Last night we were drawn to visit a local park and sports field.
We were shocked by what we found there. Plans are underway for expansion and
redevelopment. More than a dozen trees had already been removed, part of more
than thirty mature trees designated for destruction.
This is no isolated incident in Auckland. We are denuding our
city of trees at an astonishing rate. As light workers we are often called to
spiritually assist trees being removed because of illness or for reasons of
safety. Increasingly however our work has been to ameliorate pain caused by the
unmindful, heart-less removal of flourishing lives. More often than not it is a
business or planning decision based on economic value rather than a
consideration of the balance of life for the community as a whole.
Trees shelter life. They protect, shade, solace and uplift by
the beauty of their forms and their appeal to our senses. Trees are nurses to
all life. By their presence they add quality and support the health of all that
lives above or below ground, seen or unseen.
Each tree is a life, like you or I, connected to those around it
by an energetic field of activity. By this means they are interconnected not
only with each other, but also with any and all who come into their field. They
serve Life by manifesting love and beauty, which is the source of their close
kin to humanity.
Groups of trees are cared for, as all life forms are, by an
angelic life often referred to as a Diva. They are also under the care of the
overarching Spirit of the Place where they stand. All of these lives can be
easily perceived by humanity intuitively.
These are the lives we called and honoured last night. As we
addressed them we gave appreciation for their contribution to the life of the
community. We expressed our outgoing love for them as one form of life to
another – as friends and loved ones in actuality. We communicated intuitively with
them, giving them a bridge – an opportunity- to express and to act.
Their message, though given in a spirit of peace, was direct and
pertinent:
Be harm-less in all that you are. Like every person who walks
beneath them, Trees too are individual expressions of the Great Life. The same
Life and Light of Love connects us all. They are family in other words.
Act then to improve life quality, but do so while honouring the
duty of care to the wider family.
No good comes from a mechanistic approach which denies the life
and beauty present in the environment. Surely deforestation on this scale is
not the only way to expand fields or improve sports facilities
Which leaves us with these questions: Is there a way we can do
better at Michael’s Park? Can we find a middle ground? Is it possible there is
a way to undertake development there while leaving the lives of the landscape
intact? Have we sufficiently accounted for the health and life quality of
generations to come?
I invite you to visit Michael’s park. Please go to place your
attention on the trees. Open your heart to them and value their contribution.
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