I have been trying to determine the meaning of this fake Buddha quote, often attributed to Buddha. The closest I can come is going barefoot, or even wearing the most minimal of shoes, which gives me that feeling. I feel my feet. I feel the earth. It is good. Why is it that you don't really feel your feet when wearing regular shoes? Is it the loss of sensation, of connection to the earth's vibrations?
As Khalil Gibran said, "Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."
I am still waiting for spring. It is 37 degrees out and lightly raining again today. No barefootedness planned.
I love the quote below. I want to feel this way sometime.
THOUGH WE HAVE NO WINGS, WE HAVE TAUGHT OURSELVES TO FLY
"We have the health of endurance, the ability to go on, the strength to not only run for hours, but to enjoy our bodies and the sensations they give us when they are working. We need almost nothing at all to find our happiness: only a few hours, a stretch of road, perhaps a friend, or even better a competitor. We hide in our spindled chests an unusually large and heaving heart–and in our heads a warbled tune, a song, as we move on down the road. Do you know the feeling I know? When your legs have disappeared, and there is only your heart, your lungs, and your eyes skimming disembodied through the air? We are Aristotle's featherless bipeds, we runners. Though we have no wings, we have taught ourselves to fly."
Jeff Edmonds, www.logicoflongdistance.com
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