Making love

September 16, 2023

A gift of a perfect apple becomes a lesson in nature’s interconnected consciousness. Trees, animals, and nature seamlessly blend energies, urging humans to stay present and embrace the wisdom around them. It is nature’s way of making love.

Finding solace under the apple tree

I went out to lay in the hammock like I do every day. It is under the huge apple tree that is the focal point for the bird feeder and the deer to graze under. The tree is really happy with all the communion that goes on within and around him. He is appreciative that I feed everyone under him.

When I went out there that day, there was a perfect red apple in the hammock. It had no worm holes and was a pretty good size. It didn’t fall through the netting of the hammock. I knew instantly that it was a gift from the apple tree to me.

Nature’s cycle of consciousness sharing

As I lay in the hammock, I thanked the tree for his gift. He implied that there was a selfish motive. Selfish is the wrong term in describing a tree. But he told me more. He told me that he wanted me to eat the apple so that he could experience the world through my consciousness. He explained that is the beauty of nature and how they share consciousness through ingesting each other. He showed me that when grass is eaten by rabbits and deer, they blend consciousness. And when the rabbit or deer is eaten in nature, they share consciousness through the being who ate them. In this way, all nature blends and is one.

He explained that humans are the only species that separate themselves from this process. They do so by their compartmentalizing life and death and the handicap of their linear thinking. He said that the only time humans get close to the process that nature is imbued in, is in the heights of making love. Not sex, but love. He made this distinction.

He was teaching me to be conscious when I ingested the apple he had given me. In doing so, I would be shown the miracle of nature that is experienced a trillion times over every day. There is no pain or sense of loss. There is only a transformation of form and an exchange of energy. It gave me an extended understanding of what other trees have told me in other learning sessions.

Recognizing life’s subtle teachers

The tree and the apple were my teacher that day. We have so many teachers all around us. The most prevalent are regarding pain and loss. I was grateful for the tree instilling knowledge in me without having to break through the resistance of a stubborn ego. That is the beauty of practicing staying in the moment. It is so you recognize the teachers that are presented to you.

The sacred altar of the moment is a landing point of all the wisdom of the world to be presented at your feet. The annoying bee, the dog that is demanding your attention, even the wind that rushes past unannounced. They are trying to tell you something. It is your job to stop feeling inconvenienced by them and simply stay present to listen.

Jen Ward

I lived in survival mode for most of my unremarkable life in upstate New York. I grew up in a state of nonexistence until my first fast food job forced me to talk to customers. It gave me all the skills I needed to camouflage myself as normal in an increasingly complicated world. Over a decade ago, I achieved enlightenment under the watchful eye of a sociopath. Emaciated and sensory deprived, I emerged from that experience a gifted healer and writer. All attempts to convince me to destroy my own soul were foiled. Apparently, my presence on earth was important. Besides the Adepts determination to keep me alive, every night in the dream state crowds would gather in increasingly large venues to hear me speak. Their nightly gatherings kept me resolute to exist. It was you in that crowd, and encouragement from my future dog Simha, that prevented me from annihilating my own soul. I live now in Australia with my soulmate Marvin Schneider who gives me the kindness and physical stability to process all that I have endured. His genius and fortitude of purpose synergized with my abilities and desperation to help others are the driving force behind Jenuine Healing. Everything I share, everyone I assist is in gratitude for the privilege of existing. May all that I write here give you the reader, encouragement to thrive at all costs and against all odds. May it give you evidence of your own purpose. Thank you for waiting for me.