Dear all,
I recall a talk presented by Dr Deepak Chopra awhile ago which made me smile - in which he mentioned the story about a dog and a man. The story went something like this,"a man hits and kicks a dog, until the dog was evoked to bite the man's leg. The man takes off and manages to get away. Two years later the same man meets up with the same dog, he kicks the dog again, and in defense the dog takes a chomp off the man's leg. But the dog does not spend two years thinking about how to bite the man." Humans on the other hand, would be thinking, scheming and festering about it for the last two years! How we can learn from the nature of animals - they are simply in-the-moment :-)
Years ago, when I was a very lost soul, stuck in my own hole and spiral of despair, I could not connect with nature, let alone go outside and breathe in the fresh air - that would almost burn my internal cells with life energy. Whenever I came home from the garden nursery with a pot plant, it would inevitably die within a few weeks or so. Apart from not being caring enough to tend to their basic needs like food and water, being around me was for them like being enveloped in 'dead energy'. This realization came after I have awakened to my living, internal spirit. As my spirit grew and expanded into my true nature, now all plants flourish around me. I love gardening, growing herbs and vegetables, I sit next to bees as they hover around me, my dog stares me in the eyes connecting with my soul, I love bush walking, mountain trekking, paddling, walking in the rain, lying on the grass under my tree and watching the leaves and clouds, and my phobia for reptiles have magically disappeared. Plants, trees and herbs have helped me heal, restore and reveal my true spirit again.
A lost and unawakened soul are stuck in their confined field of stagnation. Within that soul itself their spirit energy is not awake or alive, hence it can't connect with other living things. It gets drawn to dead inanimate objects for they are in the same field. The lost soul unconsciously moves from one material and inanimate object to another, possessing and sometimes hoarding them all, attaching and desperately hoping to suck and draw some measure of power. But nothing which is devoid of life can spurt another's spirit to awaken or be sustained.
When we awaken, we can't help but connect. We don't need to proclaim ourselves a conservationist, animal rights activist, environmentalist, humanitarian - although they are noble causes and if a particular area is our passion, then perhaps we have a part in pursuing it, to make a difference. However, within the heart and mind of every awakened soul we already have a profound relationship with every element that make up our living world, including all living beings, from the tiniest bacteria to the giant mountains. This becomes our experience, not just a belief system , identity or concept we wish to adopt.
Sit amongst the plants and trees, be still, watch and hear. Watch the stillness of the tree trunk. It does not move yet it is full of life beneath. It has texture, shape and form that is a work of art reaching upwards. Watch the leaves of various shapes, sizes and colors, they move gracefully in sync with the wind, dancing without rigidity or restriction. Look at the roots near the ground, they are the silent channel of nutrients and information that is sourced by their caress with mother earth. Listen and hear the sound of their whispers but also the gaps of silence between their whispers. Just sitting and infusing in amongst the bush and forest will allow the essence and energy of the trees to permeate into our soul with peace, strength, stillness and a quiet wisdom - all which further feeds our own internal living spirit. Whenever I end up with a headache from the city hustle bustle, a gentle bush walk always cleanses and dispels the headache leaving me renewed. So then what do I give in return to these friends who unconditionally love, heal and nurture me? I try and protect them, as one would protect any dear friend and family. I want to ensure they continue to have clean air for their life and growth, sufficient water for their moisture, healthy earth so they continue to be sustained and nourished. I also share with them love and compassion, as they do with all other animals and plants that they coexist with e.g. the birds that nest on their branches and feed on their blossoms, the bugs that climb up and down their trunks, the fungi and lichen that blanket over their roots. And most of all, I will continue to protect them from being felled - the end of their existence. I want them preserved and protected for they are a part of me, and all other beings.
This is just my relationship with the trees. I also have a profound and intimate relationship with every animal, insect, flower, mountain, star, cloud,.....What is your relationship with the world around you? Do you have a relationship with your living world? If not, you are not alive, half the time you probably feel like a robot, or if you are anything like I used to be in the past, simply a walking corpse. If your spirit is already awakened and alive, then choose to allow yourself to experience and connect with all of life. It is already innate within us. Our spirit seeks to awaken, grow, expand and connect. Nature's beauty and magic is astounding. They will teach and heal you. Get outside, off your computers, TV, out of your box of four walls, and soak in nature, breathe in pure life. Separation is not our natural state.
Take care all, thank you for connecting, till next time...continue to send love to your trees, animals, flowers......
With luv, light & peace,
Patsie :-)
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