I was thinking about writing an essay on Stalking Wolf, a native-american scout who developed a unifying philosophy of spirituality. I chose this topic because I have a great interest in the teachings of the Lipan Apache scout Stalking Wolf. I learned about Stalking Wolf and his only disciple Tom Brown Jr. from a friend who attended Tom Brown Jr.’s Tracker School. The Tracker School teaches the art of wilderness survival as it was taught to Brown from Stalking Wolf. This style of living is one with the spiritual teaching of Stalking Wolf to the point that the two are inseparable. There is no other religion or philosophy that holds the level of communion with the earth as Grandfather’s lifestyle.
This topic matters to me because it is one that I am currently trying to experience to its maximum degree. I see the importance of it, mostly, as a way of life. When I first heard about the philosophy of Stalking Wolf I was in the middle of trying to figure out how to formulate a lifestyle that every person could live by that would be sustainable and promote oneness. Stalking Wolf’s philosophy was a perfect solution as it involves living in perfect communion with the earth. This is not a oneness only of awareness but also every action that one takes in ones life from the way they walk to the way they drink water.
Relevant background material includes any pluralistic writings. Also any writings that point out the meditative practices or the presence of nature in every religion are relevant.
Going into this project I assume that there are meditative aspects and lessons drawn from nature in each religion. These assumptions are well grounded because every major religion is in some way affected by nature and contains some aspect of meditative practice whether they call it meditation or not. The terms wilderness, meditation, sacred silence, and internal and external hair will be defined and used throughout the project.
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