Ours is a shockingly dead view of creation. We ourselves are the only things in the universe to which we grant an authentic vitality, and because of this we are not fully alive.

Frederick Turner
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When we look at the world around us, we notice that it is very much alive. It is full of life and moving around in all sorts of ways. However, we stand apart from these things and we do not see them as living and breathing entities. We do not see them as having a life of their own.

Instead, we see these things as objects that we can use to satisfy our needs and desires. We see them as tools for our own gain. That’s why so many people are so surprised when they find themselves dying off.

They have been so focused on what they can get out of other living things that they have forgotten that other living things have needs and desires of their own.

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