the trees

[flying squirrel]

I know how you feel squirrel  once while
traveling thru the forest the great mother
squirrel told me; be careful about giving
a piece of your mind if you don't have any
left to give.

HA HA HA ! rolling on the ground with that one !   

[Jitendra Hydonus]

i had time to sit down and watch the original video thank you. There is a lot to take in here. i have always wondered about trees. Perhaps i will never stop. Their smell and the peace they give when we sit under them and meditate. Their leaves provide such beauty and the wind that blows thru their leaves give us such pause for peace and reflection. It is something to always appreciate. They are also home to so many creatures that provide song (birds) and joy (squirrels) to us. If you are able to detect faries in there presence it is so beautiful. i hope to be more sensitive to their wealth. Paramahansa Yogananda talked of experiencing the sap moving in there branches and trunks when he was in a state of samadhi. i hope to go with you to the redwoods some day. i am certain it would make you quite happy.

Jitendra

[Jitendra Hydonus]

You are funny. I meant poplar. Its a type of birch tree that grows a lot along Lake Michigan. The leaves flicker in the sunlite
or Moonlite as the wind blows thru them. Do people swim on the inland lakes? Wow i wonder if you can sit and meditate in
the caves?

Steve

LOL!! Sorry i don't know a lot about trees but think we have those kinds here! Yes people can swim on inland lakes we got some very nice beaches along the lake they are more beautiful in Bayfield! Sure you can mediate in the caves i would love to check this out one of these days!!

Thanks for sharing so much about the place u call home. My relationship with trees began with the Weeping Willow. It brings back some kind of recollection. Perhaps form a past life living in the south. Regardless of what it is, u can sit comfortably under the huge trunk of an Oak Tree and meditate in the midwest. Paramahasa blessed a Pepper Tree at Mount Washington in L.A. i have had some nice meditations there. i was silenced for almost two days in the Redwood trees of Northeren California and now i spend quite an amount of time under the Salt Cedar trees that reside in the California and Nevada deserts. The Poplar is a tree i remember from the beaches of Michigan. There r places where i go with a friend of mine who also meditates and we have had wonderful expereinces meditating under the poplar trees.

Steve

[Jitendra Hydonus]

I feel as though trees absorb negative energy, from us. We are blessed with their presence. They actually absorb carbon dioxide, which we as humans give off and they provide oxygen.

Trees give us oxygen through the process of photosynthesis:
Trees convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen using sunlight.
The oxygen produced by trees is released into the atmosphere, benefiting animals and humans.

Trees (along with some other very small powerhouse oxygen creators) are one of our planet’s primary producers of oxygen a gas necessary for all life! Before deciding you need more O2 in your life, you might wonder which trees produce the most oxygen. How do they do it?

Maple, beech, true fir, spruce, and Douglas-fir trees produce the most oxygen. They do this using photosynthesis, which converts carbon dioxide into oxygen. Trees help our environment by reducing the effects of climate change, detoxifying poisonous gasses, and balancing atmospheric temperatures.

https://treejourney.com/what-trees-produce-the-most-oxygen-and-how-they-do-it/

[Jitendra Hydonus]

A sequoia in the redwood forest of California

[mccoy]

In this imperfect world, everything has dualities.

As much as I love trees and live in a place surrounded by woods, I had to cut down quite a few around home. They tend to grow too tall and be dangerous. Fire can also destroy everything. I realized that trees are nice but far from home.

The above being said I have an oak tree which is perhaps 200 or more years old, huge, silent, its sleeping spirit rules benign over other vegetables specieses.

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Amma asks us to attempt to plant at least one tree a year, to heal Mother Earth. Not all trees are dangerously high, we have smaller trees in our front yards where I live. We often need to trim trees and bushes so they don’t dangerously imperil our location. Thanks for reminding me mccoy.