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Nature and The Soul's avatar

Grateful for this as I start a trek through the Kii mountains this morning!

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

I regard myself as an orthodox Christian, but I add the belief that everything that exists has spirit. This is the perspective of Native Americans. Indeed, how could something created by Spirit not possess spirit? I am particularly in tune with the spirit of woods and mountains. I agree that the vibe that comes off forests is an intense sense of "Hereness." An emphatic, “You are here,” which is exactly what the poem expresses so well.

When I'm on a mountain I tune in to the thought that is being thought by the rock. It may take a mountain a thousand years to complete a thought, but you can listen to that thought vibrating inside the rock.

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