1984 … The only Zion worth striving for
Zion National Park was this summer’s next destination. Originally called Mukuntuweap (the southern Paiute word for “straight canyon”) National Monument by President Howard Taft, it was expanded and renamed Zion (the Hebrew word for “sanctuary” or “refuge”) National Park in 1919 …
“A human being is a part of the whole called the Universe by us, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” ~ Albert Einstein
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