Earth Lust

Here's an excellent blog post found at "Exuberant Animal." It's about our need to increase contact with nature; the need to "touch, smell and see living things of all varieties; in a sense, we need
to be massaged by the natural world. We need to be massaged by driving
rain, blinding sun, steep terrain and long distances." Some of us locals know the Barefoot Sensei, Mick Dodge. Either from Attraction Retreat events a few years ago, or more recently the Permaculture course at Inspiration Farm last summer.

Earth lust
by FRANK FORENCICH

If you ever make it up to the Pacific Northwest with an interest in getting back to the fundamentals of primal living, be sure to look up a character called the Barefoot Sensei. The Sensei is a powerful and
authentic teacher, a visionary of body, land and foot.

The first time I heard the Sensei speak around a campfire, I became entranced as he delivered an intriguing set of stories, opinions and visions, most of them crafted around the themes of bare feet, land,
earth, training and activism. The conversation danced like the flames of
the fire. Light faded and stars appeared as the tribe gathered around.
Stories came and went, but Sensei held center stage.

After a string of compelling and often hilarious narrative, Sensei became philosophical and began to speak of his personal dream and life trajectory. He promised us that someday soon, he’d be “going back, deep
into the wild.”

We waited for more and passed the bottle around, anticipating the explanation that was sure to come.

“I’m headed out,” he told us, “back into the wild. I’ve got everything I need. I’m going to foot the path into the wilderness and have an orgasm with the earth.”

Suddenly, my attention jumped to a whole new level. Never having heard this expression before, my curiosity exploded. “Wait!” I nearly shouted. “What are you getting at? How can you have an orgasm with the
earth? And more importantly, how can I have one?”

Earth Lust

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