Connecting

We are all connected. Put us under a big enough microscope, and you wouldn't be able to tell where one begins and another ends. But more importantly, we are connected to Source (pick a name) -- and from that connection we get ideas bigger than ourselves and our conscious knowledge. We get healing that goes beyond scientific explanation. We get...so much.

When we nurture the conscious connection, we can see patterns and focal points--bits of inspiration that point us in the direction we should go. Synchronicity becomes the norm. Doors open, as Joseph Campbell famously said, where none appeared before.

Meditation is one tool for nurturing the connection--it helps us clear the mental clutter of the day-to-day. Focus on another being can also nurture the connection, when we do so with an open heart, open mind, and open ear for what is being said to us.

Talking to plants, hugging trees, appreciating the beauty of the green world--the plant brothers and sisters, if you will--can be an excellent starting point for nurturing connection. Hold a plant between your hands, gently, close your eyes if you like, and simply open to its energy. This is easier than it sounds--it's mostly a matter of holding a conversation with the plant and letting it answer. This is also not as crazy as it sounds, although you should note that as a rule, plants are gentle beings and if any of them suggest you do something violent, you might, in fact, consider that your imagination has taken hold and you should gently decline to do as instructed. Plants don't move very fast, so it's not like it's coming after you.

Back to connecting. I'm assuming that if you're spending time reading this blog, odds are good you are willing to consider that plants, as living beings, are sentient. Studies have indicated, by the way, that they do at least respond to the energy of a place/person. If that thought disturbs you, consider that a) the plant isn't communicating with you, it's just you opening your mind up and letting your subconscious speak, b) God/Source/pick-a-name is speaking to you through the plant or c) they are in fact sentient and it doesn't matter whether it bothers you because there isn't anything you can do about it anyway.

What does matter is your willingness to open to Source, to consciously connect with the other beings of this world. Strengthening those connections consciously will open you up to new connections, new visions of what's to be, new ways of service.

And you never know--the jasmine spiralling up the post beside your garden gate may have a story to tell.