Chapter 1
What is Walking the Land?
For millions of years, from the time humans first appeared on this planet, they have been aware of our connection with Mother Earth. Today, except for avid environmentalists, this strong, invisible connection has received less attention as the demands of the modern world—politics, personalities, and power struggles—assert themselves. But make no mistake, that connection between the family of humans and Mother Earth is still alive and well in our subconscious. We are powerfully connected to the land, water, and other surroundings in our physical environment. Everything in our world possesses qualities of energy and vitality, even if it’s inorganic. While inorganic substances such as stones, water, and air do not contain a carbon-based life form, they still have a unique energy and vibration—and yes, they are very much alive! “Alive” is defined as “active and energetic,” and, as you will see, this is consistent with the life force around us. Those who are clairvoyant can see this energy, even if it is not carbon-based. They can observe what is beyond most people’s usual range of vision. Subtler energy frequency patterns are around all of us, and everything on this Earth, above its surface, below it, and within it, is also alive, but nowadays, human beings are often unaware of its presence.
For example, if you live by a stream, there is a living, throbbing energy and a unique life force flowing through it. It is alive, singular, radiates a vibrational frequency, and it can be measured and felt. Every tree, rock, a body of water, etc., has a spirit within it with whom we can connect and “talk.” Talk not verbally, but via your mind or telepathy, connecting with the spirit of that stream or rock you find along your path, a tree that “calls” you to come and sit beneath its protective leaves, or anything else that garners your attention and opens your heart.
Each spirit is singular from the standpoint that it has a personality. Just like seven billion humans on this planet right now. Each person is an individual with characteristics and personality. It is no different for the spirits that surround us in the shape of a lake, a hill, or a tree. Some of my best teachers have been the Rock Nation, and one of my greatest protectors is a tree spirit. The wonder of all of this is that it’s there for you to connect with, feel, and eventually, sense/know what the spirit is saying to you. At first, it may be only a “feeling.” But the more you converse telepathy-wise with a being, the more your psychic valves—which are in the right hemisphere of your brain—will open, making it easier for you to hear and feel your spirit friend. Eventually, if you do this long enough, it’s like talking to a close friend where you’re chatting away. Practice makes perfect. For an in-depth explanation of how to contact these spirits that lie within, check out Appendix E: Contact Spirit Protocol.
The trees that surround you are individual, living beings, and so are the bushes and flowers. Many people feel uplifted by any of these plant forms, whether inside their house or outside of it. Trees can heal us if we connect from the heart with them. They can send energy to and through us. They also protect us. Sometimes, the spirit guardian of a tree will ask if they can work with you; if you agree, there can be a wonderful energy connection from one heart to another. I have such a guardian tree, and it is an amazing and ongoing positive experience. Even if you don’t connect with a particular guardian spirit of a tree, just walking among them is healing in and of itself.
The land is also alive and contains memory imprints of all that happened to it long before we ever built a house or rented a dwelling on it. These memories are retained by quartz crystals contained within the soil and rocks. Quartz crystal is found in almost all rocks on this Earth. Even grains of sand have quartz crystal (silicon) in them. They are our Earth’s memory keepers, and if we want to know what’s gone on in areas where rocks exist, we need to sit down and telepathically connect with them (Chapter 7: Rock Colors & Types).
The human aura is our unique energy signature and frequency—we all have one. This electromagnetic energy field is egg-shaped and molds itself around every living thing, including human beings. Clairvoyants can easily see the light and color(s) surrounding every living being. The land we live on affects our auras, but it’s so subtle that we often pick it up as a “feeling.” Sometimes, we just feel better living or being around certain areas. I would also add that we affect the area where we live because of the frequency and vibration of our aura. So, there is a combining of one’s personal energy with that of the surrounding land. Like affects like.
If we’re around the ocean, the “feeling” we pick up is one of being lighter, uplifted, and more hopeful. We are more in touch with healthy, positive emotions and feel “cleaner” after spending time walking along an ocean beach. Many people get the same kind of feeling by living in the mountains, around trees, or walking in a forest.
This fusion of human and non-human energies can also occur with houseplants that you want to keep close beside you. For example, I have a Hawaiian corn plant that is nearly fifteen feet high. While in Hawaii, about twenty-five years ago, I bought two corn plant logs in plastic packets and put them in some soil when I returned home. They are like dear, old friends and the energy just lifts upward because of them. The same applies to rocks and gemstones, which might give you a familiar buzz when you hold or wear a particular stone. I have some quartz crystals, single terminated, in my office. They are clear/transparent, citrine (yellow quartz), and smoky quartz. I like the energy they bring while I’m in my writing mode. Stones have specific energies and personality expressions, but we’ll look at this later in Chapter 7.
For many reasons, it’s good to embrace these “natural neighbors.” In fact, my Native American father taught me that “all your relatives” includes Nature: the trees, bushes, and flowers outside our home are my cousins, aunts, uncles, grandfathers, and grandmothers. I was never disconnected from the earth, as so many other children are. Many traditional societies and cultures around the world have retained these essential ties to Nature, too.
By the way, this is not about religion. It’s about your spirit and your energy. You don’t have to believe a particular way to interface and connect with your Nature relatives: this is a global ability all men, women, and children possess. Let me give you some tools to bring you closer to your natural “family members”—even those you cannot see.