A grove of California Redwoods is the perfect place to practice Wilderness Contemplative Prayer. Descending - as though along an endless Redwood trunk - into the depths of silence present at the core of our being, we are magnetized by the Ground of Being holding us in Its loving embrace. Meanwhile, our thoughts and emotions recede into the distance like the lowest tree branches spreading out several hundred feet above us, and like the clouds - drifting far, far above those. What better way to "rest in God" and take a vacation from the intensity and constriction of our usual ceaseless stream of thoughts!
Photos: Ferns, Rhododendron flowers, Redwoods, and Stephen; Redwood National Park, CA, July 26, 2015
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