Do the right thing
Someone once pointed out the obvious. “I said it was simple, not easy.” We know how relationships work. It’s simple.
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Sauntering in the Tao
To saunter is not a willful act, but more akin to wu wei, the “effortless action” of the daoist sage. When I saunter, I flow effortlessly within the reality of transformation. Each step says yes to nature’s eternal rising and falling. … Continue readingSauntering in the Tao
How to take a walk
Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature,
Sauntering along the forest’s edge
Sauntering in body and soul along the forest’s edge reawakens our senses and reopens our channels of intuition and instinct so that we might experience and know the Source of all life and power. … Continue readingSauntering along the forest’s edge
Fallen tree, let me learn from thee
Fallen tree rotting on the groundWhat a fierce wind did blowWe all share in the sacred woundWhile here on earth
“Living from the Soul”: Making Ralph Waldo Emerson Accessible
I am grateful that Torode took on a project that I rejected as a younger man and that he did it so capably. … Continue reading“Living from the Soul”: Making Ralph Waldo Emerson Accessible
Walking-for-Thinking
Studies show that walking enhances cognitive function in terms of memory, cognitive control, creativity, preventing cognitive decline, improving mood, and, when done in nature, reducing stress … Continue readingWalking-for-Thinking
A soteriology of the woods
The preacher at my local Church told me God dwelled only in a faraway Heaven, but I knew instinctively, intuitively, as a child, that God – Divinity – spilled over into those woods. They were enchanted, full of a deep, deep song that rang out through the movements of White-tailed deer, the elusive pride of feral cats, the flying squirrel I once encountered, even the ticks and mosquitoes, and all of the flora that grew from the dark woodland soil – the trilliums and daffodils, the briars and poison ivy. … Continue readingA soteriology of the woods
Habituate yourself to walk
Habituate Yourself to Walk Very Far The object of walking is to relax the mind. You should therefore not permit
Then you are ready for a walk
For this is the secret of successful sauntering. He who sits still in a house all the time may be the greatest vagrant of all; but the saunterer, in the good sense, is no more vagrant than the meandering river, which is all the while sedulously seeking the shortest course to the sea. … Continue readingThen you are ready for a walk