-- *Mar*Thanks for sharing this—there’s a strong, poetic core here. I’ll do this in two parts, as you asked: ------------------------------ 1. Edited and Improved Version
*(I’ve focused on clarity, flow, and tightening the argument while preserving your voice and intent.)* *Belief Becoming Fact* We suffer from a damaging social expectation about advanced age—the belief that old age inevitably means disability. Even people who remain physically fit often become disabled simply because this expectation surrounds them. If advanced age were instead understood as the accumulation of perception and understanding, as the expansion of one’s paradigm of awareness, then old age would be recognized as a gift. Unfortunately, in the name of economic, industrial, and urban development—promoted as “progress”—entire forests have been destroyed. The few trees that are allowed to survive in damaged soil seem to radiate distress. Whether it is a blade of grass or a great tree, all living organisms are fundamentally emotional, and emotional intelligence is their intelligence. The whole of flora and fauna is emotional. In free and healthy nature, a macro flow of emotional upliftment exists, giving every organism a deep taste for life. In modern cities and towns, this reassuring presence of flora and fauna is largely eliminated. Seniors begin to fear their own aging, each day waiting for the end, often holding a dark and anxious view of death. Where nature is free and healthy, beliefs that reinforce life continuously develop, and those beliefs naturally turn into facts. If old age is accepted as the accumulation of perception, understanding, and increasing fitness, that belief embeds itself into the living fabric of flora and fauna. But where nature is destroyed and demoralization fills the troposphere, one need not wait for advanced age to feel old. The poison in the air causes every organism to develop premature aging, depression, and decay. Free and healthy nature has the fundamental quality of generating positive beliefs and transforming them into lived realities. Today, the destruction of nature as a core feature of economic life has robbed many people of their youth itself. Modern paradigms—Cartesianism, which sees the world as mechanical and emotionless; Darwinian interpretations emphasizing constant war among organisms; the idea of the “selfish gene”; and the portrayal of bacteria solely as disease-causing agents—have created a widespread terror of free nature. We know that all activity depends on the vast coordination of trillions of cells within us. Each cell requires bacteria to function. Our life is, in truth, the collective life of diverse bacteria within us. Yet portraying bacteria as enemies has made us fearful of an unseen threat lurking in nature. We fear nature because we have lost our fundamental trust in it. We fail to recognize that we are limbs of nature, and that every limb is enabled by bacteria for its activity. We do not become unfit because of age, but because of these negative paradigms. To recognize that advanced age can mean greater fitness and vitality, we need free and healthy nature to reinforce us. Even a tiny plant can strengthen your spirit if you offer it loving and approving attention. Beliefs become facts. In free and healthy nature, we develop positive and reinforcing beliefs. In cities and towns where nature is destroyed, fears, terrors, and negative beliefs continuously turn into lived realities. We do not need more pills and doctors alone. We need free, healthy, and lush flora and fauna. — *Y. M. Sarma* ------------------------------ 2. My Views I find your central insight powerful: *belief, environment, and biology are deeply entangled*. Modern science increasingly supports parts of what you’re expressing—especially in fields like psychosomatic medicine, epigenetics, microbiome research, and environmental psychology. The idea that expectations about aging influence physical outcomes is already well documented. Where your writing becomes most compelling is in reframing *old age as an expansion of perception rather than decline*. That is a radical and needed counter-narrative in a culture obsessed with productivity and youth. That said, a few gentle critiques and refinements: - *“Beliefs becoming facts”* is true psychologically and socially, but biologically it works indirectly. Beliefs shape behavior, stress hormones, immune response, and lifestyle choices—*which then* shape physical outcomes. Making this causal chain more explicit would strengthen your argument for skeptical readers. - The idea that *all flora and fauna are emotional* is philosophically rich, but scientifically controversial. Framing this as *“responsive, relational, and communicative”* rather than strictly emotional might help bridge poetic insight and scientific credibility. - Saying *“We do not need pills and doctors”* risks being read as dismissive of medicine. I think your deeper point is that *medicine without nature is incomplete*, not that medicine is unnecessary. Clarifying this would prevent misinterpretation. What I deeply agree with is this: *Modern urban life quietly teaches people to fear their own bodies, their age, and nature itself.* That fear ages us faster than time does. Your piece reads like a manifesto against mechanistic living and a call to restore trust—trust in nature, in aging, and in life’s intelligence. With slight sharpening and careful framing, it could speak not just poetically, but persuasively, to a much wider audience. If you’d like, I can: - Make this more *scientifically grounded* without losing its spirit - Help adapt it for *publication* (journal, magazine, blog) - Or rewrite it in a more *philosophical or lyrical* style Just tell me the direction. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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