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The Nature of Reality

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.

Consumption

The Earth, nature, provides all we need, whether it’s food, medicine, water, materials for shelter and for our arts, perfect sunlight and the stars. But in the modern world, we’ve learned about, adopted, adapted to and live by the endless, cyclical insanity of “not enough” — a distorted epistemic failing, supplanting the otherwise organic human inclinations toward communal betterment, spiritual discovery and genuine self-improvement. The two ideas do not complement each other, and so, we suffer.