burdened by our god-complex but it is something we try to intigrate so we can evolve, Spiritually. This is the plight and the battle. This is Evolution and the pain that is it's ensuing by-product. The pain we judge as 'bad'.
I rekon we love the beautiful essence of animals/plants so much because they remind us of ourselves but without the god-complex( the god-complex being: knowing we are 'better', 'stronger', having more control and awareness of what we are but all the same not being able to manage this power to it's full potential because we also know that we are so vulnerable) we know so much and we want to be like other animals; unaware of ourselves objectively. Living things rely on each other, we need them and they need us, so we love them, we value them and we suffer when we dont. They remind us of our beauty and we remind them of thiers. All little parts of a stream of matter and conciousness only divided by our subjective, perceived reality.
I guess one of the most beautiful enviroments, that I feel in awe of, is being in a wood/forest.
I feel like I am in the presence of God's when I'm standing amid Trees and all the incredible flora that hugs and scatters about them... and elusive, creatures that hide in it. Trees, remind me of the epitome of a perfect Androgyny; so gnarly, strong, resistant, protective and 'male' and with the light, fluid fronds of 'Female' leaves; swaying and communicating with the air, seemingly delicate veins that hide their resilliance, tapering roots stretching and clinging out and down toward the earth; appendage's reaching to sustain nourishment for the whole arboreal universe, sucking minerals and heaving it up toward the very tip, where its most victorious of parts stretches, full of chlorophyll and enthusiasm toward the sun-light. A delighted example of what this magical system has acomplished through its Nature/Nurture.
It's History encoded inside it's bark, rings of life, of a miraculous endevour to sustain it's own importance to this world.
Trees are strong, persistent, life giving nourishers. I am in awe of their beauty and of having some awareness of the science/Nature of their being here.
Enabling me to breathe, me enabling them to feed; a beautiful symbiosis that doesnt boast about it's majesty, it just is what it is.
I often feel this way with people too, although I'm often clouded by judgement and insecurities, there is something inside me saying: Im so lucky to be with you, to be in your presence; for giving and taking energy from you and you from me...
...and we're both standing here, living, beautiful and battling the god-complex.