Tag: forest

• Trees and Fungus

  Tree roots extend a long way, more than twice spread of the crown. So the root systems of neighboring trees inevitably intersect and grow into one another. Usually, there are fungi that operate like fiber-optic Internet cables. Their fine filaments penetrate the ground, weaving through it in almost unbelievable density. One teaspoon of forest soil…

  David L. Smith

  May 5, 2023

  Earth, Ecology, Nature

  agenda, cell, crown, danger, density, drought, electric, fiber-optic, filament, forest, frequency, ground, information, insect, nerve, resource, root, signal, square, system, teaspoon, transmission, weaving

• The Universe in a Chair

  When we look at a chair, we see the wood, but we fail to observe the tree, the forest, the carpenter or our own mind. When we meditate on it, we can see the entire universe in all its interwoven and interdependent relations in the chair. The presence of the wood reveals the presence of…

  David L. Smith

  February 3, 2023

  consciousness, Cosmos, evolution, Nature, Perception

  apple, blossom, forest, meditation, mind, object, presence, present, relation, separate, sun, tree, wood