Volcanoes sing to expression, and if true expression has been long since stuffed, then it will have to bubble up from deep effecting everything in it's path. Volcanoes stand as an omen for change being forced if you will not flow, to a difference in perspective or shift in awareness that results when what you see in your life isn't supporting the essence of what is really true.
This page was last updated on: March 10, 2007
Ocean
All of the Ocean is the wave, and the wave contains all of the Ocean. The individual wave's movement comes from the Ocean behind it. The individual exists because the Ocean exists.
There is the art of metaphor to assist in truly seeing oneself clearly. Nature displays this so readily if we only observe.
The Berry
The caterpillar has a whole life to live in its form. But when one life cycle ends, another begins. It accordingly builds a cocoon when it's ready and needs to transform. Re-birth always requires this. This cocoon is not a hiding from the world, but what is neccessary for the completion of all transformation. You have to go within or be alone for awhile. But, the best is yet to come. It emerges from its cocoon completely changed, identified with a new self. And, it can fly!
Wholeness is the berry. Each tiny seed that makes up the berry is neccessary for it to be.
Each particle containing a seed of the berry holds a piece of the whole.
Even if each particle is ripped off, no matter how separate each piece is, they still contain within them the trace of the whole, the essence of the Essence.
Each piece can stand on it's own, but longs for the oneness of union.
And when it's all together, it is then the ultimate purpose. At that point each petal is contributing to the whole flower so to speak.
Each part of ourselves is imperative to contribute to our wholeness and Self.
Cactus
What has the trappings of 'sweetness', can sometimes get you stuck.
Honeycomb
The skin hides the fruit. So far, you've identified and known yourself only as the skin. Now you are beginning to peel it. The time is now to know the fruit of yourself.
Banana
Carrot
The carrot is safe within, underground, even if its plant above is ripped and torn. Sometimes, what is seen on the surface gives no indication of what is living within.
Mountains/Sky
The mountain doesn't move, its trees do. The sky doesn't move, its clouds do. Stability in the midst of all movement.
Snow
In a snowfall each snow flake is unique. Looking at it from afar however, it looks like a uniformed sheet of white. You must be the individual and lose the individual to know your true identity.
The cactus is the Truth. It protects against, and pricks what approaches it unconsciously. But when you become one with it, you know its secret water source.
Just as a huge cloud formation changes gradually, almost imperceptibly into another formation, that's how gradual the process of human transformation is. For awhile you may not be able to detect anything different. The changes are so small that the overall formation looks the same. But gradually the shift will happen, until suddenly, the cloud is entirely different--- the person is entirely different.
Midnight is the center. It touches both night, and a new day at once. It touches both dark and light. It exists between past and future. The point that transcends time. Neither of two opposites, but a center between them. The center beyond duality that is real freedom.
A gigantic tree doesn't become that by knowing it's a tree while still a seed. It only knows growth. Constantly changing, while still remaining the same. Being not at all concerned with end results, it is content just to grow and not know where it is going. The seedling, shoot and mature tree aren't the goal, but the process-- the journey.
