Nature - Chapel, Teacher, Healer
 

Nature has always been my chapel. A place where I feel a sense of peace, well-being and in touch with spirit. Where I can walk a quiet path and just Be. I would love to hear from others what nature means to them and how they experience themselves in nature.

Hi again feather... For me, to be able to go into nature, some-where completely private, away from the pressures of everyday life , is the nearest you can be to your true self. A place for one's soul to be themselves....

I couldn't agree more Elfin

I am never really out of nature.
I do however enjoy a good month in isolation
in nature and preferably in the mountains.

When isolated in nature my being profoundly shifts
slows down to the rhythm of the environment.
It also seems to clean me of all societal residue naturally.

Hi, it sounds lovely. Don't you think it's because we experience ourselves in our "true " form, as free as our true existence would naturally be? Because it's not natural is it, to be woken up by a horrible intrusive alarm clock most days, to instruct "" you Have to get up now""...I think we have to live a life going against almost all of our natural instinct. We are the only animals on the planet that do that.

I like to go to the parish, talk the trees, commune with the dead, it makes me feel at peace.

Hi. I can empathise with that.

Nature is creation and destruction working in unseen harmony. Nature is fascinating in that its so scary, so amazingly beautiful, so mysterious all at once. I've experienced much from tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, heat waves, as well as exploring a wide diverse sets of nature environments from different parts of the world.

This was my 4000th post. Flower me with joy everyone. :hug3: :icon_razz: :icon_sunny:

Yeah, 4000th post
And what a post it is!!!!!!
Joy
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I'm not sure what sith stands for^

The h is suppose to be in front of the s. Its misspelled on purpose for the content of this forum.


Joy, joy, joy. Its what nature has been telling us to do. ;)

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I was thinking maybe it had something to do with Star Wars, but couldn't see the connection with 1000 :biggrin:

Beautiful... Congratulations... You are flowered with joy .

Well really it's the only place near me I can practically go :biggrin: Though I live in a village and am surrounded by nature, I bring it indoors too! Plants everywhere :hug3:

I think it is important to find balance.
I also find it helpful to remember that if in the city or nature
we always have fire, earth, water, air in us and all around us.
We cannot separate from it in the body. We can always breathe
with healthy intent or concentrate on our fire in our belly or
take a sip of earths blood water that refreshes and we can realize our body is operating
with the minerals and nutrients of earth and we can find a moment of
gratitude and thankfulness for the love that our Mother the earth provides for us.:hug:

Lovely. Yes, bring it inside too.

Oh I do. If I am on the 2 hour bus journey to babysit my grandson ( under normal circumstances) I look at the beauty of nature out of the window. I see the fields in all the seasons, and I look at the sky, the clouds, see the landscape there too, while many around me are too busy yawning at being up at this ungodly hour (youths going to college lol)... Or pensioners out on a jaunt too busy talking about next doors problems and overgrown garden to enjoy the view !!! Although to be fair, I would still see the beauty in an overgrown garden. And I am lucky to have the tranquility of the beach on my doorstep. But still... It's the intrusion of that dratted alarm!!

LOL, yes them darn rude awakening.

Yes, I have this a lot with forests, especially old growth forests. The more plants there are in a place the better.
The sights and the smell. I would love to live in a world that's mostly one gigantic, wild forest..

You must not live in Florida where there are many many mosquitoes.

Nature, chapel, teacher, healer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUqId5WpH0o

For me, it has always been magickal.

As a kid, I use to take off at night and enjoyed my time in the darkness. Back then, coming face to face with a skunk, and not getting sprayed, were moments I will never forget.

As an adult, the magick only expanded. My childhood adventures continued as an adult. I can not count the number of encounters I had with rattle snakes and never was bitten. I remember one night that was pitch black. I was up in the mountains. I proceeded thru the darkness and all of a sudden was told to stop. I had come to a sharp canyon wall. One more step and I would have been a goner. Then later on, all of a sudden, I heard the sound of a rattler. My little voice told me to walk backwards for a ways and wait. When my little voice gave me the okay, I continued. I can not remember how many times that scenario played out that night.

One night, it was pitch black. I did not want to sleep on the mountain.... when all of a sudden, the trail lite up with a purple light.

Then there are the times a fog like appears in the low humidity air and then those who work with me appear sitting on bleachers.

I can go on and on...... with a lot of magickal adventures.

The best times of my life!

Honza, what a beautiful, wonderful, magickal moment.


A picture generally reflects the person's inner self.

hanks for sharing.

I am very glad to read this and can relate to it with my own experiences in nature.

Who took my photo?????? So me .... Glancing down at my selenite lol...