On top of the multiple magical experiences I encounter here in Tennessee, another gift of the Spirit enters in. It is the book "The Forest Unseen" by David George Haskell. In this book the unfolding of the amazing world we live in as shared through the observations of a biology teacher. Mr. Haskell invites the reader on his year long journey watching over just a square meter of forest on the Cumberland Plateau and his words pass on like poetry to our souls, helping us to understand how we are all so connected, I feel, bringing science and the sacred to intersect. This book is taking me on a real good journey in bonding with my home even more, to understand it and live within it fully. The sacred does exist in nature and I intend to keep on digging into the soil even more, with science and spirit hand in hand.
The past few days I seriously questioned my move here. These are what I call dark shadow moments, full of fear and questioning. I feel it is okay to go through these times, aware it will pass and also finding the truth in the darkness. I guess I question what I choose to follow because the calls inside the spirit outweigh the reality that would say otherwise. Sometimes I simply just don't understand the path. What I do know and can hold onto is that this place engages my spirit like no other home and anytime questioning rises up the immediate, urgent reply of "yes you belong" is undeniably in my face. Isn't is so true to follow our intuitive nature and to trust when we can not see? Now, I get to read a book that takes place where I and others have passed by in our hikes. I absolutely adore that this book takes place in the home that I now live in and that the premise celebrates this connection between us and the biology of the life that is within this particular land setting. What a perfect answer to my questioning. It could not get any more clearer than that.
This book engages me to step outside more into my environment, to learn, to seek solace, to be more observant, respectful, adventurous and most important to listen as it teaches me about myself even more. I challenge you to sit outside more and look at your mandala of nature around you. What do you see, hear, smell? The ecology of your surroundings can teach you so much about who you are and what you are related to. What do you love about where you live? How can you get back to living in more accordance with your land? Do you understand the biology of where you live? These are questions I plan to dive into...and hope you can find time as well.
Please feel free to share what you see in your world of nature here on this blog.
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