Our ability to perceive nature begins, as in art, with the pretty. Then it expands through succession of the beautiful in stages that are yet uncaptured by any language.
Unknown "BGH's Pet" Serene - 16 years, 9 months, 10 days ago

Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another.
Unknown "BGH's Pet" Serene - 16 years, 9 months, 10 days ago

The taste for country displays the same diversity in aesthetic competence among individuals as the taste for opera.


Unknown "BGH's Pet" Serene - 16 years, 9 months, 10 days ago

A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe," a part of limited time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something seperated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prision. It restricts us to our personal desires and to be affectionate to only a few persons nearest to us. Our task must then be to free ourselves from this prision by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but striving for such an achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and foundation for inner peace and security.
Unknown "BGH's Pet" Serene - 16 years, 9 months, 10 days ago

This is what they can not teach you in school. All the scholars in the world with their big fancy degrees can teach you about nature, but they can not teach you how to instill nature into your soul. They can instruct on the identification of any tree in any forest, yet can not provide you with the story each tree holds tight in its concentric rings. It's a literature not yet read in any university. You gain a vast treasure chest of knowledge, but teeter on the edge of loosing your soul to what society deems as the "learned". One must strive to not loose himself in the constraints of everyday life. We must fully grasp that we are but a speck in this lifetime. A small grain of sand passing through the hour glass of time. Yet man still struggles to drudge through time "lifeless".
As Thoreau once penned, “in nature is the preservation of man”. It has the power to purge, cleanse and renew. Be still for just a moment and you will hear the wind as it gently passes through the trees. It lovingly caresses every branch as it softly sways its new partner in a picturesque dance. The birds sing gaily as they watch their love story unfold. Little butterflies drift lazily into the wind’s mighty grasp only to be rocked ever so silently in the warmth of the summer day. This is the colossal beauty that nature longs to seep into the very soul of man. The knowledge that only nature can teach you is far more intimate and intricate than anything ever read in any book. Yes, my friend, this is what they can not teach you in school.

Unknown "BGH's Pet" Serene - 16 years, 9 months, 10 days ago