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Holding on to the tree with both hands I feel the intimate and intricate connections to the planet and to everything upon the planet.
I’m not exactly hugging the tree with my whole body. I’m just holding on to the trunk with both my hands That is enough to create the circuitry of connection.
That is what enables me to connect to the planetary matrix; to the web of connection of all life on this paradise of a planet.
I can connect to every single earthling also touching a tree at that moment. I can connect to the vast underground web that connects all beings that have roots in the ground. I can also connect through the tree’s branches to the vast atmospheric web of all earthlings flowing through the air and the atmosphere surrounding the planet.
I can connect to all the fungi, all the bugs, all the creatures living among and below the trees on this planet. I can connect to all the elements acting upon those trees. I can connect to every single solitary bird that stops to sit on a tree branch.
I can hear the incredible music produced by those birds and also by the trees as the wind passes through them. I can smell all the smells those trees smell. I can taste all the fruit those trees produce. I can see…
