Self-Realization: It is central to Naess’ Deep Ecology. Naess means by Self-Realization that one has to realize his/her sense of self beyond the narrow ego to identify with all living beings. It is the spiritual realization of the self as the part of human and nonhuman worlds. One has to broaden and deepen their thoughts to realize what they are actually. We have to realize ‘self’ (ego) in ‘Self’ (soul). Naess is quite influenced by Gandhiji when Gandhiji described his ultimate goal in a way…
n isolating himself from those around him. After graduation he takes off and fails to speak to his parents, or even his sister he was so close with. As months, even years pass, they all continue to worry and can’t do a thing about it. Carine swears one night she heard his voice calling “Mom! Help me!” Chapter 13 In Chapter 13 of Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, the author interviews Chris McCandless’s younger sister, Carine. She is compared to McCandless several times throughout this chapter.…