Have we lost our connection with nature?

Intuitive Living is based on an underlying respect and understanding that all things are connected and dependent upon one another: that you are influenced by, and also influence, your surroundings. Intuitive Living is derived from the idea that our lives work most effectively for us when all of our important aspects are balanced (not just your checkbook, although that makes us happy too).

As a part of our existence we are connected deeply through our families, our social networks, our cultures, our faiths, our beliefs, our natural world and our core principles. We are even connected through our hobbies, interests, routes we take to work, and pets we own. Regardless of what our connection is, we are ultimately influenced by one another and to other parts of our world.

I offer the following example of how we have lost our connection with our environment:

People have adapted, over time, from living ‘in touch’ with the earth, to living in a state of over dependence on our own inventions. We all remember our great grand-pappy saying “Storm’s a brewin’ kids, I can feel it in my bones!” Grand-pappy could “feel” the storm coming (and if he was wrong, the family just blamed the bourbon right?). Unfortunately our digital age has created a population that has become “disconnected” from our surroundings. The horrific tsunami of 2004 that killed 100,000’s of people in Indonesia was a catastrophic unavoidable event. The best scientists we have installed seismic monitors, emergency notification system and 24 hour alert system. Yet, this wasn’t enough and too many lives were tragically lost. We, as a species, have lost our intuition with nature. There is a small group of people still living as they did some hundreds of years ago. They live connected to the earth, to each other and to the wildlife. They “felt” the tsunami coming. They do not have scientists; alert systems, CNN, Internet or even a newspaper. Yet they knew to move to higher ground because they are still “connected” and survived the tsunami.

I am not saying that we should revert to primitive ways only that we need to be aware of our surroundings and how they influence us every day.