Nature's Nurture

"I believe that the universe is one being, all its parts are different expressions of the same energy, and they are all in communication with each other, influencing each other, therefore parts of one organic whole (this is physics as well as religion, I believe.)" 

- Robinson Jeffers.

Robinson Jeffers wrote poetry that revered the environment movement. Rachel Carson described ecology as wholeness not only with oneself but also wholeness with the rest of the natural world. This meant the integrity of the universe itself. 

Jeffers coined the term inhumanism to describe a counterpoint to this awareness. He felt concern that humanity had become separated from the rest of nature, too blind to the "astonishing beauty of things." He believed our natural inheritance and civilizational responsibility includes the protection and participation in nature's beauty.

Drink deep, drink deep of quietness,

And on the margins of the sea

Remember not thine old distress

Nor all the miseries to be

Calmer than mists and cold

As they, that fold on fold

Up the dim valley are rolled.

Learn thou to be. – Robinson Jeffers

John Muir believed, "When we try to pick out anything by itself we find it hitched to everything else in the universe."

During our challenging time, let nature's nurture help with balance and respect. 

"When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you." - Lao Tzu