I received a fortune from a cookie. "There are many paths to the top of the mountain but only one view". Is it referencing enlightenment? happiness? an orgasmic experience? So it got me thinking what are we hiking for... Over the last year I studied yoga intensely (>500 hrs). The course was a journey of many discoveries. I learned that yoga speaks with more than one voice. I was thrown into meditation (brutal battles with the body and mind), took the path of an asthetic (renouncing many worldly goods, social interaction...almost became a hermit). Not quite. Then, I discovered the Buddha's "Middle Way" as well as tantric yoga that emphasizes full engagement in life as a human as a way of reaching enlightenment. I don't even know if I want to be enlightened, but it sounds kinda cool, right? I know I want real human connections. I know I want to love well, so maybe that view is love... Maybe it's happiness that comes to us from our connections and meaningful relationships.
I go out hiking and ponder the leaves, the restlessness beneath my feet. I soar to the clouds with my dreams and aspirations, I hug trees and point out the spider spinning a web. Nature allows such spaciousness. It creates the air and beckons the breath.
I think I'll take my yoga on a hike. Yogatrails the vision...taking this path to my view. Awake with awe and wonder.
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