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.

Friday, March 7, 2014

Sky-Gazing


"It is of great importance to have experiential, and not merely conceptual, understanding of the inseparability of external surrounding space, the internal space within objects, and the secret space in the mind.  When the [Tibetan] Dzogchen teachings talk about integrating the mind with space through the practice of gazing into the sky, the practitioner is trying to be present in the inseparability of these three spaces."

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Photo: Arthur's Rock gazes up at the western sky after a snow; Lory State Park, CO; March 2, 2014

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