[at-l] Impact of Hiking?

[rafeb@adelphia.net (rafeb@adelphia.net)]

On 3 Mar 2002 at 12:46, Shane Steinkamp wrote:

> As for me, I smile with the Buddha because my church is
> grander than any other church on earth, and my do-jo can
> hold more students than any other.  My temple contains
> secrets that can never be learned.  How is this?  The sky is
> my cathedral, and the ground is my pounding floor, and the
> wilderness is my temple.  This is my church, my do-jo, my
> temple – and it’s yours too…


Shane, you're a poet.  How nicely put.

Though for my cathedral, I prefer a stand of 
hemlocks, rather than just sky.  Quiet, stately, 
living things.  Cuz life, you know, is the ultimate 
mystery; rocks and sky are easy.


rafe b.
aka terrapin