My sacred space is the view of the trees outside my office window.
It is sacred for me because it allows me to see both the forest and the trees. This has been important for my perspective and prayer.
At times, I can zoom out and see the bigger picture of the forest as a whole, how the trees and all other elements of that ecosystem are in a beautiful symbiosis, and at other times, I can zoom in and focus on the needles, the bark, the small animals and (in my mind's eye) even the insects that are a necessary part of the inner ecosystem.
I can see and almost feel the trees move in the wind, observe animals taking shelter in the branches, and I can imagine the sap flowing up and down the flesh of the tree and, as some authors have described, the silent but alive communication between the trees, the interaction of their roots, their knowledge of Earth which is so much deeper than my own.
I am humbled and challenged by this view to be "more" and better connected.
~ Michael Nasello
