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. “Nature is c with us, in ommunicating w and direct, ays both subtle all the time . .” Sara W iseman 40 www.AspireMAG.net | June / July 2018 Read Online! 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.