Get Enlightenment Within Nature

By Rachel Gathern


With enlightenment a lot of native traditions label the state of becoming another object 'shape-shifting', but I'm not very sure about that. It's much more like when my sense of 'self' dissolves in nature then there is much more of my consciousness available to determine the world from other points of view. It's like an expanded state of consciousness in that I naturally get to experience the 5 senses of objects external to me, like the lizard, bird and fish I just became in nature.

Throughout this state of becoming all things at the same time, it feels like a total one-ness. It is as if there's no separation in between myself and things exterior. I'm everything (and absolutely nothing) all at the same time. And there's no separation not only between myself and other, but no separation in between other and other. All things are the exact same. All coming through the same.

And while in this state it's as if there's a unified power that is guiding all things. Maybe this is actually the life-force, but I discover there's a subtle force inside the trees, the clouds, the oceans, the animals that's guiding them (us) through existence. And this power has an innate knowledge in that my inner voice can speak with this particular power within every tree, rock, stream and mountain.

With this particular force that's continuously guiding every thing, it's like this wisdom is all over the place just waiting to be tapped into. I liken this force to 'the creator' in that the power designs everything with it's own guiding power. And I encounter that I am this force, yet it's also me. The reason for this really is there's no separation between the creator or everyone else. It is like all I am is the creator encountering itself through me.

This is a most unusual state to experience life through but the more I am out on my own in nature, the greater it seems to become true. There truly is no separation between myself or anything external of myself.

I do not know if this state of oneness and connectedness is called enlightenment or not but it is completely possible to tap into another realm of consciousness by investing time alone in nature without distractions for 3-4 days. Then when you enter this state numerous times and practice you can then flip the experience of it on and off at will... even whilst in busy shopping mall centers.




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