He sure did gav. Interestingly, didn't I just see an episode of "Frasier" where he took his son camping to be "close to nature" with a copy of Walden to read together. I remarked on it, and my wife simply said "it's a cliche".
Sad but true indictment of our culture, that touchy feely things like "quality time" and being "close to nature" are reduced to cliches. Ian On 1/23/08, gav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the earth is sacred: it is our mother, gaia, and our > existence is entirely dependent upon it. we are > literally extrusions from it. > > in a way you could say that gaia provides the four > sacred things: earth, air, fire, water. and that > humans provide a channel for the fifth: spirit. > > to see the world as sacred: alive, sentient, wise, > imbued with light and love... > > to see the world as profane: a predominantly inert > ball of resources to be exploited. > > i think it may be time to join the dots, not only to > james and the pragmatists, but through them back to > the transcendentalists: emerson, thoreau etc. i think > pirsig carried 'walden' with him in ZAMM didn't he? > > boomshanka > > > > > > Make the switch to the world's best email. Get the new Yahoo!7 Mail now. > www.yahoo7.com.au/worldsbestemail > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
