I wasn’t sure where to put this as I think it could have equably gone onto the religion thread, but I opted for this thread heading as I think that on balance it is more about Mother Earth than a deity.
I do like and think that Charles is correct in his belief that harmony is working with rather than against nature.
“It's about the inter-connectedness of all life, infused with a strong sense of the spiritual, and the idea that the human and natural worlds can't be separated.
It's the philosophy that stitches together his many different pursuits - on the environment, climate change, sustainable farming, urban planning, architecture, protecting traditional craft skills and building bridges between different faiths.
According to a source close to the King, it's "perhaps the single most important part of his eventual legacy", bringing together different strands of his work that might seem separate into "one philosophical world view about creating a better, more sustainable world for future generations".
I think, that this is pretty near to what I as a humanist believe. So although I do not believe in any form of deity, I do think that all living beings have a “spirituality” which recognises the absolutely necessary need for harmony between and within our natural world.
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