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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Friday, August 10, 2012

The Mystery of the Cosmos is composed of two mirrors facing one another - filled with mirror-images, yet with NO originals!


When we gaze into the mirror of  Emptiness present on the horizon of Being -  Spaciousness, the vast Awareness of the Great Beyond - we see Form suddenly arising as a shimmering of the vastness, in the form of a beautiful Woman - Earth Woman, Gaia, Sophia, Mother Earth.  She is a sort of immanent mirror-image appearing within the vast Awareness of the Beyond, walking toward us from her home in the world of Form. However, when we turn around - away from the mirror - and face directly the world in an effort to find Her, we see no one!  All we have is a mirror-image of Her!

Similarly, when we look directly at the world of Form present all around us, we find a second mirror - one that faces the horizonal mirror.  Looking into this second mirror, we see a handsome Man - God, the Great Beyond, the Great Mystery - walking toward us from His home on the endless horizon of Being.  He is a sort of transcendent mirror-image appearing within the world of Form.  However, when we turn around - away from the mirror - and face directly the horizon in an effort to find Him, we see no one!  All we have is a mirror-image of Him!

Such is the amazing mystery of the Cosmos! Two mirrors - with their corresponding sets of mirror-images - facing one another, yet with NO Originals!

Photo: Alpenglow at sunset on Mount Adams, Takhlakh Lake, WA; July 25, 2012.  I had to wear a mosquito headnet to take this picture.  It has been a wet year in western Washington, and the mosquitoes were thick!  But that is as it should be; if we want beauty, we have to PAY for it in one way or another!

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