Natural life sounds good. There are many organizations, companies, websites, articles, and people who are into natural living or natural health in one way or another. There are also many ways to practice it.
- Nutrition: Consume it; producing it
- Health: Alternative medicine; herbs; antioxidants; naturally or supplements
- Environment: Eco-awareness; active participation; recycling; reduce waste
- Power sources: Solar; Wind
- Lifestyle: Family; consumer
- Share, write, work, film, talk.
There are many ways of seeing natural life depending on the degree of involvement, participation and even creativity.
The interesting thing is that it is a fact of life today because people are aware of it; there is a positive attitude towards nature and our relationship with it; it is a subject loaded with emotions; there is the fear of “nature’s revenge” if we continue as we do.
At the same time we have to accept that synthetic development (to coin a phrase) has brought material quality of life and is an economic consideration in our society.
Having said all that, what do we mean by “natural” and by “alive”?
- Natural: “free from artificiality”; “according to nature”; “of or relating to nature”; “functioning or occurring normally”; “existing or produced by nature”; “not artificial or imitation”; “be unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes”;
- Living: “seeking a positive and satisfying existence”; “the experience of being alive”; “the course of human events and activities”; “condition of living or remaining alive”; “dwell or live in”; “to be an inhabitant of”; “lead a certain kind of life”; “live in a certain style”; “in its natural state and place (not mined or quarried);” “still in existence”;
Natural life would have to take into account these definitions, but above all it must be under the umbrella of “Harmony” and “Balance”.
So after all that, what does natural life sound like with this definition?
“Pursue a positive and satisfying existence, in a style that respects and seeks to achieve harmony and balance with nature, with ourselves and with the future”.
