31 March 2009
What might this mean?
Posted by Robin Easton under: Hobnobbin' with Robin .
A STORY: Years ago, a young woman, named Raintree, walked away from everything she’d ever known. She traveled to a distant land and lived deep in an ancient rainforest far from the busyness of humans. She was dying. She was a bit like the ugly duckling of her childhood storybook and had never “fit in”. So she decided to follow a different path. She chose to stop seeing doctors and decided to heal herself amongst giant trees and ancient forgotten wisdom.
If she was to continue to live she knew she had to become Life itself. From now on she’d think with her heart, her whole being and not just her mind. She’d trust Life to carry her where she needed to go and to heal her in every way. She got rid of her books, clothes, jewelry and things and lived without phones, power, and amenities. Daily she hiked into the forest naked and alone through torrential rain. She spent months exploring the jungle around her and the jungle within her, digging through memories and feelings in search of herself.
“What does it mean to be me? What is the cause of my haunting grief?” She cried out. “Surely I’ll find myself in the origins of my youth, buried under some forgotten pain that once seen I’ll know as the cause of my suffering.” But she did not find herself there. She found pain but it was not “the cause”. She dug deeper and deeper and let go of more and more. Her whole life passed before her, from adulthood back to conception and beyond. All was remembered, every event and emotion. Each was understood and let go. She became lighter of spirit. Dreams and visions took over her nights and days leading her into other worlds. What did she find at the end of her search? Nothing.
One evening she lay in the forest and spoke to the trees, “Do you mean to tell me that everything I thought was me…was not? It was all an illusion?” The young woman had unearthed a fundamental truth. There never had been a Raintree. Initially she felt upset and asked, “Did I do all that soul searching only to find complete emptiness?” A part of her wanted to undo what she’d done, but it was a one way journey. With each step she’d taken, the path behind her had vanished. In exposing the illusion she had killed the only Raintree she’d ever known. She now was fully conscious and couldn’t make herself again unconscious. She‘d never had a subconscious like she’d been taught to believe. She’d just forgotten The Ancient Wisdom. In remembering, she altered her entire physiology, her DNA and her soul. She had evolved.
Raintree had become endless space and merged with all things, everything and nothing. Day after day she hiked through the forest. A billion tears pounded the Earth as the skies wept, but she couldn’t cry a single tear. She had nothing . . . was Nothing. She’d been blown bare by the raw winds of the Universe. The Raintree she’d known all her life had been only an illusion and was now dead. Although she grieved the loss, emptiness was her first clean emotion.
One night she sat alone in the forest by a small stream and spoke to the Infinite Universe, “I don’t mind that I’ve lost all that was not me. I don’t even mind this never-ending stretch of emptiness. I’ll not run from it anymore. It’s all I have left. I’ve walked so far into silent space that I’m light years away from where I began. Along the journey I let go that which weighed me down and no longer served. Now I walk with Nothing. I do not mind, but am I always to be alone in this endless benign void?”
Wind rustled nearby leaves, cool water trickled over her bare feet, and at last her warm tears fell upon the Earth. In this vast Nothingness a loving presence spoke. “You are not alone, child. You never were. I am with you here in this endless stillness. I am what you have been seeking…
“In your emptiness there is room for me to enter.”
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In the darkest dark light shines most brightly.
In the most endless emptiness fullness awaits.
I am in love with all of existence.
I am “in Love”.
Robin
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PS: Next week a dream I had shortly after the events of this post. Yes, I am RainTree. 
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28 Comments so far...
Lance Says:
31 March 2009 at 5:46 pm.
Dear Robin,
Thank you so much for this. For being you, being real, being true. I have so much respect for you already, and this post just takes that to a new level. You are an amazing person – and I’m now understanding better why that is so. An amazing journey you’ve been on, my very good friend. I felt your loneliness, you difference, your grief – in all of this. I say this very sincerely, Robin, that I felt this all the way up and into my heart – as it ached for you.
And then I began to think of myself, my journey – and what I might feel in these moments. This led back to thoughts of you, of your journey, and where it brought you to in the end of this writing (although I know that’s not the end of your journey…).
“In your emptiness there is room for me to enter.” – what a beautiful line, Robin. And how many of us get there, get to that emptiness you describe? So there is room for that higher power to enter? I wonder. And I truly believe that you walk the earth these days of your life, very much filled with a spirit of love and unity.
This writing tonight, is so good at helping me to understand a bit better how you’ve become who you are today – and there is so much goodness in that and in you.
Robin, it is most certainly an honor for me just to be here and read your words.
Friend. Light. Life. These, you are. These, you are more deeply than I have ever witnessed before…
Robin Replies
Oh Lance, my dear friend, You are wise and your vision great. You’ve no idea how much this means to me. Your ability to open your beautiful heart and let in my journey, your ability to “see”, understand and raise questions reflects highly on who YOU are. I almost didn’t post this, but decide to as it’s now who I really am. I am no longer alone, no longer scared, no longer seeking. My days are so filled with Love that there is rarely a day I’m not moved to tears by it. Your gift of “seeing” confirms all that is good and true in the world. You not only offer this to me but to all you touch, everywhere you go. I am glad, Lance, that you are on the planet right now. Always listen to your heart; it knows, and follow where you soul leads you. You are needed here right now, very much so. You move through the world bringing Life to everyone you touch. I am blessed to know you and very very proud of you.
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Dorothy Stahlnecker Says:
31 March 2009 at 5:51 pm.
This is a spectacular site and the music is wonderful I will return.
Blessings and I hope you find what you need however the journey may be more important then finding your answers causing you to give up the searching which sounds so exciting and filled with so much life.
Dorothy from grammology
grammology.com
Robin Replies
Dear Dorothy, welcome and thank you for your kind generous words. This story I told here took place many years ago. I did find what I sought, what I AM, what I believe we ALL are. I agree with you, yes, the journey is usually more important that than the answers. Often the journey IS the answer. For me the answer was in returning to the Love that I was born out of. I had lived a life of disconnection and that was literally killing me. That disconnection was the great source of my grief. Once I reconnected to the Love that IS, I found peace and have been at peace ever since. I now know my origins, my source, what sustains me. It is now something that is always with me. Thank you for taking the time to visit me. Your site is very lovely.
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rob Says:
31 March 2009 at 6:37 pm.
So proud to call you friend. You are a treasure.
Robin Replies:
Rob, you are such a dear. I know how busy you are and yet you came and told me this. I too am proud to call you friend. Very much so. You have a good heart. Thank you.
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Kit Says:
31 March 2009 at 6:48 pm.
While our feet tread this solid Earth, we cannot fully integrate with the great All, with the radiant energy of the Universe and beyond. . . though we are fully of this energy, we cannot experience it in all its vast unending glory. It is a rare soul who can come close without crossing that threshold we call Death. We may stand in the doorway and look out, but until our corporeal days have run their full course we must always remain somewhat apart.
I am grateful for this separation, because I still cleave to my terrestrial connections. But when the day comes to cross over, I look forward to realizing my full potential, in a way- to taking my place in the great, vast All and finally knowing what it is to be nothing and yet be everything there is.
Robin Replies
Dear KitMama, you are SUCH a gem, and very grounded. That is WHAT makes you such a good mama. I just felt so happy reading this burst from your heart. I too thrive in my terrestrial connections and am madly in love with this old planet. Like you, I love the trees and woods and smell of spring. I think the main thing is that we be fully present no matter where we are. You are very life-filled and I am glad that you share you terrestrial love affair with your children. They too are falling in love with ancient Earth. Thank you for giving them the gift of Life.
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Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Says:
31 March 2009 at 6:50 pm.
Robin, this story resonates more than I can say.
When I was 21 I ventured about 800 miles from the big city into the wooded mountains of the pacific northwest. There I started over from scratch. I was alone with no clock or phone, no running water and no home. I had a jeep, a cat , and acres of land in the middle of nowhere. I wanted a place to experience life on the most basic level, and to grow from there. So RainTree, here we are and I know neither one of us would trade the experience for anything.
Robin Replies
Dear Jonathan, We are probably of a similar age now and so we were of a similar age when we both went out to meet Life on her doorstep. I read your comment with great excitement. A kindred spirit. I LOVE your story here. How remarkable. Your words: “I wanted a place to experience life on the most basic level…” are so right out of my own heart that I use that line in the book I just finished. It just now reminded me of the beautiful 1854 Thoreau quote. Do you remember this one? I know that you will completely relate to it from your own life experience.
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan- like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience,…”
And yes, Jonathan, here we are and, no, we would never trade it for anything in the world. It’s now who we are. Thank you my friend for telling me this about yourself. It is a gift for me.
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Stephen - Rat Race Trap Says:
31 March 2009 at 6:56 pm.
I hardly know what to say. I have deep respect for anyone who is so real and deep. I’m so grateful I found this site. I had never clicked the music links, until I read Dorothy’s comment above. I’m so glad I did because that music is incredibly soothing, calming and just plain beautiful. Thank you for sharing this.
P.S. I’ve become so disillusioned with a billion dollars worth of doctor bills and nothing to show for it except feeling sick from prescription drugs. I’ve decide to heal myself and forget the doctors. So far so good.
Robin Replies
Dear Stephen, Your sentiments here are so sincere and touch my heart very much. I also have deep respect for those who are real and deep. There is something so enriching about it. It’s as if they confirm everything we already know to be true. It is why I’ve enjoyed the sharings on your site. I also am honored that you shared here about your doctor’s bills and nothing to show for it except feeling sick from the prescription drugs. I am positively astounded at your choice to heal yourself. More and more people are taking back their lives, taking back the power that they already ARE. I am going to keep you in my thoughts and send much healing energy your way. I see you as someone filled with a lot of power and positive energy.
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earthmother Says:
31 March 2009 at 7:50 pm.
She now was fully conscious and couldn’t make herself again unconscious. She’d never had a subconscious like she’d been taught to believe. She’d just forgotten The Ancient Wisdom.
When I read that I said “YES!” out loud. (happens a lot when I read your posts)
Ah, my darlin’ soul-sister-friend, Robin. Hmmm, well, you know I undertook a similar journey. What you wrote here was perhaps the greatest gift I received from that adventure. In fact, it was probably the purpose of the journey.
It’s now been 11 years, and every day since, I say a prayer to the Ancient Ones: Thank you for your wisdom, for your clarity. Thank you for the ancient teachings and ceremonies. Guide us on our earth walk. Assist us in this process of awakening, that we too might remember who we are, and why it is we have come. For this, I AM grateful.
I believe that this experience you shared is the journey humanity is being called on at this time. I pray we are able to awaken from our deep slumber. I am hopeful.
Thank you, Robin, for sharing your story. I await the installment where you begin to dream music. 
Only Love.
earthmother
Robin Replies
Dear EarthMother, Oh yes, my soul-sister-friend, every time you share here I see more and more why you are “EarthMother”. So beautiful and wise. There couldn’t be a more befitting name for you. I am both deeply moved and very excited by your comment. It is filled with “knowing”. I am joyous from it. Yes, one does not walk this journey and not give thanks every single day. This experience changes who we are….or rather returns us who we REALLY are. I loved your insight that this is a journey humanity is being called to take at this time. It is such a HUGE shift, but one I believe will eventually happen all over the planet. And although it’s a seemingly drastic shirt, once made, it is so familiar we feel as if we had always known it. We truly do go home. I am heartened by you and other souls here who know this journey back to “source”. I too believe that humans are slowly awakening from there deep slumber and will one day remember who they really are and why they are here. I see a time of great peace, exploration and healing. As you know so well, awakening is our natural state, not amnesia. One is infinite, the other finite. You are a blessing in my life, and I’m sure in the lives you touch. I am so happy that you share here. My heart soars!
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Ophelia Rising Says:
31 March 2009 at 8:18 pm.
You know, I envy her.
xo
Robin Replies
Dear Ophelia, I just love you!! LOL!! This little 5 word comment just made me hug you. Because I know your heart, it speaks volumes to me of your beautiful soul and all of its passionate hungers for Life, Love and The Great Mystery. You truly are a gem my dear dear friend. By the way, it’s who you already are inside. I see it. Never doubt it. xo
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timethief Says:
31 March 2009 at 8:36 pm.
I also shouted “Yes!” I loved this story. Thank you Robin.
Love & Peace,
tt
Robin Replies
Dear TT, I am grinning ear to ear. I know that YOU know. And you know that I know. That is what makes our hearts connect so easily. Thank you for sending your heart through this simple sharing. I treasure it. Love and Peace to you as well my friend.
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Rich Says:
31 March 2009 at 10:18 pm.
it’s so true, robin. the bell can Not be “un-rung”. there really is “no going back home”. after the journey, when we’ve shed the trappings of society we worked so diligently to acquire, we come face to face with our truth. we can only become fulfilled, after we have become empty. a clever person once said: “you can NEVER have enough of what you don’t really want.” thank you, once again, for sharing your wisdom, strength and experience. you are an inspiration. xoxo, rich
Robin Replies
My dear “Rich” friend, so pleased to see you here. This comment of yours is loaded with wisdom, line after line. I love: “the bell can not be un-rung.” You are right, I had traveled so far there was no going back. What I thought I “had” didn’t even exist. I could not return to the home/life I’d always known. It was a complete illusion. Once seen, it vaporized. But blessedly, as you already know, it didn’t matter. The loving voice that spoke to me in the emptiness, I recognized immediately as my true home, my only home, the source of all I am and will ever be. That kind of going home is sweeter than anything I know. —I also loved: “you can NEVER have enough of what you don’t really want.” Wow! That is loaded with realizations. All over the planet people attempt to feed themselves with things they don’t really want, in a desperate attempt to satisfy the hunger for what they truly need and already are. Thank you dear Rich for your clear wisdom and for taking the time to share it here. A joy.
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mike foster Says:
31 March 2009 at 11:36 pm.
“In your emptiness there is room for me to enter.”
I didn’t think it was possible for me to be more inspired by one of your posts, but I should have known better. Your tale not only gives me hope of becoming the me I sometimes dream of being, but may have helped to gently nudge in the right direction. Thanks, Robin…
peace,
mike
livelife365
Robin Replies
Oh Mike, you are a dear. This little comment touched my heart. You are such a good, earnest person. Your honesty here is very moving. I encourage you to listen to your dreams as you have so much to offer the world. You already are bursting with life and vitality and have a genuine desire to touch peoples live. Such a powerful combination. I am honored if this story helped nudge you to be more of who you already are because, as I said, what you are is gifted. Thank YOU, mike.
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marcellemieux/starflight Says:
1 April 2009 at 3:47 am.
I am so touch and stunned by your (témoignage) Robin…i salute you , you have searched and challenged life and have had an amazing adventure…you have found new way’s to re-explore life……What a nice gift…..it take’s a lot of courage to die to something and to be reborn to another vision of things…. what flows from the heart has no boundaries……there are so many routes, (we are all different and unique)…. (after one still walks the walk and carries the water)….an old proverb….thanks ..friendly starflight
Robin Replies
Dear “friendly” Starflight, yes, it can take a lot of courage to die to something and be reborn. What I found interesting is that once I let go and embraced my emptiness (and was “reborn” or set free), the fear was only illusion. I think our egos doesn’t want to die (to all that we’ve known). Ego wants to be in control. And when we give it nothing to identify with it withers and dies. And we are left with what initially feels like no identity at all. We are left with Nothing. But in that Nothing lives pure Love. We feel so safe and loved and experience more compassion than we ever imagined possible. We become fearless. —Yes, we are all unique and yet all one. There are so many paths to the top of the mountain. —I chuckled over this line my wise friend: “after, one still walks the walk and carries the water.” I too find this very true, no matter how enlightened any of us are. We still have to chop wood and lug water. That’s what I love about Life; it keeps us humble and grounded. I actually love chopping wood and lugging water!
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Shirley Says:
1 April 2009 at 4:37 am.
That’s what I thought. I knew it had to be your story. This is how I feel when I am in the woods though I will NEVER be naked in the woods.
Robin Replies
Hey dear Shirley! I figured you and few others would know that “Raintree” was ME! It was fun to write it as if I were writing about someone else. It lent me a slightly clearer perspective. One of the many things I love about you is your inseparable connection to the living Earth. I too clung to it as child. Like you it’s in my very bones. Can’t live without it. You would write beautiful prose or poetry about your love affair with Nature. You already do. Some of the most beautiful writing I’ve ever seen because you are so aware of the detail of it all, the moods, the seemingly subtle.
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David Says:
1 April 2009 at 5:37 am.
Very nice Robin. Thank you.
Robin Replies
Dear David, thank you for stopping in my dear friend. It’s always good to see you here. And thank YOU for the kinds words. Hope you are doing well and taking lots of beautiful photos.
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Nards Says:
1 April 2009 at 7:03 am.
Beautiful Robin. We live in times where many of us are on similar paths. Thank you for sharing your experiences, as well as your warm and caring spirit. You are indeed a cool “drink” of water along this long and dusty road on which we travel. Peace. ~Nards~
Robin Replies
Dear beautiful Nards, what a surprise and glorious gift to see you here. I am just smiling so BIG! I also see many walking similar paths and find it not only comforting but very reassuring, heartening. Exciting! Thank you for seeing and caring Nards. You are in my heart.
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Tara S. Dickherber, M.Ed, CPC Says:
1 April 2009 at 7:52 am.
“In your emptiness there is room for me to enter.” That statement is just taking my breath way. I love it. My new lesson in life is creating space for the things that happen around me. If there is space there is peace.
Robin Replies
Dear Tara, thank you so much for your kind words. I love what you wrote about creating space. It is very timely for me. In the rainforest “space and peace” just ARE. But I too daily, all day long remind myself to be within myself and go slow, take time, be present, not let anything rush me “within” myself. To stay right in this one single moment. No more. It really makes a HUGE difference. Thank you my friend for sharing; I always enjoy you.
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Michelle (Artscapes) Says:
1 April 2009 at 9:41 am.
Robin – You have such a wonderful way of communicating your experience and what is important. Just from your comment on my blog last week, my Mom was immediately struck by your genuine and soulful way of being. It has been a privilege to meet you here in the Blogosphere….
Robin Replies
Dear Michelle, Aaaww, I am touched by this, by both you and your mother. Tell her I said hi and that I thank her for seeing and appreciating. It really does mean a lot to me. I also have SO enjoyed meeting and connecting with you. You are a woman of true spirit, aware of so much. Anyone who runs out into the snow in their sandals is my kind of woman. LOL!!! I laugh out loud over that part of your last post. That is pure joy! Thank you Michelle and Michelle’s Mom!
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Julie Says:
1 April 2009 at 10:33 am.
I just knew it. 
What a wonderful way you presented this part of your story, Robin. I love it. Yes, I understand your search, the work you did, your cleansing. When we finally find this, it’s true, we can never go back. I’m so very happy for you and so grateful to follow the trail you have blazed. Thank you for shining your beautiful Light so brightly! Love and happy hugs to you. ~ Julie
Robin Replies
Hi dear Julie, of shining heart, you made me smile. Your words touch me and encourage. I am grateful for your light in my life as well. You are without a doubt a very unique and VERY bright light. I often see you as “living poetry”. Did you know that? It’s true. It’s who you are. Thank you dear one. Love and happy hugs right back to you.
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Robb Says:
1 April 2009 at 2:51 pm.
Kia ora Robin,
This is why I HEAR your laughter on the mountain wind wild sister.
Aroha,
Robb
Robin Replies
Kia ora, my dear wild brother. Every time you tell me these simple words of hearing my laughter on the wind it immediately brings tears to my eyes. Because I know your deep connection to the Earth, because I know it is who you ARE, because I know your good heart and deep soul, I then know that you REALLY DO hear my laughter. And you are right; I am with you in soul and spirit in those beautiful wild places. You being there not only fills your soul but mine as well (and others). I am so glad you’re getting to absorb them and they get to absorb YOU. We humans often don’t think of Nature wanting US to love HER, but we are all ONE and love is needed everywhere, even in our wild places. They ARE us. And as you know better than most, when we love them we love ourselves. Aroha, wild one. Robin
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Walter Says:
1 April 2009 at 9:38 pm.
I’m not crazy after all! I did not realize, or at least trust myself as to how well I knew your soul. Bless you my dear one. I knew not the cause, but I did experienced your pain and suffering to the point of many tears. I believe we spoke once about the dangers of being an empath.
Look for my e-mail coming soon. Love is the key.
Robin Replies
Hi my dear Walt, always heart warming to see you here. Yes, you are an empath for sure. I have been doing much feeling/thinking about empathy and how empathic we humans are, all life is. To be alive, to be merged with “the One”, “the All”, is to know and feel all. And the more in tune we are with ourselves and the world around us, the more open our hearts then, yes, we know the world, we empathize. You are wise and bold, which makes you a wonderful inspiration. And yes, you are so right; Love is the key. It is everything. Thank you my dear dear friend.
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soulMerlin Says:
2 April 2009 at 6:12 am.
With each step she’d taken, the path behind her had vanished.
If ever there was a post which showed beyond doubt that you are on the right path, this is it.
It is truly beautiful…and RainTree should be a book (maybe is or will be one)
“Noone and anyone
earth by april
wish by spirit
if by yes”
(ee cummings)
love
henry
Robin Replies
Dear soul friend henry, what an endearing sharing. I am deeply moved to be seen by you. Yes, I jumped lock, stock and barrel into “The Great Unknown”. The path of The Illusion was no longer working for me, it never did. In fact it was killing me. I was dying and in deep grief because to stay in my culture and continue to walk The Illusion meant to live in separation fron all that is true, all that is Love. I had nothing left to lose and EVERYTHING to gain. Although at that young age I didn’t know that. I just knew I could no longer walk the path I’d been walking. The Great Universe is watching over us and sends us the directions for where we need to go. We just have to listen, and not only listen, but walk the path we are told in our hearts to walk. I know you understand. Thank you my dear henry of seeing. —PS: I tell this story in my second book. Working now on getting out the first book. Thank you for all your encouragement. Love, Robin
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Janet Gardner Says:
2 April 2009 at 7:08 am.
Hi Robin,
What an amazing journey you took. Your words are so inspiring to me. I think we all should take that journey and renew our souls to begin again and truly know love.
Thanks for sharing,
Janet xo
Robin Replies
Dear Janet, I’m so happy to see you here. Yes, it was and continues to be a very amazing journey. I agree that we all need to take time out to stop, slow down and really look at where we are headed. It is something I do over and over again, in little ways all day long, in bigger ways where I seek complete solitude in wild places where I can talk intimately with myself, Life and my god. I believe we suffer when we treat ourselves like machines set on auto-pilot. We are living breathing beings with vast souls and connections to everything that exists. Thank YOU for sharing, Janet. xoxo Robin
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Lynda Lehmann Says:
2 April 2009 at 8:42 am.
A beautiful accounting, Robin, and you make the point so well. Only by falling can we get up again; by becoming empty can we become full. I knew this was about you, and you have articulated the nature of your journey very poignantly.
When all is said and done, we make our meanings and the quest IS our meaning.
I’ve just written about paradox on my blog, so your post is a synchrony for me.
I SEE you and value you for your journey, and for what you have become.
Hugs to you, Rain Tree.
Robin Replies
Oh my dear Lynda, you are so lovely. Your spirit is elegance personified. I treasure what you wrote here because I always felt, right from the beginning that you saw me, right to my core. Even though we used words it was if we spoke without words and said so much more than our words. —Yes, the quest IS our meaning. I love that. —I am excited to see what you have written. Just as much as I love your art, I love when you share your thoughts and feelings. I always go away richer, grounded and more whole, very connected to what is real and true. Thank you for being a visionary in the ways that really matter. I too SEE you and am moved. Hugs to you, Elegant Spirit.
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Lynn Says:
2 April 2009 at 10:01 am.
Beautiful Robin.
This gave me goosebumps, and it’s wonderful to continue to know you on deeper and deeper levels. I would like to post this if you don’t mind?
Robin Replies
Dear Beautiful Lynn, Ooooh, what a treat that you stopped in. I am SO touched. Thank you for such kind encouraging words. I treasure them. I am overjoyed that you would want to post this. Of course you can. It is an honor greater than I can express here. I am hugging you! Thank you my friend. I hope all is going well in your world.
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Tami Says:
2 April 2009 at 7:08 pm.
Thank you, Robin. I find comfort in knowing others have also experienced this, and that I may not be such an oddball. It did good to read this, and it brought back memories.
This happened to me too, only not through a brave wilderness experience such as yourself, but in a different setting over some time (very intense). It began with a split-second thought/voice and a question…”Are you ready to become ‘nothing/emptiness’”? I was utterly confused as to what it meant, however not as the journey of insight culminated to an evening I especially remember..will never forget..tears streaming, and feeling alone….and, after all had been released, understood…and past merged with present and future, and the golden thread revealed that was woven through…the same voice comforting that I had never been and will never be alone….but, I had to become emptiness/nothing itself, in order to realize it…to see it..to understand and feel it. Whew……thanks for the reminder!
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Robb Says:
2 April 2009 at 9:52 pm.
Kia ora Robin,
I am just buzzing wild sister, heading off to the Ruahines very soon but with this news I feel so ALIVE. I just want to thank you in particular, and Ophelia, but also every one who reads here and who read and signed our petition. We can change things! We have! I write to you all Kia ora – Thank You, and Kia Kaha – Remain strong.
Aroha – Love
Robb
ps. Robin, its going to be cold up there, so dress warm wild sister!
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Diane C. Says:
3 April 2009 at 10:48 am.
I enjoyed your recount of finding out that you weren’t what you thought you were, and discovering you already were what you were seeking. It is a relief seeing through the illusion of being separate, and I’m glad there’s no going back. It’s wonderful that you can share your experience in such a beautiful way.
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