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| David Arora & his "Wheel of the Fungi." Girdwood Fungus Fair 2014. |
I know I already said I'm not into gurus, but maybe I lied.
I just spent the last couple of hours consuming the words & natural, unaffected presence of mycologist David Arora...
He talked about mushroom hunting & how it's really about RELATIONSHIPS.
Relationships between fungi & trees,
And relationships between trees & people,
And relationships between people & people,
And relationship between people & fungi...
And the tears welled up in my eyes,
& my heart exploded.
And then he talked about the differences between freedom & enslavement,
And about the people who can name the trees & those who simply know them,
And the people who live with the forests & those who visit on weekends...
And the tears welled up in my eyes again & I swear they did in his too...
Is this what it is like to encounter a guru?
4 comments:
Maybe a rare kindred spirit?
Totally.
I wanted to follow him home like a pup.
I am forwarding this to another big fan of Arora's!
Please do! He is so captivating in his unassuming way. I sat on the edge of my seat & wanted to cry, laugh, hoot all throughout. Afterwards, I introduced him to my family of hunters & thanked him for what he said about relationships & I *swear* he got teary again...
Or maybe he has some optical condition.
Ah, well, gurus. Enigmatic, they are.
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