Submitted by Chelsea H on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 9:45pm.
I really enjoyed reading this. Last quarter I took East-West Counseling where we studied some of these topics that you touched on. (Which you clearly know more about than me even after my wonderful class). The whole concept of interdependence peaked my interest last quarter and I ended up writing a paper on developing empathy.... one of the steps for developing empathy (based on Eastern principles) is understanding the depth of interdependence. Sounds like you had a really good meditation and hike; it is always exciting when you feel like you have reached new realizations of the world around you. Thanks for sharing.