Nature

Introduction

Long before schools, books, religions and science, nature was already teaching through every sunrise, season, seed, river, breath and heartbeat.

Nothing in nature appears to struggle to become itself. A tree never tries to become another tree. A river never competes with another river. The sun never asks for recognition. Nature simply expresses its own intelligence.

For many years, I searched for answers in books, philosophies and other people. They all contributed something valuable. Yet the deepest lessons quietly appeared somewhere else—in observation.

Ravi’s lived observations

The more closely I observed nature, the more I began understanding myself. My body, breath, sleep and biological rhythms belonged to nature. Even my fears, emotions, hunger, recovery and ageing followed natural laws.

Human beings have not separated themselves from nature. We have only separated ourselves from observing it. Nature never hurries, yet everything is accomplished. Nature never compares, yet everything finds its own place. Nature never forces, yet everything continues to evolve.

Perhaps wisdom is not something we invent. Perhaps wisdom is remembering what nature has been showing us all along. Nature is not outside us. We are one of nature’s ongoing expressions.