It is a spectacular day here...and I am thrilled to be home after over a week on the road doing lots of business meetings/hotels, etc. Sitting in the backyard, I am enchanted by all the different birdsongs I hear around me - the rasping of the crows, fussing of magpies, sweet chirping of sparrows and lonely cries of the gulls high above. As I tune in to each one, I realize that each type of birds unique song is resonating with different parts of my body...I can really feel the crows in my belly, whereas the sparrows are touching my heart...and the gulls are calling to the dreams stirring in my dream chakra.
I have never listened to the birds in this way before (at least not consciously), and it feels much more "whole" and "complete" in communications than if I were to be listening with my ears only. in this way, it feels like I am experiencing the innate web of life intelligence of listening with my whole body and being much more present with my surroundings as a result. The quote which seems to really speak to this from the readings is from Chang-Tzu "That which fills the universe I regard as my body and that which directs the universe I see as my own nature."
This activity taught me that my experience of nature is as unlimited as my imagination in any given moment, and that every attraction is communicating directly to a part of me to wake it up, bring it into greater consciousness.
I am always astounded by the new layers and levels of awareness and connection that can come from engaging in these activities....and each time a find a new layer, I find a new way of engaging with the spaces I find myself in...my scope of relating and knowing expands...which absolutely feeds my spirit! By tapping into the intelligence of our web of life connections, we become more whole, more complete. I have put a new way of listening to the world into the part of me I trust most.
A REACTION: It was almost embarrassing at the environmental education conference when I was asked to explain the nature of the workshop I was to present. I couldn’t say much because I was interrupted time and again by folks anxious to tell the audience of how the nature-connecting activities had helped or saved their lives. In public they were emoting over a bush or bird that had given them the power to make important adaptations that were previously unobtainable.
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