Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Written By Peter Matthiessen (b. 1927) From the book "Secrets of Serenity"
"Soon the child's clear eye is clouded by ideas and opinions, preconceptions and abstractions. Simple free [being] becomes encrusted with the burdensome armor of the ego. Not until years later does an instinct come that a vital sense of mystery has been withdrawn. The sun glints through the pines,...
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