to marci about all things alive

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marci wrote:

 

You should always

remember that everything is filled with consciousness and life. There is

no such thing as mere matter -- only consciousness exists. God dwells in

everything; not only in people. God is in the mountains, the rivers and

the trees, in the birds and the animals, in the clouds and the sun and

the moon and the stars -- in both the sentient and the insentient.

 

 

Dear marci ~ thank you for sharing this from Matruvani. I particularly

resonated with Amma's words below.

I have always believed this, even though some religions refer only to

sentient life. We are becoming more and more aware through physics and other

studies that are going beyond their standard reference points, and we are

learning

that there indeed is consciousness, or at least the differentiations we

thought existed between human and other life, including what would be

considered

non-sentient, are mistaken and outmoded.

 

As a child and young woman I always felt a sense of life everywhere. I had a

special connection to trees and plants. Once I wrote a song ... the part I

remember goes, " the trees they dance in the wind, the secret of life

therein... " And now I believe as Amma has stated for all to know, that there is

life in

everything from the smallest stone to the galaxy spinning in space. I also

have a personal story to share. Though I love plants, I have always

considered that I have a " black thumb, " rather than a green one, for if anyone

gave me

a plant, sooner or later it would die. I never seemed to figure out how to

care for them. Then on my birthday last year, my sister gave me a beautiful

planter with five or six different kinds of house plants. I still felt like I

didn't know what to do, but periodically I would remember to water them. Then

many started to die, their leaves turning brown and papery. I began to try and

water more consistently, and I am happy to say that, all but one, have

returned to flourishing. There may be too many plants in this one pot, and I

know

nothing about repotting. So if anyone is good with plants, please let me know

because I now feel very committed to caring for these beautiful plants, and

Amma's words only reinforced that.

 

I do have to say, that I have even sense life in things that to other people

would be considered " dead. " Like the empty and dried out pods of the

milkweed plant. To me these pods, which turn a silver gray/brown are so

beautiful

that I always collect them. Their shape, their colors seem full of life to me.

I have saved some of the " dead " leaves from my plants because they too are

beautiful and seem still alive to me, only in a different form. But I have to

say, my plants were teaching me a lesson, and now with Amma's own words,

marci, you have reinforced it. Thank you so much. Jai Ma ~ Linda

 

 

 

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Namaste

 

Enjoyed reading your thoughts about the sacredness of all nature. . . .i

heard a really neat story of NPR. . .a couple of years ago concerning plants. .

..

 

" A scientist in South Africa came upon a rare endangered plant. . .it was

taken to the laboratory and for a couple of years they tried everything known to

get the plant to reproduce. . .nothing they did worked. . . .so a plant

specialist from England came to South Africa and took a clipping of the plant to

take back to the " super-dupper " labs in order to see if he could help the

plant to reproduce. . . finally after a couple of years of different procedures

and treatments the plant in England produced a flower. . .

 

And what is unusual about this story is that the Mother plant in South

Africa. . .produced a flower precisely at the same time as the plant in Europe.

..

..

 

I have also heard about the studies where scientist hook up sensitive

devices to plants then they will pick plants nearby and the plants being

monitored

will show heightened response to their friends being picked. . . . surely

this is all Amma. . .and all is truly connected. . .

 

dear Sister. . . here is something you might enjoy taking a look at. . .i

love trees. . .and do not mind being seen as a tree-hugger. . . .i have never

protested to keep a tree alive. . .but have taken bark sample to the local

paint store and got a match so those big red X's can be painted over. . .have

kept " Grandmother " tree where i like to say prayers to the four-directions,

alive for over fifteen years. . figured out one group of people from some

city park and recreation department puts the X's on the trees and then

another group comes and cuts the trees down. . .guess it is one of those-- the

left

hand does not know what the right hand is doing. . .but am happy for

Grandmother tree is well loved by many that walk in the park next to where i

live.

.. .She emits lots of sacredness, she is really old and so many people just go

and sit underneath her.. . .i will post another tree story. . . .Oops!. .

..just realized i was going to share with you a picture of the ta pohn trees. .

..but i got distracted with other tree stories. . .sorry!. . .

 

came across a picture of the ta pohn trees in Cambodia about a year ago. .

..and for me the picture reminds me of Amma at a symbolic tree level. . .i

will post a link. . .but if it does not work can google images for ta prom

templein Cambodia. . . .

 

this is a bit of history of ta prom. . .

 

 

(ta prom temple....it was deserted for 500 years and became completely

overgrown by the jungle....much of the growth has been cleared away, but some

magnificent trees remain. it was actually nature that preserved the temple from

destruction for all of those years it was abandoned. in the research i

discovered that in 1186 AD king #7 (kings are referred to in numbers!)

consecrated

several statues here, one of which was that of Prajnaparamita - the

personification of the perfection of wisdom....the Mother of all buddhas)

_http://www.asiaphotos.net/photo.php?id=361_

(http://www.asiaphotos.net/photo.php?id=361)

Linda hope this link works. . ..

Thanks for your kind words about typing from the Matruvani. . .i am not

typing the stories out. . .but am taking the short-cut. . .of copy and paste. .

..

Aum Amriteswaryai Namaha

marci

 

 

 

 

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