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Civilization has carried us far away from the sources of life. We have no first-hand contact with the Mother Earth. The problem for those of us who are disquieted by this unhealthy condition--though every sort of malfunction and evil happening must eventually force awareness of its existence upon the others--is how to go back some of the distance to our origins without abandoning our machines or discarding our material comforts.

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 2 : Withdraw from Tension and Pressure > # 1