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with contributions from Wayne Teasdale, C. Welton Gaddy, Frances Grandy-Taylor

"A Fundamental Part Of My Spiritual practice is a daily, hour-long walk. But it isn't just a walk; it's a contemplative experience I call the practice of nature. Others call it walking meditation or walking contemplation, but its reality is the same: a communion with nature and the Divine while walking. It has assumed great importance in my life as an endless source of insight, inspiration and, of course, necessary physical exercise. Nature, and the Divine immanent in all things, convey so much wisdom I become open to this wisdom by a kind of active receptivity practiced while walking."

Wayne Teasdale
"The Contemplative Attitude"
Body & Soul
July/August 2002

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