Written on September 21, 2023

Nature is the content and functioning of the universe, both living and non-living. Nowadays it seems as if a separation has emerged between humans — or human influence, the artificial — and nature, even though we are all part of nature and therefore natural by definition.

The sole reason for this separation is ourselves. To live naturally, nothing needs to be done. Life in itself is already natural. We don't have to look for nature, we are nature.

Even walking down a busy street, you can see the chamomile growing between the paving stones, the mint growing at the water's edge, birds flying overhead and insects on the ground. All we have to do to live a natural life is live and observe the natural life around us.

The only way to live unnaturally is to close yourself off, sitting in a dark room and looking at blue screens late into the night. Living unnaturally means cutting yourself off from the nature that you are and the nature that surrounds you.

The only way to live an unnatural life is to actively do so. If you let everything take its natural course, a natural life will come naturally.