And as this early morning light touches each dewey leaf it is reflected untold times into every corner of this place.
These beaded droplets of winter air become the jewel in the lotus; an act of feral enlightenment.
It is a moment of awakening, to both the day and our own sheer beingness.
No temples, gods or sacred texts are required in this the great cathedral of nature.
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