We Forgot Our Place
Subscribe Free For centuries, humanity has crowned itself ruler of existence. We placed ourselves above everything, above nature, above other species, and even above each other. We built invisible hierarchies in our minds: stronger and weaker, richer and poorer, superior and inferior. We believed we were important, special, chosen. And in that belief, we lost perspective. We forgot that we are not standing above life; we are moving within it. We forgot that we are not separate; we are inseparable from everything that sustains us . Air, water, soil, sunlight… without them, we are nothing. We live in our heads, constructing identities, roles, and stories about who we are. We measure ourselves through status, power, knowledge, appearance, and success. We compare, divide, and label. We create meaning where there is none, and forget the vastness in which we exist. But step back for a moment. Look at the scale of the universe. The magnitude of time. The complexity of life. ...