This happened to me too, only not through a brave wilderness experience such as yourself, but in a different setting over some time (very intense). It began with a split-second thought/voice and a question…”Are you ready to become ‘nothing/emptiness’”? I was utterly confused as to what it meant, however not as the journey of insight culminated to an evening I especially remember..will never forget..tears streaming, and feeling alone….and, after all had been released, understood…and past merged with present and future, and the golden thread revealed that was woven through…the same voice comforting that I had never been and will never be alone….but, I had to become emptiness/nothing itself, in order to realize it…to see it..to understand and feel it. Whew……thanks for the reminder!

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Dear Beautiful Lynn, Ooooh, what a treat that you stopped in. I am SO touched. Thank you for such kind encouraging words. I treasure them. I am overjoyed that you would want to post this. Of course you can. It is an honor greater than I can express here. I am hugging you! Thank you my friend. I hope all is going well in your world.

When all is said and done, we make our meanings and the quest IS our meaning.

I’ve just written about paradox on my blog, so your post is a synchrony for me.

I SEE you and value you for your journey, and for what you have become.

Hugs to you, Rain Tree.

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Oh my dear Lynda, you are so lovely. Your spirit is elegance personified. I treasure what you wrote here because I always felt, right from the beginning that you saw me, right to my core. Even though we used words it was if we spoke without words and said so much more than our words. —Yes, the quest IS our meaning. I love that. —I am excited to see what you have written. Just as much as I love your art, I love when you share your thoughts and feelings. I always go away richer, grounded and more whole, very connected to what is real and true. Thank you for being a visionary in the ways that really matter. I too SEE you and am moved. Hugs to you, Elegant Spirit.

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Dear Janet, I’m so happy to see you here. Yes, it was and continues to be a very amazing journey. I agree that we all need to take time out to stop, slow down and really look at where we are headed. It is something I do over and over again, in little ways all day long, in bigger ways where I seek complete solitude in wild places where I can talk intimately with myself, Life and my god. I believe we suffer when we treat ourselves like machines set on auto-pilot. We are living breathing beings with vast souls and connections to everything that exists. Thank YOU for sharing, Janet. xoxo Robin

If ever there was a post which showed beyond doubt that you are on the right path, this is it.

It is truly beautiful…and RainTree should be a book (maybe is or will be one)

“Noone and anyone
earth by april
wish by spirit
if by yes”
(ee cummings)

love

henry

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Dear soul friend henry, what an endearing sharing. I am deeply moved to be seen by you. Yes, I jumped lock, stock and barrel into “The Great Unknown”. The path of The Illusion was no longer working for me, it never did. In fact it was killing me. I was dying and in deep grief because to stay in my culture and continue to walk The Illusion meant to live in separation fron all that is true, all that is Love. I had nothing left to lose and EVERYTHING to gain. Although at that young age I didn’t know that. I just knew I could no longer walk the path I’d been walking. The Great Universe is watching over us and sends us the directions for where we need to go. We just have to listen, and not only listen, but walk the path we are told in our hearts to walk. I know you understand. Thank you my dear henry of seeing. —PS: I tell this story in my second book. Working now on getting out the first book. Thank you for all your encouragement. Love, Robin

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Hi my dear Walt, always heart warming to see you here. Yes, you are an empath for sure. I have been doing much feeling/thinking about empathy and how empathic we humans are, all life is. To be alive, to be merged with “the One”, “the All”, is to know and feel all. And the more in tune we are with ourselves and the world around us, the more open our hearts then, yes, we know the world, we empathize. You are wise and bold, which makes you a wonderful inspiration. And yes, you are so right; Love is the key. It is everything. Thank you my dear dear friend.