> [Krimel] > Just to survive in a modern city requires a > significantly higher level of > consciousness than living in the woods. The woods > demand acute senses and a > calm mind as SA reminds us. The streets require > constant scanning and > instant response to small events that have the > potential to kill you instantly.
[SA] the woods... it depends on where you live. Danger can be around the next tree or bush, say, the U.S. west, African savanna, India jungle, Siberian winter, etc... I like the U.S. northeast for one reason, it's safety - black bear, rare wolf in Adirondacks coming across frozen lakes and rivers in the north (according to Park Rangers), occasional cougar, but really it would be the cold in the winter that I'd delve into my wits to survive around here more than anything. In the city, you do need to know how to read, know what certain lights mean, or plainly watch out for cars and dangerous people, and for what the northeast has to offer in terms of animals (including people), people are the most dangerous in terms of who kills the most. I don't know for sure, but I'd say per captia people kill more than the woods in the northeast. The woods are a foundation of alert and calm temperment and this basic way is interesting when used in the city. Tom Brown Jr. bridged the survival tracking technique of the Apache with the FBI city need of tracking criminals. An interesting merger of witty mindset can brighten a city with an intelligence that assumes basic awareness of 'what's happening here'. [Krimel] I am not critical of life in the woods. I actually think a slower pace would be beneficial. All I am saying is that life in the modern world requires us to process more information faster and that this produces a higher level of consciousness than sitting on the floor for hours on end watching your thoughts float by. 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/
