30 day sit spot challenge/guilt

i liked the idea of the thrity day sit spot challenge so im doing it too now. i also started a journaling
challenge for myself. i bought a new journal and have a goal to fill it up./....did anyone else here
start to develop a deep sense of guilt from gaining awareness, noticing all the bird alarms, and everything flying away from you or hiding?

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Permalink Reply by Charlie Davis on February 5, 2010 at 7:05pm: Frank, what does your sit-spot look like?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by frank doss on February 8, 2010 at 1:19pm: So my sit spot. ive been going to it for almost two years, and have learned a lot.
I live on salt spring island bc canada. my sit spot is in ruckle park which is mainly
douglas fir, with some patches of red cedar, and a couple small oak groves. People
have killed off most of the cougar, and all the wolve packs. they say there are no cougar or bear but
ive found tracks and sign of both. so anyway at my sit spot there are a lot of deer.
I sit with my back to a small oak tree facing east, to my right there is a stream in the winter
that dries up by summer. Behind me not too far is a road, but a car only goes by every
half hour or so, and in the summer it is a great opportunity to learn alarm call from bikes,
and hikers. There is a owl that frequents the area, squirrels, occasionally bear but they are
chased off or shot when someone sees them. There is also a yellow jacket nest right where i sit,
basically five or six inches from my leg. ive learned so much from those wasps its amazing.
(i have a company that teaches ancient skills, and some on going tracking, and awareness courses for kids,
and a couple years ago kids were getting stung constantly) but i wondered why i didnt at my sit spot. ahh out of time library...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rebecca Hyde on February 8, 2010 at 6:29am: No, I just figure they're doing their thing, and I'm there to learn about it. Every animal practices and practices it's defense and protection strategies, even when there's nothing to hide from, so I wouldn't take it personally. Actually I'm really glad my kitten practices so much, because he's likely to be coyote meat and he's improving his chances.

Congratulations on getting going, let us know how it goes.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kate Guenther on February 8, 2010 at 7:25am: Sometimes I feel guilty when I am not working directly on Kamana, like loading in my groceries, handtrucking hay or refilling the birdfeeders and I notice myself scaring the birds.Then I feel like I am being a rude impolite human who just assumes it is my right to bird-plow through the world if it suits me.

But then, I watch my dog. He bird-pows every single time I let him out and I am SURE my dog does not feel guilty. So I strike a balance and allow myself to be a little rude when I am doing my ordinary life, but I say "oops, sorry" when i notice I have inconvenienced something. I think of it like being in a foreign country: I try learn how to say "excuse me" and "thank you" in whatever language is native and hope for forgiveness from the locals. Same with nature. At the same time, i am trying to learn their language better.; ▶ Reply to This