posted April 21, 2013 11:17 AM            

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Originally posted by listenstotrees:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Stawr:
[b]I tried it.

I put my fluorite on my forehead and shortly after I had this sensation where I felt like I was falling backwards, a few times. It was cool.

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I tried it again, and I sometimes like to look at what I see with my eyes closed. I saw purple much more vividly in my vision than usual.

posted April 25, 2013 03:21 PM            

@ listenstotrees.... OH!! I can relate sooo well with your love of trees!! They are sacred and alive! In their own way, they 'feel'... We must "listen" to them ...

I always love it when I see your member-name! The image of your name gives me such a treat.... (yes, I can get really 'simple' pleasures at times.... silly me )

I grew up in woods in my own backyard, then moved away to "bare" fallow crusty level dirt sportsfields in an undeveloped new suburban neighborhood when I was 7-8 years old. Traded in streams and rocks for cement gullies. I mourned the loss of my woodland sanctuary and home--- softest mossy sides of gurgling brooks and streams, and my great big granite boulders with shiny mica flecks. I (still) miss it all terribly--- but glad I have the memories as a new elder now.

Here's a consolation?

I have lived my life surrounded with books! I've been very proud of the non-fluffy collections I've had, and proud that I was able to freely "donate" sections of these twice, in my lifetime, to two small fledgling college libraries--- they were able to gain a higher accreditation level for their students.

My books are sadly down to a bare fraction of what I had-----(catastrophic life events, moves, economy)... HOWEVER!! .... With the books that I DO have, I "look" at them with appreciation and love: I know they are my "trees" in a different form ---- paper!!

So, perhaps we can say that I left my beautiful "woods" as a child... but the "trees" followed me around in the transitioned form of "pages, in paper books." My books were "trees"--- I have had my "trees" surround and inspire the variety of niches I've called my 'home' in life.

Soooo, {{{hugs}}} to our Trees! To our books, and rocks & stones, and to YOU, who listenstotrees!

posted April 25, 2013 04:07 PM            

I have always felt drawn to the native American Indians and other native peoples of the Earth ever since I was a young child, and before I was ever aware that it was "cool" to feel this way in the hippy era or that these feelings are so common amongst the "new-age" crowd. Sometimes I've shared thoughts on other forums which come accross as cliche and new-age, but they were only things I expressed that came directly from within.

I used to be very religious as a young child, although I didn't go to church. I prayed from an early age and may have been influenced by my brothers, who were brought up as mormons but became "inactive" after I was born and my parents divorced, so I wasn't brought up in it as such. But the strongest influence I had were strong feelings I sometimes got when I prayed, of love, especially on one occasion when I was praying because I was scared because something had frightened me or I had a bad dream, and I felt something really powerful like pure love pouring into my being, and a feeling of total oneness, interconnection and love with all.

I am not religious any more, and I have been through a lot of times where I feel perplexed over thinking and believing/ spirituality.....but I will never forget that feeling I had in the past of the Oneness, or of the feelings of love.

I know we are very connected to animals and nature too- I'm not just talking about people at all. I began this life feeling more connected to animals than I did people. Eventually as i grew older I began to extend this to humans by seeing that all we are is just complex animals, and although we are capable of such ugliness and cruelty, we all start off life as innocent, helpless babies. Deep down we are all needy just as we were when we are born, and fragile. We all need love, no matter how old we get, or how hard or exterior shell gets.