may 29 '26
hello all,
thoughts on personifying parts of earth & our life? like the nature. the sun and the trees.
i personally find it very nice, and it sort of makes me very very happy. it brings a lot of hope for me. i sometimes think this is sort of religious, in a way, but it sort of isn't. it's like, another thing entirely. but closely related.
any thoughts, then, on religions telling of nature? do you believe in reincarnation as it relates to nature? maybe thats why... we'd personify this stuff?
As a buddhist i highly believe in reincarnation hence why im slowly letting go of samsara (aka the world that we live in) , in buddhism specially in vajrayana which is the branch that i follow we are taught that this world is merely a dream and our bodies are nothing but illusions that cover our buddha nature and in order to be reincarnated into pure land or be enlightened we are taught to let go of samsara and anything in it completetly as having obsessions and attachments might eventually lead us to this world again and since i among other buddhists wish to be englightened we do our best to let go of this world wnd our attachments in order to uncover our buddha nature completly ^_^
It's kinda fun! I'm really empathetic and if I imagine that everything is alive then it's kinda great I don't feel alone. I sometimes think that rain is happening because sky feels sad. Reincarnation...I don't know much about this stuff so I can't say. I think that personified stuff is more about to explain things! People's fantasy is so interesting because we can imagine something and create what doesn't exist!
I just think it's an inherent thing. Why wouldn't everything in the Universe have some sort of "humanity" in them if we are essentially based on the same atoms? I mean sure, structure changes the definition of these things, but a bit of personifying helps us feel more connected to even the inanimate. I think everything is inherently connected, and we crave connection to, thus we try to find or imagine something that makes this Thing similar to us.
My main story, Green Star, actually personifies the Sun, the Moon, Earth, the Sky, the Supermassive Black Hole in the center of our universe and other such things. Thatās not exactly the question but I think that the idea of these things being alive, too, is equally terrifying and beautiful. Iām agnostic myself and I think Iād be very sad if the earth was alive. Especially because of the state of it right now. My mom always enjoyed stories with Mother Nature and the moon if it was alive and stuff and my deadname/irl name (which is made up by her, therefore she decided the meaning) literally means āchild of the moon.ā A very important component in my story is the idea of complex consciousness because these gods are very simple. Or theyāre complex in a way theyāre unaware of. I donāt think I believe or disbelieve in reincarnation. I think if reincarnation were to exist I would probably think itās less of a magic thing and more of a nature thing. A way of the world, just as anything else. The difference I think there would be between gods and humans is very large but equally small, too, like two sides of the same coin. Itās a prominent topic in my story. I keep mentioning Green Star because it feels lile this question was meant for it, because all these thoughts entwine into the story itself, too. While I think it would be horrifying and also unreal, I think that the world is already alive in one way (nature & plants) so itās not that big of a stretch for people to personify real earth into something like a lovesick girl, or a beautiful mother, either. I think itās an idea that makes me feel like Iām at home. Thatās the only way I can explain it.
i love personifying things, but i think people tend to get too up in arms about it (twitter debates on the sun and moons genders for example)
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