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The feet, our roots
March_2010, Deep Ecology, Spirituality, Tree Puja Helen Cushing 9/3/25 March_2010, Deep Ecology, Spirituality, Tree Puja Helen Cushing 9/3/25

The feet, our roots

Day 93 of my tree puja.

Thinking about feet, and roots.

The weather has turned cold, as it always does when the tomatoes start to ripen. I noticed my feet avoiding cold contact with the concrete path…

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The tree responded
January_2010, Deep Ecology, Tree Puja, Spirituality Helen Cushing 5/1/25 January_2010, Deep Ecology, Tree Puja, Spirituality Helen Cushing 5/1/25

The tree responded

Day 56 of my tree puja

Sunrise is at 5:40am, so even if I’m late, it’s still early!

All those months last year I would not offer a flower. Then in India I spent ten days decorating a shrine with flowers, culminating in an amazing marigold extravaganza…

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Sydney, then India
November_2009, Tree Puja, Spirituality, Deep Ecology Helen Cushing 23/11/24 November_2009, Tree Puja, Spirituality, Deep Ecology Helen Cushing 23/11/24

Sydney, then India

Day 52 of my tree puja.

I can roam but the tree cannot. I say farewell until December 30th.

I assured the tree that I will return. The ritual creates these feelings and connections, by whatever means.

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Humanness and Treeishness
November_2009, Deep Ecology, Spirituality, Tree Puja Helen Cushing 18/11/24 November_2009, Deep Ecology, Spirituality, Tree Puja Helen Cushing 18/11/24

Humanness and Treeishness

Day 50 of my tree puja.

At times the business of life makes connection with the tree’s energy difficult.

Humans think and feel and make choices…

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Here is Home, the Wild Home
October_2009, Spirituality, Deep Ecology, Tree Puja Helen Cushing 20/10/24 October_2009, Spirituality, Deep Ecology, Tree Puja Helen Cushing 20/10/24

Here is Home, the Wild Home

Day 42 of my tree puja.

Spring is an energy moving through the garden, its air, soil and mind.

I went to the tree, and held her flowers to my face, burying my nose, eyes, mouth, appearance in the petals…

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I felt the tree as Mother Nature
August_2009, Spirituality, Deep Ecology, Tree Puja Helen Cushing 7/8/24 August_2009, Spirituality, Deep Ecology, Tree Puja Helen Cushing 7/8/24

I felt the tree as Mother Nature

Day 24 of my tree puja, in which I experience the tree’s embrace as Mother Nature.

A rooster in the distance, birds awakening – the dawn always reminds me of India, for in India I am always outside at dawn.

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