I've heard things about Shamen and Aboriginies "feeling" their way when they navigate....now I'm not for a moment claiming to be able to do this but I do think there's something in it...and maybe it's an elevated and more refined method of my mental navigational fumblings.... :?:
I think it was in the Dirk Gently book "Long Dark Tea-time of the soul" where he discusses the fundamental interconectedness of everything.... and through this he explains that if driving and he gets lost, then he simply picks a car that looks like it knows where it's going and follows it....now he does admit he may not get to where he wanted to go but he does have a point when he continues that he always gets where he's "supposed" to be :super:[/QUOTE]
I'm not a shamen, but I think we can all be aborigines in the land we know well.
You can feel water flow in the land sometimes, rivers (well in Scotland!) eventually lead to the sea. Might meander through a loch or two on the way
but they get there.
I don't know how to describe the flow clearly, it's like a gentle pull; don't think too hard on it, just be quietly aware of it inside, something tingling within the nerves like light, even when the sun is hidden in the clouds you can know where it is, the flow's brighter/quicker on one side...sorry, not making myself too clear. Know your land and it's water sheds!
I can't do it but my sons *always* seem to know which way is North, even when they were very little boys.
Might be interesting to play around with these sort of things on a moot where there are enough people around to make sure no-one gets too lost
I think D. G. has it right, but I can usually get where I'm needing. The car in front does seem to know the road when you don't, doesn't it?
Too early on a good morning for this, going for a walk.
Cheers,
Toddy
Toddy