More about our call to eco-awakening
The meadow checkermallow plant, native to the northwest, grows and blooms white and pink flowers and an elk matures to be its grand, four-legged, majestic self because their first cellular expression hold the blueprint for the truth of their unique identity and its authentic expression. For humans, this is not only a matter of physical development, it also speaks to our soul’s work to heal and “grow” us to live our authentic identity and purpose. We are meant to joyously be who we are born to be. Dominant cultural forces influence us to objectify and distance ourselves not only from reciprocal relationship with the natural world but also the part of it that is nearest to us, our authentic self. We are called to live in the deep connection that exists between the natural world and the essence of our being, which flourishes in the abundance of life in which we have our own. To be cut off from one, to whatever degree, is to be cut off from the other. In this Spirit-soaked world we are being lured from ego-centric to eco-centric, eco-relational experiences that opens us to be completely enlivened within the exquisite life in which we have our own. The vastness and the specific subjectivity of nature is where we experience the relational spaciousness to hear and be present to our soul and its language of imagery, symbol, and emotion as it longs to guide us to healing and full enlivenment. Two Trees Talking is a team of guides who honor the checkermallow and elk's becoming who they're created to be, as well as yours.
Do you ever wonder or consider why so many find great value in being in nature? Or, how what we experience “there” is more than an assumed result of “getting out” or “getting away” from the rest of our routines? Experiences of peace, enjoyment, insight, and other benefits from being in nature are calling us to deeper discoveries about our lives and the world in which we live. These beneficial experiences aren’t simply a result of changing location, as in going from one place to another to be “in nature.” Rather, our life expanding, enlivening experiences occur in relationship “with” nature. As simple as it is to exchange “with” for “in, it is an invitation to (re)consider and understand our experiences of being with and within the life of nature as more than psychological responses to objects on the mountain, at the park, or around the campsite. Might it be, whatever the level of our awareness, that the popular want to be in and around nature for its benefits is a product of a relational aspect at work with and through the more than human world? Our experience says, “Yes!”