Further from nature?

[Laurasia]

Hello everyone.

Lately I've been wondering about something & I wanted to see what you guys thought about it. Perhaps I've just been in a cynical mood lately, but doesn't it seem as though mankind is becoming more & more seperated from the natural flows & energies of life, the Earth & Nature itself?

I just look at the animals & natural world around me & become rather heartsick when I think about it. It just seems as though much of the human populace is virtually cut-off from the flows of the natural world. Very different from the way that things used to be when we would celebrate the seasons & natural flows of life & death as a part of our everyday lives.

I mean the animals still live the way that they always have, within the natural flows of the Earth, & they will continue to live in such a way. However, we humans, have "advanced" ourselves out of the natural rhythm (sp?) of Nature itself.

Sincerely,
Laurasia

[Korv]

I must admit, I see things like this in a very sardonic, as-seen-from-nature kind of view, i.e., humans(in general) have become stupid and ignorant about nature, except the few who appreciate it, and their voices are lost in the noise of bulldozers and chainsaws and guns and other destructive modern technology. We built sky scrapers and polute the air, we dump garbage and toxins into the rivers and oceans. We do not realize we are really harming ourselves. I say things were better back in the 1300s when we had plagues ripping through the lands and tyrants ruling us. Perhaps I am a cynical person, but I agree with you. It's the animals who are smart. They know not to go against nature.

[Laurasia]

Korvus said:

I say things were better back in the 1300s when we had plagues ripping through the lands and tyrants ruling us. Perhaps I am a cynical person, but I agree with you. It's the animals who are smart. They know not to go against nature.

I suppose that we are both cynical then. LOL! I know exactly what you mean. Okay the plagues I could live without, but we're "ruled by tyrants" in most cases anyway. They just use different titles now.

I suppose that's why I live out in the woods instead of the city. The less contact that I have with most people after I get home from work, the better. ;D

Sincerely,
Laurasia

[boogieman]

I some what agree what is said. I think it is rather ironic though. I mean when America was a fresh country people use to be healthy and know how to live and coincide with nature. Until the industrial revolution when homemade well quality products became inferior. I think it is ironic as the fact then when the cities first really become polluted hand made products were obsolete, and now hand made products are what people admire. I do stay in touch with nature. I think it’s really sad how people treat it. I mean its what keeps us all breathing.

[Brandybuck]

I have to agree. I understand that the population is much larger than it was during the time that our ancestors lived, but it seems that Man has lost His collective mind when it comes to building large cities. It's like they do not relize how many different plants and animals suffer from all the upheavel. Once they finally get accostumed elsewhere, Man once again brings His bulldozers , creating more heartache for nature.

Another result of Man's incompetence (in my opinion at least) are the severity of the hurricanes we have been seeing...2 major storms not even a month apart.

I am just glad that where I live, I still have the option of looking out of my window and seeing trees and not skyscrapers...I consider myself very fortunate, indeed.

[twilight]

I often wish I could live off in the woods or country, but then I think, if all the people who wanted to do that did so, there would be no more woods or country. I love being in nature though, and I hope some day to hike the Appalachian tral.
I feel so weak when I think of our ancestors who had to fend for themselves so often in nature, and when I think how people understood nature so much better than we do. You know, a lot of the deaths caused by hurricanes and earthquakes are from buildings collapsing and debris hurtlling through the streets, and also because the overcrowding in cities makes evacution more difficult and sometimes impossible.
I don't think technology is the problem, it's humans who can't use common sense.

~Aelish~