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Beautiful grounded message thank you for sharing, growing up as a child this was taught to me. Blessings
Lovely guidance, thanks Renee
Yes! This immediately resonated with me. I have been walking the same path through the woods, along a golf course, eventually to the banks of a river for 20 years, yet my shamanic practices have brought a whole new layer of meaning to this activity. Instead of just a walk, it has become a walking ritual. I have been naturally drawn to do the sorts of things that Renee describes because I have heard the land gently inviting me to do them. And when I do, I invariably learn something new and deep that no doubt was there all along, but which I hadn’t heard because I hadn’t attuned myself to hearing it. It is about using all the usual senses and then gradually opening to the subtle ones. My walks are now prayers; everything I encounter is a message; all that I experience is a magnificently generous gift from Pachamama and the spirits of this place.
Thank You Lise for sharing your deep reverence and practice.
Happy it resonated.
How lucky that this was part of your childhood too.
Renee, Much Gratitude 🙏 for sharing your experiential perspective.
As I contemplate this subject one fundamental construct immediately comes to mind…all of the various “life” forms as we know and experience them are indigenous to Earth 🌍 and their constituencies are the fundamental building blocks shown in the Periodic Table of Elements. (This goes without saying but, I said it anyway, HA! 😆.)
Whether it’s a single cell organism, seeds, plants/trees, animals, and/or humans the energy/Spirit that embodies all of these life forms animates their outward expressions during their respective lifetimes. Upon demise their acquired memories become “ancestral compost” for Earth. A transmutation preserving memories. Consequently, when one is intentionally aware that Earth is an ancestral energy repository, a walk in the woods (barefoot) becomes an insightful perspective of a land’s history. As well, “merging” with the Spirit of the living life forms one encounters along the way this provides an additional perspective, as I 🤓 it.
What a beautiful reflection, thank you for sharing it.
I especially love how you describe “ancestral compost.” That feels true to the way the land holds memory, not as something fixed, but as something continually transforming and feeding what comes next. When we slow down and walk with awareness, it really does begin to feel like we are stepping into a living archive, not separate from it.
Your perspective adds a thoughtful layer to the conversation. Grateful you are walking and listening in this way.
Renee…happy to know my thoughts resonated for you…AHOHEE! (many thanks – Apsaalooké/Crow )
As well, one could imagine that the Earth’s Intranet, mycelium, continually disseminates this never ending stream of “information” emanating from the ancestral compost being deposited, which consequently influences Earth’s evolution. (…the END! I need to get outta my head 🤪.)
Yes out of our heads and into the forest we go.