Guest guest Posted September 13, 2000 Report Share Posted September 13, 2000 >Thu, 07 Sep 2000 10:52:46 -0400 > >Hi G, > >I received this Vedic verse from a list today, and I was surprised to see >that it is was similar to the verse, (our lord is a tree) that I had penned >a >couple of years ago. > >Yours truly, > >Ronald > >This universe is a tree eternally existing, its root aloft, its branches >spread below. The pure root of the tree is Brahman, the immortal, in whom >the >three worlds have their being, whom none can transcend, who is verily the >Self. > >Krishna Yajur Veda, >Katha Upanishads 6.1. >The Upanishads, >Breath of the Eternal, 36 > >* > > This > universe is a > tree eternally existing, > its root aloft, its branches > spread below. The pure root of the > tree is Brahman, the immortal, in > whom the three worlds > have > their > being, > whom >none can transcend, who is verily the Self. > >* > > our > lord is a tree > growing in heaven. > his leaves flutter in the > pneuma of our minds. his > branches reach down to gaia > enfolding, nurturing. divine > sap flows through his > trunk, > bridging > oceans > of time > and space. > his roots drink the waters of life. > >-- Ronald Landry > > ------ > >G@---.--- wrote: >Hi! > >A while ago, you posted a quote from the Upanishads called "The everlasting >Fig Tree. Underneath there was a poem in the shape of a tree: "Our Lord is >a >tree growing in heaven..." You signed your name under the poem. Did you >write >it yourself? If so, may I quote it with your full name? If not, was it from >the Upanishads? I would like to give credit where it's due! Thanks for >getting back to me. > >Namaste, >G > > ------ > >G@---.--- wrote: >Dear Ronald: > >Thank you for your reply. > ><> > >I believe so too. That reservoir of infinite wisdom into which you tapped >when you had the vision of God as a tree, is called the "collective >unconscious" which has existed since time immemorial, and all we need to >do, >is to tap into it through visions, dreams, fairy tales and myths. You were >fortunate to have such a vision (most people don't) because you were in >tune >with your creator and had the inner eye, second vision, to see clearly what >has been described generations before by the wise ones. Most often, the >tree >of life is in the image of a goddess as she is the matrix of mother nature >deeply rooted in the earth, branching out into the sky, providing divine >protection. Perhaps that day, you needed to integrate the goddess energy >within you, and so you had the beautiful vision. . . It seems though, that >you have, as evidenced in your earthy poem below, "Tanglewood Cathedral." > >May you find more peace and love in the nurturing arms of the Goddess! > >G > >In a message dated 09/01/2000 9:21:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >webhawks writes: > ><< Hi G! > > Yes, I wrote the poem a couple of years ago. One day while I was > driving my pickup truck around Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA, I had a >vision >of God as a tree with its roots planted in a heavenly sphere, and with its >branches reaching out to lovingly enfold earth with a cocoon of nurturing >love. > > Imagine my surprise when I just recently discovered the ancient >*Everlasting >Fig Tree* verse left to us by our forefathers! I was so happy to see the >similarity. Now I know what type of tree it was that I saw in my vision! > > I believe that I must have tapped into the same source of sacred > yesterday-today-tomorrow perennial wisdom available to each and everyone >of >us, and that truly, there is no new thing under the sun. > > I may have signed my name to *our god is a tree*, but truly, God is the >author of everything. I can only reflect any of God's light to the extent >of >having acquiesced my little self-will to that of God's Will. > > Tanglewood Cathedral > >My morning walk amidst nature is my worship in the Cathedral of Glory. >I join the reverent congregation gathering beneath woodland vaults. >Their iridescent hues reflect heaven's light into my soul. >Hovering dragon fly archangels presiding. >Squirrel and chipmunk deacons assisting. >Acolyte bees performing sacred rites amidst wildflower alters. >Sojourning ants leading the way to the promised land. >-- Ronald Landry > > ------ > >G@---.--- wrote: > > > Dear Ronald: > > > > Thank you for your kind words. I am deeply touched and humbled as I do >not > > always feel deserving of such sublime and selfless words. I am also > > convinced that you are projecting your own inner light onto me, or else >you > > would not know how to speak of the beautiful depths of your soul. And >yet I > > appreciate your lovely depiction of what be true of my soul too. Thanks. >As > > the old cliche says: "It takes one to know one." > > > > My soul salutes to yours, > > > > G > > > > P.S. Thank you for the info. on Kataragama. > > > > In a message dated 09/02/2000 10:03:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > > webhawks writes: > > > > << Hi again G, > > > > I felt uplifted through your words. > > > > I feel that your thoughts are in harmony with light. > > > > You speak as one initiated by trials of existence. > > > > Your words reflect your depth of thought, > > > > Your profound judgment, > > > > Your quickened imagination. > > > > You are an oasis flowing with milk and honey, > > > > Celestial paps nurturing all creation, > > > > Flowing from the center, > > > > Refreshing arid lands! > > > > Making hearts glad! > > > > We bow to your Light! > > > > Yours truly, > > > > Ronald Landry > > > > LuX! Om! PaX! > > > > something wonderful is happening! > > ------ > >I am a child standing before an ocean. > >I am a child and I am an ocean. > >I am the doubter and the doubt and the hymn the Brahmin sings. > >I come from the center to guard the holy innocents. > >I dance with the vellas. > >I am the sap rising skyward through emerald temples. > >I am the call of the wild, whispering wind, babbling brook. > >I dwell in the jubilee of your heart. > > _______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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