John Muir: An Archetype of our Oneness with the Earth
Stop reading this go outside and breathe in nature. Then come back and reflect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir
John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914[1]) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in… Continue reading
Henry David Thoreau: His Nature
I am enjoying the poetry of the philosophers. It is an elixer for me. I feel when we lose nature, that is when we will mourn a part of ourselves. I feel on a subconscious level many are feeling the loss of species extinction, pollution and environmental damage. We are nature and nature is… Continue reading
Goethe: A Poet Defining Nature for Science
Nature is an international weekly journal on science. Goethe’s words were chosen as an introductory poem for the first edition. It is interesting that the Science editors didn’t choose a Scientist, they chose a poet to bring life to NATURE. Perhaps one day poets won’t be seen as amusing entertainment but offering a pathway… Continue reading
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
Beauty is virtually impossible to describe in writing, as words truncate and are unable to replicate the feeling on witnessing natural beauty. Beauty for myself is in the gentle kindness of one person to another, watching a child smiling or laughing, the magnificent old trees urge me to touch their branches, the clouds metamorphosising before… Continue reading
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Awakening his Nature
This is a man after my own heart. The philosophers remind me these questions have been around and the distance of man from nature has increased. I reflected on this disconnect and realise we can know many things, but unless the feeling or experience is integrated it is just a theoretical construct. Experience is… Continue reading
Peace Is Dawning Our True Nature On Time
Find the missing peace and you will discover freedom, this is the meaning of birth-day.
PEACE IS OUR TRUE NATURE
Peace is Our True Nature,
For when it is true,
It is our nature to plant seeds for good,
To see the trees are the woods,
For I am you,
And you are me,
When… Continue reading