walking as a form of meditation

Thoreau liked walking in the wilderness because he, too, believed that facts in nature were symbolic of facts in spirit. Thus, taking an outdoor walk was a spiritual event, an allegorical experience where, via symbolic representations in nature, one arrived at an examination of the self. Thoreau says: walking becomes an activity of consciousness, indeed on of the primary tasks of the mind.

“A healthy man, indeed, is the complement of the seasons, and in winter, summer is in his heart.” Thoreau
An Everyday Walk or A Walk Every Day
Or course Thoreau’s walks were oriented towards the wilderness, on the unexplored versus the domesticated.
Even though a walk implies a movement Away From, it is actually a movement towards the self in that only the creative go beyond the limits set by others. The wilderness is a search for the center of the creative being, of consciousness.
We seem to search for the wild only to have something to dominate.
Civilization follows behind he who walks ahead.

Landscape meditations.

notes:

To do: take landscape fotos and glue them onto plastic bottles

Walking for 45 minutes three times a week can significantly improve mental-processing abilities that decline with age. It also strengthens the bones, lowers blood pressure, cut cholesterol, reduces stress and helps one sleep better.

What nature can do to help the neurological activity

"Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable." - Andre Gide

The wildness within is the source of all fertility.

Like a mental Odyssey, a walk in nature will redeem one of the dullness caused by city life.

Thoreau used walking as a transcendental physical and mental exercise to rid the mind and body of civilization in order to think with the self as point of departure again. Walking brings him to the edge where mind and nature meet.

Transcendental Consciousness -- pure consciousness, self-referral consciousness, which is the source of all creative processes. Transcendental meditation is practised for 15–20 minutes in the morning and evening, while sitting comfortably with the eyes closed.

Draw: She walked in a labyrinth

Take a walk on the wild side.
Some people walk within boundaries. Some do not.