This post escaped from my phone however I am glad it did. Love this image, the rust, the colour and texture of the ‘skin’.
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Not High Airy Solitude!
I’ve been ‘sitting with’ my adventurous walk of a week ago on and around Grate Gable. Many thought pass through my mind, few stick. But one. The Lakeland Fells are CROWDED with people and while I love to be putting boot to rock there is the aspect of high airy solitude which I value (and enjoy). However the crowds are getting higher and higher into the air. And this video of HUNDREDS of people walking along Striding Edge on the flanks of Helvellyn depicts just what has been disturbing me. (the Edge is notoriously dangerous to scramble on by the way.)
Why am I disturbed? We can share the fells of course. Of course we can and that’s not a problem. So what exactly IS it? In myself and I presume in others is the seeking for experience, with the accent on seeking. Nothing wrong with experience it’s just that like anything else one wants MORE of what one wants. And that leads to suffering….because the more you have (experiences) the more you seek them. And they are never ever satisfied for long. But, or and, who was walking up a fell last Friday? Here’s where.
Helm Crag above Grasmere, said to be the beginners mountain. Quick to get up and down yet with the full ‘lakeland experience.
What Books show us
Books let us into
their souls and
lay open to us
the secrets
of our own.
William Hazlitt
At throssel arranging a well overdue climb of Great Gable in the Lake District later in the month. Ah to have a walking companion to walk beside. Walking is easier when not alone. So like life itself – given our ‘souls’ are not alone.
Is This….
Morecambe Bay
stopping
standing
Still
Walking
running
always
moving
Catching the
air thus.
In stillness
and rest
Stopping is
Stopping is
Stopping is
This!
We Are The Sky
Imagine? Nearly the new year and the following came winging it’s way from Canada, via email. How fortunate we are to be alive, have good friends around the world and above all else – to know the limitless smile.
"Just as the sky is not disturbed by the moon, emotions: joy, fear, anger, sadness, love will not leave a mark on who we really are.
We don’t need to resolve.
We are the sky.
Happy New Year Rev. Mugo. May you be free from suffering as you move through the sky.
Michael"
