Loving our living world, by Carl Safina
Meditative Story
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🗓️ 14 April 2020
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
We all need to love and be loved, we all want to feel not alone in this world. And this is true for all of the living world, says ecologist and author Carl Safina. Carl has spent his whole life interacting with the wild, from raising pigeons on a Brooklyn rooftop to trekking through the frozen landscape of Antarctica and the vast African savanna. And one thing he’s learned is that humans and animals alike, we’re all striving to connect. We’re all craving to establish bonds, to reach out, and to hold someone close. We all want to be loved – and to love ourselves.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, it's Rohan. For Mental Health Awareness Month, we're partnering with a few other |
| 0:05.3 | shows to bring you some resources that might support your own mental health journey. |
| 0:10.5 | This week, I want to share a little bit about a slight change of plans. It's a wonderful |
| 0:15.9 | podcast hosted by one of our previous meditative story guests, Dr. Maya Shankar. On a slight change |
| 0:23.4 | of plans, Maya blends compassionate storytelling with the science of human behaviour to explore |
| 0:29.9 | who we are and who we become in the face of big changes. Much like on meditative story, |
| 0:37.4 | you're here incredible life changing stories and timeless wisdom that can help you live a better |
| 0:44.0 | life. A slight change of plans is one of my favourite podcasts and I really think you'll love |
| 0:50.4 | it as well. So give it a listen wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:07.6 | One weekend, my parents take me to the Bronx Zoo. As we stroll through the exhibits, |
| 1:13.3 | I find myself standing beside a large cage with an eagle almost my size perched inside. |
| 1:20.9 | I stare fascinated struck by its piercing eyes, gigantic feet and claws, and enormous brown and |
| 1:29.9 | white feathers. My father reads the sign to me, this is a stellar sea eagle. This is not a fierce |
| 1:40.0 | mindless creature. We are simply and innocently seeing eye to eye, recognising the each in each other. |
| 1:57.3 | With the next parties in ecology, Karl Safina has written extensively about the living world |
| 2:02.8 | over the years and has won a whole host of awards and recognition. But more importantly, |
| 2:08.8 | his work has brought the majesty and mystery of nature to countless people of all ages. |
| 2:15.3 | In today's meditative story, Karl draws on his decades of studying and living with animals |
| 2:21.3 | and touches on the question that has fascinated him from a young age. How different are they from us |
| 2:27.2 | really? In this series we blend immersive first-person stories with mindfulness prompts to give you a |
| 2:35.0 | deep sense of well-being at any time of the day. From weight to art and thrive global, this is meditative |
| 2:43.1 | story. I'm Rohan and I'll be your guide. |
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