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Program
Outcomes:
an online program participant, shares his results from a nature-connecting
activity.
WEBSTRINGS: THE SECRET OF GROWING WITH NATURE
For this activity, I went to
an area behind the college that I have connected with before.
It's a forested area (mostly spruce) with some degree of litter.
After receiving consent to connect (it was quite a windy day
and the shelter of the forest was most welcoming), I wandered
a bit and "looked" for an attraction. What eventually
called to me was the growth a single live spruce branch that
was sticking out from a section of tree trunk that contained
dead branches. This branch really stood out because it was green
(the other dead ones were grey/brown).
I liked/was attracted to this
particular branch because it was strong, persistent, alive
and wanting to grow. As part of nature, I can see that like myself
because I am strong, persistent, alive and wanting to grow. Upon
reflection, I feel that this is true! I do have those qualities!
It is quite affirming to have Nature be a mirror and to trust
that the reflection is genuine. The memory of this branch is
still with me and reminds me of my true nature.
What I found particularly
attractive and relevant to me about this assignment was:
Our stories we have learned
about who we are often in conflict with who we naturally are.
This has been a big learning for me. It rings so true.
We each consist of many
desires for consent for our life to be. I am still learning the
wide-ranging effects of this consent both in my relationship
with Nature and in my interpersonal relationships. I feel it
is so simple, yet so profound.
Western Civilization has also
torn most of us and our natural attractions from our attractions,
roots and home in nature and community. I highly recommend a
book that is in accordance with PNC/NSTP (if you haven't already
read it: "My Name is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western
Civilization".
The natural environment
becomes our body and we become it a dozen or more times during
our lifetimes. We and nature are each other. Now, that's intimacy!
As we learn to assault the
natural world around us, we learn to assault our true inner nature.
Another simple, profound truth.
I think I am becoming more
and more aware of attraction signs, or web-strings,
in nature that are not just imagination but real communications
given to us by the natural world.
Sharon I liked what you said
about the Tipu tree, not necessarily about that tree but the
feeling of surprise or recognition of it. I guess I feel this
all the time about little things I notice over and over in nature
and then forget about again. I'm starting to think it's a force,
(webstring), outside myself that's contacting me and not just
my own peaked awareness. Tamara, you said, "nature abundantly
expresses what we internally experience," well said. I also
like what you said about the autumn colors and the feeling they
give you, I have to say that is one of my favorite seasons and
I have felt much the same way.
Our society doesn't see our
stories as stories because they are much like the air we forget
about them being abstracts, not real. We forget to be thankful
for what nature is providing, but we forget because we have stories
that tell us that we don't need to ask permission of nature to
take, or be thankful of what we receive
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