Thanks Janaki, Max and James for this interesting thread. To add to this I quote from a chapter in the novel linked below:
http://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Notebook-Narrative-Human-Ontology/product-reviews/1606927353/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_summary?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending “All humans are trees inside. Each and every one of them carries cells arranged in a tree like pattern. Look at the spinal cord, how it blossoms into the skin and muscles in our body from the roots of our brain, or the bronchial tree blooming alveoli forming two full lungs or the arteries, veins or lymphatics, the list of our trees within seems endless.” I believe trees are highest in the spiritual rung of evolution. Notice how they meditate rooted to a single spot throughout their entire lives and yet continue to produce food for the entire planet. regards rakesh PS: One of my friend's had helpfully suggested that the correct word would be "vegetate" rather than "meditate." I wonder how many of you would agree? On 11/17/09, JANAKI TURAGA <[email protected]> wrote: > Max, Thanks for posting this lovely Ogden Nash poem. I had forgotten this! > And so very apt for our times even more than 70 years later and across > continents!! > Janaki Turaga > > > On 11/17/09, MAX OVERTON <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Then there is Ogden Nash, in response to the billboards lining so many >> roads these days... >> >> *I think that I shall never see >> A billboard lovely as a tree. >> Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, >> I'll never see a tree at all.* >> >> *~Ogden Nash, "Song of the Open Road," 1933* >> >> >> >> >> Novels by Max and/or Ariana Overton http://www.maxoverton.com >> >> The Lion of Scythia Trilogy (Lion of Scythia, The Golden King, Funeral in >> Babylon) - EPPIE winners 2005 and 2006; The Glass House Trilogy (Glass >> House, A Glass Darkly, Looking Glass) - Eppie finalists; A Cry of Shadows, >> The Devil is in the Details, Trapdoor, Tapestry, Scarab - Akhenaten >> (Book >> 1 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Smenkhkare (Book 2 of the Amarnan >> Kings), >> Scarab - Tutankhamen (Book 3 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Ay (Book 4 of >> the Amarnan Kings), Rakshasa, Glass Continuum, Ascension >> Works in Progress: Djinn, Scarab - Horemheb (Book 5 of the Amarnan Kings), >> Sequestered >> >> >> Also check out http://julesphotographiccreations.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:04:39 +0530 >> Subject: [indiantreepix:23196] Trees >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> Trees >> >> *I think that I shall never see >> A poem lovely as a tree. >> A tree whose hungry mouth is prest >> Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; >> A tree that looks at God all day, >> And lifts her leafy arms to pray; >> A tree that may in Summer wear >> A nest of robins in her hair; >> Upon whose bosom snow has lain; >> Who intimately lives with rain. >> Poems are made by fools like me, >> But only God can make a tree.* >> >> *Joyce Kilmer* >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "indiantreepix" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "indiantreepix" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=. >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "indiantreepix" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=.
