EMBRACING NATURE

Why are we human beings in such need of a connection to nature? Can we even live without nature?

We cannot, because we have been placed into nature as a living species that is, strictly speaking, not part of nature itself, although our bodies are, nevertheless, totally dependent on nature’s gifts. It is precisely in this difference that the supplement and the necessary exchange must lie. This is important in getting to understand what makes for a meaningful life in harmony with nature.

How wisely everything is set up here on earth and throughout Creation! Here on earth, there first evolved primeval flora and fauna, then came forth grass, the seed plant, and the fruit tree. Without the existence and subsequent development of the entire plant world, we human brings could not exist here on earth. We may, as a species, assume dominion over the earth, but the ethical obligation that attends such a privilege must not