Have you ever walked into a forest and felt a peculiar, unexplainable calm descend upon you? Or walked on the beach and sensed something vast and wordless that was arising in the depths of your soul? Such experiences are more than poetic coincidence; maybe they are moments of glimpsing the energetic intelligence that quietly runs through the natural world.
Nature does not go mute. It humms, it breathes, it talks a language that we have forgotten how to hear and which it makes us, by the help of the Holly Ghost, an amplified man, able to hear. This intelligence is not used in similar ways to the way a human mind is used-it does not construct sentences or follow the same logic we have constructed as our own. Rather, it flows in patterns, rhythms and vibrations, all of which are made complex in such a way that life can exist.
The Subtle Conversations of Nature
All the components in nature communicate with each other in an ever-changing process of energy transfer. The oxygen that trees give is what feeds animals; the movement and nutrients given by animals drive the earth; the earth supports seeds, which become trees again. It is an ongoing dialogue, one so fluid we tend to take it as a matter of course.
On a more subtle level, science has come to verify much of what many preceding cultures had discovered: plants can be sensitive to human presence, ecosystems can “remember” disruptions, and animals can discern events long before they occur. Whatever we may want to label as instinct, awareness, or energy, nature’s intelligence is both functional and profound.
Learning to Listen
To learn nature’s energy wisdom, we must first slow down. Today’s world urges us to be fast, effective, and to develop habits that make it nearly impossible to hear the gentle whisper of the earth.
Listening starts with observation. Notice how sunlight filters through leaves in the daytime, how birds change their songs seasonally, how the air seems to change before a storm. As you watch, you will begin to notice patterns that point to an invisible order, one that is fragile and resilient.
Energy as Connection
Energetic intelligence is not about nature becoming aware of itself; it’s about how it can engage with us. When you enter a green space and your shoulders immediately lower, it’s not only from fresh air or lovely color. Nature engages with our bodies at a cellular, energetic level, reducing stress hormones, calming our nervous systems, and inviting us to feel calm.
This is not fantasy magic; it’s the natural magic of connection, the kind that happens when we remember we’re not alone in the world.
The Reciprocity of Respect
As with any other relationship, so with nature: respect is what our relationship with it depends on. When we use the planet as an extractable resource, its harmony is broken, and ours. But when we respect it as a thinking, living partner, we join the web of giving and receiving that it is always engaged in.
Respect can take so many forms: treading lightly on the planet, planting flowers for bees, reducing waste, or just being grateful for the free air we get. All of these are tiny acts of affirmation of the reality that nature’s wisdom is not ours to control, it’s ours to respect.
A New Form of Knowledge
Human knowledge tends to seek analysis, measurement and proof. Energetic intelligence has another form of knowing, which involves intuition, body awareness, and trusting. You cannot put it on a table, but you know it in your bones. Listening to this type of knowing will have you sensing that something just does not feel right somewhere before you have any clues. You may also unconsciously know where to place yourselves so as to be the most at peace. This would be nature applied; and though you feel yourself dissociated in some way, it is the wisdom of nature wrought in you, to remind you that you are also an inmate of her living systems of nature.
Conclusion
The Magical Nature of Humans by Susan Stone is an opening to view the world and yourself in a different way. Where in this day and aged, people are apt to forget the complexities of relationships that make life work, refinishing becomes an opportunity to remember once again, and the book provides a calming voice through which to hear the gentle, simple knowledge imbued into everything.
Order your copy of The Magical Nature of Humans today and awaken to the beauty and energy that has been surrounding you all along.
