Our Thinking Reed Syndrome

There is no greater cause than Life since we do not know anything outside Nature.
If our intellect is no more refined than draw conclusions from our direct evidences we should not find it hard to believe Nature stands for something beyond anything that we may conjure up. Nature as manifestation of life: where a worm serves as prodigiously and as useful as man to create the earth a habitable planet. (ref: note below)
Cause of Life shall render man conserve his environment as judiciously as a worm or a scavenger bird. The worm we might say do it not under duress or do not put on some airs for its contribution. It is a service freely rendered. A raven cleans up offal it can lay hand on as a matter of feeding itself. It does not assume any moral superiority over its benefits to the environment. A field worm or raven exists unlike man: we are conscious of our worth in terms of beliefs or in terms of material possessions. Our haves and have-nots are a case in point.
Self of a raven or earthworm feeds on the universal consciousness of Life whereas man is driven by his own self. No wonder we must whitewash our selfishness with some cause or other.
A cause is something we fashion after our peculiar notions of standing in our own kind that is incomprehensible to every other. Nature knows it not. Does it matter to a dog or a horse whether its master is a crook or a fool? Its fidelty is rooted squarely on Life than on superficial reasons.
Tailpiece: Me-factor of man sets life forms as ‘us and them’.
* Note: Earthworms create macro pores, which positively affect water infiltration and root growth. Their castings improve microbial growth, nutrient content and soil structure. Earthworm casts contain nitrate, phosphorous, magnesium, potassium and calcium. Earthworms use a lot of water, since they produce 60 percent of their body weight in urine every day. Their urine is nitrogen-rich and provides an excellent fertilizer. Field worms easily produce about 50 lbs. of nitrogen/acre! (Ack: By Jodi De Jong-Hughes, University of Minnesota Extension Service)
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