I’ve gotten weary of seeing the word “natural” on the packaging of foods. It is a word that has deep significance for me. Now I cringe when I see it printed on food and used as a distracting ploy of advertising with little meaning at all.
I am natural. I am part of nature, and noticing that is to be invited to a stirring intimacy with all things natural. I am part of an evolutionary process that has gone back many million years. I have a dependent relationship with nature that is beyond my control, even if I should try to resist it.
For me there is no escape, but there is the opportunity to enter deeply into a living relationship with the whole world around me. The interdependence of all things in this world includes me, and the more I recognize it the more I can enjoy my place in this wonderful embrace.
I trust my nature. I trust my mind to glow with insight when I discard all the clutter that I and my culture have added to my thinking. My challenge is to relax and yield to my nature. My intent is to live a natural life.