Wednesday, February 20, 2008

UP Close with Crocs


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Originally uploaded by tiswango.
The guy was laying in the 4ft gap between the shore and the doc to load the air boats. He looked like he was placed there as part of the operation. While everyone is scared of these creatures, I find myself very drawn to them. In the winter, they slow their metabolism and only need to eat two times a month. What do they do with all that free time?

I just learned that hunt at night and need to warm in during the day to process the food. Their bellies have to stay above 75 degrees to digest the food. If it stays below that the food turns toxic and kills the gator.

What do they do with all the free time? I was meditating on only having to stay warm in the sun and eat twice a month?

No TV, Internet, politics, building, repairing, fixing, maintaining, trimming, mowing, moving, marrying, dating, writing, reading... etc.

These guy do even less than buddhist monks who still have to eat two times a day. Alligators must be the most spiritual animals on the planet.

Powerful Emptiness

A great example of the Taoist principle of Wu Wei or "Action-less Action".

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