Many insect species are declining, becoming endangered, or disappearing altogether. Scientists warn that this could lead to a catastrophic collapse, because insects are a crucial part of the planet’s balance. Without them, plants, animals, and humans all suffer. They say…
The force that drives us forward through evolution develops in us a desire to receive. To want more, to acquire, to understand, and to know. This is how we evolve from generation to generation, and year after year, i.e., through…
What direction is the entirety of nature evolving toward? Is there a connection between nature’s laws and human relationships? What developmental potential lies in the saying “habit becomes second nature,” and how is it related to today’s global crisis? Ongoing…
Love is the most powerful force in nature. It creates, generates, gives rise to systems, and sustains life. But why do we call it the “force” of love? In our world, love means attraction. We feel drawn to something that…
Not at all. In nature, there is no equality, nor can there be. If everything were equal, existence itself would be impossible. Nature thrives on diversity, i.e., on different species, different roles, and a system in which everything complements and…
Experiencing suffering from wars or natural disasters does not grant us the ultimate choice that we need to make: free choice. In such cases, we simply submit to the blows, which is no free choice. Nature is specifically interested in…
Human relationships define every level of nature: inanimate, vegetative, animate, and human. It is most evident in highly developed countries, as their actions influence relationships across the globe, even in less developed nations. If we first establish harmony in our…
One of my students raised this question via the following quote by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec: “If an animal were to kill intentionally, it would have been a human act.” In other words, animals kill instinctively for the sake of fulfilling…
Humanity has a unique role in the natural world. Unlike other creatures, we have the capacity to complete the great big ecological sphere we are parts of. Yet, our current behavior disrupts the delicate balance of the ecosystem, creating harm…
In our times, humanity has drifted far from the natural balance that governs living systems. When a wolf hunts, it takes only what it needs to sustain itself. It does not hoard, exploit, or disrupt the delicate harmony of its…
All animals are instinctively socially intelligent. That is, they know how to behave with each other instinctively in a way that is good for themselves and for the environment. The animal kingdom has a built-in intelligence that makes animals act…
Our awareness of our influence on nature has not grown. We recycle more today because we make much more garbage. We thus have no choice. Otherwise, we would bury ourselves under the garbage we generate. So we reach a state—at…