Word play is fun. As the title suggests, the purpose of this essay is to delve into this grand concept. Nature, like reality, is a complex idea, an organic idea, a human necessity, and a word with multiple meanings. These concepts are expressed in our modern world in both life-affirming and perception-manipulating ways. I believe it’s critically important to be aware of this truth.
Tag: human nature
Hundreds and hundreds of coincidences. 110-story buildings of heavily reinforced steel and concrete, designed to withstand precisely this type of attack, defying the laws of physics by collapsing into small piles dust and molten metal… please.
It’s funny, really. When you get your head twisted around by distorted realities and hidden agendas, you can be led to believe anything. Years can pass before anything truly important gets done, meanwhile you wonder why you feel so empty.
We’re a few generations in now to the unceasingly debilitating culture of restrictive ideology and unchecked identity politics. We’ve gradually eroded the institutions of the arts, sciences and education — which are today guided heavily by benefactors, politics and tuition fees; greed, hubris and myopic perspectives.
It’s not always easy being a human in this world. It’s always changing, and there is a lot of damage (psychic, physical, karmic, spiritual), with generations of unbalanced energies to process and recapitulate. All this complexity, unfortunately, expresses itself in how humans treat themselves, other humans, and the earth—thus creating cycles of trauma.