Sept 2007 - Be the Tree, Be the Observer, Be the Sound

“You act as a prism. All Bright Lights are able to show the colors that make them by becoming the variations of brilliant color from within.”
~Bright Star

Be the Tree, Be the Observer, Be the Sound.

“If a tree falls in a forest, and there is no one around to hear it, does it still make a sound?” An age old philosophical question that makes one wonder. If I were there, I know I would hear the slow cracking, quick snapping and whoosh sounds as limbs, branches and leaves moved through the air making contact with the ground ending with rumbling vibrations reaching my feet, legs, body and ears. Or perhaps the Earth would absorb most of the impact and my body would not feel the movement of traveling energy across the plane. My eyes would see the breaking of light previously hidden by a canopy of green. And I wonder, if I were there, if birds, insects, fuzzy creatures and critters, would they have known before I did that the tree was going down? After watching a recent nature show, I have a greater understanding of appreciation of the way nature works and the gifts of open natural windows appearing to warm the ground below, providing sun for the new seedlings destine to take the place of the fallen tree.

So here you are. The Observer. Watching in your mind's eye a movie set before you using your imagination to transport you to a place of lush greenery. You are watching a scene of natural beauty and fateful rhythms of cyclical Mother Nature. And if you were the tree? What would it feel like to know that you have provided greatness to all creatures around you with shade, shelter, comfort, food and retreat? You have nourished the air with oxygen, and breathing in the carbon dioxide, again a cycle of Divine nature. And now, paving the way for your seedlings to grow and thrive, what an incredible journey.

How does this apply to your world now? In a most intimate and intricate way, you are all these things. You are the observer, the tree - and the sound. When teaching Reiki, students experience a connection made to the divine self. When I hold a session with Reiki as our focus, an amazing thing happens. A three-way connection takes place. The client, myself and the multicolored line that connects us together and then connects us to all things.

I made a presentation to my Reiki Share in August that consisted of learning about the crown chakra and it's significance in the Divine BALANCED connection to each person's Higher Source and Spiritual Essence. I tell you that you are all bright lights! But sometimes a bright light can be hard to see and to distinguish because it is so big, one can not discern where it is, where it starts, where it is going. And yet, place a bright light through a prism and a rainbow appears. The smaller facets of the light are broken down to beautifully individual manageable waves.

Here you are the bright light, the prism and the rainbow waves. When we come together, each of our greatest parts are shown in a way that without one another we would have no way of knowing existed. Sometimes we are so focused on being a small ray of a particular light wave that we forget who we are as a whole. If I concentrate on being red my whole life, I may forget that part of myself that is green, yellow, pink, etc. And when one is balanced, all colors come together, the separation of the prism dissolves and White Light exists. Ok, now, let's go further. If I concentrate on always being that bright white light, which is a magnificent experience, I am a holding the space for a greater part of myself and others. But if I am doing a session on a person and all they need is a certain color ray, say blue for instance to help with their communication, they allow an opportunity for my bright white light to go through the prism to break down to it's smaller particles of rainbows. There blue appears and the client's needs are met. Do you see the gift in this?

Without the client, the interaction of that other person, my light as “blue” might not have been seen or observed. It is through the gifts of others, I am able to see myself and they are able to get what they need. We are all in need of each other, of the vibrations we can express, through the rainbows we all possess and the ability to be the bright white light that we are. We help each other see the greatness of ourselves.

So here we are. In the forest. I can observe, I can be the tree, but without another's presence, who will hear my sound? Does my sound exist if it can not be heard? Personally, I think it does exist. I believe it exists in a powerful way. But the beauty in it's existence is in the sharing of it. This is not a tragedy of a fallen tree. This is the acknowledgement and sharing of a Being. By working together, sharing Reiki, prayers, happy jokes, quiet moments, a glass of water, eye contact, whatever, we live, we observe, we are heard and acknowledged. It is through you, I am able to see the rainbows of my white light and my sounds are heard. And through myself and others your rainbow sound is received.

Now here is the secret. In order to see these rainbows and hear the sounds, go within, for that is where your sparkle is found. Inside of yourself, your personal magical forest exists. What does it sound like?

Live today in love. Listen. You are living rainbows. Breathe. Have fun.

Amor Shanti

~Bright Star


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