Canadian Rockies: Mountains & Rivers Without End

"The cosmos has gone through 14 billion years of change, and one outcome of that is our presence — here we are. You and I and every other person evolved out of that process. We’re the creation of the cosmos, plain and simple. When we look at something, we’re the cosmos looking at itself. When we feel something, we’re the cosmos feeling itself. When we know something, we’re the cosmos knowing itself. That’s remarkably beautiful and profound and difficult to actually experience in any immediate way. "And it’s not just us. Any animal with an eye is the cosmos looking at itself. When water first condensed and formed a reflective pool that mirrored the sky and the clouds, that was the cosmos reflecting itself. But our culture hides this from us because we’re so committed to the spirit-matter dichotomy." David Hinton, author of "Mountain Home: The Wilderness Poetry of Ancient China." Quote is from a Q. and A. interview by Leath Tonino for The Sun that's posted on Hinton's website.