It is quiet. A bird sings behind me, making strange noises. The forest floor cracks beneath me. Needles jump to the side when I step on them. The sky is blue, there is no wind, and the trees around me radiate a calm energy. I close my eyes, take a deep breath and connect with the forest, allowing its energy to become mine ...
I can remember my first evening in the African wilderness: in front of me was the warm campfire, behind me the cool night, above me the glittering starry sky, and all around me the mysterious sounds of animals - although all this was new to me, it felt like coming home, because something inside me remembered it ...
When I started studying nature, I didn't realize how much we can learn from it for our own growth in life. But we seem to have a magical connection with trees in particular, because every part of them is also a part of us. They are the ultimate mirror for growth and exemplify what it means to move out of your comfort zone ...
My grandfather was an adventurer who traveled to distant continents once a year to get to know indigenous cultures - I can remember a picture of him in Papua New Guinea where he held a ritual with the tribe - it was a completely different world. I certainly picked up the enthusiasm for it from him.
But until the moment when I ...
It is quiet. A bird sings behind me, making strange noises. The forest floor cracks beneath me. Needles jump to the side when I step on them. The sky is blue, there is no wind, and the trees around me radiate a calm energy. I close my eyes, take a deep breath and connect with the forest, allowing its energy to become mine ...
At school we learn about Pytagoras, we learn to spell and get good grades. We learn how to perform and how to behave in a stellar manner; - but we learn next to nothing about the connection with nature. Neither about ecosystems, animals, medicinal plants, ... and certainly not how much we are also invisibly connected to nature. Yet this knowledge would be so important for ourselves ....
We walk slowly through the bush. In front of me are two rangers with rifles. It is scorching hot, and all around me is nothing but the endless expanse of Africa, which looks inconspicuous but should never be underestimated. There are laws that help you survive, I quickly learn, but I learn even faster back home: these laws also apply in the modern world ...
Most of the time when we talk about nature, we talk about facts, figures and data. The same applies to the virus, which has been with us for a year now. We live in a world that is not very intellectually driven, but for me and also for the indigenous peoples, nature was something highly intuitive. A force that communicates with us in signs and energies, and thus always gives us conclusions about what needs to be done ...
They stand calmly and inconspicuously in the forest, the trees. Birds live on their branches, beetles cavort in their bark and countless forest dwellers live around them, most of whom we never get to see. Trees often seem unshakeable. The firmer their trunks are, the calmer their aura. But it is not the trunks that support them, because what actually makes them so unshakeable are their roots - and we have that in common with them ...
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