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Review Praise for Scott Stillman"Bestselling indie-author Scott Stillman's second book, Nature's Silent Message -- a collection of introspective essays about his mostly-solo backpacking adventures across Western U.S. mountain ranges and desert canyons -- will be available to readers worldwide. His first book, Wilderness, The Gateway to the Soul, published in 2018, peeled away layers of social conditioning to reveal the timeless wisdom and ancient beauty of the outdoors. In Nature's Silent Message, he continues his poetic observations of human nature as it relates to the brilliance of Mother Nature that abounds in our public lands." -BOULDER WEEKLY"Some books teach us, some books distract us, others whisk us away into new and fanciful worlds. In Wilderness, The Gateway To The Soul, Scott Stillman reminds us, gives us a subtle nudge, that the greatest depths of experience are right here, right now and deep inside of you. Using wild places and solitude to scrub our perspective clean, we can slowly enter into our Self, and find a truer and deeper experience. Scott takes us along on his own journey, from Capitol Reef and Dark Canyon here in Utah, to the rainy woods of the south and through his own endless discovery of who he is and what he wants out of Life. Finding that rare balance of both depth and concise understanding, he gives a wonderfully inspiring account of the raw experience of one's Self devoid of the distractions of the modern world and of other people - while shunning neither. Every page is filled with the joy of freedom found only in wild places, with love that has been cultivated over countless miles of trail, and a simple life philosophy distilled over hot tea and a crackling fire. Even as the days grow dark and cold, this book will remind you that your truest and deepest Self thrives outside of the confines of walls and modern comforts, beyond our self-imposed limitations. If you are looking for a book to keep the fire of passion burning, this is it. Get up, get out, and find your Gateway!" -BACK OF BEYOND BOOKS, MOAB, UT Product Description The Earth is trying to teach us to live better. To lead richer, happier lives.Will we continue down the limited path of the mechanical mind?Or will we tune into ultimate intelligence? The same intelligence that allows blood to flow through our veins, bees to pollinate flowers, birds to fly south, salmon to spawn, whales to migrate, caterpillars to become butterflies, the Earth to rotate, the moon to orbit, and the rest of nature to function perfectly of its own accord?We have access to nature’s silent message—if we take the time to listen.In this spellbinding collection, Stillman guides us from the lush forests of the North Cascades, through the sandstone slot canyons of Utah, and into the border country of extreme southern Arizona. In this classroom, we learn not from books, nor words, nor lectures. Wilderness is the school of life, where we learn not from that which thinks—but that which knows.Nature’s Silent Message suggests the existence of something far greater than what we see on the surface. It’s about breaking through old patterns so that new ones may emerge.The message is simple and pure, but when you try to define it, it vanishes into thin air. And in that vanishing, you find it again. Like a beautiful butterfly that can never be caught. Try and catch her and she’ll drive you mad, eluding you forever. But learn to fly with her, and all the wonders of the world will be shown, and all the answers to your questions be known.Get it now. From the Author Excerpt from Chapter 11Music Canyon / The Great Abyss "Under a forest of saguaros we wake to the sound of music. Birds are singing, butterflies dancing, all to the glory of the Superstition Mountains.This canyon--a verdant desert where sand does not blow--is anchored by grasses, shrubs, and blooming gardens of cacti. Prickly pear, fishhook, agave, jumping cholla. The barrel, the beehive, the rainbo