* Life is Like … an uprooted tree

Find Your Middle Ground

* Life is Like … an uprooted tree

December 7, 2014

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Connection, Consciousness, Inspirations, middle ground, Spirituality

D.H. Lawrence describes humanity as being like an uprooted tree with its roots in the air.

“We are perishing for lack of fulfillment of our greater needs.

We are cut off from the great sources of our inward nourishment and renewal.

We must plant ourselves again in the universe.”

I think many people feel like uprooted trees in today’s world.

When we plant ourselves once more we become nourished, rooted and interconnected.

Each of us can do this for ourselves and support others in finding inner nourishment, renewal and connection to our life source and Spirit.

I call it Findng Your Middle Ground.

Namaste

20 responses to “* Life is Like … an uprooted tree”

David Kanigan

Dec 7, 2014 at 9:16 am

beautiful…..

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Dec 7, 2014 at 10:00 am
  
  Thank you David. ❤
  
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nrhatch

Dec 7, 2014 at 9:38 am

As I read Lawrence, we must let go of religion and its propaganda and return to paganism ~ to honor the turning of the wheel:

We must get back into relation, vivid and nourishing relation to the cosmos and the universe. The way is through daily ritual, and the re-awakening. We must once more practice the ritual of dawn and noon and sunset, the ritual of the kindling fire and pouring water, the ritual of the first breath, and the last. This is an affair of the individual and the household, a ritual of day. The ritual of the moon in her phases, of the morning star and the evening star is for men and women separate. Then the ritual of the seasons, with the Drama and the Passion of the soul embodied in procession and dance, this is for the community, an act of men and women, a whole community, in togetherness. And the ritual of the great events in the year of stars is for nations and whole peoples. To these rituals we must return: or we must evolve them to suit our needs. For the truth is, we are perishing for lack of fulfillment of our greater needs, we are cut off from the great sources of our inward nourishment and renewal, sources which flow eternally in the universe. Vitally, the human race is dying. It is like a great uprooted tree, with its roots in the air. We must plant ourselves again in the Universe.

Read more: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/allergicpagan/2012/02/11/d-h-lawrence-the-proto-pagan-part-2/#ixzz3LDrpH4xm

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Dec 7, 2014 at 10:02 am
  
  Thank you for sharing this whole piece Nancy. It is very moving.
  Val xo
  
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kimberlyharding

Dec 7, 2014 at 10:10 am

This was perfectly written Val. It captures what so many of us experience. Thank you for giving a different perspective.

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Dec 7, 2014 at 11:51 am
  
  Thank you Kim. In a world that seems upside down, sometimes its up to us to move upwards.
  ❤
  
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dianasschwenk

Dec 7, 2014 at 10:17 am

A wonderful metaphor Val – thank you!
Diana xo

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Dec 7, 2014 at 11:52 am
  
  Thank you Diana. So glad it resonates today 🙂
  
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lorriebowden

Dec 7, 2014 at 11:43 am

Much needed, Val! Happy Sunday ❤

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Dec 7, 2014 at 11:50 am
  
  Thank you Lorrie. May we all trust in the peace within and let it nourish us through challenging times.
  Hugs!
  Val xo
  
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Nomzi Kumalo

Dec 8, 2014 at 4:34 am

Right on. Have a super week Val. 🙂

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Dec 8, 2014 at 7:42 am
  
  Thanks Nomzi! You too 🙂
  
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socialbridge

Dec 8, 2014 at 6:36 am

Simply adore D.H. Lawrence’s work. So inspirational in so many ways.

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Dec 8, 2014 at 7:42 am
  
  Thanks Jean! I agree 🙂
  
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Julie Buhite

Dec 8, 2014 at 6:38 pm

The images are so beautiful. Thank you for this prompting, Val.

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Dec 10, 2014 at 3:57 pm
  
  Thank you Julie for your kind words and appreciating the prompt. ❤
  
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The Presents of Presence

Dec 10, 2014 at 9:36 am

Val, I love this ~ finding your middle ground!

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Dec 10, 2014 at 3:57 pm
  
  Yes indeed Yvonne. So happy to have you here 🙂
  
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outflow designs

Mar 2, 2020 at 4:50 am

beautiful…..Thank you for sharing.

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Mar 2, 2020 at 8:19 pm
  
  So glad this resonated 🙏
  
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My name is Val T Boyko and I live outside of Philadelphia, USA. I’m originally from Scotland and hold dual citizenship. You can take the girl out of Scotland but you can’t take Scotland out of the girl!

This blog came to life one morning in 2013. I woke up with these words in my mind: “Life is a series of highs and lows. Be grateful for the highs. Be graceful in the lows. And find contentment in your Middle Ground.”

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