Getting off the ‘time highway’: reconnecting with the rest-of-nature through the wheel of the year

as Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee shares in Emergence Magazine, “We cannot change the world through a mental construct. We cannot change the world through words alone”

“As long as the environment is ‘out there’, we may leave it to some special interest group like environmentalists to protect while we look after our ‘selves’.”

John Seed in Daniel Christian Wahl

Cocooned in metal, hurtling down the time highway, we become spectators rather than participants in the world around us. The landscape blurs into the background as scenery, rather than a crucial, living, breathing part of our existence. Our focus narrows to what’s ahead of us, to what needs to get done.

This speed and insulation creates an emotional... See more