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I thought this would be a good thread for us to share our experiences with the trees.

I found this excerpt from a really good forum relating to trees:

"……There are earth elementals that the Greeks called dryads. The nourish plants. Hamadryads are tree spirits. Each tree has a soul that dies when that tree dies. The druids believed that humans descended from tree spirits. Each one having its own magic qualities for each is a letter of the alphabet of God. Each tree spirit is attached to the tree, but can travel as far as the aura of the tree in which it lives.
“All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them.”
Arapaho tribe.
I had the pleasure of meeting one once in a dream. I walked up to the tree in the backyard of where I currently live. I looked at the tree and noticed a black silhouette of a man in the tree. As I approached, he came out from his sitting position and stood before me.
I said to him, “The land is beautiful.”
He replied, “The last one to survive receives all this beauty.”
The next day I went out to that old tree and noticed a huge mushroom on its trunk. So I bent down and touched it. As my fingers came in contact with the mushroom, the still air was no longer, for an air elemental in the form of a semi- strong wind came from the west and blew by me. I felt peace. I feel honor to have the knowledge of the wonderful world of elementals.

Keeping in line with the subject of trees; in the story of the Garden of Eden, it was the old apple tree that held the wisdom of love and healing in the fall into matter. The apple tree is the earliest cultivated tree. So it stands to reason that the Seraphim’s plant totem is an apple tree. I am not sure what the tree in the back yard is, but I can tell ya that it has been here awhile…."

I know trees have individual souls as do animals and humans.  Humans, I believe, have a soul as well as a spirit, but all living things have a soul– the individual personality, feelings, opinions and energy of each living thing.  Birds have souls,  turtles have souls–  trees also have souls.

Once when last Summer, I decided to hug the beautiful old pine tree in our back yard that has been there before I was born.   I feel this tree has a masculine energy for some reason-  a male soul.    I hugged it with all of my heart and guess what?    I felt  the tree hug me right back!!   A most loving energy I felt wrap around me in response as I hugged that tree, and that confirmed for me that these beautiful Creations must be respected as we would respect any fellow human.

Many times if I walk right by a tree I see every day-   and ignore it while I am distracted by my daily agenda,  I will actually sense a feeling of hurt –   and I know it's from that tree.   I have to actually walk back to the tree and touch it–  and greet it.

Over a year ago, while I was still half asleep in bed,  I heard the sound of wailing and crying of several women outside of our home.    I found it very odd, and this jolted me awake.    Once 100% awake, I heard nothing, but I knew that this experience was spiritual in nature– and I did have a strong sense that I was permitted to hear the sound of grief from nature guardians over something happening outside.     Mr. E confirmed this later after I asked him about it– 

When I took a walk down from our home, I saw that there were three trees freshly cut down near a stone wall–  They were healthy trees- healthy maples.     I still feel hurt over this–  humans don't understand the impact we make in other realms by our actions.   

Thankfully, Mr E suggested I plant some little trees near the cut down ones.    I did- but on the other side of the stone wall – OFF of the property of the landowner who cut the old ones down.    Happily, I noticed that the little trees I planted–two of them–  took, and are now sweetly growing near the wall :-)

I don't believe that the souls in the trees die when the tree is murdered by saw or dies of old age either.   I think their souls will often linger on Earth as humans souls will,  or will also cross over into Paradise as well-     Perhaps many of the trees people see in after-life experiences are actually re-born trees from Earth – whose souls crossed over and Light Beings assisted them by establishing them in various areas of the Heavenly realms.

The more you are connected with all life-   the more you see, as the Arapaho Tribe does– that  all plants are our brothers and sisters– then the more connected to Mother Earth you have now become–  and the more you suffer heartbreak and sorrow,  happiness and joy  at all our great Family goes through on this Earth.

God Bless

Lisa

i belive everything you say it has happend t me i talk with trees everyday :)

They do feel happy, Ta.  

I recently read a book on this–   some scientists back in the 70's or 80's did some tests on houseplants and found that they actually do react to our feelings about them.  They sense our emotions and respond to love.  All living things respond to energy-wether it is love or neglect. 

They found in the tests that philandendrom plants they were testing reacted out of fear when they were hooked to a sort of polygraph machine and the owner of the plants visualized himself destroying them.        All life is very sensitive…more than we humans know.     

All things respond to love. :-)

Well,  in the experiments, thankfully, the researcher sent out positive loving thoughts to the plants, and they showed on the polygraphs more relaxed feedback–like the plants calmed down .

I believe that when a plant or tree is in fear, it is usually because it knows it is about to be cut down or killed-  so  the rule of thumb is to not kill a tree before it's time to die,  or  to kill a healthy plant.    

If there is a plant outside that needs to be removed from the garden,  transplant it to another suitable area and water it , instead of pulling it out and discarding it to die.     This goes for dandilions and all plants we normally consider "just weeds".    Things we consider weeds are actually vital to  insects, honeybees, butterflies, etc more than our storebought flowers.

When pruning a tree,   pruning should be done in the Fall or early spring before the leaves sprout out.   I was told that you should comfort the tree beforehand and tell it what is about to happen so it can prepare.   Tell it to pull back it's energy from those parts that are about to be cut off.

When you see trees or bushes are  being cut down–   say a prayer for those trees souls' and for the remaining trees.   Ask that God would assist them to cross over.      Comfort the trees that are remaining by sending them thoughts that you just prayed for their destroyed loved ones that a door will be opened for them to cross over to the Higher Realms.       

In a World where humans no longer live to themselves, but choose to align themselves to the Great Spirit,   even needless killing of trees and plants will stop.    Paper products and such willl be created from already fallen trees.  After any storm or hurricane,  those fallen trees that could not be replanted  would be used and not wasted while thier souls would be assisted to the Higher realms.

To help all plants from feeling fear,  make sure to pay attention to them- and send them love always-   with houseplants, make sure they are watered–but not overwatered.    Carress them and let them know they are a part of your family :-)

Trees have excellent energy. Sometimes when i wake up , and i need a bit of energy , i ask them for a bit and i feel wonderful and i give some in return to those who need it. And one day i planted green beans ,  but they died. Then i tried planting an apple tree , yet i saw the green bean seeds already planted and i think it was the fae

Thank you Lisa :D  My last garden I had, I just let grow wild and it seem to feel alot better then when it was all manicured from the last owners! Hugs.

@Lisa A.- Grey Eyes

I completely agree with your theory of plants reacting to our emotions. I've always talked to plants. And I used to feel bad for weeds because people always pulled them out of the ground and put them in a yard waste bin. I got a big pot, filled it with dirt, and put some baby weeds in it. I didn't water them often, as I remember, but I loved them, and I'd go over to that pot and just sit there with the weeds. I loved them! They grew to be very, very  big, and really pretty too! As time went by, they just got bigger and bigger and tons of insects made their home's around the weeds. It was fun, and I think they grew so big because I loved them and would sit with them all the time.

I hear you Midnight's Song–   It is not really healthy for humans to live in completely man-made environments with no plant life anywhere to be found-    Even physically it's not healthy, but especially emotionally and spiritually as well.

We were not created to live completely isolated from other living things.

Dawnflower,  that is beautiful- I think that those "weeds" really did respond to your positive energy.   

Ta, I do believe that every living thing has a soul- including the smallest little dandilion.  Everything that has life has a soul.   I don't know enough about reincarnation to say.   I guess there are many mysteries that we will not know on this side of the Veil until God shows us later

I just stumbled upon some really great information about trees. The site really makes you appreciate all trees do for us.

Most of us already follow the steps in this "hub" but it really makes me want to go outside and hug a tree, so I thought I would share it anyway. This hub give a wonderful message, stating that the trees love us and we should love them.

http://hubpages.com/hub/spirits_of_trees