Today I was watching a spider making its web, and it was so beautiful. Within no time, its house was ready. It is not just a house, it is everything for the spider. Its mate comes, they reproduce there, they hunt their food there. Without the intention to destroy it, it is difficult for anyone to break the web. It can withstand rain, has the strength to survive even a small storm, and its elasticity helps the spider stay alive. Even if someone destroys the web, the spider does not mind; it simply creates another one.
I often see cows giving birth. Mostly they deliver while standing, and nothing happens to the calf as it drops to the ground. The mother cow is careful during delivery, and the outer covering of the newborn, filled with fluids, absorbs the shock as it enters the world. Nature never needed any engineering, and yet we could never compete with its brilliance.
Immediately after birth, the cow licks the calf, giving it warmth and nourishment. Within no time, the calf is ready to stand on its own. Though new to the world, it quickly learns to walk and begins feeding on its mother’s milk. No teacher is present, no manual is written, just instincts rendered by nature.
Witnessing these things regularly at my farm, I am forced to reflect on us, humans. When a human child is born, it knows almost nothing of the world. Many mothers do not know what to do immediately after birth, unless caregivers or hospitals guide them. Why is that? Both the cow and the woman are mothers, both are born with the same maternal instincts, then why do we lack? You may find this thought amusing, but the answer lies in the fact that we have lost something along the way, in the name of evolution, modernization, and comfort. The cow has not.
Interestingly, the natural ability to face life’s stages and care for oneself is missing in humans. Even in food, we think we know a lot, but we lack real understanding. If the food industry stops production one day, more than 80 percent of our resources will collapse, and we will be in serious trouble.
We have knowledge about everything except life. All other animals know nothing else, yet they understand life. A tiger knows how to hunt, a deer knows where to find its food. This is the minimum knowledge all beings, including humans, should have. Unfortunately, we do not. Today, many children do not know what to eat, when to eat, or the nutritional value of their food.
We educate them, but for what? Do they know how to source their food, cook it, or grow it? Do they have basic survival skills? Do they know nature? Are they physically healthy? They are trained only to compete at school. As I often say, the outdated schooling system that still prevails is a dead tunnel.
I conclude this blog by referring to the findings of a recent study by British researchers. It shows that most humans today are moving away from nature, in their work, their daily routines, their thoughts, and even in the concepts and terminologies we use. Human connection to nature is fading, while technological, developmental, and modern relationship-based concepts are taking over. A study led by Professor Miles Richardson at the University of Derby found that human connection to nature has declined by more than 60 percent in the last 200 years. The research measured the use of nature-related words in literature and cultural expression, and revealed how this decline is closely linked to urbanization, loss of wildlife, and the lack of parental engagement with nature. This shows not only behavioural changes, but also how deeply our cultural relationship with nature has weakened.
Nature has always been our greatest teacher, yet we have drifted away from it. While animals live instinctively, humans have lost their basic survival wisdom. Unless we return to learning from nature, our knowledge will remain hollow. It is time we remember that the simplest truths of life are often the most vital ones.
You described it so beautiful …..
Makes me always curious what’s on ur mind abt everything in this world bcs u hv so many real experience especially abt nature which i only hv a little bit if compared to u .
Sometimes i also felt jealous to see how great animals , they r heavilly driven by innate , instinctual behaviours for survival like fleeing danger or finding prey . while humans posses limited instinct that are heavily modified and override by learned behaviours , intelect and conscious choice . But the problem for some overthinker human is that they do a lot of thinking n conscious choice in their head , it makes their move more slow and proscastinating than animals , sometimes making wrong decision also in their life . And yes humans more spoiled and entitled than animals ……🙂
Agree with your view on differences human have with other live creature in the earth are a food for thought for humans. Human, the only live animal in the earth who can re-think and lern from the pst and apply correction when wanted.