Originally Posted By Spock
Packing light liberates the body and mind from the encumbrances of things so the wilderling can become emersed in the freedom of the wild.


Dead on, Spock.

My philosophy is "Don't Fear Boredom". Meditation is useful, Jim, not for levitation (necessarily), but as a nice ultralight replacement for that Hemmingway novel, ipod, comfort beverage, etc.

And speaking of comfort, while packing for comfort is essential (why be miserable?), it's been my experience that personal comfort requirements can be conciously altered. That is to say, the body that sleeps on hard ground long enough, eventually derives the same luxurious comfort from it as a princess from her featherbed.

How's that for philosophical? crazy
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