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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Monday, December 16, 2013

Non-Insight is Needed to Enable Us to Experience Insight


Can you imagine how boring life would be if all truth were simply lying out in the open, with no need for us to try to ferret out a snippet here, a snippet there? It is the process of longing for insight - as well as the state of NON-insight - that enables us to fully appreciate a spiritual or scientific truth when it finally arrives. In fact, without the contrast that occurs between non-insight and insight, we would have no way of even recognizing the insight when it graces us with Its presence! And neither would GOD, the Source, the One who loves to experience each AHA!-insight through US!
Photo: A snowy peak reveals itself through the fog on I 70, near Rifle, CO; December 2, 2013
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