Natural

Traditional Definition:

  1. Present in or produced by nature: a natural pearl.
  2. Of, relating to, or concerning nature: a natural environment.
  3. Conforming to the usual or ordinary course of nature: a natural death.
  4. a) Not acquired; inherent: Love of power is natural to some people.
    b) Having a particular character by nature: a natural leader.
    c) Biology. Not produced or changed artificially; not conditioned: natural immunity; a natural reflex.
  5. Characterized by spontaneity and freedom from artificiality, affectation, or inhibitions.
  6. Not altered, treated, or disguised: natural coloring;natural produce.
  7. Faithfully representing nature or life.
  8. Expected and accepted: "In Willie's mind marriage remained the natural and logical sequence to love".
  9. Established by moral certainty or conviction: natural rights.
  10. Being in a state regarded as primitive, uncivilized, or unregenerate.
  11. a) Related by blood: the natural parents of the child.
    b) Born of unwed parents: a natural child.

New World Definition:


Articles

Health Freedom Advocates gather for first Conference by Jerri Johnson and Linda Peterson

Natural in Edge Life Magazine-- December, 2003

"Keynote speaker Jim Turner, long-time President of Citizens for Health and a key national leader for health freedom advocacy, is noted for his work in the national health freedom movement to pass the Dietary Supplement Act, ensuring all Americans access to natural substances and choice. As author of Chemical Feast, Turner is well familiar with Americans' use of health and food substances and healing methods and pointed out that more than 125 million consumers have elected to use health care methods that are outside of conventional medicine."


The Tao is Ever Youthful by Mark Powell

Natural in Edge Life Magazine-- January, 2005

"If you wish to return your body-mind to its natural state, open and vibrant, you have before you the exciting process of experimenting with different approaches to see what works best for you. Your body and mind truly are one, singular process. That's why rigidity in one almost always co-exists with rigidity in the other. But most of the modalities that can support your youthing process tend to emphasize one dimension of the being, the mind or the body, more than the other."

Interviews


Organic Foods: A Sustainable Success An interview with Tom & Donna Stacy of Organic Foods Inc. By Tim Miejan

Natural in Edge Life Magazine-- October, 2002

"For a couple of former marketing and sales people, it's admirable that they've chosen to offer high-quality hummus, veggie wraps, burritos, cookies, soup, salsa and much more so we'll feel better about ourselves. But their story doesn't end there. Their intention, to provide the public with nutritionally sound, all-natural and organic foods at affordable prices, also includes supporting sustainable farming practices and being socially responsible."


A Return to Joy & Passion An interview with Alan Cohen by Christine MacLennan

Natural in Edge Life Magazine-- May, 2003

"Every single person on the planet is an immensely creative being, and if we just trust that, then our life would really work. The problem is that you get to school at age 5 and rather than drawing your creativity forth, in most cases they kind of pound it out of you by forcing you to conform and do things that they ask of you. If they just let kids roll with their natural energy, lots of good things will come forth."

Quotations

"I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority."
~Herbert Read

"Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect them; they don't have an incentive to."
~William Weld

"The progress of the natural sciences in modern times has of course so much exceeded all expectations that any suggestion that there may be some limits to it is bound to arouse suspicion."
~Friedrich August von Hayek

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