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Sharing Nature Meditation 1
Becoming One with Nature, and Experiencing the Great Silence

Becoming One with Nature

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”  — Buddha

Let your mind simply witness and appreciate what your senses bring to its attention.
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  • Go to a natural area that feels especially captivating, such as a small stream lined with maple trees, a flowery meadow, or an aspen forest. Gaze around you and enjoy everything you see and hear.
  • Notice how when you’re deeply attentive everything becomes vibrantly alive.
  • Then observe how when your thoughts are distracted, the world of nature disappears. Continue observing the flow of your awareness, noting when you’re fully present and when you’re not.
  • Imagine the power of sustained, engaged awareness. Only by focusing our attention completely can we meet nature face-to-face, and truly know her.
  • Gaze deeply into the face of a flower.  Absorb the intensity of its brightly colored petals.  Sense the harmony of the flower’s shape and structure.  Observe the texture and shape of its leaves.
  • Be a mirror, reflecting everything you see.  Suspend thinking.  See the flower. 
  • Please feel free to write in your journal about your experiences.

“When I discovered a new plant, I sat down beside it for a minute or a day, to hear what it had to tell me.”  — John Muir

Experiencing the Great Silence

“With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.”  -- Wordsworth

It is intuition that gives us a clear, unfiltered view of reality. Calm feeling is receptive; it is like a mirror that receives and reflects life clearly. Calm feeling increases awareness and love. It’s the heart that understands new and deeper truths.


  • Go to a quiet natural area where you can feel the silence around you. Listen to the sounds of birds singing, leaves rustling in the wind, and waves lapping on the shore.
  • Try to sense the ever-present silence between and behind each natural sound. 
  • Observe your breath as you inhale and exhale. Enjoy the natural pauses between your exhalation and inhalation. Experiencing moments of stillness in yourself will help you experience the great silence. 
  • Please feel free to write in your journal about your experiences.
“There is in all things an inexhaustible sweetness…a silence that is a fountain of…joy. It rises up in wordless gentleness and flows out to me from unseen roots of all created being.”  — Thomas Merton, Trappist monk

You might enjoy these other articles by Joseph Cornell:
  • Sharing Nature Meditation Series 2
  • Learn and Practice Meditation
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