Post by STORMDANCER on Jun 6, 2011 21:03:15 GMT
To me there has always been a link to me between nature and spirituality. When I was a young girl I didn't understand this, all I knew is that I loved being in nature. But now, as I've gotten older and still love to be in nature, I have begun to realize that there is a natural correlation between the two. For example, I love to walk in nature, by rivers etc .My dad used to take me fishing with him on the Lune river in Lancaster and as I was standing in a flowing river, trying to entice a fish to bite my offering became a passion of mine when I was a small child. I used to think that the reason I liked such things was because of the fish. I've since realized that although I do love the fish and catching fish, that's all part of the sideshow. What has actually been going on for my entire life is that when I'm in nature, standing in flowing river fishing, I'm also talking to God.
Nature and God are impossible to tell apart. In many respects the two are the same thing. It's obvious that most of the great thinkers that have ever walked this planet noticed the correlation between nature and God or in the case of this article, spirituality. Thoreau, Emerson, Einstein, and Nietzsche were all well aware of the correlation between the two. As a matter of fact it was Thoreau who said, "Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand."
It is impossible for a human being to take a walk in the woods alone and not feel the presence of God in my opinion. Not some God that needs to be worshiped in a church on Sunday, but that undeniable presence from which we all originated. The easiest way to get back in touch with this presence that I'm calling God, is through the serenity of nature. For me, it's always been most apparent while standing in a flowing river. For you, maybe it's overlooking a mountain lake. For someone else it might be a stroll in a secluded park. The point is that nature and spirituality are forever linked.
Storm xxx
Nature and God are impossible to tell apart. In many respects the two are the same thing. It's obvious that most of the great thinkers that have ever walked this planet noticed the correlation between nature and God or in the case of this article, spirituality. Thoreau, Emerson, Einstein, and Nietzsche were all well aware of the correlation between the two. As a matter of fact it was Thoreau who said, "Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand."
It is impossible for a human being to take a walk in the woods alone and not feel the presence of God in my opinion. Not some God that needs to be worshiped in a church on Sunday, but that undeniable presence from which we all originated. The easiest way to get back in touch with this presence that I'm calling God, is through the serenity of nature. For me, it's always been most apparent while standing in a flowing river. For you, maybe it's overlooking a mountain lake. For someone else it might be a stroll in a secluded park. The point is that nature and spirituality are forever linked.
Storm xxx
