Exploration and Adventure
Exploration is essentially a search around some terrain (earth, air, water, mind, etc) attempting to initially understand some wonder which captivates you.
While on the river, Luke and I will be presented with an amazing setting to live in. Yes, we will be using technology to update everyone about our journey; the majority of our days will be void of the complex everyday life we call modern society.
Without the distractions and modern constructs of a job, mindless entertainment (TV, Video Games), and measured time; we will be able to focus our energy in developing deeper connections with nature, our friendship, and ourselves.
Time is neither an event or a thing thus is not itself measurable nor can it be traveled. Kant says, “Space and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality.”
Not worrying about acquiring more and better materialistic things will enable us to use our energy for constructing, developing, and empowering ourselves from within.
Without mindless entertainment our views and opinions will be less influenced by mass media; relationships will not depend on watching the game together, but personal interaction and conversation.
Measuring time in chunks, while valuable for sequencing events, is a very limiting idea. Ancient man was in touch with nature, and knew what time it was based on the sun and season, not his Rolex.
He was required to pay close attention to the sun and use its energy and the light it provided to better his life. He realized that without the sun, life on this planet would not be possible.
“Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance?” -Frank Moore Colby
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