Jon Young on Deep Connection

The following is from a conversation with Jon Young on Nature Connection and How to Prepare for the Future on March 15, 2020. Jon Young said:

We can all go sit in nature and remember what it feels like to be connected to it. …and then remember we’re part of this living earth, and that it is actually a real thing and not an idea. … It’s really who we are. … When you help people remember that, they want to do the right thing; they want to help the future; they want to take care of the land; they want to take care of each other; they want to take care of themselves. 

—Jon Young https://youtu.be/p-Eq5-NnrAY?feature=shared&t=43

We do have to make space for the priority of remembering what it means to be human and what it means to be alive and part of a living world.  … It [deep connection] is so deeply part of our organism, it’s so ancient and part of our organism that when we’re doing it well, it doesn’t feel like anything. … When we get in alignment with connection it actually feels so easy and and relaxing.

—Jon Young https://youtu.be/p-Eq5-NnrAY?feature=shared&t=183

Our bodies respond and we’re deeply connected to the things that we love. … Now, can we do that for everything around us, for the trees, for the birds, for the waters—and especially, can we do that for the future generations? … Connection feels so natural. It’s as natural as breathing, but it’s not something that we prioritize—and it’s something we’re gonna have to prioritize.

—Jon Young https://youtu.be/p-Eq5-NnrAY?feature=shared&t=290