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

P.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

The burning of ego is the fuel for insight and enlightenment.


"The ego is the ideal fuel, the fuel that is exciting to burn . . . the best fuel that could be found in the whole universe . . . , the only fuel for wisdom . . . In fact, the very idea of enlightenment exists because of ego . . . Without [the burning of] ego, there wouldn't be the very notion of enlightenment at all."

Chogyam Trungpa,
Tibetan Buddhist rinpoche

Photo: Nodding Sunflower blooming in the Hewlett - High Park Burn; Poudre Canyon, CO; October 12, 2012

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