The "Big Bang" theory suggests that a bunch of rocks bumped into each other in space. After the boom, what was to become earth "landed" just far
enough from the sun for everything to be good. Add some water, and here we are. (Simplified version) :p
Our brains developed into what they are, we became practically hairless, lost 98% of our instincts, and we are left to figure out where we belong in all of this. All of this happening in the blink of an eye.
SOME of us however, have kept the hair(me), and some of us did not lose quite so much of our instincts.
Those of us who have kept more of our instincts than others, have SOMETHING different inside. These are the ones who MUST wander. These are the ones who MUST smell the campfire. These are the ones who KNOW they are not seperate from the earth, but rather a part of it.
I believe that when a person begins to feel as adkmountainken describes, it is because he is unlocking a place inside him that allows his instincts to come alive again. And each succeeding year brings more and more of a return.
Suddenly a person does not need to prove anything, because they already KNOW. Instinctively, they already KNOW.
What it is that we KNOW...I don`t KNOW.
I believe that there are many people who still have the instincts, but do not know what it is they feel. To them, there is always something missing.
Wonderful October. The earth is getting ready to rest, and those of us who KNOW, can FEEL her excitement.
Happy day adkmountainken.