enlightenment (lengthy but its not about Her for a

[Soiled Soul]

i walked into the woods dismal and confused. i stumbled deep into the trees past all trails, until there was no noise but my breath escaping my lungs and my feet falling on the dead leaves. i stopped and outstretched my arms resting my hands on nearby trees. i quieted my body and mind and just stood. how much time passed i am unaware it could have been hours it could have been seconds but i noticed things seem to wake up around me i felt Energy passing through my body as if i as a conduit for the trees. i was feeling the forest come alive around me. it had accepted my presence. i could hear the animals chatter and go about their work, i heard the wind whisper its gossip into my ears, the trees around me turned to face me. they smiled and i felt safe, safer then i ever felt before. their branches bent and pointed i walked where they told me. as i moved forward the trees created a lane guideing me to a clearing where light poured down from above. i saw Him their. the wisest of the trees, His bark grey and chipped but His braches straight and proud even though His leaves have begun to fall early. He leaned toward me and looked into my mind, He looked into my soul. i could feel Him smile deep inside my heart. He spoke to me in tones i had not yet heard in a language i did not learn but i understood better than i have ever understood anything before. He said it had been long since he had seen man and longer still since man had listened. He told me he was older than my country, He told me of times before man thought he owned land, He told me about His Mother and how She was the land, He told me of red man and how they knew the earth owned them and His words were comforting, they soothed my soul. His next tales, however, boiled my blood. He told of pale man's invasion, He told me of His brothers as they fell helpless around Him, He told me of His Mother's screams and how the beasts of the forest cried but pale man did not heed these calls and even now His roots pulled poison from the Soil and the air makes Him choke. i found myself weeping, my tears soiled the earth, for time beyond time the trees lay silent and smiled at my tears. they were rejuvenated by my water. as i cleared my eyes i noticed the trees had bent in around me, their branches sheltering me from the wind and the world around me. The sun stood overhead and warmed me with its light. i saw this and threw myself to the ground i curled myself into the fetal position and howled in apology and screamed with the pain man has caused. the old Tree yelled at me to stand. He told me my sorrow gives Him hope, hope for man, hope for the trees and hope for His Mother. He told Me to place my hands upon His roots, I felt His knowledge flow inside Me, I felt My mind clear, My questions answered. I felt new. The branches bent away and the whisper of the forest grew quiet. I thanked Him and walked away. As I left I heard the Forest in a resonding choir "Go now in Peace to Love and to serve Your Mother!"

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[This message has been edited by Soiled Soul (edited September 07, 2001).]

[Pixelina]

don't we all wish for this sort of thing to happen to us? well if not everyone, then me, anyway. i do like it, reminds me of these strange visions that visit me a lot... i like it, i do, but maybe more words, definately not less

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