When we draw back and look at The Tree of Life in a holistic way, all trees provide us with tremendous metaphors for human development as they represent both our Spiritual and Personal Growth.
Fed from the earth, refreshed by water, gifted with the ability to convert out breath into oxygen, trees bask under the light of the sun while they grow in stature and strength and eventually blossom into full flower and fruit.
They are earth bound and yet they continually reach upwards, toward the heavens, trying to touch the Face of the Creator. They live with such a pure and noble intent!
The three main systems of a tree—roots, trunk and branches—parallel human development of body, psyche and spirit. As we grow and develop, a larger and more mature personality emerges and begins to flower and fruit, providing its gifts and bounties to the wider world.