How connected to the earth are you? When was the last time you walked on the earth? Not sidewalks, asphalt, carpets or floors but on the actual earth - soil, sand, grass, rocks?I've been walking on the grass and paths at school for the last few months. Since we're in a drought the ground has been packed and hard. It rained quite a lot the last two days and when I was walking over the grass at break time tonight it was soft and springy. It was an interesting sensation and I'm glad I was aware of the change. Makes me know I'm still in touch with the earth and not just existing on the surface of it.
We've become so separated from the earth. We go about our lives on the surface of it every day, but we've paved over so much of it, we put barriers between ourselves and the earth - shoes, cement, carpet, etc. We rarely walk barefoot on the earth any more. It's a wonderful feeling to walk barefoot in the grass, on the beach. You can feel the life of the earth, her warmth and her heartbeat. Try it sometime.
You are discribing the experence of sailing. You on the surface of the water, leterally halfway from earth (dirt on the bottom of the water) and the sky. You are being propeled by your wind harness. The only sound is the water on the hull. You can feel the wind in your sails.
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