lauren on Nostr: These days many men and women are going back to the woods to tend to wounds that will ...

These days many men and women are going back to the woods to tend to wounds that will not stay hidden under the light of sun, moon, and stars. In the silence and safety that only a field, a stream, or a forest can provide, a deep healing naturally takes place. Our healing must be untutored and unstructured. To honor it, we strike out beyond the city limits to a place where we feel simple against the backdrop of the earth.

As children, many of us took to the woods and came to know the trees, rocks, and grassy knolls as spiritual mothers and fathers, as friends. When we became adults, though, we pulled away from the earth. We forgot the good heft of stone. We forgot that we were creatures of the land. We left the great rooms filled with sky, the chapels made of cedar and cypress, to seek out the sights and smells of the city. After our long estrangement from the earth, we need to return to the natural wonders now and then, to purify our vision, to partake in the daily ceremonies nature conducts.

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