tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post953411159244407840..comments2024-03-28T01:51:22.367-03:00Comments on Not Buying Anything: Roughing It In The WoodsGregg Koephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-56281692884687834812017-11-11T22:23:00.331-04:002017-11-11T22:23:00.331-04:00Karen,
I think I dreamed of a simple life for the...Karen,<br /><br />I think I dreamed of a simple life for the first 40 years of my existence. Then things started to click, and conditions were right to make the big move to a little life. If your dream is strong, it will happen. Oh, yes. It will.<br /><br />Thank you for mentioning Rich's book. I am mad for the woods. I will be looking that up. Also plan on reading more Bryson. Good stuff for the upcoming winter season. It is just starting to drop below zero Celsius now. A wood fire, a good friend and a good book. Peace.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-26517156639409765062017-11-11T22:17:16.612-04:002017-11-11T22:17:16.612-04:00Terri,
One of the most awful things I have ever h...Terri,<br /><br />One of the most awful things I have ever heard someone utter was, "I'm just not INTO nature." Imagine if nature wasn't into them. Death. It is like saying, "I'm just not into air." Or water. Or soil. Insects. Natural medicines. <br /><br />To me Nature is EVERYTHING, including me. When I am in nature I feel 100% at home. Peace.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-76109160050396489022017-11-11T22:12:35.954-04:002017-11-11T22:12:35.954-04:00Alex,
I think numb and depressed pretty well sums...Alex,<br /><br />I think numb and depressed pretty well sums up the effects of a modern consumer lifestyle. We are oppressed since childhood, but don't even know it. Chronic oppression has some very negative consequences, like being rendered numb and depressed. Modern life suppresses all that is good about the human spirit.<br /><br />The good news is that we can free ourselves. You, and so many others that gather here in the agora that is NBA , are examples of those of us that are working on emancipating ourselves. We can free our minds. We can choose to throw off the chains oppression and manipulation.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-73852011424323318832017-11-11T14:46:55.639-04:002017-11-11T14:46:55.639-04:00I loved this post (as I do all your posts). Posts ...I loved this post (as I do all your posts). Posts like this really touch me - I long for a more simple life. I dream of living a life where I can let go of a grueling commute and just live. Someday. Someone who wrote about this kind of life (and the reason this post really caught my eye) was Louise Dickinson Rich in her book "We Took To The Woods". Have you read it? I love it! Bryson's book "A Walk in the Woods" Is another favorite. Cheers!beans berries and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827394785813955436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-48922252855267080812017-11-09T18:57:10.445-04:002017-11-09T18:57:10.445-04:00If you were ever to put together a book of blog po...If you were ever to put together a book of blog posts, I'd like to see this one in it. There was a stirring deep inside as I read and re-read it. I like the quote. Something about being "out there" does the same thing to me that you eloquently describe in this prose. TerriTerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13353098535307566034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-71693443066453856862017-11-09T02:23:43.960-04:002017-11-09T02:23:43.960-04:00Modern life can quite comfortable, hot water, cent...Modern life can quite comfortable, hot water, central heating, take away food, junk food and unlimited entertainment. These things can also cause boredom and a lack of purpose. I finished work late yesterday and went out for run in the rain, nobody was around and it felt peaceful. Upon returning I took a cold shower and just went to bed. It's nice to try new things. It's good to train harder in different ways such as increasing meditation times and more time in nature. I don't think I could just work and consume and then get lost in entertainment at the end of the day. It just makes people numb and depressed.<br />Peace,<br />AlexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com