Fiona is the name of an apple tree down the street from my house. She was one of the first conversations I had during my first Challenge in 2016. I think about her often, as I see her all the time while walking the neighborhood or driving home. Since I posted today about talking with nature, I thought I would revisit Fiona and see how she is doing. Last time we connected, I distinctly remember feeling a different vibration. This time, I didn't feel that. I walked up to her in my mind and she gave me a very warm, grounded, welcoming smile. It's not the kind that you get after not seeing someone for a long time — exuberant or extra excited. It was simply a genuine "So nice to see you" smile. No expectations or falseness. Her voice was distinctly female. "Hi Fiona," I greeted her. "I'm so glad to see you are healthy and thriving." I said this because a couple of years ago, someone "pruned" her very aggressively — even as she still had a tree-full of unripe apples. I was worried she wouldn't recover. "Yes, I'm still here," she answered. "Now, that was an experience, huh?" she said of the pruning. "Did it hurt?" I wondered. "Well, no, not in the human sense," she said. "But it was a shock to the system. Everything we are made of is part of our sensory system. Feeling the air, the sun, the rain, the seasons. It's a dramatic change when all of that is cut off. You feel bare and nude and empty, like you lost your world." "I'm so sorry. I was angry and sad when I saw what they had done. How did you recover?" I asked. "We have a secret power beneath us: the earth. Mama. She feeds and nurtures us. She nurses our wounds and strengthens our fortitude. Despite the trauma, I knew all would be well in the end — no matter what the outcome." I wondered what she meant when she talked about mother earth. What was her conception of it? The soil? The layers of nutrients? The water? When I tried to tap into her perception of earth, I simply got something that transcends the physical. It was more energetic and spiritual. Mother earth was more of a life force that binds it all together. A living vibrancy that breathes life into it all. Fiona waited as my mind went through all of these realizations and discoveries. And when I returned to her, she said, "You have it, too." Meaning, the connection to this life-force and this ability to tap into the vibrancy and well-being. "I don't think most people are that 'still' to notice this connection," I commented. "It's true," added Fiona. "You're a busy race. Busy, busy." "There's a new family who has moved into the house on the land where you live. Have you noticed any changes?" I asked. "I keep to myself," she said with a touch of humor. "But seriously, I keep to myself. The comings and goings of others are just events in the vicinity. I can choose to focus on the movements and energies or I can leave them in the background. My world is on a different level. It is my connection to the earth below, the air above, the occasional connection with others growing at my 'feet' or passing by. The birds, the bees. They all know their place in the world and I know mine. Mine is where I am focused." "What about tree consciousness?" I wondered. I knew it was possible to tap into "trees" in general, sort of like the world tree energy. It seemed that would be much more than an individual focus. "This is a truth as well," she said. "We are all tapped into The Great…" I was waiting for the last word in that title, feeing like there should be one. But it never came and I think that may be what she meant, to simply call the consciousness of everything The Great. "Physical expression is individual. Spiritual expression is unified, synchronized in its desire to serve what's best for all. So when we tap into that, we can speak and do as one. In physical, we aren't quite as focused on that," she said. I was about to ask about tree groupings that actually take care of each other, as I had once read. She jumped right in to answer me first. "That's not to say this concert doesn't happen. It most certainly does. We help, interact, intermingle, even celebrate those other beings around us. But we don't live for others. We live for our own experience first. It's part of self-preservation. A strong second is our desire for well-being for all." "So if someone walks by you and you sense he needs help, you will help?" I asked. "If someone walks by and we are focused on him and he needs help, we will send help. But we are not simply 'open' to all experiences around us all the time. We are more focused on our own processes; the many workings of our systems and those who are connected to us and our livelihood." I got a picture of the nutrients and life-force coursing through her roots and branches and trunk and leaves. Her system was alive with activities. I understand what she was saying, but couldn't quite picture how it all felt to her. To which she commented, "You'll have to live as a tree some day." Meaning, choose that as one of my lives. "It sounds strange to choose a life as a tree when I am living as a human — something so different. But I'm sure it's a fine possibility when looking at it in spirit form," I answered. "Fiona, it was great to catch up with you. I'm so glad you are thriving." Instead of answering with words, she again flashed me her warm, genuine smile, as she had done at the beginning. It was an expression that said so much in just a moment. And it was all that was needed to be said. After I finished this conversation, I got an email from Abraham, the non-physical energy group that channels wisdom through Esther Hicks, that seemed to sum up Fiona's description of being connected, but still focused on her own world. Diversity is the name of the game: Abraham said, "It is very difficult to understand what anybody else’s experience is. There aren’t enough words to really understand what anybody else is living. Physical beings want things to be the same. They want people to think the same. You work rather hard at sameness, but you will never win that battle because, from Nonphysical, diversity is known to be the most beneficial part of the game."
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