14. Everything Is Alive and We Are All Relatives

Nature :: Spirit — Kinship in a living world

“Everything is alive, and we are all relatives.” Native Hawaiian philosopher Manulani Aluli Meyer says this is what Indigenous peoples around the world all know, though each understands it in their own way. In today’s episode we explore “aloha ‘āina,” the Native Hawaiian tradition of “loving land”—where we both love and care for the land and the land loves us back. When everything is alive and we’re all relatives, it’s not about what belongs to us but rather about where we belong. When we know we’re related to all who live nearby, the heart opens. We feel moved to care for this community so it can continue to nourish all who come after. Included: a thought experiment in opening your heart to the land-community where you live.

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