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Mike Brezin About 10 years ago, I turned to Nature to better understand who I am as a human and how I can live a fulfilling, compassionate, and joyful life. I have never for a moment doubted the wisdom of that decision. For the previous ten years, as an amateur naturalist, I had spent plenty of time in the wild areas around Tallahassee, sparked by Bruce Means’ classes and the aftereffects of Hurricane Kate. My academic education had focused on human learning and memory. So, I suppose it was natural for me to be attentive to the wild and how it affects my perceptions, feelings, and ways of thinking. Until recently, I had been more than happy to pursue the human/Nature interaction privately, particularly the spiritual aspects, going to favorite wild spots on my own and keeping my experiences to myself. However, about a year ago, I joined Heart of the Earth, met many like-minded people, and have come to enjoy sharing thoughts, experiences, and feelings about the wild and living on this Earth. As a result, I have led some of the Heart of the Earth’s equinox and solstice walks and now put some of my personal experiences with Nature as teacher (which I call Beckonings) on the website. I look forward to getting out into the wild with others, sharing our experiences, and learning from Nature and one another.
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Barry Fraser
"To love something, you must first know it; to protect something, you must first love it." Author Unknown
From the time I was a small child growing up in the mountains of New York, I have always found the natural world to be a place that I could go to for comfort and refuge. It was a place where I would catch sunfish on lazy summer days, play along the shores of the creek, swim in the frigid waters of the slate quarry near my hometown. Nature was then, and still is today, the place where I go to think, to play, to rest, and to find answers in my life. Over the last twenty years, as I continued to spend quiet time in nature and began to share with others who had similar experiences, what has emerged for me is an understanding of the enormous power of nature as teacher and healer. And I’ve come to believe that if we are to protect the earth from environmental destruction, we will need to feel in our hearts our extraordinary bond to the web of life on this planet. All this has led me, especially through Heart of the Earth, to want to create opportunities for others to go out into the wild, and together experience our re-connection to the Earth; and to enjoy the insights and sense of community that this sharing brings. We’re going to have such a good time! Related Link:
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