Soul- Making Part 3- Landscape.

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soul-making part 3- Landscape
- the mirror of the Soul.

'Once again do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, which on a wild secluded scene impress thoughts of more deep seclusion and connect the landscape with the quiet of the sky. While an eye made quiet by the power of harmony and the deep power of joy, we see into the lives of all things.
And I have felt a presence that disturbs me with the joy of elevated thought, a sense of something far more deeply interfused, whose dwelling is the light of the setting suns and the round ocean, and the living air and the blue sky and in the mind of man.'

On revisiting the banks of the Wye, William Wordsworth.

First in creation we have the landscape, the silent still mirror reflecting the eternal depths of our soul. To look upon it with an open heart we are awed, stilled and connected. The above writing stirs the knowledge of landscape within us, awakens us to its presence. Gazing upon it there is no need for agenda, no need for systems of religion or science just the deep joy, solitude and stillness which is the essence of our soul.

The Inner landscape- extract from Woodland Bard Course.

The first step to any inner work is that sense of being grounded in the outer world. This enables us to use the energies of the green world to support the inner work of meditation, prayer and ritual. Being grounded in the physical realm and understanding the geography and the seasons around us enables us to use these energies of a given time and place to enhance our connection to our spiritual work.
 
​In the same way you strengthen a crop in the summer and harvest it in the autumn, your inner work will change accordingly to make use of the energies flowing around you. It is likely in the Summer you may travel to certain beautiful spots and meditate with the strengthening energy, whilst in the winter you may stay inside and meditate deep within, nourishing a new phase in your life that is giving birth.
This understanding that the physical world and its energies are reflected within your inner landscape is the beginning of understanding your soul, the immortal self.

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