Thank you for taking the time to read and comment. I honestly have no clue how it lands on readers so I appreciate the comments! So glad to hear of the hydration benefits :)
I spend a lot of time observing humans and it is sobering to see how hard it is for us to listen. Truly listen. I assume one reason is that the modern world is so loud but surely it is multifactorial.
When I reflect on the most perplexing andmysterious infectious disease cases, the answer was dangling in the story waiting to be heard. I now think that this truth is also a metaphor for life’s hidden and quiet insights👂🏻
Thank you and Dean for the gift and for your support of the world’s birds. 🪶
Hallelujah! Soon, Nessa, you will have more peace and contentment and less stress in your daily environment. I pray that for you. I also pray that Jackie and I may see you more often. Is it only three more months? Wow! We need to have a party.
Also, . . . , like mountains, we too need thousands of years to change. We must be patient.
Thank you, wise old friend. I would love to see you and Jackie soon. As for the new road ahead, I am already celebrating each day and still story and data collecting for these posts while still in the tarpit! the last thing I want is to miss out on the now moments anymore. I wont give this outgrown life any more than I have already have given it.
While it may be true about time and mountains, what is also true is how we humans can make quantum leaps.
As a victim of an 11 day coma from an auto accident in 1981, my mostly successful recovery was due to some of the advice you give. To me that shows both the soundness and worthiness of a that advice. Thank you for sharing it.
Stanley what an incredible and powerful life experience! I bet you gained so much wisdom from that hard lesson.
I often hear of such healing stories in the wakes of intense physical and emotional trauma. It is almost a prerequisite for awakening it seems.
Thanks for your openness about your past and for sharing your thoughts on my post. I had to go back and read it to see if it seemed too advice-y. The last thing I want to do it give unsolicited advice since its the last thing I want to receive at the moment. Haha. Thanks for reading and engaging. 🌞
Just beautiful, Nessa. Thank you for sharing this journey through your heart/mind with us.
You might enjoy this little excerpt from the Mountains and Rivers sutra by Eihei Dogen (Japanese Zen master from long ago) --
Because mountains are high and broad, their way of riding the clouds always extends from the mountains; their wondrous power of soaring in the wind comes freely from the mountains.
Priest Daoki of Mount Furong said to the assembly, “The green mountains are always walking; a stone woman gives birth to a child at night.”
My last attempt to stay working in the healthcare system was to pitch a holistic health clinic where we would talk while we gardened and/or foraged. It looked like it was going to work for a minute there, but then I was thwarted by bureaucrats. Anyway, I feel that strongly that our hands in the earth and the flowers we grow, grow us, shift us in innumerable ways, our spirits connect and influence each other. I had a really beautiful moment with Aspen last fall where, they told me how they can transmute our fear into healing, but that we need to use our mobile bodies to transmute their fear into action.
Going against the rigid profit based system with innovative and creative ideas is like slicing our flesh on a mandolin. Nature is healing and transformative. Have you started your break? I am soon behind you. Clarity of next steps will surface for us during rest, don’t you think?
My last shift is Friday. I find I have a surprising amount of faith that something amazing is on the way. My husband is having some financial anxiety, but I'm not really. Yet, anyway.
“My intensive, up close and personal study period of our species, Homo Sapiens, is coming to a close.”
Peace, love, beauty. Homeostasis seeking?
The universe is not and never has been static.
For life to flourish it must include the preparation by Lord Shiva or Demeter needs to have rested or whatever metaphor works in one’s mind. The ancient medicine wheel has always been rotating. Dynamics? Now some wonder if time is an emergent property.
I agree that the world is always in flux. Not static at all. I think there is a way to achieve inner homeostasis as a way to navigate the inner/outer storms.
Your photography is breathtaking! I'll be back!
Thank you! I feel like it is nature that is amazing.
Love the energy
Thank you :)
This was so full of hope, love, light. Like a big glass of water for my parched spirit 🙏 Namaste 🪷
Thank you for taking the time to read and comment. I honestly have no clue how it lands on readers so I appreciate the comments! So glad to hear of the hydration benefits :)
“When we connect to our nature we connect to nature because we are nature. “
That’s preferable to “You are not IN traffic, you ARE traffic”.
Ha. So true. Luckily I chose a town with little to no traffic.
Oh so good “ the answer is usually in the patient’s history. Listening is a lost human art ….. “ “ I need silence so that I can hear you “.
I spend a lot of time observing humans and it is sobering to see how hard it is for us to listen. Truly listen. I assume one reason is that the modern world is so loud but surely it is multifactorial.
When I reflect on the most perplexing andmysterious infectious disease cases, the answer was dangling in the story waiting to be heard. I now think that this truth is also a metaphor for life’s hidden and quiet insights👂🏻
Thank you and Dean for the gift and for your support of the world’s birds. 🪶
I love your quote - your garden has grown you! And I’m so proud to be your lifelong friend. 🩷
Your photos and insight are inspiring.
What can I say? You are my ride or die friend. Xoxo
Hallelujah! Soon, Nessa, you will have more peace and contentment and less stress in your daily environment. I pray that for you. I also pray that Jackie and I may see you more often. Is it only three more months? Wow! We need to have a party.
Also, . . . , like mountains, we too need thousands of years to change. We must be patient.
Thank you, wise old friend. I would love to see you and Jackie soon. As for the new road ahead, I am already celebrating each day and still story and data collecting for these posts while still in the tarpit! the last thing I want is to miss out on the now moments anymore. I wont give this outgrown life any more than I have already have given it.
While it may be true about time and mountains, what is also true is how we humans can make quantum leaps.
As a victim of an 11 day coma from an auto accident in 1981, my mostly successful recovery was due to some of the advice you give. To me that shows both the soundness and worthiness of a that advice. Thank you for sharing it.
Stanley what an incredible and powerful life experience! I bet you gained so much wisdom from that hard lesson.
I often hear of such healing stories in the wakes of intense physical and emotional trauma. It is almost a prerequisite for awakening it seems.
Thanks for your openness about your past and for sharing your thoughts on my post. I had to go back and read it to see if it seemed too advice-y. The last thing I want to do it give unsolicited advice since its the last thing I want to receive at the moment. Haha. Thanks for reading and engaging. 🌞
Just beautiful, Nessa. Thank you for sharing this journey through your heart/mind with us.
You might enjoy this little excerpt from the Mountains and Rivers sutra by Eihei Dogen (Japanese Zen master from long ago) --
Because mountains are high and broad, their way of riding the clouds always extends from the mountains; their wondrous power of soaring in the wind comes freely from the mountains.
Priest Daoki of Mount Furong said to the assembly, “The green mountains are always walking; a stone woman gives birth to a child at night.”
Thank you for joining me via your readership. I do love the mountain references. I feel inspired to look it up the sutra now. Thanks for sharing!
My last attempt to stay working in the healthcare system was to pitch a holistic health clinic where we would talk while we gardened and/or foraged. It looked like it was going to work for a minute there, but then I was thwarted by bureaucrats. Anyway, I feel that strongly that our hands in the earth and the flowers we grow, grow us, shift us in innumerable ways, our spirits connect and influence each other. I had a really beautiful moment with Aspen last fall where, they told me how they can transmute our fear into healing, but that we need to use our mobile bodies to transmute their fear into action.
Going against the rigid profit based system with innovative and creative ideas is like slicing our flesh on a mandolin. Nature is healing and transformative. Have you started your break? I am soon behind you. Clarity of next steps will surface for us during rest, don’t you think?
My last shift is Friday. I find I have a surprising amount of faith that something amazing is on the way. My husband is having some financial anxiety, but I'm not really. Yet, anyway.
I feel the same. That the decisions made from a healthier mindset will be soul aligned and the chips will fall/adjust where they may.
“My intensive, up close and personal study period of our species, Homo Sapiens, is coming to a close.”
Peace, love, beauty. Homeostasis seeking?
The universe is not and never has been static.
For life to flourish it must include the preparation by Lord Shiva or Demeter needs to have rested or whatever metaphor works in one’s mind. The ancient medicine wheel has always been rotating. Dynamics? Now some wonder if time is an emergent property.
I agree that the world is always in flux. Not static at all. I think there is a way to achieve inner homeostasis as a way to navigate the inner/outer storms.
Your compassion and empathy are transparent in your writing, as is your love for the earth.
This is a pretty insightful story. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you for taking the time to read the post and write this here. I really don’t always know how it lands until I receive comments like yours. 💫
My pleasure.