How to Define Natural Living?
Natural living has a very nice sound to it, especially now that more and more people are aware and even concerned about the environment.
But what exactly do we mean when we say “natural living”?
For most people the issue will revolve around recycling, use of renewable and clean energy, organic food production and consumption, as well lowering our carbon footprint.
It also relates to health. Health as in the individual, the family, a group, society, nature and the world at large.
A natural living choice should also include quality of life, and quality of life implies much more than the material side of things.
A lot of the information on natural living is based on recycling, energy, organic food and environment, and so it should. If we don’t solve these issues, the consequences will probably be catastrophic.
But sticking to the quality of life side of things, I suggest that a natural living choice should include more:
- the psychological aspects of the individual and the community,
- the family,
- the spiritual,
- the physical,
- the environment,
A slogan could be “healthy minds with healthy bodies”.
All life should strive for harmony and balance. A simple equation would be:
Body(Harmony+Balance)= Health
Simplistic perhaps, but with more than a germ of truth.
The US constitution states: “The pursuit of happiness”. It doesn’t guarantee happiness, but the freedom to pursue it.
So, my definition of Natural Living is.
“Pursuing a positive and satisfying existence, in a style that respects and seeks to achieve harmony and balance with nature, ourselves, and the future”.
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