Page 16 - KZN Business Sense 7.7 ebook
P. 16

LIVING IN HARMONY AND FULFILMENT



        ON OUR PLANET




                     David White, CEO   state and is reached naturally in   and can and do hunt and poach   seeking fulfilment through all   our daily living. If we, as the
                       DRG Outsourcing  wilderness areas.           animals – but if people were not   that has been provided for them.   Animal Kingdom does naturally,
                                                                    involved in any way in wilderness   A grasshopper does not care to   recognise our purpose and place
                                       The Animal, Mineral and      areas, these areas would continue                          in the world, and stay focused
                              aving   Vegetable Kingdoms combine to   to thrive in every way. In fact,   be an elephant, and an elephant   on enabling our sustainability
                                                                                                  has no purpose nor will to show
                              visited   form the foundation of our earth,   if we had no people on earth,   its evolved maturity to any of its   without impacting on others and
                       Hthe           and in these kingdoms, there is   we would soon have a perfectly   co inhabitants in the wilderness.   the environment, we too will
                      Kruger National   the expression of our Creator’s   ordered world dominated by the   Humans have finely tuned   experience the magnificence and
                     Park, and many   purpose and perfect plan.     instinctive natural kingdoms,   emotional, mental and physical   completeness of life on earth.
                      other game       Humans of course are different   and it would survive and flourish   bodies, and live in perpetual desire   This may sound over simplified,
                        reserves in   in that they have the capacity   for eternity – or at least as   to improve their status and sense   and to a degree perhaps it is, but
                        southern      to reason beyond their personal   long as it may take for another   of belonging. We generally do   our ability to think and reason
                        Africa over   experiences and instincts, and to   meteorite to penetrate the earth   not live to express the instinctive   deeper on matters than creatures
                        the past 50   generate subjective outcomes. The  atmosphere and smash into the   nature within ourselves, but rather   of the Natural Kingdom, is also
                        years, it     Animal, Mineral and Vegetable   earth’s crust. In a human absent                         what initiates and prolongs
                        never ceases   Kingdoms respond more to     world, the Vegetable Kingdom   to gain as much as we can hoard   our destruction. We become
                                                                                                  in the belief that this will support
                        to amaze      impulse and circumstances,    would consume all the CO₂ we                               emotional with greed, grief,
                        me how        thus making outcomes more     as humans have pumped into the   our endeavours at later stages in   hate and revenge, and these
        wonderful these natural areas   predictable and profound.   air, and soon oxygen levels will   our lives.              energies distort the natural
        are when our minds become                                   rise, and rivers will return to their   We as humans can learn that   flow of positive guides and
        immersed in their reality. One   The elephants dominate the   fresh and drinkable state. Plastic   nature is for us the same as it is   influences, which would if not
        can consider, yes there is a lion,   landscape. They are the biggest   would disappear from our rivers   for the animals and creatures in   distorted, help to lead us through
        or yes there is a leopard, and that   land mammals and through   and seas, and earth would return   the Natural Kingdoms, with a   each day with confidence and
        we have seen them before… but   their size earn the respect of all   to its natural state of abundance,   constant flow and unfoldment   developmental experiences.
        each time seeing one of these   the other animals. This is seen   beauty, and harmony.    of all the things we need to live
        majestic creatures is unique and   clearly at the waterholes, and at                      a purposeful and fulfilled life.   We as humans can learn from
        wonderfully special. There is   points where animals cross each   The wilderness areas are   When we are not aware of our   the Natural Kingdoms that
        no such thing as repetitive or   other’s paths. Lions have the   essential to remind us of what   true selves and do not follow the   through having a foundation
        uneventful when it comes to the   most attitude, and it is easy to   is possible in terms of order   direction guiding us through   of order and empathy for
        wild. Each moment is magnified   see why they have been referred   and harmony, and how our   the Presence within, we become   environmental and social
        by the presence of our natural   to as the King of the Wilderness   earth could look if we followed   like the grasshopper trying to   considerations, we are able
        wonders and brings forth our   since antiquity. Each other   nature’s instinctive and natural   eat like the elephant, or the   to experience the freedom
                                                                                                                               and joy of living in a world
                                      animal and creature too has its
                                                                    principles. These principles echo
        primitive and spontaneous                                                                 elephant trying to dominate the
        thoughts and feelings.        place in the wilderness, and no   throughout the Animal, Mineral   space of the lion. In the Natural   of opportunity and learning.
                                      matter their size or attitude, they  and Vegetable Kingdoms, as                          Huge benefit is thus derivable
          Nature has a perfect order,   go about their business of living   each living creature, plant and   Kingdom, the grasshopper and   from maintaining and growing
        and this is evident as each day   from day to day. It is amazing   tree strives to live to express   elephant have no interest in each   wilderness areas, as when we
        unfolds for each living creature;   to see no animals nor creatures   its nature within. It is a simple   other’s worlds and actions, and   visit these wilderness spaces,
        be they large mammals, tiny   shrinking in their purpose or   cycle of living, with urgency for   do not strive to be anything   they remind us of what the earth
        crawling creatures, or elegant   daily activity just because they   food, shelter and socialisation   other than what their Creator has  is like in its primal state, and
        flying and calling birds of   may not be as commanding as   guiding its actions from moment   imposed for them – but do know   shows us the true foundation of
        the sky. The trees and foliage   the elephant or lion. This is part   to moment. It is a sort of natural   instinctively that their life and   our natural existence.
        too are magnificent, and the   of the wonder we are all drawn   governance, where nature   path has value and purpose.   All the problems we have on
        combination of these artificer   to see and experience when we   provides a foundation of order   Our human condition gives us   earth today, which include
        principles creates what we eco   are in the wilderness, and is the   and purpose, and the animals   dominance over all the creatures   poverty, inequality and lost hope
        adventures like to call our   magic that draws us back. It is   and other living entities are able   of the Natural Kingdom and   are all man made, and do not
        special place, where we feel more   also where we as humanity can   to rely on its abundance and   allows us the ability to reason   exist when we express our true
        real and most alive.          draw understanding of how we   consistency.                 and understand cause and     nature as do the living creatures
                                      can better live in harmony and
          Feeling alive and full of   fulfilment on our planet.      The Natural Kingdoms do not   effect from our actions. Simply   in the Natural Kingdoms. 
        amazement is our true and                                   reason in the way humans do   put, we have highly developed
        natural state as humans, and   The wilderness economy is    and are not able to consider their   senses, and advanced ability   DRG, DRG Siyaya, and SA Chamber UK
        wilderness areas help us to   circular in every way and does   united relationship with all of   to watch and learn from   Contact David White,
        refresh and refocus our minds   not require any support from   life on earth. They merely follow   thriving communities and our   T: +27 (0)31 767 0625
        into the present. This is our   humanity to survive. People can   their instincts and live within   environments, and to draw   E: david@drg.co.za
        most creative and most happy   and do destroy wilderness areas   their wilderness areas while   teachings from nature into   W: www.drg.co.za
















                                                                                                                                  SCAN
                                                                                                                                QR CODE
                                                                                                                                  TO SEE
                                                                                                                                  VIDEO


                                                                                                                                (Open the camera on your phone and
                                                                                                                                hover steadily for 2-3 seconds over the
                                                                                                                                QR Code to see the video.)




       16
   11   12   13   14   15   16