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>worshipping nature
Haha no. I love nature but at its best it permits your presence, at worst it tries to kill you with exposure and various venemous animals. Nature is to be respected and cared for, but not worshipped.
I'm a Zen Buddhist, I feel the best way to be "in tune" with the outside is to just go there and do zazen, the practice of sitting and simply existing/experiencing. Not trying to reach enlightenment, not having thoughts, just existing and being a part of the vast complex ecological web which is a small part of what Eihei Dogen calls the big phenomenal universe. Cut out the hippie jargon from buddhism and it's a great way to really settle into the woods and understand you exist there for a time, allow cares to pass and generally just be cool and chill. Read Hardcore Zen by Brad Warner if you have no idea what I'm talking about, it's a great book for innawoods innatent at night.
