TREE!

It is clear by now that when doing my cases, I am guided by the inner voice. In this case, a family was wrongly accused and Swami (the inner voice) referred to them as “trees”. A tree is a giver, not a taker. Before reading the explanation, I was wondering, what you the reader, would interpret the tree as.

The tree always provides fruit, shade, beauty, oxygen, wood, a home, etc. It does not complain nor seek anything in return. It serves unconditionally throughout its lifespan, contributing fully to our earth. It will therefore be the Giver.

The human being becomes dependent on the tree for food. He eats as much as he can, becomes greedy and doesn’t even share with the needy, yet the tree produces so much to feed many people. After taking the fruits, man still cuts down the tree, to make furniture, paper etc. He would even destroy the tree, because it makes his yard dirty. In this way, he uses and abuses. He becomes the Taker. In reality the Giver is at peace, but the Taker is always in pain or complaining.

If we look at a family, the father is seen as the roots, the mother as the trunk and the children as the branches. The father’s duty is to provide and protect. The roots have to be strong to support the trunk and the branches. The roots become the unknown because it cannot be seen. He has to do his work in order for the branches to carry the leaves and flowers and eventually the fruits. The fruits will reflect the nature of the father. The stronger the roots, the stronger the tree. The trunk, which represents the mother, has to stay connected to the father and the children, more as a middle person. She plays the strong mediator. The stronger the trunk, the healthier the children. The mother’s hands become tied up on both sides, to the roots and the branches. She has to ensure that the children gets the best. She has to also worry about her husband (roots). I believe the woman is stronger than both the husband and children. The leaves form on the branches and these leaves who are the children leave their parents to go off in different directions. The trouble starts when they all deviate and refuse to compromise with each other, because branches do no grow straight. They have all taken different directions and are not willing to bend to help each other.  If they do, they will break. This then leads to envy and selfishness etc. They are offsprings of the same parents, but they think differently. The parents wish for their children to be on top, but they take on different angles and shapes and yet the parents still accept them despite their differences.

As time passes families cannot live in harmony, because the growing years are such that you find the one in the east is not willing to bend for the one in the west, because he will break and that will be the end of him (his downfall).

In Modern society we find that children leave their parents, and there’s no longer a tree, because the branches break or they are chopped off. The mother and father stand hopelessly barren. The loneliness and depression leads to upheaval in the family. The father, (the roots) gets uprooted. The mother (the branches) reaches out to the children but they are constantly unavailable. The parents then suffer rejection and this leads to divorce or other emotional disturbances. But, in death all are re-connected.

WE HAVE THE CHOICE TO ACT, BEHAVE OR BE A TREE!