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Tree Talks 51 - 55

51.
What do they see
with their roots?
What do they feel
with their leaves?
This, and this.
And you?


52.
The world has a way
of humanizing us.
What does this mean?
It means learning
to see what we don’t see,
to hear what we don’t hear,
to feel what we don’t feel,
to say what we don’t say,
to love what we don’t love.
Of the 10,000 teachers,
the best I’ve found
you know by now.


53.
Why do we like spring
so much?
Because the trees
teach us
to come
again.


54.
Separation.
Union.
The path through the trees
leads to union.
How do I know this?
By this.
How can I prove this?
By this.
What does it change?
You, absolutely.
How?
I cannot say.
Meaning, no secret. Just:
It is not possible to say.
Union.


55.
What do they fear?
And we?
And I?

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