Camping a Spirtual Experience

Camping is a spiritual experience for many. When you real the bible stores of prophets, and spiritual seers, you find that many camped, and many went into mountains to gain spiritual uplift, inspiration and guidance.

When looking for the right campsite for that uplift, be sure to find a site wtih a view, a view that attracts your thoughts, such as a lake view, a particular tree that stands out, a view of a meadow, whatever. You will know what is attractive to your sight, and thoughts. Make sure you have a flat surface to avoid water runoff or water puddles should rain come. Make sure you have a cleared space for your cooking area, sleeping area, sitting area, and clothes line area. If you have a comfortable campsite, your spiritual inspiration will be more likely to come about, and  you will be happy to be out and about.

Tent life should also be comfortable and orderly. Make sure you have your shoes, or hiking boots near your sleeping bag or cot, since shoes are great storage compartments during the night. One shoe can hold your flashlight, and the other shoe can hold your glasses, car keys, wallet, pocket knife, and anything else that is small. I know from experience that we campers get up in the middle of the night and use the park restrooms, or nearby latrine or cathole. Camping food is good, and we tend to eat late into the night, or drink that good camping coffee. So having spare batteries for your flashlight is a good idea too, if the batteries are used. Of course a lantern works too for guiding you in the dark to the toilet. I often use my Treo light to get by, since it produces a strong light.

Remember in the bible, Moses went up into a mountain to listen to God giving him the 10 commandments. Remember, Jesus went up into a mountain to get inspiration for the Sermon on the Mount and expressed that divine message to his disciples. The Lords Prayer came to us from Jesus spiritual uplift in nature.

Everytime I am in the forest, on a camping trip, or camping by the sea, I get inspired, and get to thinking about God’s creation, and all the goodness in it. You see, my God is Good, and nature is good, although, we see nature in acts of unkindness, with our mortal eyes. I like to look out at the kingdom of God as God would. How do I do that. I go to the verse in Genesis 1, in which God “saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good.” That is anchored in my thought as I experience nature.

The act of photosynthesis, or plants making our air that we breath, inspires me, and I see that as an act of divine goodness. Everything about photosynthesis is healthy, natural, and represents life. It is a beautiful act of harmony. Trees need carbon dioxide, for their breathing, and we need what the trees make: oxygen. This natural air supply, and air production, give the forest a healthy place for us to be in. I often talk about photosynthesis, because too me, it is one of most incredible processes in nature. Each part of the plant, such as the roots, bark, trunk, branches, and leaves as well as the soil, sun, and atmosphere, take part in this process in a harmonious operation of goodness.

Nature is Good.