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Program
Outcomes:
an online program participant, shares her results from a nature-connecting
activity.
WEBSTRINGS: ONE OF THE MORE PROFOUND EXPERIENCES
OF MY LIFE
I found myself attracted to
a returning fern pushing up through the ground now-not fully
grown quite yet. I asked permission of the plant to be present
with it, and thought I sensed its energy get stronger. Used the
word "attraction" while eyes open, and touched it,
looked at it, noticed the texture, shape of its leaves, the way
it moves with the wind, then smelled it, and though no fragrance
was present felt the green color gave me a sensation of freshness
in my nostrils. It was interesting to me that the first thing
I noticed were the "dead" leaves. I had the impulse
to pick them off, and stopped myself. The plant was mostly green
, and only a few leaves were dead. As if it "should' not
have dead leaves to be "acceptable". Then I closed
my eyes and repeated the word "attraction", and noticed
that a part of me was reluctant to allow myself to put my hand
deep into the plant to feel what was there.
I wondered if this was a natural
webstring within me protecting
me-because rationally I knew I'd just looked at it and saw nothing
about it to be unsafe. And also wondered if my natural webstrings
simply wanted my hand to stay on the perimeter for the message
it wanted me to receive? So I went with keeping my hand on the
outer edges of the plant. My touch sensation was attracted to
the softer new leaves that hadn't developed the bumps that occur
with some maturity. The words "feeling" and "webstring"
didn't register with me--there was even a confusion in my head
area and heart area with these two words.
The word "feelings"
does register with me as a description of parts of me, and with
the word "webstrings" I find I have to translate the
meaning of it and then apply it to use it. "Attraction"
and "Sensation" appealed to all my senses with my nose
I sensed a "freshness" coming into my nostrils with
my sense of smell, and with my eyes I received a soothing and
calming sensation with these words, and with my touch I sensed
a tickling and delight sensation in my hand.
I was particularly attracted
to the statement "we can learn to participate in Earth's
non-verbal, webstring ways since we, as part of all of nature,
are born knowing them and able to register them. This is part
of our natural substance and inheritance". I trust that
this is so in a way I feel in my body now that we have had experiences
facilitated by this course that demonstrates the truth of this
statement. However, the more guided experiences I have, the more
I feel connected to, and trust that I am connected to the Earth.
Also, attracted to the statements that support the fact that
we each have our own style of connection, and it is right for
us, and may not be for anyone else, as we were directed to use
words and senses to find what worked for us. Thank you for this
exercise.
I discovered that I came to
a deeper understanding of a theme of death and rebirth that has
been going on inside me, but did not expect this to happen at
the outset of this exercise. I learned two "webstrings"
that work for me are the words "connection" and "attraction".
These words are particular to my style, and help me experience
nature more deeply.
This has been one of the more
profound experiences of my life since I was able to use these
words to go deeper in my connection and understanding of what
nature is reflecting back to me and teaching me. It would be
a sad experience to have missed out on. It was the highlight
of my day. My trustfulness of nature and my webstrings have increased
exponentially.
The part of me that has been
educated is the part afraid to "let go" and let this
shedding of the old, transformation occur that wants to occur.
The newness of the green leaves and the light green new leaves,
the sensations I experienced, and the preoccupation with the
dead leaves all are reaffirming that there is new birth, newness,
a returning in a new way, another cycle just around the bend.
My experience in nature shows
me that I am a person who gets good feelings from looking at,
touching, and smelling plants in nature that have new growth
on them in the springtime. It causes me to feel hope, joy, newness,
and more alive and connected with the web of life. Plants with
new growth show me there is rebirth after death, a returning
of aliveness after winter. Earth has taught me more about life
and death as result of this exercise.
I had a dream of going down
a river in a boat, and coming to a "bottleneck" of
sorts. I worked my boat through the bottle neck, and beyond the
bottleneck was a peaceful, flowering place. I have put into my
uncontaminated feeling space in my mind that growing sense of
trust that I am connected, can trust "attraction" and
"connection" as my trustable webstrings, and can call
on this experience when my feelings move toward anxiety over
whatever is trying to be shed inside myself.
Thank you classmates! thank
you! Thank you, and many blessings to you all!!
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