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, October 4, 2013

All things are the shimmering of Silence, which is also our own true nature.


Meditation teaches us that the essence of each and every thing is a shimmering of Silence. This Silence is a divine afterglow, a sacred bliss - a Silence which is also at the root of our own true nature. Because of this identification, we wake up to realize that all things - especially when we perceive their beauty and desirability - are actually the shimmering of our own true nature.

Photo: Flattop Mountain and a grove of aspen trees shimmer in early morning light; Flattops Wilderness, CO; September 29, 2013

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