Draft:Nature - the first and forgotten god

                                                  DRAFT

                               Nature - the first and forgotten god

                                              M. J. Varkey

              What is nature for a group of lions in a forest? What is habitat for the same group? Habit-forming nature or natural areas is habitat for this group of lions. Similarly for a group of Chimpanzees and a clan of forest humans. Nature is the whole area (or region) where the group of lions can move around freely; so decided by the climate and terrain. Similarly for deer and cattle. So for a rat, the rat hole and surrounding areas wherein it can safely move around by sight, smell, sound etc. Consider a micro-organism living within the dusty outer layer of bark of a tree. In 1 or 2 hr. of life, it completes all its activities of growing, maturing, reproducing and decaying. It is not aware of the big tree which grows tons of leaves and fruits and lives for hundreds of years. What is 1 hr. in 4.38 million hr. (500 yr)? What is nature and habitat for this micro-organism; 1 or 2 square metres of tree bark. What is nature and habitat for the big tree? The tree is habituated to climate and type of Earth (rock, sand, clay etc.). So nature can be hundreds of square miles of Earth around. Similarly are habitats and nature for birds, worms, and numerous insects and plants.

              For the lion, Chimpanzee and the forest human, nature around or habitat is the nature-proper, deciding the innate, inherent and instinctual characteristics and behaviours. This nature is the region wherein the animals find their food (leaves, fruits and prey), water, rest and sleep in a safe place. This nature is the part of Earth where their ancestors lived for thousands of years or where they evolved naturally. So this nature is their generator or creaor, nourishing mother and protector. So nature the 'God' is found out1. This nature is part of the eco-system (or forest) where hundreds of small and big plants and animals like lions, tigers, birds, worms,insects and micro-organisms like bacteria and amoeba (in millions) lived (and still live) and evolved (and still evolve). Put together the integrative factor is ecological balance; from each according to its capacity, to each according to its needs2. Hence no over exploitation, misuse and waste. Waste foods are eaten by others or naturally recycled. How these eco-systems evolved; by light and heat from Sun, rains, winds, humidities and different soils of Earth (or by Sun,Earth and weathers and with Sun, Earth and weathers).                       
              To start with solar energy (different radiations from Sun) fell on Earth, during different phases of evolution of Earth's surface. During the initial phases, unicellular life staeted to grow 'innately' on the Earth's surface. At this stage of evolution, life and living process were innate (fully in-nature or fully natural). This unicellular life became multicellular organisms  and their communities(or colonies).Evolution continued through hundreds of millions years and 'inherent' organisms evolved and flourished  (flourishing now also) in various regions. They lived at 'inhere' localities like termites, honey bees and various bees and ants in houses of folded leaves or holes. Evolution became more organised in agreement with environment and biota and bigger and more mobile organisms formed. Evolution continued with different quadrupedal and bipedal organisms.What happened in the vegetative level was co-evolution of plants,grasses and trees. Natural communities of plants and animals, originated, survived, flourished and are evolving by natural drives, instincts and communal living ways without any literature, arts or gods for worship. Natural worlds of animals and foresters are of communal or bonded nature and their god is nature. Thus the various primitive eco-systems (worlds of different plants, animals and micro-organisms) of Earth were formed at dieeerent climatically appropiate places. They are called by different names, viz., mountain eco-systems, forest eco-systems, riverine eco-systems, esturine eco-systems, marine eco-systems, tropical eco-systems, temperate eco-systems, desert eco-systems, polar eco-systems etc.In all thase eco-systems different animals and plants lived for hundreds of millions years and are still living, except for human desturbances, destructions and mass killings3,4.

              Now see the evolution

(to be continued)