I half stood/half lay against/on one of the mossy trees and there arose such a strong and clear sense of satisfaction.
The feeling arose but I was unclear where it began, where it came from. It was a response to the shape and texture and solidity and pressure offered by the tree, or offered by my pressing myself against the tree. But I couldn't say that the feeling was entirely mine.
It was somehow caused in part by the tree and seemed to come into me, to arise between me and the tree as a sensation which I then experienced - as if it had a life of its own. And I couldn't exactly say that I received the feeling any more than I could say that I produced the feeling - it was partly active and partly passive.
Then, thinking about satisfaction (which comes from the Latin 'to make [or do] enough', I was interested in the making or doing. What about receiving enough as well as doing enough? That would be satisception. Or being enough? That would be satisessence.
The feeling arose but I was unclear where it began, where it came from. It was a response to the shape and texture and solidity and pressure offered by the tree, or offered by my pressing myself against the tree. But I couldn't say that the feeling was entirely mine.
It was somehow caused in part by the tree and seemed to come into me, to arise between me and the tree as a sensation which I then experienced - as if it had a life of its own. And I couldn't exactly say that I received the feeling any more than I could say that I produced the feeling - it was partly active and partly passive.
Then, thinking about satisfaction (which comes from the Latin 'to make [or do] enough', I was interested in the making or doing. What about receiving enough as well as doing enough? That would be satisception. Or being enough? That would be satisessence.
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