How To Befriend A Tree: a mutually beneficial healing relationship.

[Innocent Warrior]

http://www.nurturingart.com/tree_hugger.jpg

Hi fellow tree huggers and healers, I was given a link to this article today, it's a bit lengthy, below is the introduction and the first two sections;


How to Befriend a Tree


Beginning practitioners of Chinese internal organ massage (Chi Nei Tsang) are taught how to commune with trees. Shouldn’t this be part of everyone’s education?

“Chi Nei Tsang: Internal Organs Chi Massage”, Mantak and Mannewan Chia’s manual for practitioners of traditional Chinese medical massage, is yet another fine fruit of Chinese Taoist cosmology. Mao retained Traditiional Chinese medicine while otherwise industrializing his country, which allowed China to continue its multi-millenia tradition of developing this great clinical science unencumbered by Communist dogma (while also spreading it throughout the Western world). That a large percentage of potential in-patient visitors to Chinese hospitals are almost immediately discharged on the basis of a chi massage argues for what a serious and effective medical methodology it is. How playful and profound the artful science of Chinese internal organ massage actually is can be at least partially appreciated through the exercises presented below.

COLLECTING TREE ENERGY

1. The Healing Abilities of Trees
Taoist Masters observed that trees are tremendously powerful plants. Not only can they absorb carbon dioxide and transform it into oxygen, but they can also absorb negative forces and transform them into good energy. Trees strongly root with the Earth, and the more rooted the tree, the higher it can extend to Heaven. Trees stand very still, absorbing the Earth’s Energy and the Universal Force from the Heavens.

Trees and all plants have the ability to absorb the light of the energies and transform it into food; in fact, they depend on light for most of their nourishment, while water and earth minerals make up about 30% of their nutritional intake. Trees are able to live very long lives.

a. The Tree as Healer and Friend
Trees are the largest and most spiritually advanced plants on earth. They are constantly in meditation, and subtle energy is their natural language. As your understanding of this language grows, you can begin to develop a relationship with them. They can help you open your energy channels and cultivate calm, presence, and vitality. You can reciprocate by helping them with their own blockages and devitalized areas. It is a mutually beneficial relationship that needs cultivation.


The complete list of subheadings are as follows;

1. The Healing Abilities of Trees
a. The Tree as Healer and Friend
b. Choosing a Tree to Work With
c. Establishing Communion with a Tree

2. Practicing with a Tree and the Earth’s Force
a. Use the Palms to Absorb Yin Chi and Help Balance Yang Energy
b. Use the Fingers to Absorb Yang Energy to Help Balance the Yin Energy
c. Use the Palms to Absorb Tree Chi; the Yin Side
d. Absorb Tree Chi through the Crown
e. Share with the Tree from the Heart
f. Absorb Earth Energy
g. Meditate While Sitting Under a Tree

See full article here (http://www.dharmacafe.com/gaia/how-to-befriend-a-tree/full).

Happy bonding and healing! :heart:

[AngelEyes]

http://www.nurturingart.com/tree_hugger.jpg

Hi fellow tree huggers and healers, I was given a link to this article today, it's a bit lengthy, below is the introduction and the first two sections;


How to Befriend a Tree



Beginning practitioners of Chinese internal organ massage (Chi Nei Tsang) are taught how to commune with trees. Shouldn’t this be part of everyone’s education?

“Chi Nei Tsang: Internal Organs Chi Massage”, Mantak and Mannewan Chia’s manual for practitioners of traditional Chinese medical massage, is yet another fine fruit of Chinese Taoist cosmology. Mao retained Traditiional Chinese medicine while otherwise industrializing his country, which allowed China to continue its multi-millenia tradition of developing this great clinical science unencumbered by Communist dogma (while also spreading it throughout the Western world). That a large percentage of potential in-patient visitors to Chinese hospitals are almost immediately discharged on the basis of a chi massage argues for what a serious and effective medical methodology it is. How playful and profound the artful science of Chinese internal organ massage actually is can be at least partially appreciated through the exercises presented below.

COLLECTING TREE ENERGY

1. The Healing Abilities of Trees
Taoist Masters observed that trees are tremendously powerful plants. Not only can they absorb carbon dioxide and transform it into oxygen, but they can also absorb negative forces and transform them into good energy. Trees strongly root with the Earth, and the more rooted the tree, the higher it can extend to Heaven. Trees stand very still, absorbing the Earth’s Energy and the Universal Force from the Heavens.

Trees and all plants have the ability to absorb the light of the energies and transform it into food; in fact, they depend on light for most of their nourishment, while water and earth minerals make up about 30% of their nutritional intake. Trees are able to live very long lives.

a. The Tree as Healer and Friend
Trees are the largest and most spiritually advanced plants on earth. They are constantly in meditation, and subtle energy is their natural language. As your understanding of this language grows, you can begin to develop a relationship with them. They can help you open your energy channels and cultivate calm, presence, and vitality. You can reciprocate by helping them with their own blockages and devitalized areas. It is a mutually beneficial relationship that needs cultivation.


The complete list of subheadings are as follows;

1. The Healing Abilities of Trees
a. The Tree as Healer and Friend
b. Choosing a Tree to Work With
c. Establishing Communion with a Tree

2. Practicing with a Tree and the Earth’s Force
a. Use the Palms to Absorb Yin Chi and Help Balance Yang Energy
b. Use the Fingers to Absorb Yang Energy to Help Balance the Yin Energy
c. Use the Palms to Absorb Tree Chi; the Yin Side
d. Absorb Tree Chi through the Crown
e. Share with the Tree from the Heart
f. Absorb Earth Energy
g. Meditate While Sitting Under a Tree

See full article here (http://www.dharmacafe.com/gaia/how-to-befriend-a-tree/full).

Happy bonding and healing! :heart:


Rachel!! this is so awesome! love this post! I went on a nature hike yesterday at a local nature park where I live. This wasnt just any regular park it was a nature park and animal sanctuary! beautiful quiet place. I took 51 photos yesterday! lots and lots of trees but here are a couple of me saying hello to the trees :). You can really feel the trees life force. Every time I place my hand on a tree and close my eyes I can feel tingling and like waves of energy. at first I thought it was just the wind moving the branches but now I can actually feel waves of energy like pulsating on my hand :). I thanked the tree for its beauty and shade and what it does for the earth and its grounding abilities :)
http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s483/bigblockchevybabe/Facebook/Martin%20Nature%20Park/12017659_523469811154364_4880521998165105119_o.jpg
http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s483/bigblockchevybabe/Facebook/Martin%20Nature%20Park/12079954_523468737821138_8021205307512476787_o.jpg

[Becky]

Awesome :-) thanks for sharing Rachel

[greybeard]

Without trees would there be life as we know it?

We are connected in that they give us oxygen and we give them what we breath out.

Thanks Rachel ( and other posters) for reminding me to hug a tree--there is one in our small garden--It was here before I came and will no doubt be here when I am gone.
I appreciate it every day.

Much love
Chris

[Ewan]

I have a friend that could perhaps add much to this thread if I could persuade her to speak. We met about 5 years ago and I had the privilege to widen her perspectives. Cutting things short, within around 18 months she had a go at meditating and took to it like she'd been doing it all her life. She told me the first time she was just going 'out there' to see who she could meet. It transpired she was met by an entity that guided her to a grove, in the centre of which was a large tree. She sits beneath it and communicates with it in manners that she can't explain. She never has the words, and this I don't find surprising. One morning she told me 'Did you know there are male and female trees?'. There was also a very large wolf that would sometimes appear and lie by her side.

Every time she meditates she is with the tree. Sometimes others join her and she refers to them as her group. She also told me not long after Lloyd Pye passed on that he was fine and that he was not too far from me, I understood her to mean the location/level of our souls. I'd introduced her to Lloyd when he was in the UK doing a series of talks. I belive she is in training to be a healer, she's not yet 30 years old. When I had my illness problems I went to her with splitting migraines. At that point she'd only been meditating a month or so and within five minutes the pain was gone by her holding her hands just a few inches above my head and neck, I felt warmth after less than a minute.

It must be 3 years since she started on her journey/learnings and I rarely get the chance to talk with her now as she has a part-time job in addition to looking after three children. Her husband works away from home so she has a lot on her plate. It's been 18 months since we had anything in the way of a serious conversation but I remember her telling me how her awareness of energy fields had got so fine that she'd had to learn to tune out much of it, she felt the fields of everyone she walked past and trees were so much bigger. I'm sure she would have much to say on the subject of trees. :)

[Pam]

The Tree as Healer and Friend
Trees are the largest and most spiritually advanced plants on earth. They are constantly in meditation, and subtle energy is their natural language. As your understanding of this language grows, you can begin to develop a relationship with them. They can help you open your energy channels and cultivate calm, presence, and vitality. You can reciprocate by helping them with their own blockages and devitalized areas. It is a mutually beneficial relationship that needs cultivation.



Rachel, this is so wonderful, I can't thank you enough. If humans could only embrace the purity of the trees we could change the outcome of the planet in the blink of an eye.

Literally exchanging energy with a tree by placing hands on trunk, especially while doing this barefoot could do more good for the health of mankind than all the big pharma drugs in the world could do.

[Selkie]

I have a relationship with the massive, old shagbark hickory across the street. It is a "he" tree, and once, he let me see his face :)

[Pam]

http://www.nurturingart.com/tree_hugger.jpg

Hi fellow tree huggers and healers, I was given a link to this article today, it's a bit lengthy, below is the introduction and the first two sections;


How to Befriend a Tree



Beginning practitioners of Chinese internal organ massage (Chi Nei Tsang) are taught how to commune with trees. Shouldn’t this be part of everyone’s education?

“Chi Nei Tsang: Internal Organs Chi Massage”, Mantak and Mannewan Chia’s manual for practitioners of traditional Chinese medical massage, is yet another fine fruit of Chinese Taoist cosmology. Mao retained Traditiional Chinese medicine while otherwise industrializing his country, which allowed China to continue its multi-millenia tradition of developing this great clinical science unencumbered by Communist dogma (while also spreading it throughout the Western world). That a large percentage of potential in-patient visitors to Chinese hospitals are almost immediately discharged on the basis of a chi massage argues for what a serious and effective medical methodology it is. How playful and profound the artful science of Chinese internal organ massage actually is can be at least partially appreciated through the exercises presented below.

COLLECTING TREE ENERGY

1. The Healing Abilities of Trees
Taoist Masters observed that trees are tremendously powerful plants. Not only can they absorb carbon dioxide and transform it into oxygen, but they can also absorb negative forces and transform them into good energy. Trees strongly root with the Earth, and the more rooted the tree, the higher it can extend to Heaven. Trees stand very still, absorbing the Earth’s Energy and the Universal Force from the Heavens.

Trees and all plants have the ability to absorb the light of the energies and transform it into food; in fact, they depend on light for most of their nourishment, while water and earth minerals make up about 30% of their nutritional intake. Trees are able to live very long lives.

a. The Tree as Healer and Friend
Trees are the largest and most spiritually advanced plants on earth. They are constantly in meditation, and subtle energy is their natural language. As your understanding of this language grows, you can begin to develop a relationship with them. They can help you open your energy channels and cultivate calm, presence, and vitality. You can reciprocate by helping them with their own blockages and devitalized areas. It is a mutually beneficial relationship that needs cultivation.


The complete list of subheadings are as follows;

1. The Healing Abilities of Trees
a. The Tree as Healer and Friend
b. Choosing a Tree to Work With
c. Establishing Communion with a Tree

2. Practicing with a Tree and the Earth’s Force
a. Use the Palms to Absorb Yin Chi and Help Balance Yang Energy
b. Use the Fingers to Absorb Yang Energy to Help Balance the Yin Energy
c. Use the Palms to Absorb Tree Chi; the Yin Side
d. Absorb Tree Chi through the Crown
e. Share with the Tree from the Heart
f. Absorb Earth Energy
g. Meditate While Sitting Under a Tree

See full article here (http://www.dharmacafe.com/gaia/how-to-befriend-a-tree/full).

Happy bonding and healing! :heart:


Rachel!! this is so awesome! love this post! I went on a nature hike yesterday at a local nature park where I live. This wasnt just any regular park it was a nature park and animal sanctuary! beautiful quiet place. I took 51 photos yesterday! lots and lots of trees but here are a couple of me saying hello to the trees :). You can really feel the trees life force. Every time I place my hand on a tree and close my eyes I can feel tingling and like waves of energy. at first I thought it was just the wind moving the branches but now I can actually feel waves of energy like pulsating on my hand :). I thanked the tree for its beauty and shade and what it does for the earth and its grounding abilities :)
http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s483/bigblockchevybabe/Facebook/Martin%20Nature%20Park/12017659_523469811154364_4880521998165105119_o.jpg
http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s483/bigblockchevybabe/Facebook/Martin%20Nature%20Park/12079954_523468737821138_8021205307512476787_o.jpg




What a beautiful post, AngelEyes!!!! It is a bit belated but welcome to PA!! I can already see you will be a wonderful asset.

[Innocent Warrior]

Rachel!! this is so awesome! love this post! I went on a nature hike yesterday at a local nature park where I live. This wasnt just any regular park it was a nature park and animal sanctuary! beautiful quiet place. I took 51 photos yesterday! lots and lots of trees but here are a couple of me saying hello to the trees :). You can really feel the trees life force. Every time I place my hand on a tree and close my eyes I can feel tingling and like waves of energy. at first I thought it was just the wind moving the branches but now I can actually feel waves of energy like pulsating on my hand :). I thanked the tree for its beauty and shade and what it does for the earth and its grounding abilities :)
http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s483/bigblockchevybabe/Facebook/Martin%20Nature%20Park/12017659_523469811154364_4880521998165105119_o.jpg
http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s483/bigblockchevybabe/Facebook/Martin%20Nature%20Park/12079954_523468737821138_8021205307512476787_o.jpg

You must be beaming after that walk. :) Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos and experience.


I have a friend that could perhaps add much to this thread if I could persuade her to speak. We met about 5 years ago and I had the privilege to widen her perspectives. Cutting things short, within around 18 months she had a go at meditating and took to it like she'd been doing it all her life. She told me the first time she was just going 'out there' to see who she could meet. It transpired she was met by an entity that guided her to a grove, in the centre of which was a large tree. She sits beneath it and communicates with it in manners that she can't explain. She never has the words, and this I don't find surprising. One morning she told me 'Did you know there are male and female trees?'. There was also a very large wolf that would sometimes appear and lie by her side.

Every time she meditates she is with the tree. Sometimes others join her and she refers to them as her group. She also told me not long after Lloyd Pye passed on that he was fine and that he was not too far from me, I understood her to mean the location/level of our souls. I'd introduced her to Lloyd when he was in the UK doing a series of talks. I belive she is in training to be a healer, she's not yet 30 years old. When I had my illness problems I went to her with splitting migraines. At that point she'd only been meditating a month or so and within five minutes the pain was gone by her holding her hands just a few inches above my head and neck, I felt warmth after less than a minute.

It must be 3 years since she started on her journey/learnings and I rarely get the chance to talk with her now as she has a part-time job in addition to looking after three children. Her husband works away from home so she has a lot on her plate. It's been 18 months since we had anything in the way of a serious conversation but I remember her telling me how her awareness of energy fields had got so fine that she'd had to learn to tune out much of it, she felt the fields of everyone she walked past and trees were so much bigger. I'm sure she would have much to say on the subject of trees. :)

It sounds like your friend has quite a story to tell. :) Here's hoping she gets the time to get into some writing, somewhere down the track.

[sigma6]

I have never gone and actually hugged a tree or anything... I simply enjoy being in the presence of their silent majesty... they are like a sign of good health, longevity, safety, refuge, a source of abundance... I have always felt some kind of awe, when just looking at one. I love being around trees, climbing them when I was a kid, or walking under the canopy of a man made orchard, it's always a profound experience. It feels good to know that others share similar views...

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[Constance]

Title of the video: Mother Tree

"This Douglas Fir is probably about 500 years old. It's a massive tree that will have an enormous network associated with it.
You could think of this as the mother tree in the sense that is the dominant tree in the forest.
It's probably networked into all of the trees around it, even though they are of different species.
This tree is probably linked to trees as far as you can see and there are trees in-between that are bridges for the network."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8SORM4dYG8

In this next video..
"Since 1979, Jadev Payeng has single-handedly planted a forest in the middle of a barren wasteland.

His forest is now larger than Central Park. This is his story..."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkZDSqyE1do


Imagine if every one of us here at PA planted a tree once a week for the next 25 years? :idea:
And imagine, if we protected what we grew with the dedication that this man has shown?

Edit: If I sit down underneath a tree, the tree gives me information on "what" to do. Give it a try, if you sit with the intent just to be open to receiving, you will be amazed what the tree will share with you :dog:

One day, I was driving down a very quiet street.
I felt myself dawdling, just looking out at the trees on the sides of the road because they were so beautiful.
To my amazement, I saw ahead, these huge birds hanging off trees. My son and I were very excited because they looked amazing.
We stopped and got out of the car and headed straight for the tree.
We got ourselves extremely close to the birds. They seemed very unconcerned by our presence. Almost like they had expected us.
I made myself very quiet inside, very still and silent. My son chatted on in the background, you can hear him in the video, wondering out loud what kind of birds they were.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIaU75uan50&feature=youtu.be

Whilst I stood there quietly, the words "Gang Gang" came to me. I felt that this was what the birds were telling me they were.
I made a mental note to google those words when I got home. I quietly shared what had come to me with my son and we continued to stay there for a good while just enjoying watching them eat the leaves and flowers.
We got home, started googling the words Gang Gang and to our amazement, the birds we had just been with were Gang Gang Cockatoos!

[Pam]

Title of the video: Mother Tree

"This Douglas Fir is probably about 500 years old. It's a massive tree that will have an enormous network associated with it.
You could think of this as the mother tree in the sense that is the dominant tree in the forest.
It's probably networked into all of the trees around it, even though they are of different species.
This tree is probably linked to trees as far as you can see and there are trees in-between that are bridges for the network."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8SORM4dYG8

In this next video..
"Since 1979, Jadev Payeng has single-handedly planted a forest in the middle of a barren wasteland.

His forest is now larger than Central Park. This is his story..."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkZDSqyE1do


Imagine if every one of us here at PA planted a tree once a week for the next 25 years? :idea:


breal, thanks for sharing the wonderful video of forest man. It is the perfect testimony of what one person can do. For me, it takes away all my excuses that my actions can't possibly make a difference. Forest Man has revealed that type of thinking to be a lie. Also, it is a perfect example that the lifeforce is always waiting and willing to express itself. The planet is yearning to return to a balanced state and will jump at any opportunity to do so. If I live to be a million I will never loose the sense of awe and wonder when I look at a tiny seed, knowing that all this wonder of life is quietly waiting for the right conditions to come forth and express the miracle of what it is.



I am blown away by the description of the "mother tree" and that all of the vegetation works together, even sharing nutrients, rather than" survival of the fittest" that we has been taught about. Under our feet is a network of communication and cooperation. I had no idea that fungi works to connect the network of trees. I tell you, the wonders never cease. What a magnificent thing this creation is!!!!!!

[Constance]

Title of the video: Mother Tree

"This Douglas Fir is probably about 500 years old. It's a massive tree that will have an enormous network associated with it.
You could think of this as the mother tree in the sense that is the dominant tree in the forest.
It's probably networked into all of the trees around it, even though they are of different species.
This tree is probably linked to trees as far as you can see and there are trees in-between that are bridges for the network."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8SORM4dYG8

In this next video..
"Since 1979, Jadev Payeng has single-handedly planted a forest in the middle of a barren wasteland.

His forest is now larger than Central Park. This is his story..."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkZDSqyE1do


Imagine if every one of us here at PA planted a tree once a week for the next 25 years? :idea:


breal, thanks for sharing the wonderful video of forest man. It is the perfect testimony of what one person can do. For me, it takes away all my excuses that my actions can't possibly make a difference. Forest Man has revealed that type of thinking to be a lie. Also, it is a perfect example that the lifeforce is always waiting and willing to express itself. The planet is yearning to return to a balanced state and will jump at any opportunity to do so. If I live to be a million I will never loose the sense of awe and wonder when I look at a tiny seed, knowing that all this wonder of life is quietly waiting for the right conditions to come forth and express the miracle of what it is.



I am blown away by the description of the "mother tree" and that all of the vegetation works together, even sharing nutrients, rather than" survival of the fittest" that we has been taught about. Under our feet is a network of communication and cooperation. I had no idea that fungi works to connect the network of trees. I tell you, the wonders never cease. What a magnificent thing this creation is!!!!!!



OMG, it makes my heart sing just to hear your sweet words of encouragement and to share your wonderment!

I plant all kinds of trees on a regular basis and have done so all my life. Whilst I probably haven't planted as many trees as the Forest man, I reckon I've planted a few :p
I was inspired to plant trees the rest of my life after I was asked to plant a tree at our school when I was eight. I went back to see that tree over 20 years ago and it was massive and beautiful.

[Bubu]

there was a huge tree not very far from our house when I was a boy. During that time there is nothing more calming than sleeping on its huge branches. with a rope tied around my breast :). All through out my life I seek the comforting company of trees especially when I am down. as Greybeard said they are part of our us.

[AngelEyes]

Thank you Peter! I love it here! everyone is so nice!

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I was!!! I felt so good and at peace! it was so peaceful there!! its not far from here at all I will be visiting in the evenings after work!!

[sigma6]

I was inspired to plant trees the rest of my life after I was asked to plant a tree at our school when I was eight. I went back to see that tree over 20 years ago and it was massive and beautiful.

The willingness to transcend time and space in a way... too many people can't or won't do something because innately we are taught (bombarded) with the message (what's in it for me?... (and right now!) i.e. instant gratification, financial return, exchange of value, some monetary analysis, etc, etc

the solution to all that limited perception is to give your "love" or "goodwill" or "random act of goodness" "spontaneous expression of giving" remember... "it is better to 'give' then to receive"? how did we manage to come to believe (in our hearts) the diametric opposite in the world today?

We must transcend the limited perception of here and now, and I think when we plant a seed that is what we are doing... it touches on something transcendent and timeless (universal) ...there are many "seeds" to plant in this world, but the original archetype would surely be planting a tree like Johnny Appleseed. (ahead of his time)

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P.S. What 'compelled' me to mention this, in my convoluted thinking as I often see connections between things on the conceptual level... I remember doing a special 3hr presentation to the owner of Private Person.com who also runs suewrongdoers.com. (not sure if he even gave his name, I forgot, as he likes to stay behind the scenes. But I was so sure his understanding of common law was actually hinging on a trust interpretation, that he was not aware of, although he was having success, and trying to explain it all purely from a "common law" interpretation.

And did admit to me, privately, he felt something was missing, that they weren't even properly following "common law" which he attributed to the usual, (they are committing "fraud" etc) At which point I was compelled to go to great lengths to contact him and set up an appt, he definitely falls in the 'guru' class and has been researching and pursuing his interpretation for over 20 years (compared to my measely 7-8 years now!)

But I know what I know... and he like all 'gurus' when confronted by someone 'junior' in knowledge was quite recalcitrant, and they always try to justify some kind of haughtiness at you for having the 'gumption' to even consider 'wasting their time' etc... (they are used to being paid and their reputation ego is on the line) and I have certainly come to the conclusion ALL 'gurus' consciously or subconsciously have control, ego, and money issues (politics?)

Anyhow, that was about a year ago, and someone sent me a link the other day... lo and behold, our 'friend' has now seen the light, and is sharing info on equitable interpretation, the missing component of common law, and thereby yet again, creating another confirmation of my interpretation that "common law" and "equity" go hand in hand...


Hello friend.
Hope you are well and happy.
Thought you might like this.
Workshop on Equity Here is the link : http://1drv.ms/1PT8MrS FYI - FYD

Cordially,
S.



Ever since CW (Christian Walters) started publishing his audios in 2009, I have been hitting on the 'gurus' to get the word out (planting the seeds) I knew back then that this was the missing puzzle piece, and that it was too complicated for me to figure out on my own... I saw myself as a proverbial canary in a coal mine, sounding the alarm, alerting others. I share this because planting a seed is something we can all do. It can be anything, it just has to come from your heart with no expectation. I never doubted this principle and never regretted one single presentation (and they were all the same) because I knew what I was giving...

and true to the parable some seeds have landed on "stones and rocks" and others "among thorns" and some have landed on "good soil" it is amazing to understand the parable of the sower from life experience and realize how profoundly accurate and timeless it is... sorry for the segway, but I tend to 'philosophize' about everything these days...

"reading the bible" in this manner, i.e. in small nuggets on specific related topics for the "essential wisdom" makes more sense to me... to me, that is the way it has always been, not some agenda to join some institution to further some larger larger political hegemony, and that 'aspect' of the bible (universal philosophical principles) has always been there... I think that's what they mean by "don't throw out the 'baby'... (deep profound and universal principles) ...with the 'bathwater'" (the outward social institutions that have been entrusted (i.e. to hold a trust obligation) to safekeep it (and doing a 'bang up' job by all accounts...))


https://bible.org/seriespage/20-parable-sower-and-seed-matthew-131-23
On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. 2 And great multitudes were gathered to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat down; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

3 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. 6 But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. 8 But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:

‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,

and seeing you will see and not perceive; 15
for the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
and their eyes they have closed,
lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
so that I should heal them.’

16 But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; 17
or assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

18 Therefore, hear the parable of the sower: 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. 20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful, 23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

[RunningDeer]

Trees are my Friends
They enjoy it when I/we connect with them. Their energy signatures vary: low and deep it pierces right through me, soft and nurturing, wisdom energy that has me send gratitude back, while others have chatty energy.

They mostly send vibrational messages of connection. When fully present, my body aligns down into the cellular level. We use the language of love.

When their branches are heavy with snow, I give them a winter massage. Pine tree friends come out of a deep slumber and smile. I send them back a message of “good night, sweet dreams and see you in the spring”.

This is a graphic I made of a sycamore tree from a series of photos I shot. It has unique character and it’s what inspired me to make it.


https://i.imgur.com/VEdv8HP.jpg


Here's another personal experience:

Tree Talk
RunningDeer, 2012

http://paula.avalonlibrary.net/Seasons/tree_talk_zpsesboq6i0.JPG

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[RunningDeer]

The Man Who Planted Trees
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Published on Oct 8, 2013

The Man Who Planted Trees (French title L'homme qui plantait des arbres), also known as The Story of Elzéard Bouffier, The Most Extraordinary Character I Ever Met, and The Man Who Planted Hope and Reaped Happiness, is an allegorical tale by French author Jean Giono, published in 1953.
It was adapted to this animated short by Frédéric Back and released in 1987. It earned a number of awards including an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

[RunningDeer]

Co-operative adventure
Some plant trees
Some plant seeds


The brown ball is a seed that looks and smells like antelope droppings.
After rolling the seed, the dung beetle buries it.



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[Selkie]

Oh, a few years ago there was a wonderful show on PBS called The Seedy Side of Plants, narrated by Richard Crenna. I cannot recommend it highly enough,


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIPVbNC3Jys

I don't know why there is no sound at first. Just bop ahead a few minutes.

[sigma6]

I can say this... have you ever "lit one"... (or whatever gets you to that place of inner balance) and then walked into a garden? I always am amazed at how, perception of reality is enhanced... and I like to emphasize of course, this is not hallucination... it is quite clearly enhanced perception, your brain is on "auto creativity" mode and everything you see has greater meaning, more detail, more nuance (if you think about it... just contemplate it...)

And on occasion I have walked out into a garden and looked at some of the various flowers, plants, and trees... have you ever seen the inherent beauty in its function?... it is like looking at "slow motion" life... how the branches and leaves are outstretched and pointed to the sky as if to capture the sun's light... gently swaying in the breeze, a symphony of life, quiet, gentle, invisible in plain sight, the background becoming the foreground in a sense, sometimes it's breathtaking... so peaceful, add the evening stars in as background canvas, and it's like you're almost having one of those "cosmic consciousness moments"

Now recreate that entire scene... but instead you walked into someone's specialized shop, who owns (just saying) an artificial plant store... and all the grass and all the plants are just plastic, maybe he has set it up as a display. Now you are walking through the exact same scene again, this time though it's astro turf, plastic flowers, tall plants and even artificial trees, but visually it looks the exactly the same (even though you know you are in a "shop display" ...and even at night (say it's in "greenhouse" (for added effect), so that we have kept all our variables constant (but one...)

Would it be possible to have the same experience? ;-)

[onawah]

There's another thread here:
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?84810-The-Divine-Consciousness-of-Trees-Metatron-channeled-by-James-Tyberonn&p=996632&highlight=trees%2C+tyberonn#post996632
...about trees, with more links to articles, etc. about trees.

[conk]

Some of my fondest memories from childhood involve trees. Two of them in particular and one grove of trees. We always played in the grove by the creek. Along the creek bank was a huge tree with massive roots bigger than us kids. We could hide among the roots and imagine all sorts of things. Another gigantic tree was beside my house. It would have taken 5 or 6 grown men, with arms outstretched, to go around this tree. We nailed boards on it for use a ladder and built a platform on one of the lower branches. I could sit up there for hours. I wanted to cry when the utility company cut it down. It was majestic and deserving of a longer life.

Thank you all for these very nice posts. ;)

[ErtheVessel]

Sigma6, enjoyed your post. And your question, "Would it be possible to have the same experience?" makes me ponder the question, How is it that we DO know the difference? How do we actually recognize that which is living from that which is dead? Why is one nourishing and the other is not?

Sorry! Don't mean to derail the thread, but I love these questions.

Trees are so mysteriously healing. I wonder why.

[Innocent Warrior]

sigma6 wrote;


And on occasion I have walked out into a garden and looked at some of the various flowers, plants, and trees... have you ever seen the inherent beauty in its function?... it is like looking at "slow motion" life... how the branches and leaves are outstretched and pointed to the sky as if to capture the sun's light... gently swaying in the breeze, a symphony of life, quiet, gentle, invisible in plain sight,

:) I marvel at how much plants move, when watching timelapse videos. Flowers dance in circles, ferns roll out while dancing in circles, and mushrooms are wild, they swell up out of the ground and then fan out.

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