communication

Forest communication

Did you know that everything in the forest is communicating all the time? We have lost the awareness that this even happens in our culture, because it takes quite a bit of time and lengthy solitary trips into the wild to learn the code. If you can clear your mind and become 100% present, you will discover the amazing sensitive entity we call the forest. I can tell you it is definitely worth the trip. You can enter the forest in a certain way and become virtually invisible. You can see the fox licking her paws as the kits ramble about or be in the midst of a herd of deer feeding and going towards the river to drink.
Is it magic? No, it is learning to move in the forest the way the animals move…respecting each others territory, gaining trust and permission, picking up subtleties of body language, learning the etiquette…an art of communication we can certainly use more of in our own culture. Most of the time, the sheer velocity of our incessant thinking creates a kind of static which is unsavory to the beings who live in harmony with what is NOW.
When we barge into the woods, it first scares off the ground birds. Those are the ones you need to see and pay attention to, they are the first ones to acknowledge. They will actually give you a few warnings before flying off emitting the alarm call that someone without manners has entered the wood. If you watch animals, they always pause and check things out before entering the woods that is the first step towards harmonious forest habitation.