LET LOVE RULE

 

The Reality Seed

There was a time in my life when I would look at a forest and only see forest. Several decades later when I was able to move forward from a busy personal and business lifestyle, I found comfort and peace from walking in a forest, stopping and actually seeing the trees all around me. At times I would find myself staring at one particular tree. I would see its height, its width, its branches and roots. I’d breathe in the fresh air through my nose and out slowly through my pursed lips. The experience made me feel calm. The air around me was noticeably fresh and clean. The area around us was peaceful and serene. I would hear myself say: I wonder what it is like to be like you — a tree?

A tree starts from a seed and grows into a seedling. Its roots embed themselves deeply and confidently into the soil creating its stability and strength. As it holds its ground, it grows and grows and its branches spread out towards other trees. Every day they breathe in and out, and depend on and benefit from the nutrients of the soil, and each other, and prosper from the energy of the sun, moon and SkyWorld. At maturity they drop more seeds and the cycle of growth continues. 

In fact the metaphor that pairs humans and trees is indisputable. We have a lot in common. We start with a seed, grow through infancy, find our ground, embed our roots, grow strength from our stages, reach out to include others in our lives, benefit from our own fruits and that of others, and from the energy of the sun, moon and SkyWorld. Some of us share our seeds to make more seeds, and the cycle of population growth continues. 

I think that is why many humans feel comfortable in a forest. The commonalities are not hard to find. Our roles on Earth are very similar or can be: Live in peace by loving and respecting  ourselves and others.

I know it is hard for some people to think abstractly or to consider correlations. My human-tree analogy isn’t something everyone can get their head around. If this was the 1960s, some people would suggest I am on psychedelic drugs! They would likely have me committed to a mental institution for special testing and therapy. But, this isn’t the 1960s, thankfully, and the only drug I need is reality.

Reality tells me humans, plants and animals are all here on this Earth for a reason — to live together, to learn from each other, and to keep the cycle growing. For the most part, civil societies understand reality. Sadly, there are uncivil societies on our Earth where wars, disruptions, atrocities and evil behaviour are dominate realities, and no amount of effort to help bring peace their way has helped. 

So recently an interesting idea came my way. Let’s plant a new tree in every part of the world. Call it The Peace Tree. Clear some land around it; add some basic landscaping, a bench or two, and a few story boards nearby to share the connection between trees story, and the connections between humans story, and maybe even a story board referencing wild animal kingdoms because although I don’t know much about the animal societies, I am feeling like there is a connection there as well. Humans, plants and animals were put on this earth to learn from each other, to live with each other, and to keep the regrowth cycle growing peacefully, calmly and respectfully. Somewhere along the way that concept fell off the rails. We know about, hear about and witness more sadness and struggles in societies seemingly every single day, driving hopes for peace further and further away. 

Each Peace Tree Project would then become a local outdoor temple of sorts. They would be an open and free meeting area, a gathering place or a meditation spot to meditatively zero in on non-peaceful situations. Together they would connect as a powerful international energy source to positively impact troubled societies, telepathically sending messages of hope and encouragement to help the afflicted, and to help create a peaceful world. Isn’t that the ultimate desire of everyone? Peace. Everyone wants peace; everyone needs peace; everyone should have peace.

I know this arms length international peace-building concept of doing our bit to help others in repressed or war torn societies, seems farfetched and impossible to accomplish. Remember this: In the beginning I only saw forests. Everywhere I looked I only saw forests. Then, somewhere along the journey of life, I began to see the trees and then each tree became important. We are all trees in the forest of life and living on our Earth; we all have a role to play. That role might be big or could be small, but we all do have a role to play.

Each person on this Earth, each animal and each plant is important to themselves and each other. Doing nothing to help when help is needed, does nothing.

Doing something simple and symbolic like establishing sacred Peace Tree sites, creates a connective positive energy grid around the world. That grid would transform meditative energy to power. In this case the power is LIVE — starting with one tree to another and another and another, one person to another and another and another, all working together for the greater good of all.

We do all know that love is powerful, and that just might be the reality seed to establishing peace in our world. Let Love Rule! and then let’s see the outcome.