Flight of the sea eagle

We humans are paradoxical creatures. Our longing for security leads us to build up our self-identity and self-importance to the extent that people commonly speak in dualistic terms of Humans and the Environment, or Humans and Nature, conveying a sense of separation from the rest of the world and also from our fellow sentient beings (who are apparently part of the Environment, along with rocks and rainforests). According to students of deep ecology, it’s this fundamental illusion of human disconnection that underpins the pathology of our exploiting whatever is perceived as ‘other’ – including not only the non-human beings with whom we share the world, but also the environment upon which we all depend for our survival. Thus our attempts...

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