It may be difficult putting into words what one must feel to appreciate, but not impossible. The shortest answers is: we are one with all of nature -the earth and the cosmos. Animals, insects, birds, plants, trees, the four elements (air, water, mineral, fire) and indeed the Earth are as alive as we are.

How do I know?

Because, I felt this undeniable interconnection, and the first thing I wanted to do was go outside and hug a tree. Though it was cold and in the wee hours of the morning, that’s exactly what I did. I was so elated I even hung off a branch and then had to feel the Earth – so, down I went. The earth was cold and refreshing. Dew had yet to develop, or morning light transcend the dead of night. Without a towel or blanket I lay my body down as one would, to encapsulate the gratitude I had for all her love and support, and to let her know I had not only become aware but fully awakened, loved and loving.

The thought of flowers growing in the springtime where the outline of my body had laid, like footprints etched in the stones near temple and meditation grotto’s in and around the Himalayan mountains of awakening “eastern” disciples, came to my mind. Had I lost my mind and found something in exchange? Indeed, after returning inside there were flashes of scores of animals flocking to witness the booming essence of this oneness I felt within, marking the dawning of a new day and a precession of sorts to show that the animals and humans speak with one deep seated tongue. But, alas, Nature does not notice what joins it’s ranks, it only measures what has being lost.

Those were the first reactions that instinctively, “twisted my tail” for the next three months.

I do not know If we evolve to this state of oneness with all there is, or it is the start of a new level to embark upon? What I do know is everything I knew about myself and the world around us drastically shifted, and it was impossible to hide. All the conditions surrounding the people around me, including myself had both merit and folly. Everything became clear.

All flowed from a point of reference -like a diamond needle against a spinning record on a phonograph. Creating signals, unconcerned with the echoes of trails blazed or the sounds yet to come, fixed, in the current, in the now -as the universe plays against us, that is all there ever is.

BRB Dec. 21, 2025

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