Seeing beauty in a flower could awaken humans, however briefly, to the beauty that is an essential part of their own innermost being, their true nature. The first recognition of beauty was one of the most significant events in the evolution of human consciousness. The feelings of joy and love are intrinsically connected to that recognition. Without our fully realizing it, flowers would become for us an expression in form of that which is most high, most sacred and ultimately formless within ourselves. Flowers, more fleeting, more ethereal, and more delicate than the plants out of which they emerged, would become like messengers from another realm, like a bridge between the world of physical forms and the formless. They not only had a scent that was delicate and pleasing to humans, but also brought a fragrance from the realm of the spirit. Using the word “enlightenment” in a wider sense than the conventionally accepted one, we could look upon flowers as the enlightenment of plants.
A New Earth. Eckhart Tolle. ISBN 978-0-141-03941-1
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It’s always great to see an uncommon perspective. You have captured a perspective we would never see in our normal routine – that makes it pretty amazing! Great shot!
Interesting blog you have here. Forgive me posting a general reply to its content rather than a specific reply to this particular post.
As a fellow doctor, I must admit to having my doubts about homeopathy’s value beyond its placebo effect (though would say that effect has value sometimes), but I do agree very strongly with some of the other themes in this blog regarding the problems with medicine as it is currently practiced. eg the objectification of the patient, the excessive focus on disease rather than health, and the tendency to reach for the prescription pad rather than encouraging development of insight, consciousness, personal growth and mindfulness. This is sadly true in my own speciality (psychiatry), even though it should be the one certain bastion against excessive focus on the physical rather than the psychological or spiritual.
Hope you don’t mind a random drive-by comment! 🙂
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