Patterns of shadow and light, slowly moving with the glide of moon across the sky. Ever changing. Ever different. The shadows reflecting different branches and leaves, different thoughts and ideas, different beliefs than the ones that had been there the night before, the light patterns adjusting in the new dance of shadow. They work in conjunction with each other. One would not be without the other. Both would not be without One. It is a beautiful dance, the movement of light and shadow. A song. An expression of love. Watch the play of light and shadow as the moon glides across the sky, behind a cloud and uncovered. See the play between the two. See the dance. Hear the song. For it's an echo of the light and shadow that dance within your own life.

There are many passageways into the energies of other consciousness; there are many doorways into trees, into plants, animals, the Earth and the stars. When you notice a tree that has a certain shape of limb, shape of trunk, knot holes perhaps, in certain places, twists and turns, any sort of shape or texture that intrigues you, then you may find that this tree calls out for you to explore it a little more deeply. Stand near the tree with the intention of exploring the trees energy further. Allow your gaze to soften. Allow your own energy to fill with love and gentle humour. And watch. Do not anticipate a certain experience. Do not give success a certain name. Just wait, with your awareness open, and watch. Any number of openings may provide themselves for you. You may find your vision altering somewhat as you begin to see more clearly, the energy field of the tree, patterns and movement in energy. Your thoughts may move off in a direction that they had not been going before: thoughts of caring and compassion and healing. Your own emotional field may resonate with the energies of tree. Allow this to be whatever way it is. Allow it as well, to seem as though it is nothing at all. for whether you perceive it or not, a communication has occurred. When you approach us with an intent to communicate, and honest feelings of love and gentle humour, feelings of respect and honour, a communication must take place. For it is then that your energies are in harmony with ours, and an exchange is inevitable. We are Apple. We welcome anyone who approaches us with love, humility and gentle humour. We are Apple. Be with us.

As you focus on the visual, on the physical, on hearing, you perceive the world in a different way than we do. We see with an inner vision. We see you as you walk by. To us you seem to be a moving mass of lights and sounds and colours. You adjust the other energies around you. If you could see yourself standing under our branches as we perceive you, you would see a moving field of light and colour, standing in a sea of other moving colours and light. There is a dance of movement going around you, even as you sit - energies coming from you and moving towards you, swirling around you, darting in and out; energies that approach you with curiosity and move away in other interest. To begin to see yourself in the same way - to imagine what it would be like - is to see with a greater perspective than just your physical vision. It is to begin to see yourself more as who you are. When you move in ways that are in harmony with us or that complement us, then as energies, we are drawn to mingle. When you come in our vicinity and hold little that resonates with us, you'll find that you do not notice us. Although it is important for you to live your life in the physical, take time, every now and then, to see yourself in the world around you as we do. Feel what it is to be in this life from our perspective. And as you do that, you explore your physical world with a greater basis of understanding. We are Apple. See your world as we do.

When you ask us to tell you about our energy, we will tell you. But we are not something separate from you, telling you something that you do not already know. We are another aspect of consciousness than you with which you connect in understanding, to open up the knowing that you hold inside yourself. To separate the two of us as Apple and Human may be convenient for understanding certain concepts. But a true knowing comes from realization, at an energy level, that there is no Apple or Human that is separate from each other. They are both different points of attention of the same all-encompassing consciousness. You can focus your attention anywhere you wish to open yourself to new ideas and thoughts - to greater understanding and creativity, but understand that while you play the game of focusing in different directions, or seeing yourself as separate to me, that it is a game. If you can step outside of the game on a regular basis, and experience your connection to all that is, then you will have no need to ask us to tell you about Apple. You will already know everything there is to know about Apple, in a way that is almost impossible to put into words. Continue with your game, but allow yourself to step out of the game now and again and take a breather. We are Apple.

Just stop and notice the sensations in your body. It's all right if you feel stressed. It's all right if you feel out of sorts. Just notice what it feels like in your body: any sensations on your skin, a sense of tension or pressure anywhere -muscular, internal. Feel it thoroughly and even as you begin to notice the sensations in your body, you move away from a total involvement in them and towards an awareness of them. As soon as you move into awareness, you release yourself from the bondage that you had imposed on yourself by your involvement with these feelings stresses and thoughts. They may return when this exercise is done, but while it is in progress, you more closely resemble who you are. Take comfort in the knowledge that whatever you witness is fleeting and the you who witnesses is not so fleeting. It gives you a greater sense of who you really are.

To listen to Nature is to listen to the Song of your own Soul. To observe Nature is to observe your own self - your qualities, your actvities, your thoughts and your beliefs. To experience Nature is to experience yourself. To open your heart, your thoughts and your beliefs to a conscious connection with the Natural World around you, is to move into a way of life that sings with grace, with beauty, with love and with rapture. To allow your life to flow in harmony with the Natural World around you is to release struggle and find the divinity that your existence expresses. Awaken, then, to the Song of your connection to the world around you, for it is within this World that you have the opportunity to understand who you are. We are Apple.

All content Copyright © Janet Dane unless otherwise stated.