In searching for possible materials that discuss the topic I am bringing up, I find a surplus of material discussing the imbalanced disorder of denying pleasure. In other words, asceticism is a pleasure denying way of being. This is fortuitous as I wish to propose the exact opposite.

I propose that there are people who naturally tend toward ascetic practices, find them pleasurable and thrive. I especially believe that these tendencies can be directed towards more productive practices, such... read more

The knowledge and familiarity of an with ones environment and ones self
The land, the animals, the plants that one lives with
Your own being in all its aspects, known and unknown, seen and unseen

What do we spend our time learning and doing?
What is really out there?
What are the possibilities?
What is really important?

Observer
Witness
The unfolding of events as they seem to accelerate
an apparant onslaught of imbalanced madness

Looking at the trees that have gone inward for the season
Looking at the trees that are keeping watch
Evergreen

Watching the mountain taking a rest under the snow
I begin to stir as the days grow longer
I begin to long for a lost family

Where have I been living?
Always there in the middle of paradise
Too blind to see

I ask now
The trees
The rabits
The sti... read more