Welcome! I am a contemplative thinker and photographer from Colorado. In this blog, you'll discover photographs that I've taken on my hiking and backpacking trips, mostly in the American West. I've paired these with my favorite inspirational and philosophical quotes - literary passages that emphasize the innate spirituality of the natural world. I hope you enjoy them!

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In the Spirit of Wildness,

Stephen Hatch
Fort Collins, Colorado

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Saturday, February 8, 2014

A Spiritual Trinity: Form, Spaciousness, and we in the middle, between Them.

When we look into the mirror of transparent, spacious awareness, we feel amazement when the solidity of form suddenly arises, as though out of nowhere, as the embodiment of that spaciousness. However, when we turn in the opposite direction and gaze into the mirror of form - surprise! - the seeming solidity of things suddenly becomes transparent to spacious awareness, which is form's true inner nature. Thus, we experience a sort of trinity, with spaciousness on one side, form on the other, and WE in the middle!

Photo: Aspen trunks, Mill Creek Basin, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; February 8, 2014

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