{"id":18731,"date":"2024-06-13T05:19:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T12:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainsangha.org\/?p=18731"},"modified":"2024-06-13T08:21:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:21:29","slug":"words-of-wisdom-for-june-13-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainsangha.org\/words-of-wisdom-for-june-13-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Words of Wisdom for June 13, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Writers and the War Against Nature<\/span><\/p>\n For a writer or an artist to become an advocate for nature, he or she must first stumble into some connection to that vast world of energies and ecologies. Because I was brought up in a remote rural district, instead of having kids to play with, I had to entertain myself by exploring the forest surrounding our farm, observing the dozens of bird species and occasional deer, fox, or bobcat; sometimes hunting, sometimes gathering plants that I could sell to herb buyers for a few pennies, and camping out alone for several days at a time. Heavy logging was going on in the nearby hills. Even as a boy I was deeply troubled by the destruction of the forests and the careless way that hunting, both of waterfowl and deer, was conducted.<\/p>\n – Gary Snyder, Lion’s Roar<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Click here to offer what you can<\/i> for eBooks and Guided Mediations!<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n | |