Perspective

I knew a channeling medium in my youth. A channeling medium claims to allow the consciousness of another being to use his voice during a trance. It is a tradition that is timeless and exists in many cultures. 

During one of the sittings of my medium friend, attended by ten listeners, the channeled voice which came through him explained the many forms of conscious being it had experienced throughout time in the Universe. The one description which stood out for me was its description of being a tree in a primordial forest on Earth for over a thousand years. It was both chilling and fascinating.

Whether this was communication from some great beyond or not, I cannot say. However, I appreciated the image of tree consciousness. I draw on it frequently when I feel my vision is becoming more near-sighted than usual. "How would I relate to all this fuss if I were a tree in a primordial forest?" I like to pose the question to myself. It puts things into perspective for me and inevitably makes me smile.