Amboseli: How different it is to soak at Harbin, than to realize it virtually

How different it is

to soak at Harbin,

than to realize it

virtually,

or in bodymind,

by reading,

thinking,

or viewing

multimedia,

interactively.

Writing in Maine,

over a Christmas visit, -

with long walks on beaches,

and family friends,

and red brick Portland,

and the Wadsworth-Longfellow house,

which invited me

in,

to Longfellow's poetry,

'Often I think of the beautiful town

That is seated by the sea ... '

virtually, -

I hearken

to Harbin's waters,

and warmth,

and wholeness

of being there,

from afar, ...

but, while traveling,

I'm not present,

in that place,

in those

warm

waters,

in that milieu.

As I return

west coast-wise,

I draw closer,

but Harbin's

presence,

and oneness,

are in that

fluid,

geothermal

emergence

from the earth,

in that valley,

remote from the metropole, ~

and yet still far.

A virtual Harbin

is emerging, -

like Harbin's waters, -

to generate warmth,

in multimedia,

from your bathtub,

from home,

developing with the internet, ...

but emerging organically,

as process,

in writing an

actual / virtual Harbin ethnography.

Waters of wholeness, ...

an inner immersion,

in bodymind fluids,

with relaxation response, -

and at times deeply -

is happening, all the time,

yet unparalleled,

and still awaiting,

the concert

of the Harbin pool.

...