Saturday, April 17, 2010

Nature

Whenever I am perplexed and feeling bogged down , I turn to nature for insights, inspiration, solutions and invariably find them.
In this so called civilized world,we homo sapiens, have lost touch with our instinct, our natural selves....it lies buried under layers of conditioning and influences from outside...makes you lose touch with the basics, the most important, the core, and blunts the innate instincts.
Look at how nature handles death, change,diversity,loss....does not get mired in any of the above ...it is a part of its,well nature/DNA!!
The behaviour of animals- is instinctive, the bond between the mother-child - with a specific purpose to nurture and then let go; the rythm of the seasons and day/night ...the continous beginnings and endings, one season seamlessly makes way for the other ...the plant nourishes its seeds, then perishes and in doing so does not question the motive...countless such insights for us to observe and internalise to understand life.
The closer we move to our basic instinct, the simpler, easier our lives will be and happier too.

3 comments:

  1. I have heard many people say "when I listen to my instincts it never goes right for me" - that completely flummoxes me! So what do you think they are doing wrong? Perhaps listening to their heart/mind and not their instincts? Not to say instincts are 100% fool proof- but more oft than not hold u in good stead!

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  2. For some, it maybe difficult to distinguish between instinct and reason ...specially for the left brained ones??

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