White Mountain talking

Hi All…

I have spent the last 2 weeks in the alps climbing and skiing, and developing my own “ski Gung” (joke).

Anyway, as my practice deepens, I start to realize that there comes a time when I really cannot separate what happens in nature around me from my own practice and inner nature.

I spent 2 weeks on the Monte Bianco, the biggest piece of granite in Europe. All this time I felt like being in the lap of the mother. It is such a profound experience when the mountain starts communicating to something deep inside. In being there and gradually opening to that place, I felt only gratitude. Felt like i was being given a treatment by nature. And I thought of the recluses on the holy mountains in tibet and China, who experienced how the mountains took them into their hearts. And how deep that communication is. And it also reminded me of M. Winns article about the deep language in nature.

After a week, my sleep pattern changed. I woke refreshed at eight( which I never do) and I felt “fed” in a way. My need for food diminished. Actually, we all ate alot because we burned alot of energy all day long, but I felt like I really didn’t need that much anyway.

So these to weeks I din’t practice or meditate, but I really din’t need to. Just being there was qigong. This makes me aware how much we are dependent on the pure energies of nature, and the spiritual aspect of the natural elements. Air, mountain(metal),water, earth. And how much have gone missing in our urban society, and how cut off we can be living in the city, surrounded by man-made structures. I felt it immediately after coming to Milan, on my way home. How much that was energetically missing…

Anyway, Just wanted to share. Comments are welcome.

The coffee is sooo much better in Italy, by the way. Not to speak of the pizza.

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