Creation is all one outpour emanation from God.

"Creation is all one outpour emanation from God."

The Contemplative John Muir, p. 74

Hiking up Professor Creek in the redrock canyon country near Moab, Utah is an incredible experience.  After walking for about two miles, the canyon slots up, narrowing to about 30 feet wide.  For the next two miles, one walks up the stream as though in a dream, listening to the murmuring of the water resound off the ever-narrowing canyon walls.  The play of light off the cliffs creates seemingly endless variations on the shades of red, orange, mauve and purple.  Finally, a roar becomes detectable, and after rounding a bend, a fifty-foot waterfall comes into view, cascading off the boxed end of the canyon, thus blocking all further progress.  The previous two times I hiked this canyon, the waterfall was single.  This time, however, it was double.  Apparently a flash flood occurring sometime over the past year reconfigured the debris above the falls, changing its character.  In any case, I found myself elated at the play of light, rock hues and water droplets, making the entire setting appear as though it had dropped straight from heaven.

Photo: These falls are on BLM land near Castle Valley, UT; April 21, 2013