Nature is the symbol of spirit

Nature is the symbol of the spirit "I wandered as lonely as the cloud" - Daffodils, William Wordsworth William Wordsworth, in his poem "The Daffodils" described the loneliness, turmoil but how connecting with the nature brings everlasting joy and peace. Even in his solitude, when he recollected those moments, he found inner peace and tranquility. This explains how nature heals the inner psyche of the person. Every element of nature, if interconnected with inner spirit, it brings 'oneness' feeling and one may feel less lonely as he had the entire nature as the companion. 'Universe' is the external environment and it represents the entire cosmos (both living and non living organisms).

Each season in the nature, brings certain elements of emotions like happiness, sorrow, hope, renewal and relish Nature is the best teacher or companion to the humans as it makes people to realize that one cannot exist or survive independently. All organisms are interdependent and all do their duties as nature performs. It makes us to realize the importance of coexistence and even raises the concepts of 'Atman' and 'Antaratman' and role of 'prakriti', how it acts as bridge in realization of oneself. Nature, in its entity, does its duty without relying on anyone. As Aristotle says, 'Nature' is self driver of its own growth, purpose and order. It's work is not for any applause. "River flows" not with the aim of quenching thirst but it aims to intermingle with the ocean. But, its purpose is utilized, when all the abundant plants and living organisms, utilize its for the growth and this might be the reason, in many eastern countries especially India, 'rivers' are worshipped and they are many festival occasions symbolized upon it. It gives the reason for people to celebrate the abundance, Hope, joy, appreciation and gratitude as nature is the giver. Likewise, people should enhance their character with innate integrity, honesty, not for outer applause.

As nature does it's work, people should work to enhance their spirit and each obstacle should be seen as obstacle for growth. As a pebble lies in mid flow of river, can it obstruct its nature? Likewise, human should nurture their valour and contribute to the growth of the society. 'Nature' represents the spirit of humans. Seasons like "spring" signs the "youth"; "summer" marks the adulthood; "Autumn" represents the "mature adulthood"; "winter" represents the "old age". Each phase of the nature unequivocally represents the each important phase in human life. As spring brings happiness, humans should enjoy each phase of life as a journey, not as a destination. As, Nature elements are explained above, now, let's discuss, how 'nature' is used as a framework in field of 'Art' and 'literature'. Aristotle, explained in his concept that "all art is imitation of nature". "Art" exists in relation to nature this can be understood through poetry Romantics like Wordsworth, ST Coleridge, PB Shelley and American transcendentalists like Henry David Thoreau, "Ralph Waldo Emerson". Now, let's discuss, how nature is portrayed in their poetry and how it represents their emotion and feelings Ted Hughes in his poem 'the wind' explained the destructive power of a wind that startles the entire persona. It represents in a way, how the inner turmoil disturbs the calmness of the moment and how the 'wind' startles/shakes the building, likewise his thoughts are startling him this represents that nature and spirit can never exist in independence.

If one's soul, mind, is imbalanced, the entire body as a vessel gets carried away. Here, 'nature' as a healer is making the poet to realize the reason for his unhappiness and this may in return created havoc. As storm settles, everything returns to normal, similarly, each element of difficult phase makes us to reach one's potential by realizing it as a vehicle for growth. Likewise, many pieces of works represents the nature framework. S.T Coleridge says that 'imagination' is modelled upon the existence of reality and it is nothing but environment around us. In many religions, the nature is described as mother of universe. The entire cosmos is made up of the "pancha Bhutalu", elements of cosmos like Earth, Air, Fire, water and space. These are the physical elements, which exists in "prakriti" as well as human Body and mind as per "Ayurveda" and "Yoga sutras". "Antaratman" is the ultimate reality and imbalances among these elements are caused by the "Maya" (illusion). It separates the "conscious-feeling of "oneness". This can be seen in the Eastern philosophies like Hinduism, Taoism and Buddhism. The concept of 'maya' can be understood through the Ramayana, where the Sita, who was is tempted by the sight of "golden deer", made the Rama to try to capture it.

The 'temptation of desire' may make the man to be held captive in an illusion As the civilizations are progressed, the raise of 'materialism' and 'capitalism' are creating a stringent barriers between the nature and humans. As, Mahatma Gandhiji said "Nature has all, but not enough to satisfy the human greed. This temptation is making humans to create 'Artificial Environment', where each soul is held as a captive in their desire to satisfy their wants. It's causing 'Ecological imbalance' and 'retreat of greenary' which one has lived in for centuries. 'Environment' is all for the human beings not for any individual soul. with the advent of science, especially with the works of "charles darwin"; "origin of species", people are made to rationalize the universe. It can be seen in the Industrialization period, and how Romantic poets and many realistic workers opposed the violence of the process, where humans are mechanized to do the work. These lead to occurrence of many philosophies of 'Naturalism', 'Rationalism' and 'Existentialism'. In 'Naturalism', especially in the Thomas Hardy novels, nature is portrayed as Indifferent and cruel to human sufferings. Nature and people are separate entities and people strive hard to their survival by making themselves fittest in the competitive world. All drive to the survival but mere survival depends upon/or in our hands, not any role of any cosmos (or) destiny. As, it is important to survival, and how our lives are framed can only be understood through self realization that 'oneness' feeling is nothing but can be the humanity, compassion that makes us to understand the other people suffering and develop compassion towards them. As poets of 'Romanticism', and American transcendentalist viewed nature as symbol of spirit they explained the 'Nature' as Beauty in 'Tintern Abbey' by Wordsworth, 'destructer' in Hughes poem "the wind" and PB shelley's Renewed hope in "ode to the west wind" "can spring be far behind?" so, nature with inherent qualities represents the entire cosmos and humans.

with the advent of science, especially with the works of "charles darwin"; "origin of species", people are made to rationalize the universe. It can be seen in the Industrialization period, and how Romantic poets and many realistic workers opposed the violence of the process, where humans are mechanized to do the work. These lead to occurrence of many philosophies of 'Naturalism', 'Rationalism' and 'Existentialism'. In 'Naturalism', especially in the Thomas Hardy novels, nature is portrayed as Indifferent and cruel to human sufferings. Nature and people are separate entities and people strive hard to their survival by making themselves fittest in the competitive world. All drive to the survival but mere survival depends upon/or in our hands, not any role of any cosmos (or) destiny.