damdao Posted January 17, 2012 Does anyone know a list of different colours associated with differents trees? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted January 17, 2012 Green -- with all of them. Â I've read a book by a Burkina Faso shaman who described his initiation, a 6-week long most intensive no-breaks life-endangering ordeal (which, typically, some of the prospective initiates do not survive) comprised of the most unimaginable out-of-this-world experiences (of which he revealed some but by far not all). One of the tasks the elders give the prospective initiate is to see a tree. They "see" which one, point it out to him, and then he is supposed to look at that tree since dawn and till he "truly sees it." He didn't get it. He was watching this tree for hours while the elders were watching him, and all he saw was the tree. It was very hot and very boring. He was naked and had no water and no shade. He made up a story about seeing something or other at one point, so as to get the elders to relent and let him off the hook. They just laughed when he described whatever he made up trying to pretend he "saw" it, and told him to keep looking. More hours of looking. And then all of a sudden he saw... Â The tree was not a tree at all. It was a lady, all green, divinely beautiful, with green garments, green skin, green eyes, green light surrounding her, and the light was love, not "universal love" but love for him personally, divine love of the green world all focused on him. He rushed into her arms and embraced her. She whispered words of love in his ear, she whispered secrets of the universe in his ear, she filled him with green wisdom. He wanted to stay like that forever, he was complete, accomplished, happier than he ever thought possible. But after a while she told him he had to go back, against his protests, and gently disentangled herself from his embrace and all of a sudden he was standing there hugging a tree. The sun had already set. The elders approached him and said, well done, boy. Now go back to the camp. He did -- heartbroken over losing the love of his eternity. He had green dreams on a few more occasions after that, and the green lady came again to tell him some more secrets. He asserts the experience changed who he is and how he sees the world forever. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
konchog uma Posted January 17, 2012 beeeautiful story! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zerostao Posted January 17, 2012 Green -- with all of them. Â I've read a book by a Burkina Faso shaman who described his initiation, a 6-week long most intensive no-breaks life-endangering ordeal (which, typically, some of the prospective initiates do not survive) comprised of the most unimaginable out-of-this-world experiences (of which he revealed some but by far not all). One of the tasks the elders give the prospective initiate is to see a tree. They "see" which one, point it out to him, and then he is supposed to look at that tree since dawn and till he "truly sees it." He didn't get it. He was watching this tree for hours while the elders were watching him, and all he saw was the tree. It was very hot and very boring. He was naked and had no water and no shade. He made up a story about seeing something or other at one point, so as to get the elders to relent and let him off the hook. They just laughed when he described whatever he made up trying to pretend he "saw" it, and told him to keep looking. More hours of looking. And then all of a sudden he saw... Â The tree was not a tree at all. It was a lady, all green, divinely beautiful, with green garments, green skin, green eyes, green light surrounding her, and the light was love, not "universal love" but love for him personally, divine love of the green world all focused on him. He rushed into her arms and embraced her. She whispered words of love in his ear, she whispered secrets of the universe in his ear, she filled him with green wisdom. He wanted to stay like that forever, he was complete, accomplished, happier than he ever thought possible. But after a while she told him he had to go back, against his protests, and gently disentangled herself from his embrace and all of a sudden he was standing there hugging a tree. The sun had already set. The elders approached him and said, well done, boy. Now go back to the camp. He did -- heartbroken over losing the love of his eternity. He had green dreams on a few more occasions after that, and the green lady came again to tell him some more secrets. He asserts the experience changed who he is and how he sees the world forever. Â Â great post on a great thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
