I watched this little girl giving her hand to a giant; A silhouette that appeared in the dark. A thick rich body coming from where the earth and skies meet. The giant bent over to the small, shivering body crouching and crying in the thickness of the air, alone. The world was that and only that for her frail body, until this appearance.
She looked up and felt engulfed by a pure wave of care. Time stopped and brought her tears to a halt. Frozen, she started melting in the warmth of the earth and spacious skies. Her limbs collapsed and just before she gave in to this being’s embrace that carried her before touching her body, she heard:
“Give me your hand and I will show you the way”.
Laying back on my rocking chair and facing the thick jungle from behind my net, I was connecting to one of the medicine trees that I was dieting. One tree bark was collected from a beautiful tree that I used to kiss every time I passed by. This tree is known as the Queen of the jungle.
That morning, I was wondering what she had to share with me beyond the stories I was told.
As the vision came through and I heard her say: “Give me your hand and I will show you the way”, I broke in tears and I felt like I shrunk all the way back to the little girl, in me.
For the first time, I felt safe in the embrace of a tree spirit. It was not only seen but very much felt. I looked around and as she held me, the darkness of the jungle did not matter anymore. I allowed myself to be taken by her presence and I knew that she was showing me how to feel safe while walking in the dark, the unknown.
My heart was pounding, not from fear but from the amount of love I felt from her.
I say her because this is the presence I perceived and felt. A motherly, caring, loving and wholesome queen who, with her light, is bringing the little girl back home to me.
To this day, I cherish this moment in time where many years ago, I knew how plants, trees and mycelium have reshaped my whole being to be in love with life and human beings.
Plant Medicine destroyed me. Bit by bit, piece by piece, it shattered my whole being to fragments, every construct that rigidly sculpted my Self in this life and many others. It tossed me in the wilderness of insanity over and over again. The insanity of fear that we, human beings, have created for thousands of years and the world of Spirit has reflected back to us only to show us what we are creating every single moment.
Until everything we ask for is truth and love, our inner world will change the world around us.
Until we learn what nature is teaching us, plant medicine will only be a tool that we use and abuse.
The ones who listen will hear the music, dance to it and be seen as insane by the living and in love by Spirit.
For the wellbeing of all.
In Love and Medicine
Maya Abou Chedid
