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Above is a Canadian black bear of the smallish variety in Sleeping Giant Provincial Park. We spotted her\/him very near the road eating slugs from a stump and had time to snap the shot.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A couple days later, my son, dog Bodhi and I were at the beginning of a 16 mile hike and 850 foot climb of the Sleeping Giant (culminating with my 13-year-old\u2019s verification that it is indeed a \u201cbreath-taking view\u201d \u2013 see below), chatting as we walked up an incline in the path.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I glanced up and saw a large black bear \u2013 like VERY large \u2013 about 30 yards in front of us (didn\u2019t think to take a picture!). He\/she looked like he\/she had been walking across the path and heard us yacking, then stopped and turned his\/her head to check us out. Motionless.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately, <\/span><\/span>Bodhi was on the leash (although it didn\u2019t appear that our great protector ever saw the bear) so I called to Gar, did a pivot with Bodhi, and walked back down the hill. My son looked back and reported that the bear was sauntering into the woods. Phew.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We waited a few minutes and then continued our hike.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One of the dharmic things that struck me from this was the moment sight, sight consciousness, and object came together and the formations began booting up going, \u201cHey, wait, ah, ah, hey, that\u2019s a fricking real bear. Danger!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Later, in a fatherly way, I asked my son if he knew how fast he would have to run to out-run a bear. He wasn\u2019t sure so I taught the boy \u2013 \u201cJust one step faster than me and Bodhi.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, tomorrow I\u2019m off to Omaha to sit with Nonin and his students for sesshin. The forecast temperature is for the mid 90\u2019s (no AC, of course) so I think I\u2019ll be talking about Dongshan\u2019s \u201cNo Heat, No Cold\u201d with the catchy line \u201cwhen it\u2019s hot let the heat kill you.\u201d Gotta do it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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