グラハム ハンコック - スーパーナチュラル

I've been meeting a lot of good people here in Japan, all of great variety. But despite the vast differences between all the people I've been getting to know, there's been one overriding common theme - almost total disconnection from nature. Even in the very spiritual, nature loving people there doesn't seem to be much engagement with nature. Noticing this made me reflect on my own life and my tendency to ignore that yearning to reconnect with the natural world. It make me realise that despite believing I need to priorisite email and work over walking in the forest and connecting with plants, this really shouldn't be the case. And most of all it made me realise that even though I am from the countryside and am a deeply nature loving person, I very rarely make any effort to connect with nature anymore.

Disconnection from nature is dangerous. Nature is our mother - it is both how and why we're here. This disconnection that we all seem to be suffering from is what allows us to destroy our world guiltlessly, and this destruction is going to bring about repercussions of our own destruction somewhere down the line. But I think our suicidal march towards the eschaton, and the future history of doom that we are writing for ourselves could easily be averted if only we could recognise and respect our planet for what it is - a conscious, living entity deserving of gratitude and reverence for all she gives us.

Nature is where we came from, and it's where we're going to. It is our sustenance and source of life, and I think it is important for us to keep our connection with it alive, and not absorb ourselves totally in cities and the aims, ambitions, lifestyles and vibrations they represent.


I've recently learned of an exercise that helps restore biophilia, that I'd like you to try. So please, take a moment from your distractions and try this sometime.

• Go to nature. Find a comfortable place and sit there. Feel the vibrations there. Bring a notebook, and start writing. What was it about this place that made you choose it? How does it make you feel? Write everything down that comes to you.


• Pick a plant there. Focus. Feel. What kind of energy is coming from this plant? Is it happy? How does it feel about you? Is there some part of the plant you like more or less than the other parts? Why? Write everything down.


• Go to another place and do the same thing. Does it feel different here? Better or worse? Give both places names.


• Relax. Meditate. Breathe. See standing infront of you the little child that you were. Notice everything about you/him. Is he happy? What kind of clothes is he wearing? Ask your child if there's anything he'd like to tell you. Talk and listen. Is there anything you'd like to tell them? Will your child hug you?


• Now get your child to tell you about the plant you focused on before. Write down everything you're told.


• Finally, show some love to the plant, thank it, thank your child, and thank the Earth. That's all - quite simple really.