I Wonder What the Trees are Thinking…
November 7, 2007
By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com Gawd, it’s so beautiful through my window, it hurts my heart. I have a bird’s eye view from the second story, it’s like being in a treehouse — I’m all up in the trees. Perfect periwinkle blue sky behind branches with golden leaves. The bright morning sun making it all so clear…the magic, it’s breathtaking. A sweet little breeze brings it to life — sometimes it looks like trembling, sometimes dancing – many leaves release and swirl beautifully to the ground. Sometimes one brave little leaf dances with the wind alone, still it ultimately joins the others. Bits of green poke through the blanket of brown, gold, and yellow leaves below. As I watch this wonderfully magical and stunning sight, it makes me wonder, what are the trees thinking as their leaves fall? Are they frightened about this change? Do they know their leaves will return soon? Do they remember? Do they know how amazing they are?
I love trees :)
Peace,
Dove
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November 8, 2007 at 7:53 am
Such beautiful imagery, Dove. I love the questions you ask the trees. I believe every molecule has consciousness, so I would also believe they answered you. And it’s nice to read about the changes in autumn. In my part of the world, we have very few leaves falling, but have a different kind of beauty. Peace.
November 8, 2007 at 9:18 pm
Thanks Muse, you’re a sweetie :) Yep, I have a potent belief myself that everything has consciousness. Everything. There’s actually no question in mind that Nature is vibrantly alive with consciousness. It makes me reel :) I tell the trees I love them all the time, and I feel the same back from them. And it’s more than “feeling” it, Nature truly speaks to me, and I am incomparably blessed to see/experience this.
I was just reading a blog, she’d posted this letter that immediately grabbed my heart. Native American view of Mother Earth. She thought it had been written by Chief Seattle. Maybe it’s a well-known letter, but I’ve never read it.
I’m sitting here at work, in public, and I had just started to read it, and my eyes started to water, it was squeezing my heart. I feel it was stoking memories from a lifetime long before this one… I swear, I was fanning and blinking my eyes, trying to get it together — and this was just in beginning to read it. His words are just so precious, so incredibly true. This one line especially got me,
“We love this earth as a newborn loves its mother’s heartbeat.” If you read all that he says up to and after that point, that line truly packs a punch. Here’s a link to his letter.
http://mayinthesouth.wordpress.com/2007/11/08/the-end-of-living-and-the-beginning-of-survival/
November 9, 2007 at 1:53 am
Wow, your description put an image in my head and was the most wonderful image ever! I love the sky, clouds, water and trees!
November 9, 2007 at 3:54 am
I had heard the letter attributed to Chief Seattle read out loud before, but it’s been a long time. I’m grateful for the link! It moves me when he says “our god is also your god”. Whatever our spiritual concept is, in the end it is all one (IMO), and that’s including, of course, your trees. That’s interesting it brought up long-ago life memories. Hmmm.
And cheers, mon@rch, you reminded me to remember to love nature.
November 9, 2007 at 5:17 am
Thanks Mon@rch, I so love that my words could inspire a beautiful image in your mind. That is such a totally cool thing about writing. Thank you so much for sharing that with me :)
Yep, I loved that part too, Muse. I just loved all of it :) And I totally agree that it is all One. If we could all get that, it would make our world so peaceful and loving — to know that we are truly (truly) each other, Nature, animals, the world, we’re all of it. Chief Seattle, he knew, they knew…
Not long ago life memories, former life :) And actually, it wasn’t memories, it was a potent (overwhelming) feeling that I’d been among his “red people,” and that I had known clearly of what he spoke, of the kind of love and respect he felt for Nature. I’ve had many experiences that give me my own personal “proof” that we’ve all lived before, many times…
And I’ve received “higher” nudges toward Native American spirituality, toward “animal totems” (symbolic messages through the presence of animals), very Native American. This animal totem thing is strong in me. I hesitate here, because I wonder what I should and shouldn’t share. So much that I have and do experience is simply not believable to most others. But animals, mostly winged ones, have “spoken” to me, not in words, but in their actions, sounds — ya’ kinda learn their language to a degree :) It’s awesome. And once you start experiencing something like this (and more), you see that this existence is pure magic :) And it’s both intriguing and kinda freaky (lol) living and breathing this “magicalness” in a world that believes it’s all so mediocre…
During meditations in the past, I’ve “heard” things like “peace pipe” :) and Native American names, seen animals on occasion in my mind’s eye. The first was the eyes of a wolf. The wolf is considered a teacher, and very intuitive. The “Universe” or “God” or “Great Spirit” :) was telling me that te wolf is one of my “totems.” A potent guide for me, an energy that is part of me. This is all a great joy to experience and to share. It helps me to understand me a little better, why I love Nature sooo much :)
Those of us who love nature so much, perhaps our purpose is to try to get others to understand and appreciate and respect nature the way we do. Like Mon@arch with his amazingly gorgeous photos of nature. We don’t have to be on the same spiritual path to share this oh-so-important purpose. It’s crucial, like Chief Seattle said, that people begin to love her the way we do :) It’s key to loving ourselves, that which we truly are.
November 10, 2007 at 9:38 am
Ah, love is the bottom line…leading to freedom, yes? Thanks for letting me know it wasn’t memories, but a feeling or deeper knowing of being among these people.
Apologies for being off topic, but I’m meant to let you know I tagged you…