trees
often people tell me trees are sad, or happy, or angry
about something goin on, like say, they are in a parking lot,
and the tree 'does not like this.'
this is silly.
trees do not experience emotion-
nor do they think.
trees are above such absurdities
these conditions are part of the human experience
they are not of the tree
the human perceives a condition which they perceive as upsetting,
and say that the tree is upset
projecting their own minds onto something else, as always
to say that a tree has a mind
is attempt to pull such a noble being down to somewhere they are not.
trees
are the highest life form on the planet
free of desire
they do not move about
free of mind
they soak it all in
energy direct from the source,
the sun, the earth
wise indeed
they have others do their reproductive work for them
and give freely the fruits of their being
a tree
simply IS
they do not think, for thinking is not being
and trees ARE.
they do not feel emotion
this is simply another aspect of mind
and trees have no mind
trees ARE
-mulberry