Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) June/July 2018 Aspire Mag Full Issue | Page 40
For example, say you were thinking
about how to distress from your busy,
overscheduled life, and you might suddenly
notice a snail crawling slowly across the
path, without concern for rush or haste.
Or perhaps you are thinking about a conflicted
family relationship, and you suddenly notice
how the branches in a stand of trees are
entangled; they cross and curve over each
other. You realize these trees have grown
together as a family does; they are entwined
and wrapped and cannot be separated. And in
this moment of awareness and noticing, you
understand how your own family is entwined.
Energetic response
leaves suddenly begin to rustle in a fervent
new way, shaking as if they are laughing.
Other times, if we are in deep discussion,
the wind will rise up from nowhere and make
itself known in a gust and whirl, showing that
there is another vibrational presence with us.
Learning to sense
I’ve lived in the forest for 14 years now, and
this has changed my spiritual understanding
profoundly. When I first moved to the woods,
I could not see the squirrel on a tree limb, or
tell one bird’s call from another. Now, with
those senses built in as a part of me, the
communication has radically deepened.
Two-way communication with nature is
especially apparent when the energy is
stronger: such as when two or more people
are in a group. This might happen at outdoor
ceremonies or celebrations, or in other aspects
of outdoor meditation, relaxation or play. Every time I walk or sit or meditate in the
natural world and receive the deep response
that is always there, it is clear to me—nature
is no dumb force, no random neutrality.
Nature is communicating with us, in ways
both subtle and direct, all the time.
I’ll often walk with my husband to the creek
at the edge of our property, and sit by the
trickling water and the ancient trees. Often—
too often to even keep track of—when our
own vibration is very high, we will notice the We must only choose to see, and
to sense.
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Sara W
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Sara Wiseman - Sara is a visionary spiritual teacher and the award-
winning author of Messages from the Divine: Wisdom for the
Seeker’s Soul. Find out more about the book and FREE Seeker’s
Guide at www.sarawiseman.com.