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Topic: the Universe and its Trees
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Obe
Knowflake Posts: 112
From: Washington state
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted March 18, 2008 07:30 PM
 
Trees are wonderful beings. We can gain so much from being around them and listening. It is the tree's pleasure to be an oxygen producer and sometimes also fruit-giver. Some trees stick around for thousands of years, rooted to the earth, recording history like a living book, only better because it isn't written through the biases of humanity, they actually hold the Truth truth.
Whenever lost or confused, it will never get old to go sit under, by, or next to a tree, even better if there is something the tree is offering you, like an apple, orange, etc... so communion can be made with it. Don't forget to say hi to the trees! I often forget, but today I re-noticed the peace that trees give me... and I made them a promise to try to carry their peace and listen for their voicesI love trees  Share a story about you and plants IP: Logged |
Nephthys
Moderator Posts: 3770
From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted March 19, 2008 12:22 AM
Yes, this is awesome. Yes, mother nature has given us wonderful friends and companions as trees. There are many of us here that love trees. btw, did you know we have a forum called Gaia's Garden....you will find similar topics there.   IP: Logged |
BlueRoamer
Knowflake Posts: 3823
From: Calm Blue Ocean, Calm Blue Ocean
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted March 19, 2008 02:05 AM
That's reall cool oBE.Washington state has a lot of wonderful trees to make friends with. IP: Logged |
ListensToTrees
Knowflake Posts: 3635
From: Infinity
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted March 19, 2008 07:21 AM
"The tree is the greatest teacher""Trees give pleasure to a pilgrim, shade to a deer, berries to a bird,beauty to the land and health to humans, branches for fire, leaves to the soil. My mother used to say: 'The tree is the true teacher of humanity and the greatest teacher that we have – even greater than the Buddha.' I would ask her: 'What do you mean? There can be no greater teacher than the Buddha; the Buddha was the greatest teacher in India'. And my mother would say, 'But even the Buddha got his enlightenment while sitting under a tree'. Nowadays people don't get enlightenment, because they don't sit under a tree. That was such a wonderful teaching and I now realize how right she was. Because when I come to the tree I feel a sense of calm, a sense of healing – it is the true sustaining force of
the earth."~ Satish Kumar
http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/news/earth-pilgrim-a-year-on-dartmoor  ------------------
"To err is human, to forgive divine"
~Alexander Pope "It's just a ride & we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings & money, a choice, right now, between fear & love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off, the eyes of love instead see all of us as one".....
~Bill Hicks IP: Logged |
Mannu
Knowflake Posts: 2452
From:
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted March 19, 2008 10:07 AM
Obe- in India strangely many enlightened ones experienced enlightenment sitting under the banyan tree IP: Logged |
Obe
Knowflake Posts: 112
From: Washington state
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted March 19, 2008 01:23 PM
Hi!  thanks for reading and inputYes, washington does have many great trees. I really do Love living here, to me it is the most beautiful place in the world, I am next to the sea and surrounded by forests. It makes me sooo happy!!
I was going to write this in Gaia's Garden, but then I saw the plant perception subtopic here, and felt it had to do more with Universal codes. "the greatest teacher"...I couldn't have put it better myself! we can't get any misinformation from them...I could easily see why many people would become enlightened particularly beneath the banyan tree, look up some pictures of it, I'll try to post one though posting pictures has never worked for me before... ok i don't know how to do it  IP: Logged |
ListensToTrees
Knowflake Posts: 3635
From: Infinity
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted March 19, 2008 01:56 PM
Right click on mouse on selected picture. Select "copy image location". Paste image location in desired place. At the beginning of the image location, place [img] and at the end of it place [/img]Photobucket accounts are also very useful, which are free and can be set to private if preferred. Here one can alter the size of uploaded pictures from internet or pc. IP: Logged |
fieryscales
Moderator Posts: 152
From:
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted March 19, 2008 02:43 PM
Tree power  IP: Logged |
Obe
Knowflake Posts: 112
From: Washington state
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted March 20, 2008 05:23 PM
It doesn't give me the "copy image location" option for some reason. Oh well, here's a link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joezach/61867290 IP: Logged |
BlueRoamer
Knowflake Posts: 3823
From: Calm Blue Ocean, Calm Blue Ocean
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted March 21, 2008 02:57 AM
It makes sense that trees give off a healing energy to us.They release fresh oxygen, so when we're around trees, esp in a forest, we inhale a higher percentage of oxygen, making us feel more alert and energetic. Our ancestors evolved in an arboreal environment.....trees are part of our long evolutionary history. IP: Logged |
MAG
Knowflake Posts: 107
From: UK
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted March 21, 2008 06:06 AM
 
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ListensToTrees
Knowflake Posts: 3635
From: Infinity
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted March 21, 2008 09:55 AM
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Obe
Knowflake Posts: 112
From: Washington state
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted March 21, 2008 03:17 PM
Beautiful pics!  Here's a short video/recording of the sounds inside of a tree, I believe it's sap... I dunno either way it's cool
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/601660 IP: Logged |
ListensToTrees
Knowflake Posts: 3635
From: Infinity
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted March 21, 2008 03:52 PM
Wow! Beautiful. ------------------
"To err is human, to forgive divine"
~Alexander Pope "It's just a ride & we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings & money, a choice, right now, between fear & love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off, the eyes of love instead see all of us as one".....
~Bill Hicks IP: Logged |
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