Keep your heart open, your mind clear and your step light as you walk through the woods. Whether you can see us or sense our presence or not, know that we are here. Somehow, we will show you that we are here - through the odd movement of a stone, the leaf that flutters to the ground right in front of your nose or the precious flower blooming in a place hidden from any eyes but your own. Walk with us in mind and you will begin to see the inner life of the forest.

You do not need to explain yourself to us, apologize to us or promise to be anything other than what you are. We can see your generosity and your fears. We can see your compassion and your judgement. And what we respond to is your honest desire to notice us - your intent to be with us in a kind way. We are here, as you are, dreaming the dream that you dream and dreaming the dream that we dream. We share these dreams just as we share the world. To assume that we are like you is to assume that every person is the same. How you see us depends on how you see yourself. So when you come to us with apologies or explanations, look to yourself and ask yourself why you feel a need to justify your existence to yourself.

We are the energies of the Forest. Come to us without explanation or apology and just sit in our energies. Be with us and feel the richness of our experience fill you, just as the richness of your own experience touches upon us. Allow yourself to move into a less complicated frame of mind and know that the experience of being-with-Tree touches us both deeply. We are the Forest.

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