Relationship between human and nature (moved to Did you hear?... (non-photo post))

[marina]

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Re: Relationship between human and nature (move to Did you hear?... (non-photo post))

I'm afraid I'm not really sure how or why my relationship with nature is or could be a concern (as opposed to a factor) in my life.

Many people - myself included - will probably consider this question in it's most obvious context and conclude that, as we are essentially a product of nature, we undeniably have a direct relationship to it and therefore we all have some kind of moral obligation to protect our natural environment as far as we're capable of doing. However I think that most people already feel that way at some level or another.

Personally I love nature; the flora, the fauna, the colours, the smells and the textures and all the other stuff. However I don't feel a spiritual connection to it, despite the fact that I'm fundamentally a part of it. My relationship with nature is one of respect and admiration, but I feel no compulsions to hug the trees or talk to the mountains; I just see it for what it is - an incredible, all-powerful, self-sutaining entity from which humanity is merely an insignificant and short-lived by-product.

[spl]

Re: Relationship between human and nature (move to Did you hear?... (non-photo post))

My knowledge of psychology is rather threadbare at the moment although I did study it at university. However the concept of the "collective unconscious" proposed by Jung has always in my mind included not only other people in the "collection" but all other conscious and living things i.e. all of "nature" if you like - that's how I always think of it anyhow.