Here is a silly question but, I can't wait for Fall, does anyone else find camping a spiritual exercise?

Question

Go ahead and laugh, I am! My sons are both Boy Scouts and we love to go camping. I find it relaxing and spiritual. It helps me reconnect with God, my sons, and nature. I sometimes feel the "World is too much with us." Does anyone else ever feel this way?

Answer 1

I agree with you. Exploring and experiencing nature and finding commune with it can be very spiritually rewarding.

And if you haven't done so, I would encourage you to plan a trip with your family to the Grand Canyon. You can camp right in the park, or at a campground a few miles away. Waking up there, watching it change as the day goes by, then watching the sunset and darkness fall and sitting under the stars. I find that every moment there is truly amazing.

And this is pretty much what the nineteenth-century Romantics of nature were about; many were pantheists that found nature to be a source of inspiration and rejuvination, and it is here that they felt closest to the divine.

Answer 2

I've felt that way. I was in girl scouts for much of my childhood, and my family went camping several times each year, so I grew up with a real love of nature that is still a big part of me. Personally, that's the closest to God I can get on this earth, is to just be in nature and get away from man-made things. I haven't gone camping at all in the past few years because I live in Florida and it's humid most of the year, and my husband works a lot of hours, but I try to go to the beach at night and I love to sit outside and just feel God in the breeze or during a thunderstorm. It's really peaceful :)

Answer 3

Yes. In the stillness of a forest it is better than the most magnificent Cathedral. So is a totally star filled sky.

The 13th of August is the Pleides Meteor Shower peak night. so make sure you can get away from the city either that night or the 12th or 14th to lay on your backs and look up at the sky at the shootings stars. It's a blast. The more it is after midnight the better the viewing is.

God bless.

Answer 4

I think camping would be EXTREMLELY spiritual. Because you are closer to everything that was with you in the Garden of Eden, you are closer to the divine nature that helped to create you.
I think anything is a spiritual journey, if you have enough passion for it. For example, I always get chills when I dance alone, because its like I am just feeling, everymoment, I am just free, I can express myself and Now is Now. Its amazing, I know what you mean.

Answer 5

If you love God and you love His creation.. Yes! camping could be a spiritual exercise. Only those who love God or at least acknowledge that He created nature could really appreciate the beauty of God and His creations.

Answer 6

I have been truly camping in years, but I love to walk through the woods or just sit outside and stare at the sky. Nature is untamed beauty, something a sad lot of people don't appreciate.

Answer 7

Yes,
I take my son camping and just being in nature makes me appreciate the beauty God created for us in this world.

Answer 8

hahahaa. I could live Fall time year around. I go to the Lake down south every weekend. We camp, build a fire in the morning, when it is so clod, you can't stand it. We make coffee and watch the boats run around the lake. Sure it is great. The smell of potato's and onions on a early cold morning.

wooooooo hoooooooooooooooooo

Answer 9

Absolutely! When we are outdoors, we are in the Maker's cathedral. His presence is everywhere. Regardless of whether one is a Christian or not, time in nature is a spiritual time. Every great religious figure including Jesus, Buddha, Mohamed, etc. renewed himself in nature. It is a time we aren't distracted by artificial noises or images. For me, spending time outdoors is such a reconnection with God and a time to seek and find truths that guide me. On a sort of political note, Stegner said it for us when he wrote the Wilderness Letter, pleading that our government make sure that we always have wilderness available so we can renew our souls. It is imperative that we make sure our grandchildren's grandchildren have the save opportunity to renew their spirits in the out of doors.

Answer 10

Yes. Camping is one of my favorite activities. I could happily live in a tent. Just being outdoors in the fresh air, being able to leave the world at home, and just enjoy everything around you. Its simplicity at its best. There aren't as many distractions around and you can really feel the presence of God.