Walking, I can almost hear the redwoods beating. And the oceans are above me here, rolling clouds, heavy and dark. It is winter and there is smoke from the fires. It is a world of elemental attention, of all things working together, listening to what speaks in the blood. Whichever road I follow, I walk in the land of many gods, and they love and eat one another. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands. Linda Hogan
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Robert Frost, in "The Road Not Taken," describes his thoughts on walking in the woods, particularly when he is "walking, I can almost hear the redwoods beating. And the oceans are above me here, rolling clouds, heavy and dark." He then goes on to describe a feeling of being "a small drop of rain," a feeling that he has always experienced when he is in a wooded area--"I live a thousand lives every day, / In each one something dies." And so he feels his own experiences have been merely a part of some larger cycle--the "redwood trees," the "oceans," the "clouds," and so on. In other words, he is relating how he feels when inside of nature--as if he is an integral part of it all.

Source: Dwellings: A Spiritual History Of The Living World

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