My Communication with Mother Nature

I had a very cool experience the other night and I wanted to share it with yall.

Right now, I'm listening to Deepak Chopra's book, "The Book of Secrets" on my MP3 player. In the section I'm in, he talks about how, you ARE the Universe. The Universe is IN you as much as you are IN the Universe. And how the Universe is a writhing sea of life. The Universe itself is alive, and you should build a personal relationship with the Universe the same as you would with another person.

Well, he says in this section to contemplate this idea: When you're driving down the road and you see a beautiful sunset and you think, "Oh, what a beautiful sunset!", consider that you and the sunset are NOT simply existing within the same fragment of time and within view of each other. Instead consider the idea that the sunset is natures way of catching you intention. That it's actually JUST for you, because no other living thing will see that sunset in the same way as you. Whenever something catches your attention, or you see something out of the corner of your eye that causes you to turn your head, it was meant specifically for you to see. The Universe and Nature are trying to send you lovely images to appreciate.

So, all that being said, here's the coolest thing that's ever happened to me.

After that section of the book, I walked around like a grinning fool for a while. I looked out my window at the trees a moment or 2 longer than usual, and when a bird in flight or a falling leaf caught my eye, I stopped and watched it and applied the thought that it was happening specifically for me. This became an almost overwhelming idea. It made me feel like the whole landscape was a stage where the Universe was acting out these wonderful dances just for my amusement. I smiled warmly and told the Universe how beautiful I thought it was and thanked it for doing it's dance for me.

About 6pm (note:Still very light out. Not even close to dusk yet.) Saturday night, my Hubby and boys were all outside and I'd been doing housework all day trying to catch up from being sick and tending the sick. It was time for a sit, so I walked into the dining room to open my laptop and sit at the table. As I walked past the picture window, frantic movement outside caught my attention and I stopped and looked out.

The huge Maple tree in my back yard was blowing in the breeze, but I swear, it looked like all the leaves were waving at me! They were all straight up, like a hand, and waving back and forth in an almost unnatural way... WAVING! I couldn't help but smile and giggle, and not sure what to do, I lifted my hand and enthusiastically waved back at the tree. And I said, out loud, "I see you trying to get my attention out there!! You're beautiful and perfect and I appreciate you so much!"

Then I saw it. The moon. Beautiful crescent moon, glowing way brighter than it normally would be given how bright it was outside. It was really breathtaking. The moon was, from my perception, hovering in the sky, just to the right of the waving tree. And I said to the tree, "Wow, thank you for getting my attention! I'm glad you waved me down to see the moon... it's BEAUTIFUL!"

Now, this alone was pretty cool. I was ginning like a fool as I thanked the tree for showing me the moon (There's a sentence I never imagined myself saying!), but the next part is what made it amazing to me.

As soon as I said my thanks to the tree, out of nowhere, and seemingly in answer to my thanks, a HUGE hawk flew into my view and began to circle the moon! Not literally circling the whole moon obviously... and not flying in a horizontal, lazy, soaring circle, as though circling prey, but flying up into the sky to above the moon on the left, over the top, down the right side, around the under side, and back up the left side.... in a great big circle...around the moon!

I was speechless.... and it was breathtaking! It circled the moon a full 5 times, as though thanking me for my love and attention, and then it was gone. I didn't even see which way it flew off... and I looked for a dark spot in the sky, but it was totally gone.

I stood in the window, almost in tears, completely awed by what had just happened.... and positive that it had, in fact, been a display of nature that was intended specifically for me. Deepak says, (enter paraphrase) the universe responds to every single thought you think, and if you pay attention to your thoughts, and to the Universe around you, you will see the response that's given just for you. I thought it would be a little weird to think of spontaneous nature as acting out just for my attention, but WOW... I decided to adopt the perception and really feel it.. and I'm just stunned.

I would have to say... it's very easy to keep your vibe up and happy when you think of life and nature in this way. I found that every time I turned around all day, nature was giving me something to smile about. And you're SWIMMING in feelings of being perfect and loved and special when you really feel like it's all a play happening on the stage of the Universe...just for your pleasure! It was really an amazing day... and I think it's leading into an amazing time in my life.

Much Love,
El