A Pond is for Healing

A couple of years ago I was living very close to a group of ponds that I would visit frequently to experience hours of solitude.  All of the ponds were accessible, except for one which was hidden.  That is to say, it wasn't at first obvious how one could sit and enjoy the ambience of the pond as it was besieged by tall reeds and other plant life.  However, one day I followed a path I hadn't taken before, and lo and behold I found myself standing before a vast circle of glimmering water.  I was standing on a sort of peninsula, surrounded in every direction by the pond, encapsulated in a womb-like feeling.

I was overjoyed with this discovery.  Sometimes fish would suddenly break the surface of the water making theatrical leaps.  other times the birds that fed on them would make these very impressive dives from up high, descending at an alarming rate and with shocking  precision.  The pond would ripple gently towards me, and I would soften my focus to allow that energy of returning to permeate and magnetize my body.  These meditative states were reflective of the pond, and the thought-forms of my daily mind were altogether absent.  I noticed that my biorhythms slowed down as I became relaxed, and I began to resonate more closely with the natural pace of life.  Everyone can commune with nature in this way.  It is only necessary to have the ability to extrapolate one's awareness from the substance of everyday thoughts, and to make time for such excursions apart from the noise and business of one's daily routine.  It can be observed that different  expressions of life have different speeds at which they operate.  A hummingbird, for instance, may perceive the activity of a human being in much the same way that we would perceive the movements of a turtle, and so on..  If we can match the rate of vibration of any form of life, whether it be plants, animals, rocks, or other people, we can enter an empathic rapport with that being and are allowed access to deeper levels of information.  Imagine, if as a species we can remember these simple principles of relating, we can manifest a higher expression of social justice and maintain a natural balance.

Sincerely,

Hrw the Hidden Light