We'll begin by connecting with an almost universal force or form in the Great Tree,
The Tree of Life,
The Axis Mundi,
Rooted deep in the earth,
Standing strong and fruitful and reaching high into the heavens to receive the sustenance of the sun and a master of transformation and creativity,
Receiving carbon dioxide and transforming it into life-giving oxygen.
We'll do a short guided visualization to connect with the Great Tree in whatever way it wants to make itself available to you right now.
So take a moment to get settled,
Feel free to sit or lie down,
Maybe take a few long slow in-breaths to relax your body and just really become present.
Give your conscious mind permission to take a well-deserved rest and just open your inner senses of instinct and intuition,
Your inner senses of sight and sound,
Taste,
Touch and smell.
So I wonder if you can sense or feel or imagine yourself as a leaf on a tree and there's a gentle breeze blowing the leaf and the breeze picks up and gently lifts the leaf off the tree,
Fully supporting it.
Then the leaf begins to float down,
Down,
Down toward a place,
A beautiful,
Powerful and even sacred place in nature that has only your highest good in mind.
Just allowing your conscious mind to take a well-deserved rest and be open and curious to what presents itself.
And the leaf floats down,
Down,
Down and settles in this very peaceful and beautiful place in nature at the base of the Great Tree.
And I wonder if you can notice what the ecosystem is.
What's the environment?
Is it day or night?
What's the quality of the air?
I wonder if you can hear anything or smell anything in this place and how does it feel in your body to be here?
And when you're ready,
Perhaps bring your awareness to this tree.
Perhaps notice its trunk,
Strong roots growing deep into the earth,
Branches extending up into the sky.
Does it have leaves,
Fruit or flowers?
Or is it evergreen?
And in this work all things have consciousness,
Wisdom,
Power,
Beyond our limited rational understanding.
And as you bring your awareness to this Great Tree,
I wonder if you can open to the possibility that this tree is aware of you and perhaps is even glad that you have come.
And how is it to open to this possibility?
What is the character,
The attributes of this tree?
Is it strong,
Compassionate,
Wise or ancient?
And would you benefit from connecting with the energy of this tree in your own life?
We want to ask the tree some questions.
The answers may come in words,
Telepathy,
Just a felt sense in your body.
It doesn't need to make any sense.
I want to ask the tree,
How will you help me?
How will you help me?
And next we might ask,
How will you protect me?
How will you protect me?
And next,
What vow or promise do you make to me?
What vow or promise do you make to me?
And finally,
How can I connect with you?
Again,
It doesn't need to make any sense.
We'll just be open and curious and see what comes.
And I wonder if you can sense or feel or imagine that this great tree pours its energy into you right now.
Notice where that energy leaves the tree and where it enters your own body.
It might enter in the top of your head or your throat,
Your chest or up through your feet,
Receiving,
Integrating,
Infusing the strength,
The wisdom,
The love,
Compassion,
Groundedness into your own body.
Perhaps this energy flows all the way down to the soles of your feet and out to the tips of your fingers and up to the crown of your head,
Filling you,
This gentle,
Nourishing,
Supportive transmission that has only your highest good in mind.
And take all the time you need to receive in this way.
That this is a source and a resource that is always available to you now.
I wonder if there's anything that wants to be done or communicated to be complete with this for right now.
And when you're ready,
You might take a moment and say thank you to this sacred tree.
And I wonder if you can sense or feel or imagine path or stairway that leads from this place back to ordinary reality.
You might notice what that path or stairway is made of,
Earth or stone,
Wood,
Metal or some other material.
Doesn't need to make any sense.
And when you're ready,
Perhaps you can sense or feel or imagine following that path or stairway back into ordinary reality right now.
Bringing this connection back with you physically,
Mentally,
Emotionally and spiritually,
Energetically and sexually,
Socially,
Relationally,
Professionally,
All aspects of your life to be informed and transformed by this spiritual connection.
And taking all the time you need,
Remembering everything fully,
Bringing all of this back with you into your body,
Mind,
Emotions and energy system,
In your space in present time right now.
And when you're ready,
Perhaps gently opening your eyes.
And I wonder if you can sense,
Imagine or feel calling the energy of that great tree into the room with you right now.
Notice where it is in relation to you,
Behind you,
Beside you,
In front of you,
Within you.
How does it feel to make this connection right now?
I want you to notice how easily and naturally you made that connection and that this is always available to you.
It's a source and a resource,
The strength,
Wisdom,
Support,
Guidance,
Should you choose to use it.
And this concludes our inner journey for today.
Blessings on your path.
Until we meet again.
