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Here we are just over the threshold of the 21st Century. Here we all are facing a crisis of intimidating proportions. This crisis has been a long time coming, just as its coming has long been denied. Nevertheless this blog will be a response to that crisis that is as optimistic as it is even realistic.
It will not offer external remedies nor solutions. They are not so hard to see and find. Rather it will aim to inspire you to look again within. To look so deeply and so relentlessly that a shift might take place in your attitudes, your orientations and even your actions. A shift that will come not from me, not from my words, but from you, from your own inner experience. For this blog will present a very specific perspective on human nature. One derived from a lifetime’s digging at the roots of human experience. This is a perspective that runs through Mother Nature to Human Nature. A perspective informed by deep and sustained intimacy with human experience. Intimacy with the presence and activity of the body. Intimacy with the presence and activity of mind. Intimacy with the presence and activity of others: human and otherwise. An intimacy that generates a Radical Ecology. Human nature is not something we need learn about from academics, philosophers or any kind of teacher. It is here for us to explore directly ourselves. May this blog inspire you to turn your irrepressible curiosity inwards, upon your own experience, towards your own nature. Not the content of your experience, but its nature. So that perhaps within the particularities of your personal experience as a human being, you may encounter the deep roots that we all have in common. Some depths of which we have in common with all living creatures, all life. For, whatever our spiritual dimension may imply, we are expressions of nature. I write these posts, of course, from a position of inescapable, though modifiable, prejudice. Likewise one of unusual privilege. I was born white, male, able bodied into a comfortable, educated English family of Norman descent. My parents made extensive sacrifices to provide me with a sound education and the confidence it can provide. Nevertheless, whatever your origins, we have as human beings, much more in common than we have distinguishing us. Much of which, even the best of which, we share with all living creatures, even with life itself. This blog is an invitation for you to find that for yourself. The way you open the doors to your thoughts and emotions is both brave and inviting, creating a space where readers can connect with the raw and authentic aspects of your mind. Your introspective exploration not only resonates on a personal level but also prompts readers to reflect on their own inner landscapes. Thank you for the invitation to venture into the edges of your mind – a poetic and thought-provoking odyssey that sparks contemplation and connection. Looking forward to further explorations and insights from the depths of your creative mind. Comments are closed.
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