Trust. Roots will grow when one is provided the care they need: water, fresh air, nourished soil, music, positive talk, empathy. Roots. will. grow. Even when I have doubted this definite of perseverance and failed to trust new cuttings, my plants have forgiven me, shown me Truth and reminded trust is essential for all healthy relationships. Without Trust, respect is impossible. With Trust, all can bloom.
Transformation. Being witness to the dynamism of these organisms illustrates how not only they are in constant evolution and metamorphosis: we all are. At no moment are we the same as we were in the previous or subsequent. In fact as energy flows through us and all things - since we are all one thing - we are rivers, eternally alive and in motion. In this way, constant mutability is a kind of assured stillness.
Gender. Plants are gender fluid. They have no necessary bodily position or any kind of binary existence. Their lives emerge from the earth by sensual, ancient harmony and procreate in totally new and inspiring ways with each seed and cutting. Bodies are temples of sacred activity and mine is no exception. My plants have guided me through transition and transformation, constantly and kindly reminding that this material format my Soul sits in can feel and look an infinite number of ways, and all these identities are valid.
Healing. A leaf may break, but it can also heal. The plant has all the tools within it to heal its own injuries, and with enough support it can become stronger than before it was hurt. These breaks and burns facilitate resilience. It's ok when we don't heal, too. Scars tell stories. We have the power to bandage ourselves; through love, meditation and gratitude. When provided with the care of others, and kindness towards my self, I am able to grow deeper connections with Spirit and emerge wiser and made more after and while I experience trauma and anxiety. When I am broken, plants remind me this too shall pass and pain is as much of a lesson as joy.
Destiny. The DNA parcelled into the glowing greens of plants is the same that is in my own soft, temporary form. Our future is within us. All that must be done to unroll it into the material world is nurture and massage. Our fates have been written and they are contained in the moments of our choices to care and be kind. When we help others form their destiny, it allows our own to be illuminated. After all: there is just one story here; the story of energy becoming.
Intention. By providing abundant love, support, nourishment and empathy at all stages of a plant's life (especially a new cutting!) it will have the energy it requires to unfold into its most beautiful self, fulfilling its atomic and cosmic destiny. When I live with intention - specifically in gratitude, forgiveness and mindfulness - I am able to embody my most elevated and richest form of Spirit, in communion and unity with a universal force. I am awake.
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