Smile at nature

I just felt like doing it. Mostly because I follow Druidry. It's strange because while I had an interest in nature it's increased more over the years and I begin to notice how beautiful things really are in nature. Whether it's birds chirping or tree branches swaying to the rhythm of the wind and so forth. When you really look at nature, you notice things you scarcely noticed before like the shape of the land, the groves that stand next to you, the rustle of leafs when animals are climbing up those trees. It's nice to just look at nature even for a little while.

I was just feeling down lately. But I smile at nature. Before I noticed nature but I smile at it more. And even when I feel lonely I still feel glad to be part of life, to be part of nature. And that one should smile at nature whenever one gets lonely.

It's just nice to get that feeling again. I don't know why I just felt like sharing it.

I have felt the same. When we begin to feel nature if conectarcom the rest of nature, we can only smile. I think it's because we share with source, Mother Nature.
I do this meditating near a matter of course, as a crital, a stone; sitting on the ground leaning against a tree. Just thinking I feel a peace

MrBruno wrote: I have felt the same. When we begin to feel nature if conectarcom the rest of nature, we can only smile. I think it's because we share with source, Mother Nature.
I do this meditating near a matter of course, as a crital, a stone; sitting on the ground leaning against a tree. Just thinking I feel a peace

Smiling at nature is very therapeutic. I enjoy mediating in a forest but really I'd like to meditate anywhere in nature so I can sense the energy. Meditating in forests, near swamps, beaches, mountains, deserts, near tundra, plains ect, so I can really get a feel of nature and feel how beautiful it really is. Smile at nature whenever you can. There will be things you hadn't noticed before.

It's nice to be a part of life. I try to embrace it and not shun it. Embracing my part in the theater that is called Mother Nature.

I think there's good reason Buddhist monks have long traveled in nature. It is said the Buddha himself found enlightenment in a forest, under a bodhi tree. I think that story itself is enough to support your opinion!

magmon wrote: I think there's good reason Buddhist monks have long traveled in nature. It is said the Buddha himself found enlightenment in a forest, under a bodhi tree. I think that story itself is enough to support your opinion!

Indeed! Buddha is said that he found enlightenment under the Bohdi Tree. And then there is Lord Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, a religion slightly older than Buddhism and is similar but different to Buddhism. Mahavira found enlightenment under the Sala Tree. And there have been numerous sages and wise teachers sitting underneath trees. Even in Gnostic religions, trees are associated with knowledge. I don't think it's quite a coincidence that so many sages happen to sit under trees.

Yabuturtle wrote: Indeed! Buddha is said that he found enlightenment under the Bohdi Tree. And then there is Lord Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, a religion slightly older than Buddhism and is similar but different to Buddhism. Mahavira found enlightenment under the Sala Tree. And there have been numerous sages and wise teachers sitting underneath trees. Even in Gnostic religions, trees are associated with knowledge. I don't think it's quite a coincidence that so many sages happen to sit under trees.

I love the breadth of spiritual traditions you've turned to in order to share this observation, Yabuturtle. In day-to-day living I don't encounter many people with that kind of exposure and understanding, and I like it.

We might have a better world - more honoring of nature, among other things - if more of us had a broader familiarity with the wisdom of many lands.

Omhu Cuspor wrote:

Yabuturtle wrote: Indeed! Buddha is said that he found enlightenment under the Bohdi Tree. And then there is Lord Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, a religion slightly older than Buddhism and is similar but different to Buddhism. Mahavira found enlightenment under the Sala Tree. And there have been numerous sages and wise teachers sitting underneath trees. Even in Gnostic religions, trees are associated with knowledge. I don't think it's quite a coincidence that so many sages happen to sit under trees.

I love the breadth of spiritual traditions you've turned to in order to share this observation, Yabuturtle. In day-to-day living I don't encounter many people with that kind of exposure and understanding, and I like it.

We might have a better world - more honoring of nature, among other things - if more of us had a broader familiarity with the wisdom of many lands.

Thank you! I'm glad to hear you like it. I like following the Druidic path but I believe almost every religion has some truth to it, including Jediism. I've studied many religions for quite some time.

I think we would if we honored nature. We are part of it after all. I developed sort of an animistic view in life and I try to preserve it as best as I can. Realizing we are truly part of nature and are connected would help us preserve our environment as well as us as well.

I have studied extensively on Druidry as well as other religions, try to notice the patterns and the connections between them. Such as with trees. Trees have long had since important in religions. Everything from representing knowledge, like The Tree of Knowledge in Abrahamic faiths and Dharmic traditions like Buddhism and Jainism, to representing longevity like the Tree of Life and the golden apple tree in Germanic paganism.