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Camus and Bhagavad Gita-Joshua Tree Trip Report part 2 of 2

 Camus and the Bhagavad Gita- Joshua Tree Trip Report part 2 of 2 “Patience, he thought.  So much of this was patience-waiting, and thinking and doing things right.  So much of all this, so much of all Living was patience and thinking.” Gary Paulsen, Hatchet At the BNB camp sight, the amber mountains lined the horizon, tipped with snow.  There were giant stones everywhere, how did they get there?  A question for infinity.  It was the first thing on this trip to remind me of the titans and the Greeks.  It was older than the trees, to quote John Denver.  The first animal I saw was a crow.  I believe Crows are bad luck, but cool. I wasn’t that excited about the view during the day,  I wanted to see the stars.  Since the beginning of man’s existence, the stars provided entertainment and meaning and passion.  When I was a child we were vacationing in Vinalhaven, Maine, and there was a meteor shower.  Countless shooting ...

Stairway to Heaven- Joshua Tree Trip report part 1 of 2

  Stairway to Heaven- Joshua tree trip report part I of 2 What is an experience of the desert?  Does it involve art? No. Terror? No.  Heightened consciousness? No.  Does it involve drugs, and death, and drama? Yes.  I wanted to go to the Desert to see the stars but it was so much more than that.  I know that I would have great conversations with my family, possibly a few meals.  Maybe I’d get a connection to nature, and enjoy other people’s  connection to nature.  I had a pocket full of cigarettes a head full of dreams, a wallet full of dollars, and my suitcase full of clothes, and money is paper, so I suppose I found spirituality in the desert if you could call that Devil’s play spirituality.  Would I connect with my family?  That remains to be seen.   Tuesday  After a loathsome flight from Providence to Baltimore to San Diego, which involved a declension into primitive subhuman manners,  we arrived in San...