Religion
In reply to the discussion: Do you believe in the supernatural? [View all]NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)I merely state, when I live close to nature, I naturally feel a harmony with nature that compels me to live in accordance with nature (symbiotically). I am not alone in this experience, and studies confirm this.
It isn't a "message". Its neurons firing, much like the "pleasure" we feel when we have sex (which induces behavior that is beneficial to survival). We have residual instincts and they "tell" us to behave in certain ways, triggered by specific events or even drugs (I mention drugs because psilocybin induces a very similar experience). Some we choose to listen to, and others we lock away.
Listening to instincts is not irrational, as they provided the founding blocks that made us a viable race. And I can feel this experience (of the divinity of All, of the awe and mystery of existence) and follow my instincts without actually extrapolating that there is objectively a divine. Rather, it gives me a greater understanding of the community & universe we belong to and how my actions should be in accordance with that to promote our survival (just as I can revel in the experience of sex and procreate).