Random Thoughts In Honor Of Earth Day

James Rozoff
10 min readApr 23, 2024
An image from Columbia, courtesy of Jarrod Bunnell

How wonderful it is to live according to nature’s way. Some think free will is better than subordinating oneself to natural law. Some think that it is better to rule in Hell than serve in heaven. But what they believe to be will is in fact ego. Our will is to live in accord with nature’s laws. How could it be otherwise, we ARE nature. Nature’s will flows through us, all that we are is designed to be in accord with nature. We are not separate from nature, we are part of nature. It can never be otherwise.

It is only when we demand what is not freely and luxuriously given that gluttony becomes a sin. But when nature provides us a bounty, it almost seems a sin not to fully indulge in it. Take full advantage of all that is not taken from others. Appreciate the gifts and the blessings that come your way. Feast well. Only do not let it go to waste, and share with others what has been so generously gifted upon you. Gluttony shared is the far greater pleasure.

They say food tastes better if it is made with love. Imagine, then how food tastes that was grown and harvested with a loving relationship with Mother Earth.

I don’t want us to be the species that ruins it for the rest. What we do not consume we poison. Sometimes we do both. Perhaps that is how we shall end, by consuming the poisons we have created.

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