Tree of Life

In the language of the tree of life, your Healer aligns the roots, trunk and branches of your tree into a living and thriving system that brings profound inner stability, fulfillment and satisfaction.

The intention of this blog is to join in the global conversation around theme connected with the sacred work of being human. Through this blog, I engage in the life affirming work of articulating a new story of human connection and belonging with continuous emerge in our time and place in history.

Work / Life balance ?

What if there were no balance to be found?

What if we were to scrap the idea of work / life balance and start from a different orientating reference point.

There is simple life.

Everything we do is life.

“ Life is the relationship between God and Human.”

Tree is the medium in between continuing the relationship of God and Human.

In Bible about Tree of Life.

Tree of life as mentioned in the book of genesis. The tree of life stood in the center of Garden of Eden which elsewhere is called “The Garden of the Lord”. It was also symbolic of the fact that God was, and is, the source of eternal life and blessing Adam and Eve were to have their life centered in him, even as the tree was in the center of his Garden.

Other parts of the Bible also mention The Tree of Life. In Ezekiel, we read of trees whose ‘fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing’.

It is clear particularly in proverbs where a number of things are referred to as ‘A Tree of Life’, the fruits of righteous, desire fulfilled, and a soothing tongue that the tree of life in which brings joy and heALING TO PEOPLE.

This, I suspect, was what the original, the real Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden symbolized. It was material, yet it stood for the blessing of eternal life which God would give to Adam and Eve, and their descendants, if they were to pass the test of obedience. They were permitted to eat of any tree in the Garden except the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil on pain of death.

In which Christians share and which reminds them that Jesus’ death brings us life.

In Bhagvad Gita (chapter 15), Krishna talks about The Tree of life.

Krishna talks about the tree of life, which curiously has roots on top and branches below. The leaves are vedic hymns.

Gunas/Qualities feed this tree. Objects of desire sprout here. This tree is strong-only the axe of detachment can cut it. Seek refuge in the ancient spirit which is the origin of creativity.

Disregard what you lust, free yourself from the pairs of pain and pleasure. That’s how you can reach brahman, which is not lit by the sun or the moon or fire. And not come back. Brahman’s where beings are created. They are a part of ancient brahman entering the living world. During this process they draw the six senses- smell, taste, vision, touch, hearing, mind from matternature to themselves.

God embodies herself in our bodies. Just like the wind carries the fragrance of whatever it touches, so do our spirits carry their characteristics. They preside over our senses and relish objects of desire.

Only knowledgeable people can see the spirit and whether it’s sattvic, rajasic or tamasic. Yogis can see their spirits. Just as brahman warms the world with the sun, it enters our bodies as digestive fire. Our breath is its fuel.

All beings perish. The unchanging is imperishable-brahman. Those who know this and worship brahman are enlightened.

Tree of Life in Islam

In Islam The Tree of Life is given the name of Sidra or Tuba. In the minds of the Muhammadans it grows in the midst of Paradise and thus becomes a fit subject for artistic representation, and consequently, may be found woven into the mihrab of prayer rugs.

The early authorities of Islam, when interpreting the Kur’an, explained that the Sidra stands in the seventh heaven on the right hand of the throne of God, and marks the utmost bounds of Paradise beyond which the angels themselves must not pass. This is impressively told in Sura LIII, and reaffirmed as the sura continues with the statement: “Near it is the Garden of Eternal abode.”

The Sidret-el munteha (“the Sidra of the utmost bounds”) has its prototype on the earth in the Sidra tree, a kind of wild plum tree, Ziziphus jujuba, which grows in Arabia and India. It produces small plums. This tree is also sacred to the Muhammadans as in demonstrated by their custom of throwing its leaves into water which they use to cleanse a corpse during a burial ceremony.

The Meaning of The Tree of Life

A Connection to everything: The Tree of Life commonly represents the interconnectedness of everything in the universe. It symbolizes togetherness and serves as a reminder that you are never alone or isolated, but rather that you are connected to the world. The roots of the Tree of Life dig deep and spread into the earth, thereby accepting nourishment from Mother Earth,and its branches reach up into the sky, accepting energy from the sun and the moon.