In my previous post I wrote about how plants can benefit from our understanding of nature spirits and how we can learn by observing them and listening to them. Those of us who understand and work with these spirits have our own way of doing so. It’s something that’s come naturally to me since I was a little child and it’s very simple. To explain the process to you I have inserted a small excerpt from this subject in The Home Herbalist full course:
“Many people don’t understand that everything existing in our universe has energy; even stones or rocks that just seem to be sitting there contain energy because solids are made up of atoms, which are constantly moving so therefore solids are in fact liquid.
If we open our hearts and minds we can ‘feel’ the energy of nature all around us. In this way we can communicate with plants and animals so we have a better understanding of their needs and desires. The way we can communicate with plants or herbs is through the Nature spirits, known as Devas. They are souls who are appointed to any living thing, even the soil, and live on a higher frequency than the physical plane where we live. These spirits look after the energies needed for health and growth and by allowing ourselves to communicate with them they will be able to convey to us what our herbs require to have health, vitality and abundance. Have you ever ‘felt’ that a plant was unhappy, hungry or thirsty? If so then the plant’s Deva has conveyed those feelings to you through energy.
Choose a time when it’s quiet without too much noise – during the evening when the full moon has risen is a good time but any quiet time will do. Stand beside a tree, place your hand on its trunk and look up into its canopy. Take a deep breath, exhale, and close your eyes for a moment. What do you feel? Do you feel happy, sad, hungry, thirsty, weary, or worried? Usually what you feel at that moment is what the tree, plant or animal is feeling. After some practice you will be able to pick up on their feelings at any time and you will be able to connect with them at any time of the day.”
I hope you’ve enjoyed reading this and, if you’re so inclined, begin connecting with these helpful and gentle spirits.
Hi Belle,
Great site. I am in absolute agreement with what you’ve written in this post. While I can’t claim to physically see or have communicated with tree devas and plant spirits in a very vocal or verbal fashion, I get very strong feelings associated with them. Sometimes my partner and I encounter ‘angry’ trees. It’s quite an experience. Most times plants help me maintain positivity in life.
Cheers,
David
tasmanianplants.com
Hello David, I communicate with devas and spirits in much the same way as you do, by feelings associated with them. As for ‘angry trees’, I have experienced them too but only on a couple of occasions. I love it when I ‘feel’ a tree is contented. We are blessed to be able to ‘tune in’ to plants this way
All the best,
Belle
Hi Belle,
I’ve never heard of an “angry” tree or plant before. What do you mean by this. I have had experiences when I thought I should not go over a tree, like a heavy energy or an energy which did not agree with mine. Is this what you mean?
Thanks,
Fiona.
Hello Fiona
As I’ve said above, I’ve only experienced an ‘angry’ tree on a couple of occasions. What happened for me was that a feeling of anger came over me while I was right beside the tree or while touching it and when I walked away from the tree that feeling left me. I think we all feel energies in our own way. The heavy energy you felt or one that did not agree with yours could be because the energy field around the tree was probably more of a ‘don’t touch me’ or ‘don’t come near me’ type of energy. My experience was one of definite anger.
Warm regards,
Belle
Hi Belle,
Yes the feeling I got was more like don’t touch me. Can you explain in your experience with plants, why you think that a plant would exhibit a feeling of anger, or don’t touch me? I’ve always looked at plants I guess as being beyond expressing our type of emotions, unless maybe mirroring something within ourselves. It is a bit difficult for me to see a plant as feeling negative.
Can you put some light on the subject?
Thanks.
Kind regards,
Fiona
Hi Fiona,
Plants have energy just as we do. This energy is known by some as Devas or plant spirits. The plant spirits are there to help the plants and it’s this energy we can feel if we allow ourselves to be ‘in tune’ with plants. I really can’t tell you why a plant would feel angry perhaps it could be because they have had a bad experience with humans in the past. Plants can feel our intentions too such as chopping a tree down, pulling out a plant by the roots, fertilizing it, transplanting it and so on. So, for example, if we have the intention of fertilizing a plant and we could be overfeeding it then a plant would try to tell us to leave it alone. Plants such as those used for medicine or food don’t mind having their leaves picked or the entire plant pulled out by the roots because that’s their purpose for being here. It’s an interesting subject and one I teach in The Home Herbalist full course. Quite often I will hug a tree and when I harvest a herb or vegetable I give thanks to it. It’s a matter of being in tune with nature and understanding that we are all one.
Warm regards,
Belle