Place as a reflection of the soul

I used to take with a pinch of salt new age talk of the outer being but a reflection of the inner, but as the years have gone by i now believe this to be the case..I don't think i gave enough credit or trust in the magic of it all before, but now i see bits of this brilliance and utter magic of it all...i have realised lately more than ever the sheer beauty of the river and the meadows and the area i have created in nature in my locality. Every night subtle changes are shown to me, i see the 'jewels'..and it is amazing! The walk really can reflect the soul within or even how the spirit is at that particular time and place. Now i think as i am seeing so much beauty, then i must have stumbled upon inner beauty too! this is a welcome revelation for me...and i am not giving it too much analysis rather basking in its subtle hues...i had a brief visit to the shrine, it is looking more magical than ever, i saw the mouse again, walking into my shelter, seemingly oblivious to the giant humanoid looking at it.The foliage is still remarkably full and green, even though the brown of autumn is making an appearance..the air is still warm, in fact it was perfect this evening, fresh yet warm too, i was in a t-shirt!! i felt energised after my sojourn, the artificiality of the workday gone in a flash. Believe in the power of nature, it can clear the badness very swiftly from the aura and the psyche, it is waiting for us to believe in its magic...and feel the force and the wonder of it all. blessed be:)

The inner nature child

There is a lot of talk these days about the inner child, how we should nurture it...rescue it even...and this is GREAT! but it oft seems that its all 'gooey ickle cute babyish sort of inner child stuff...which has its place of course...but what about the other sides of the inner child...the BiGGeR inner child. the one that stayed out all day and came back smelling of firesmoke and with cuts and grazes. The tree climber, the den maker, the army strategist, the lone dreaming scout? what of them...this inner child..(if yours was ever like this) is RAGiNG or crying to be found...he/she recoils from the sterile order of the corporate life...this inner child holds the keys to your soul...it is brave, it is daring....and it wants you to see it and be it...can you hear its call? I think that my nature place is a bit of this for me...just be-ing out in the wilds...making fires and a mud hut...its not even a two fingers raised to the system sort of thing, it is a natural extension of who i am, what i want to do...and it is helping to make me whole again:)remember the old, and so valid magical saying...'an it harm none..do as thou wilt....