06-11-2009, 08:05 AM
I can't discuss Ra's understanding on this, only my own.
There is a beech in a forest nearby here. It has granted me the honor of communicating with me. I was walking in the forest with a friend and I saw what seemed like a path through the underbrush into a wide open space dominated by this beech in the exact center.
As I walked into the open space I felt the energy of the tree clearly pressing against me. I walked around the tree a few times just exploring the energy with my body and then I used my hands to feel the energy flow in the trunk. Trees that are wounded often leak energy which is easy to pick up. I'm not inclined to put my forehead on every tree I meet. But I did it that time. As soon as I did I felt the situation of a small insect like animal that landed on the tree drinking from the juices in it's bark. The pulse of life in the small animal was very fast. The pulse of life in the tree was very slow. It felt ancient. I did not feel the small animal was a parasite, more like it was being breastfed like a child. I took the perspective of the insect. It was pretty intense. I later requested this tree to be the place for my initiation into Sufism..
From this experience I have gained the limited understanding that plants somehow serve as transformers. They downscale energy and convert it to something that can be consumed by us. They clearly do this with their photosynthetic cycle but also on more levels. This has the result of life energy being available to us. But also of somehow separating beginning from end. Like the pillars in the temple separate the floor from the ceiling the trees separate heaven from earth to create Mitgaard, the middle kingdom, for us to live in.
My understanding is severely limited and restricted to a handful of experiences. But I am inclined to believe they are somehow responsible for co-creating our habitat on a more conscious level than just being part of the biological cycle. The o2 cycle is a physical expression of that co-creation.
There is a beech in a forest nearby here. It has granted me the honor of communicating with me. I was walking in the forest with a friend and I saw what seemed like a path through the underbrush into a wide open space dominated by this beech in the exact center.
As I walked into the open space I felt the energy of the tree clearly pressing against me. I walked around the tree a few times just exploring the energy with my body and then I used my hands to feel the energy flow in the trunk. Trees that are wounded often leak energy which is easy to pick up. I'm not inclined to put my forehead on every tree I meet. But I did it that time. As soon as I did I felt the situation of a small insect like animal that landed on the tree drinking from the juices in it's bark. The pulse of life in the small animal was very fast. The pulse of life in the tree was very slow. It felt ancient. I did not feel the small animal was a parasite, more like it was being breastfed like a child. I took the perspective of the insect. It was pretty intense. I later requested this tree to be the place for my initiation into Sufism..
From this experience I have gained the limited understanding that plants somehow serve as transformers. They downscale energy and convert it to something that can be consumed by us. They clearly do this with their photosynthetic cycle but also on more levels. This has the result of life energy being available to us. But also of somehow separating beginning from end. Like the pillars in the temple separate the floor from the ceiling the trees separate heaven from earth to create Mitgaard, the middle kingdom, for us to live in.
My understanding is severely limited and restricted to a handful of experiences. But I am inclined to believe they are somehow responsible for co-creating our habitat on a more conscious level than just being part of the biological cycle. The o2 cycle is a physical expression of that co-creation.