Tribal culture and connection is distinctly different from online communities conneted through social media—yet despite this varied approach to community the bridge between our worlds is gaining ground.
Remote tribes now leverage the wild-fire, global reach of modern society to preserve the last vestiges of their tradition and land.
Take for example the “call-to-arms” website SURVIVAL: The Movement for Tribal Peoples. Serving as a platform for primal connection where mainland moderns can rediscover a shared kinship with native people and use their know-how for social media to stop progress from transforming wild places into industrial spaces.
The pull towards a primal path permates throughout the internet from specific blogs on evolutionary nutrition to more expansive resources offering a blueprint for primal living. And at the heart—our unsatiated gene-driven instincts to realign with nature (sourcing the necessities of life from the wild and its infinite wisdom).
In thebook The Primal Connection author and lifestyle coach Mark Sisson, explores the lost nature of ancient ways and the delination from our evolutionary transcript. The breadth of subject and scientific evidence is fascinating with takeaway actions and awareness applicable to all aspects of modern society.
But, the most profound message is of community and making a primal connection with our fellow kin. Resonating at the heart of this scripture is the need to reframe our social habits—prioritising small intimate groups or ‘social tribes’ which provide support, help cultivate tradition and cooperation.
Reserve social media for communicating universal messages of importance (i.e. virtual gatherings/events, sharing knowledge and educational resources or supporting a cause, international or otherwise).
There is a place for progress and primal ways with insights and value to come from merging the two.
This month I encourage you to make a primal connection and invest time and presence of mind and body with your own tribe. Consider tuning-out from TV for an evening of fun with the family: play games, swop stories over supper or build something together’.
“There is one thing we can do, and the happiest people are those who can do it to the best of their ability. We can be present. We can be all here. We can… give all our attention to the opportunity before us.” — Mark Van Doren
Conversley, try quelling the desire to spend more time online elevating your social status by utilizing social media as a tool for spreading awareness and being an advocate for vital issues/campaigns.
SUGGESTED ACTIONS
Visit the website: SURVIVAL and learn more about indigenous cultures, help the natives network and save their land and culture.
Slow Life Down: Take from the wisdom of native tribes and their social habits, and experiment with some of the ‘Primal Lifestyle’ suggestions discussed in Mark’s book The Primal Connection or explore his blog Mark’s Daily Apple.
