Repairing emotional isolation by reawakening deep nature connection | Jon Young | TEDxGrandPark

My hobby and passion is photographing wildlife. I'm in the woods by sunrise and will sit in the same spot for hours quietly and without moving. The things I have seen are amazing and priceless. I can greatly relate to everything he is saying.

Thank you, Jon. Your STORY is too often unheard today. I am an Australian Daoist and have lived in Wuhan, China for 17 years. Fortunately the Wudang Mountains are near Wuhan; Wudang Shan is the sacred home of the Dao. The Dao cannot be understood intellectually. It can only be understood intuitively. This is why so many Westerners have great trouble truly understanding it; for example, the "Tao Te Ching" (in Chinese it is the "Dao de Jing". One of the primary lessons of the Dao is virtually the same as yours - a return to nature. In Daoism it means understanding and going WITH nature, not against. The most beautiful elements in our world are 'of nature' - the only beautiful man-made elements in our world are in-line with nature; great art in all its forms. Laozi wrote: "the poet becomes the poem, the dancer becomes the dance" and so it is with all things. If we follow our intuition, as does nature, spontaneity follows; without thought, without judgement, without fear of others' judgement or our concern for reward. As an Australian I have long believed we have much to learn from our Aboriginal brothers and sisters, as you have learned from the Caligari people. They hold the ancient wisdom and are willing to share their knowledge with us. We are our only obstacle. We need to truly listen. I fear we have become a population of social media addicts, hearing only sound-bytes of information and calling that wisdom; choosing "LIKES" over substance, knowledge over wisdom. My favorite time of day is around 4:30 am when the birds wake-up and start talking to each other, in song. Wuhan is very cold in winter so they fly south and return in spring. Because of the COVID virus I feared they might not return. Imagine my joy several weeks ago when I awoke to hear them chattering :)

This video is an underrated gem ❤️

Thank you for a beautiful presentation. This pandemic is telling us that we need get out of the cities and live in the countryside, so that we can begin to heal our bodies and souls.

Thank you Jon Young I'm forever greatful for what you've helped to re-awaken in me!

I always love talks like these where we are encouraged to become present, aware and in tune of nature then seeing with wonder and appreciating, loving its beauty. Finally, moving us towards consciousness that our nature needs us now more than ever it give it love backb take care of it and preserve it. 😊 It's like spirituality for me (also a topic i love). This is a peace-giving nature-loving talk. ❤

Telling our stories is a big element of Twelve Step work, and it's unsurprising that this is a fundamental need of humans to connect.

Thank you for this, Jon. And thank you for your continued service to all of us.

Nice job Jon! Good to see you!

Thanks for your sharing. Loved the traditional connectedness and how it expands our experience s. 😍🙏💐🐦🌈

Connection with our internal and external environment without barriers, interpretation, judgment, defences and instead enjoy and celebrate our own innocence...

Amazing! Especially about the nervous system adapting to nature. It's true when you think about it

Thank you for sharing this wisdom. This is the medicine we need right now.

amazing speech!! we are living in a time with big disconnection with nature and others, it’s time to look for that connection again..

Wonderful and precious, thank you!

I love how you talk about the awaken senses and how we are all connected🌿👏🏽

Excellent speech! Unfortunately many cannot benefit and join with nature until they learn to disconnect from technology.

Beautiful - thank you!

Birdsong usually gives me anxiety because it means I haven't slept all night and morning has started haha

Really extraordinary speech