Pin drop silence…not a soul to talk to…
Just the wind rustling..the water drops trickle on the roof. The birds chirping
Trees standing tall and moving with the force of the wind.
The sun shining in the sky
The cool breeze touching the skin and caressing the body.
The aches and pains start screaming as the awareness comes back to the body.
Stillness outside brings stillness inside.
Not a single voice of a human.
And yet nature is speaking out loud .
Surprisingly all alone here in nature, I don’t feel lonely. There is no rush to do something, be something, finish something.
There is no one to talk to and yet there is no loneliness.
There is deep presence of Self in the solitude of mother nature.
I remember how nature creates and teaches us about inter-connectedness and how beautifully it holds us all together within and without.
Civilization brings emptiness and loneliness. Nature brings back connection to self and inter-connectedness with all of life.
In the lap of nature, here, in the rawness of earth, I do not feel alone but present to and with myself.
Civilization brings aloofness. Nature brings back connection and oneness.
And as these thoughts run in me, a tear drop finds it way to release from my eyes.
And a gentle wave of grief comes gushing through me as I exhale and inhale and become present to the pauses in between.
Shamanism – connection to our true nature by connecting with nature.
Header Photo by © Neelam