Wakeful Dreams: on Nature.
Nature is anything which is you. Nature works its way through balance. That's why tree is a representation of nature, rooted in the ground and reaching for the sky, a tree is balancing out this world, the world of archetypes. To human, tree is a teacher, a spiritual parent. For this reason, to us, it is the 'tree of life'.
Earth is humanity's mother, she nurtured us, fed us with breast milk. We grew and she watched us growing. We are now adolescents and think of going our way, but no matter how far we'll travel, we'll never be able to renounce our origin.
Sun is our father, or the son of our grandfather – the Great Father. Sun brought humans into being and provided us with our needs.
Moon is our sister, she is close enough to observe, to talk to and to learn from, yet far enough to inspire and impress.
Plants are earth-beings. Their consciousness is on communal rather than individual level, for this reason they are highly interconnected which makes plants very sensitive to the impulses of the Earth, Cosmos and all other beings. Plants are experiencing reality on the other level than animals: they are incredibly more sensitive to intentions and can instantly translate information within their networks. Plants are infinitely beneficial to humans and animals because they integrate and repair the information fields. Plants 'do not mind' to be consumed or integrated, so to say, as long as it is done with deep understanding, i.e. proper respect on emotional level.
Animals are people stripped of humanity, they are our original selves, our basic structure and our DNA. Without the awareness of the self, that spark, humans always fall back to their basic nature – animal.
Animals are ninety nine percent people, except they are 'stuck' in the loop of their short-term memory – this is their band. Humans are in the next band, they are also 'stuck' in it due to the limitations of available to them memory. Should any of them access deeper, or higher for this instance, bands of memory they will be able to shift their beingness to another band – this is no esoteric, this is all nature, inherent in every being.