>The true irony in all of this is that we of the western mind all bow
>mostly to our comfort zone - whether it's John McClellan sitting in his
>peaceful valley with the wood stove, computer, tepee and splendid
>isolation from the masses, or the rest of us trying to carve out a
>splendid enough piece of the pie so that we may enjoy our wood stove,
>computer (latest model), tepee (or not) and splendid isolation from the
>masses; be it in the name (or not) of deep ecology, paganism, buddhism,
>etc. It's all quite romantic, isn't it? A monk inquired, "What's the
>problem?" The master said, "You don't notice the stench of your own
>shit!" -Darrell Koerner, Boulder
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Well, I think you are thinking that John is living in Animal Realm or Buddha
Realm, but from what I have heard, he is living firmly in Human Realm, where
there is no comfort zone to be had. Externally, perhaps, he is closer to
all our own ideals; but his questing, at least from what I hear him asking,
comes from the same deep and persistent discomfort which afflicts us all and
makes us Human, if we dare to listen.
-Bruce
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Bruce Nygren 1515 Redwood Avenue Boulder, CO 80304
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