According to eastern philosophers, the laws of Nature and its processes—the machinery of the physical world—is Tao or The Way. They believe that in all things that exist there is form and essence. Form is palpable, it can be seen, felt, weighed and measured. Essence is intangible, it cannot be touched, counted or timed yet it exists, and it is that which animates and sustains form. Too often in our encounters with Nature, in our haste to keep to our schedules, or with our concentration on the past or future, we fail to be mindful of the present, the possibilities of the moment. We see the form but fail to experience the essence of place.