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The Communal Soul
By Jenny Smedley
Loneliness is prevalent in the
world today. People are segregated and many live alone in their concrete
box. They feel abandoned by humanity and their souls wilt. Long ago
people lived and worshipped in tribes as well as nurtured extended
families. Outcasts were few.
Today, families fragment, drift apart and live separate lives. Long ago,
people believed in animism, whereby everything had a soul, even if it
was not animated; every rock, water droplet, plant, animal and person,
shared one thing — the possession of a soul.
Further, it also meant every soul and soul fragment was also connected;
a part of the communal soul. Loneliness is not possible if one considers
that one is part of and indistinguishable from the whole. The question
is how one is to connect with the whole when modern life does everything
to block it.
To take this a step further. Every molecule in the universe, be it part
of an animated organism or not, is sharing the consciousness of the soul
pool which also shares some of its ‘intelligence’. This of course is not
the intelligence of a material brain, but the intelligence of cohesive
thought, which must percolate through every fragment of the communal
soul.
Take water for instance. Scientists can tell you a myriad of logical
answers as to how oxygen and hydrogen molecules cling together to form
the most vital ingredient of life, but cannot tell you ‘why’ it would do
it. Water, or H2O, is made up of hydrogen oxygen molecules, which when
heated together, transform into water. One oxygen molecule disappears in
the process, which is why the formula ends up with being two hydrogen
molecules to one of oxygen, hence the formula, H2O.
That’s the ‘how’, but ‘why’ do they do that? Every molecule is part of
the whole, and life cannot exist without water. Animism means that each
molecule operates within the confines of the communal intelligence,
deliberately creating the means for life to evolve and thrive.
Another example of how communal energy, rather than cosmic chance, forms
our being can be seen in the random, so called ‘evolution’ of animals.
For instance, look at the bat. This creature apparently evolved several
talents at once. The ability to use sonar to detect prey, the right
‘vision’ or equivalent sense to see that prey, and the flying ability to
catch it. This happening quite by chance is the equivalent to a
hurricane hitting a scrap yard and accidentally creating a fully
operational motor car.
Trees are very complex entities, and much more like animals than we
might think. Their intelligence, while different to humanity, being
hormone and chemically based, is nevertheless quite capable of analyzing
problems, and finding solutions. Trees that exist in windswept
positions, for instance, will grow stronger and develop a wider base
than trees in calm areas.
So, how does one tap into the universal consciousness in this modern era
where our focus is almost always on the material, rather than the
esoteric? The answer lies in trees. Trees have always been seen as a
conduit between creatures on the ground and that which lies ‘out there’.
Once we have selected our tree, we stand up to it and put our arms
around as far as we can. At first all we will be aware of is the rough
bark under our fingers, and beneath our cheek where we rest our face
against it. Our sense of smell will gradually be heightened, and the
tree’s ‘golden’ slightly tarry scent will go right to the brain. Slowly
we will start to feel a beat, a throbbing deep within the tree as its’
sap rises up into the leaves. If the tree is healthy this beat will be
very strong, especially in the spring and early summer. There is another
energy peak when the fruit is being produced. In the winter, even a
strong tree will be more quiescent. In a weak tree, at anytime it will
be fainter, and of course a dead tree will have nothing at all. If we
maintain our close contact and continue to concentrate, we will
gradually feel our own energy melding with that of the tree, drawing us
into it, allowing our energies to become one.
Gradually we will start to feel our senses change and heighten as we
become aware of white light with your inner eye, coming from the other
trees around the one we are hugging. We will sense the grass at our feet
growing. After even longer our senses will stretch out like fingertips
and start to go deeper into the Earth so that we can feel the roots of
the tree as they burrow downwards, seeking water. Our senses will start
to spread wide and encompass more and more around us, trees, plants and
sometimes even animals.
Once we achieve a really deep level, our spirit will soar up into the
sky, passing through the clouds and the blue, through the atmospheric
barrier and into the black of space. We will feel our soul whirl among
the stars, seeking its own roots and beginnings. We are all made of
‘star stuff’ and we will feel our heart swell with joy as we understand
the magnitude of our being. Our spirit will grow and stretch up towards
the sun, and we will feel its heat in our soul. We will spread sideways,
reaching far off galaxies, like a behemoth in an ocean of light.
This connection with the planet will make us understand our own part in
the Universe, and we will never feel alone or abandoned, so long as we
have access to a tree’s spirit.
Jenny Smedley is author
of, Past Life Angels, Souls Don’t Lie, and The Tree That Talked. All
available from Amazon. She is a past life advisor, does remote aura
readings and unique angel portraits. Find out more at:
www.JennySmedley.com
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