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Have you Ever?

Have you ever climbed up in a tree and sat there for no apparent reason? I still remember the joy it brought me.

I didn't know at the time why I had the urge to climb the tree, a mature May Flower tree whose heavy lower limbs were a good eight feet off the ground in the near by hill. It had been 19 years or so since I was in a tree for no apparent reason. Sure, to trim branches, or pick Pomegranates or Guava or install lights on a birth day or any function. you know, for some good, sensible purpose like that. But a girl climbing into a tree just because it was there, without even a ladder for an excuse, and with no better reason than to sit a spell. How preposterous! Everybody knows tree-climbing is for innocent children especially boys who have nothing better to do with their time. Yet, with only one or two second thoughts, and with a long look around to see if anyone was watching, I did it anyway.

On the third try, I managed to drag my maturing and ground-oriented body up to the elusive bottom limbs, with a significant boost from a piece of fallen limb I placed at an angle against the trunk. Apprehensively, I glanced around again, this time to find out if anyone had seen me fall to the ground on my first two efforts. I was more than a little relieved to find no one in sight. Self-conscious? Yes, a little one mustn't look too silly to one's friends and neighbors.

Actually, the chance of anyone seeing me there was small, as this tree grows on a lightly traveled hilltop at the edge of the city, in an area known as an undeveloped park, in the popular jargon. Undeveloped by man, perhaps, but it's my opinion that nature has developed it just fine.

But back to the girl now sitting in tree: I quickly found that though the tree have about 2 limbs branching out at their base, it takes some effort for a five foot human to get really comfortable. Yet, after tying out all possible options, I finally settled for lying on my back on one of its mighty arms, a relatively flat-topped 18-inch diameter limb. With my feet resting on two other limbs on either side of the trunk, I was well anchored, lest an unexpected breeze should come along and try to blow me off my perch. To my advantage, breezes were few on this lovely on that day. Were I able to still my mind regularly as well as nature can still the air, the calmness would come easily.

Initially, this human rummaging around in a tree must have looked something like a bull in a china shop to the gray squirrel that I watched in an adjacent fir tree. For a moment, I thought I could hear the squirrel chuckling at this strange site. One thing was for sure, I was certainly the largest animal in the tree. (There were no bulls, and thankfully no bears and more thank fully no monkeys as well.) Yet I wasn't alone by any means. It always is intriguing to me to see how much activity goes on continuously in nature to watch a small patch of ground, or a fallen log, or in this case, a living tree, and see all the life happening. In this particular habitat, I observed ants scurrying through the moss, small hopping spiders tucked into the thick bark, frequent patrols of flies and yellow jackets, and a rather noisy lookout wood pecker or blue jay who came along to warn the rest of the forest of this interloper in its midst.

The jay needn't have bothered, for her environment was safe from this human. I was content to be part of the tree, and certainly wasn't into trying out flying at that moment. I felt the tree's bark against my back, my shirt having been used as a cushion between my head and a rather large bump on the limb. I envisioned the roots, running deep into the earth, grounding me with the planet.

For a while, the tree's skin was as my skin, its roots were my roots, its fingers my fingers. I was "one with the tree", connected to the universe through another of its beings, content to be part of what is. In my mind's eye, I watched the flower breathing, taking in carbon dioxide that I was exhaling, and releasing the precious oxygen that gives me life: An unseen energy loop, at least unseen by the physical eye. I wondered if most important things don't happen beyond our 'normal' fields of vision electricity, radio waves, energy from the sun, many other kinds of energy transfer . and the breathing of gulmohar tree.

Perhaps I really did become one with the tree, for the half-dozen people who walked or jogged past during my three hours there did not acknowledge my presence. Or maybe they just didn't know what to say to a girl reclining on a tree about eight feet off the ground. If they had said anything, it probably would have been something like "How's the weather up there?" or "You want us to call the fire department to get you down?" or "Hey, look at that nut in the tree! No, not the acorn; the other one." Of course, I may have been surprised with a "Pardon me, Are you deep in meditation? May be I was but I couldn't realize. Now I feel that I missed those moments where I could have enjoyed to the fullest.

When I had managed to relax again, I began to sense a group was seriously trying to get me down with the help of ropes and ladders..

I told the tree that I have always felt sorry for trees because they must stand in the same place all the time, firmly rooted where they are; so that they couldn't go and explore the earth, as we humans can. And that I was concerned that they had to be outside enduring the weather, no matter what the conditions. It seemed like a rather difficult burden, having a life that alternated between dull and harsh.

This particular tree is, for me, a symbol of my reconnecting with nature.

So, if your harried life has you out-of-touch with what's real; or if you're in need of grounding; or you just need a strong, dependable friend, why don't you ... go climb a tree? I highly recommend tree-sitting for young and old alike. You may need a ladder to get there, and even if you don't, you can always take one along for your self-consciousness, to be more within your comfort zone. That way, any of your neighbors who are yet to rediscover tree-sitting will think you're up there pruning, or fulfilling some other practical purpose.



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Source: Internet and personal experience


]]>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:06:38 +0530http://inkypinky.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/02/21/Untitled.htmlAre you one among these??


GameBoy Advance ad 1


God waiting for the boy to finish his game.............


GameBoy Advance ad 2


Who cares about my age I am loving it............


GameBoy Advance ad 3


Oops I am hit by the mine .. lemme finish this game then I ll dial 911.........


GameBoy Advance ad 4


Who Cares??.........


]]>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:59:29 +0530http://inkypinky.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/01/23/Untitled.htmlCOULD this be the diet of your dreams?

The Hibernation Diet claims to make you lose weight as you sleep.--source Internet

so I am on hibernation.............................


]]>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:27:52 +0530http://inkypinky.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/01/17/Untitled.htmlThis is a forwarded msg. hope worth sharing with you all...

If you have a function/party at your home and if there is excess food available at the end, don't hesitate to call 1098 (only in India) - child helpline. They will come and collect the food. Please circulate this message which can help feed many children.

PLEASE, DON'T BREAK THIS CHAIN, "Helping hands are better than Praying Lips ".

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]]>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:51:45 +0530http://inkypinky.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/11/27/Untitled.htmlMy Mom

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new."


]]>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:22:02 +0530http://inkypinky.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/11/16/Untitled.htmlMy Daddy

"How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted."


Love My parents !


]]>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:16:27 +0530http://inkypinky.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/11/16/Untitled-1.html"The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny."

"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible."


]]>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:00:51 +0530http://inkypinky.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/11/16/Untitled-2.htmlHave a Slogan..........

I don't have a solution;
but I do admire the problem.
If i throw a stick, will you leave?
Never underestimate the power
of stupid people in large groups.
Don't hate yourself in the morning.
SLEEP UNTIL NOON.
To vacillate or not to vacillate,
that is the question.. ..or is it?
- WEST VIRGINIA STATE MOTTO -

COME SEE YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK
87% of all statistics are
made up on the spot.
Poo-Poo happens!
(Bumper sticker seen on baby stroller)
Arkansas State Motto
DON'T ASK
DON'T TELL
DON'T LAUGH
MICROBIOLOGY LAB
STAPH ONLY
GO HOME!
We'll call you when
your brain transplant
is ready.
I got out of bed for this?
If the shoe fits, buy it.
----Imelda Marcos
Love is grand.
Divorce is a hundred grand.
I have kleptomania,
but when it gets bad,
I take something for it.
Life is Uncertain....
Eat dessert first!
First draw the curve, then plot the data.
I don't have a license to kill
But I do have a learner's permit.
Be kind to your inferiors,
if you can find any.
Where there's a will
I want to be in it.
ATTENTION I-15 TRAVELERS
You are entering the State of Utah.
It is illegal to obey any federal statute.

If at first you don't succeed,
redefine success.
IN GOD WE TRUST
All Others Pay Cash
If your feet smell
and your nose runs,
you're built upside down.
I pretend to work.
They pretend to pay me.
Here I am!
Now what are your other two wishes?
Life is an endless struggle
full of frustrations and challenges,
but eventually you'll find
a hair stylist you like.
Brain cells come and go,
but fat cells live on forever.
Age doesn't always bring wisdom.
Sometimes age comes alone.
Some push the envelope.
Some just lick it.
And some can't find the flap.

--- wyoming highway sign ---

Speed Kills!
Slow Infuriates.
ALL I WANT IS LESS TO DO,
MORE TIME TO DO IT
AND MORE MONEY
FOR NOT GETTING IT DONE.
Another Deadline
Another Miracle
> After I cook the vegetables
what do I do with the wheelchairs?
Four out of five people think
the fifth is an idiot.
As long as there are tests
There will be prayer in public schools.
KENTUCKY:
Five million people,
Fifteen last names.
I'm out of estrogen
and I've got a gun.
Save the whales!
... Collect a whole set.
The buck doesn't even slow down here
Keep Going. è
Too many freaks
Not enough circuses
I'm not your type.
I'm not inflatable.
- MINNISOTA STATE MOTTO -

NOT SWEDEN, BUT WE ACT LIKE IT
Nuke the Gay Baby Whales
My Mind
will be
CLOSED
today
I'm Busy.
You're Ugly.
Have a Nice Day.
Quick, call a witch doctor!
My witch is sick.
Jesus loves you
It's everybody else that thinks you're an ass.
SO MANY CHRISTIANS
SO FEW LIONS
WANTED:
A meaningful overnight relationship.
I don't suffer from stress.
I'M A CARRIER!
I have a PBS mind in a MTV world.

BE ALERT!
..The world needs more lerts.

A closed mouth gathers no foot.
- ALABAMA STATE MOTTO -

LITERACY AIN'T EVERYTHING
The trouble with life is
there's no background music.
Schizophrenia beats being alone.
If at first you don't succeed,
Put it out for beta test.
Cruel and unusual punishment
works better.
You have the capacity to learn from your mistakes.
You will learn a lot today.

A journey of a thousand miles
begins with a cash advance.

The meek shall inherit the earth..
..after we're through with it.

Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.
TWO CAN LIVE AS CHEAPLY AS ONE...
for half as long.
Waiter, there's no fly in my soup!
.....Kermit the Frog
Good health is merely the slowest
possible rate at which one can die.
I married Miss Right.
I just didn't know her name was, "Always".
Sometimes I wake up grumpy.
Other times I let her sleep.
When you do a good deed, get a receipt,
in case heaven is like the IRS.
Can you yell "Movie!"
in a crowded firestation?
Losing a wife can be hard.
In my case it was almost impossible.
Come in. My day was ruined anyway.
I just want revenge.
Is that so wrong?
FREE THE INDIANAPOLIS 500
Honk if you love peace and quiet
Strip mining prevents forest fires
ALWAYS DRINK UPSTREAM FROM THE HERD
The light at the end of the tunnel
is an onrushing freight train..

]]>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:01:06 +0530http://inkypinky.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/10/09/Have-a.htmlDEATH

The 19 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Death










1. After being decapitated, the average person remains conscious for an additional 15-20 seconds. Talk about a way to go.


2. Mourning your dear departed cat? You could shave your eyebrows like the ancient Egyptians used to. Then again, maybe a trip to the pet cemetery would be easier.


3. May want to rethink what you bury your loved ones in. An old wives' tale claims that if a woman is buried wearing the color black, she'll come back to haunt the family.


4. Speaking of preventing hauntings, yet another old wives tale led to the institution of burial wreaths. It was believed that the wreath would encircle the spirit of the dead person, thereby preventing them from returning from the grave.


5. In 1931, Henry Ford decided to preserve his friend, Thomas Edison's last dying breath. He kept it in a bottle. Hope he put a label on that one.


6. One of the main reasons cowboys carried pistols in the 1800's was to avoid being dragged to death by their horse. You think they could have just gotten bigger stirrups.


7. The last words spoken by Union General John Sedgewick were, "They (the Confederate soldiers) couldn't hit an elephant from this dis."


8. So much for the curse of good ole King Tut. Despite reports that all twenty-two people who were present at the exhumation kicked the bucket, twenty-one were still kicking ten years later.


9. If someone plans to jump off Mount Everest to commit suicide, you'll need a lot of patience. It takes the average person 2.5 minutes to hit bottom. And we don't want to know who timed it.


10. Here's a job I definitely wouldn't want to have. When Pyrenees beekeepers die, someone has to go around and splash every single one of their bees with black ink.


11. John Bowman, a tanner from Vermont believed that after his death he would be reincarnated with his pre-deceased wife and children. So, he ordered his house staff to have dinner on the table every night, just in case. They finally stopped in 1950 when the money finally dried up.


12. Think your décor is bad? Oscar Wilde's last words were, "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go" He fought the wallpaper and the wallpaper won.


13. An old superstition stated that if the doors in the house were locked, the soul of a dying person couldn't get out.


14. Yet another superstition warns against pointing at a funeral procession, with the dire warning that you'll die within a month. More proof for that whole three fingers pointing back at you.


15. Might want to read the labels a little more carefully. Nearly 2,500 lefties are killed every year using products meant for righties. Who knew? Now, just back away from those right-handed scissors.


16. A pet-parrot caused a ruckus at President Andrew Jackson's funeral. His crime? Swearing during the ceremony. Guess he should have given Polly just one more cracker.


17. That ballpoint pen? The one you're chewing on? Might want to put it down. 100 people are killed every year by choking on a ballpoint pen. Which proves the old quote about the pen being mightier than the sword. At least some of the time.


18. Apparently, they really are virtually indestructible. A cockroach can reportedly live up to 9 days without its head. The only reason they finally kick over? Starvation.


19. And you thought sex appeal was the first to go. Allegedly, it's actually your sight that goes first when you die. It's your hearing that's the last to go.. What was that?


These 19 statements have been collected from various sources and are for entertainment and discussion. The authenticity of these is for you to discuss and research on your own.

]]>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:59:52 +0530http://inkypinky.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/09/28/DEATH.htmlVeena's blogs are interesting....... http://ripvanwinkle.rediffiland.com..

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