Monday, April 16, 2012

my tree

there's this whole big long 'white tree' story with me from last year.
if you're new to the blog, or just visit here and there, you prolly have
missed it.

the basic deal is that i used a white tree image in a visualization i did
that meant a lot to me. i ended up writing a bone sigh about it.
even named the last book 'her white tree.'

it made a big impact, to say the least.

and then, not long after i worked with the visual - i mean within a couple of weeks,
i 'met' a tree that knocked my socks off. i knew it was the tree that
symbolized what i had been visualizing. and get this - it's a WHITE oak.
ya gotta love that.

it's just over the property line of some land my guy owns. so i can go visit
it whenever i want. and strangely enough, i didn't visit it again until this
weekend. the whole tick situation slows me down. you're pretty much
guaranteed to get ticks when you go. BUT i coulda visited in the winter way
easily. and i haven't. but this weekend...i found myself back with her.

i truly wonder what it is - is it an energy she holds or is it that she's just
the perfect manifestation of a powerful symbol for me? some kinda deep
archetype? or what?

i have no idea.
but what happens to me when i see her is so deep and so powerful.

i stood there just looking at her at first.
my breath was kinda taken from me.
i'd forgotten how much she touched me.
and then i sat and leaned against a tree where i could get a good view of
her. i sat, looked at her and the tears started coming.

somehow i felt like i could touch 'home.'
like some place inside of me that had so long been forgotten
was surfacing. and i could feel it and touch it.

i walked up to her. touched her. looked way way up from way
way below. she's massive. i leaned against her, closed my eyes and cried.
really cried.
let out some of the stuff i'd been holding in.
and then i slid down against her and just sat with her.

i saw these little spiders. they were the color of her bark. they didn't
scare me or bother me. i just watched them amazed at how they matched
her so well and how they lived with her.

bob walked over and looked up. 'she's a wide old woman, isn't she?'
and i smiled.
she certainly was.

as i walked away i looked back several times.
i wanted to soak her up and keep her with me for a bit.

i really really wonder what it is......
energy? symbols? the peace of an old old tree?
whatever it is, it touches me to the core.

6 comments:

Merry ME said...

I think maybe you were an acorn in a former life.

terri st. cloud said...

mary! that made me laugh out loud! THAT explains it!!!

Susie Keeth said...

I think you know how I feel about trees and the Sacred connection that I have with my Grandfather tree..... Exactly what it is that spoke so clearly to me that this was my tree..... that the majestic tree was a very deep part of me, as I am with him..... I don't know. It's definitely an energy of attraction, but it's so much more than that..... It is a life with stories of years past, it is wisdom that has been growing for generations, it's a kindred kind of knowing that can't be denied. And it's a spiritual experience to sit with my tree and feel the energy and hear the whispers of connections with everything else in the Universe. It's really hard to explain, but I know exactly what you're talking about. I try to sit with my tree as often as possible..... He keeps me grounded.

terri st. cloud said...

it's the oddest thing, isn't it, susie? i have no words to describe it. but i have no doubt of it. thanks, glad to know i'm not alone! :)

Sorrow said...

I see a goddess...
~smile~

terri st. cloud said...

sorrow!!!
i've been trying to figure the whole goddess thing out! bingo! you just handed it to me!