Listening to Nature part 2

When I wrote about nature yesterday I forgot to mention something very important – one’s own (human) nature.

It is rather difficult to find woods in the Western part of the Netherlands where I live right now and find that natural space to withdraw and meditate and enjoy trees, plants and animals. To be able to enjoy real nature everywhere it is very important to develop (latent) talents. One big trick is to focus and in this Blog I’ll restrict myself in the use of that word to its meaning of “paying attention to only one thing without (letting yourself) being distracted by your surroundings”.

Now, why should I want to achieve that?

Because this is my Blog I shall write about myself. When I came to live in the over-crowded, thus very busy country of the Netherlands with loads of distractions I decided at one point to want to feel at home. For that I needed nature.

I simply started with growing houseplants and it appeared that I had green fingers. Can you imagine the thrill I experienced when from an ordinary leaf of the Saintpaulia put into soil .., after a couple of days .. oh yes .. a little nose came peeping out of the soil next to the leaf-that-had-become-a-new-mother plant: a new plant was born. Same story with the bouquet of roses I left in their vase until the stems grew roots and I could pot them and after some time they found a spot in the garden to grow and become a rosebush. Well, my love for nature started on a small scale. I started feeling the energy of plants, came under the spell of stones and minerals and their therapeutic meaning. Oh, the world was filled with discoveries.

By focussing on what was happening and what I felt I became more and more aware of the energies around me and of course the question arose (and here is human nature at work – eager to know – curious - studying!!) what it was that I sensed.

Henri David Thoreau (1817-1862) an American poet and philosopher said, “All wisdom is the reward of a discipline, conscious or unconscious”. Thoreau investigated the relationship between plants and animals and was a big advocate for a “natural life”. Just like Joseph Cornell I can say that the “wisdom” I have so far gained didn’t come automatically. It is the result of uplifting thoughts and activities that we can all use as conscious, rewarding discipline to increase the ability to tune into nature.In my case my studies made me become a therapist and a medium. I have found a natural way to work with energies and other knowledge. In this case "natural" means "supposed to be". It feels like all my life I have been led to find this fulfilment.

Because I have decided to use Joseph Cornell's book as a guide for this series of inspirational blogs I’ll explain how he offers his “leaning program”. He works a lot with quotes that can be used as affirmations. For instance, you can use a quote in the morning, repeat it throughout the day so their meaning gets grounded real well. There will be meditations (mine or Joseph’s), in short if you are interested, at the end of this series of blogs you will have enough information to proceed on your own personal journey towards connecting to nature, even from day 1 (one) you can adapt it to your personal needs.

MANTRA OF THE DAY

I AM BEAUTIFUL