(Images of the Sanctuary)

INside OUT/OUTside IN!...

We are talking a lot about what the Sanctuary really is.

What it is for.

Why we are here, standing up to the storms and the heat, and the difficulties of maintaining this piece of land, this mini-Gaia of a place!...

What we come up with, and what we agree on, is the fact that we protect this place to become a sanctuary, a place of reverence and awe. Not exactly because we revere Mother Nature (we do!), but because this place can become a reflection of the soul, of the parts of our wild soul that have become so blunted by life in "society".

Sitting under the Grand-Mother (the giant figtree in the patio), and feeling the emerald coolness beneath her branches, it´s easy to let the soul spill out. Just to be there, safe and secure and cool and joyous, just completely at ease with the world.

To be or not to be here, on this planet, and how, that is the question...

We are made to live under the trees, we Europeans are, anyway. The Celts said so, and though trees are disappearing fast and everywhere, and we have forgotten about the ancient forests and the Celts, the deep emerald coolness of the Grandmother reminds us of the Forest of our heart, the fertility, the goodness of being part of this planet, the rightness of living in this watery green world.

There is a whole spiritual dimension in our work with this place, you know.

There is a spiritual rebirth in the green connection. It´s not about protecting Nature;Mother Earth will burn us out, the little rats that act like a nuisance to Her. Are we more than fleas on her hide ? Nah, don´t think so. We, the human species, are in danger, not Her! She will be here long long long after we have all gone to dust!

All the rest of the place will perhaps turn into ruins, but here the trees, they are a-growing.

And I sit in the shade, and I know what the word "God" means for this body...

I have to laugh about people doing reiki to trees.

Hey, friends, it´s the other way round : sit still, let the trees share their ki with you,

and the trees will heal you...

Mama Dragon, sitting under the big tree, shaking in silent mirth.

:-)