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Pod cast of Vishen Mind valley with Tom chi

Animals are very connected to the earth because they do not have the intellect and awareness that human beings have.  When it comes to humans, our psychological space dominates over their existential presence.  In a way, an earthworm experientially knows the connection to the earth, but it cannot consciously realize it. If you pull it out of the earth, it wants to go straight back into the earth. If you pull a fish out of the water, it wants to go straight back into the water. This is not only essential for survival but also just because of the familiarity of habitat.  In that sense, they know the connection. But they are not capable of being aware of it when they are in the earth or the water, respectively. Most human beings are in the same state.  Yet, the nature has evolved us to a diff' level of intelligence & awareness. We cannot live without air, water, or earth. If someone tries to take any one of them away from us, we will desperately want to get it back.  In that sense