616 thoughts on “A True Relationship with Nature”

1. Many of us around the world search for that settlement outside of ourselves, thinking someone will have that magic word, or that magic pill to alleviate what is missing inside of us. And at the end of the day it’s always within us, we’ve allowed ourselves to become disempowered.

   When we meet people like Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, do we truly receive the reflection and inspiration that the journey needs to begin within us and the responsibility to do our part in life? We just need to stop searching elsewhere and begin with us first, what happens around us should be seen as a movie playing out and not becoming part of it.

2. “What I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within“- this is so true, and explains why our relationship with nature can be very different from one person to the next. With little self-worth, we may hold nature greater; with much self-disdain, we may not even think twice about trashing nature.

   1. Fumiyo that feels so true, we all receive nature differently. Some will give their all to it, some partially and some couldn’t care less about it. But it’s like that boomerang effect, what you give out will always come right back to you. So be discerning all the time.

3. “I was inspired by Serge Benhayon” Serge Benhayon has inspired me to observe and feel all that nature offers and teaches us.

4. “Nature has never stopped reflecting to me its sheer beauty, harmony and a love that is true. I have never stopped feeling this, with the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within. ” Beautiful Adele. Looking within, not outwardly to feel how grand we are, and nature is a beautiful reflection of that for us all.

5. When I look at nature to give me something I can feel how I leave my body. It’s the same as when I get drawn into looking at what is in shops and think that gives me something. But once I come back to my body and settle in the knowing that I am enough, I can appreciate nature for the glorious reflection it offers.

   1. When we need something, seek something from outside ourself, we immediately create inequality, ‘I had a need within me to be protected, to be confirmed, to be blessed and to be met by nature – and therefore nature became something much grander than myself. Instantly, the equality with nature I felt as a child vanished.’

6. Nature doesn’t hold itself as less and is a constant reflection for us to embrace our grandness.

7. Nature communicates with us in a language which we can only understand if we are open to think outside of the lineal socially constructed way.

   1. Bringing back responsibility, listening to and honouring our bodies, our wise best friends, ‘How I chose to live was constantly re-confirming the belief that I had no power in understanding what was going on around me.’

8. I went for a walk the other day in nature and could feel I wasn’t needing it as I used to to feel settled again. Yes, I could very much appreciate it, but I also felt my own power and what comes through when I don’t hold back.

   1. I used to escape to nature to ‘make me feel connected and whole’ again. No longer needing to do that – thanks to Universal Medicine – but I do appreciate the beauty that nature reflects to us all.

9. It is valuable to learn how we can seek escape from life in anything and everything, some do it in drugs and alcohol, some in sport, some in academia and some in nature and that when escape is the intention we will always get exhausted and run down by it. So it is not about the where we go but about how we can learn to be in life without the need to escape.

   1. Yes, living and accessing the love we naturally are, ‘When I looked outside to nature for my answers, I was constantly reconfirming the belief that I don’t know: not only did that feel untrue, it left me feeling disempowered. As a result of feeling disempowered, recognition was constantly needed’.

10. “We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.” simply beautiful the reflection of nature back to us in all its beauty which is reflecting our divine beauty.

11. One of my absolute favourite things in the world is the night sky. When you look up to the stars at night, you can’t deny that we are part of something magnificent, to me it reminds me that who I am is grander than I could ever imagine and there is so much more to human life than just the day-to-day struggle.

    1. ‘Stop and smell the roses’ comes to mind when I think of how nature can offer us a moment to reflect on what we have been putting our energy into and does it truly support us. Being at the top of a mountain when it’s covered in snow reflects such stillness and just being present, so when I’m there I feel that and get a taste for how often or not I am present in my day.

       1. Yeh that’s a beautiful way to look at it – it shows us what is possible, and the potential of what is on offer should we choose to accept it.

    2. I love looking at the stars on a bright night, nature is an amazing reflection as you say, ‘Nature has never stopped reflecting to me its sheer beauty, harmony and a love that is true. I have never stopped feeling this, with the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within.’

12. ‘We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.’ There is such a joy in me when I look at the sky and see the grandness that’s reflected back to us here on earth to return to our true origin.

13. Nature does not provide for answers. It provides space for answers to come up from within.

14. ” there is an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all. ” Beautiful Adele. Or do we use nature to escape to – to make us feel ‘better’?

15. Nature is a constant reflection for us and always offering us a different perspective or view on life we may otherwise not be open to.

16. Nature is constantly communicating truth to us and the truth is that we are divine beyond nature and form.

    1. Yeh when we realise that nature is not just beautiful and not just magnificent, but also a form of communication through it’s symbology it adds a whole new dimension and opportunity of discovery to life.

17. What I am discovering these days is how deeply ingrained this seeking and need of ours for recognition. It looks totally different from one person to the next and from time to time, yet this desire remains what propels our choices.

18. The spaciousness in nature allows us to connect to the spaciousness within and there we can get inspiration and revelations about our life.

19. Knowing we are equal to nature allows us to feel how grand and glorious we truly are.

20. When we’re not feeling right or not feeling ourselves nature is absolutely brilliant at reminding us how grand, how intricate, how beautiful and how wonderful the world is – and of course how we are part of that wonder.

    1. I completely agree I love how nature is a gift that can help remind us of the beauty that we are when we are not feeling ourselves. I used to rely heavily on nature to bring me back but now enjoy it more for what it is rather than needing anything from it.

21. Nature is just that a reflection of how simple and majestic life is. It holds a great reminder of our grandness that is far more than we often choose to feel.

22. “I threw myself into a journey of soul-searching, though ironically I did not turn to my soul, but instead looked outside of myself.”

    And this is the set-up most of us fall for. We sense something is missing because deep down we know we have separated from the love that we are (our Soul) but instead of reconnecting to it, we go searching outside of ourselves for it. This is a futile exercise because how can we find something externally that already lives within us? That is – how do we find something we already are? Thus the ‘soul-searching’ we fall for is not a search for Soul at all but more so an exercise in creating more delay by indulging in the antics of the human etheric spirit, the part of us that separated from Soul in the first place and is now taking us on this wild goose chase!

23. I love your simple honesty Adele in that it shares the fact that in order to connect to our soul we go within not outside of ourselves.

    1. Very well said and I agree, everything is already within, we simply need to surrender to and connect to it.

24. “We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.” A gorgeous reading, thank you Adele, I too looked to nature to give me what I was seeking, I loved the beauty and harmony I felt in nature, not knowing at the time that that beauty and harmony I felt was also in me and this was what nature was reflecting back.

25. “Nature has never stopped reflecting to me its sheer beauty, harmony and a love that is true.” When we appreciate nature for all it reflects back to us we no longer try to make it fit the picture we create of how we think it should be.

26. The answers are not in nature. They are within ourselves. What nature does is to bring us back deeply to ourselves. So, it has an important role to play in what refers to answers.

27. When we adore something but cannot feel ourselves in it we can get very lost in the adoration but when we know our own place in it we can feel the interdependence we are part of.

28. Beautiful expression of how our relationship with nature is an offering to feel our equal beauty.

29. I once had often wished that the stillness and oneness I had felt when I was in nature, was with me all the time. I had wished the world was this way and believed that I could only feel these qualities when I was in nature. Yet as now I realise that these qualities are within me and that nature is always offering us a reflection of the magnificence we all innately are.

30. “When I looked outside to nature for my answers, I was constantly reconfirming the belief that I don’t know:” How many of us do just this? Looking outside of ourselves to nature, to books, to gurus and in many more places as we do not trust that we actually have all the answers within. We had the connection to the answers to all our questions as a child through our innate clairsentience, but then disconnected from it as those around us didn’t feel comfortable with the honesty we shared. But this sense of knowing never left us so we can return to it whenever we choose.

31. What I always loved about nature is that it never lied and therefore nature was the only place I felt safe growing up, also nature never rejects , it just works on bringing “what ever” to harmony thank you for sharing Adele.

    1. This is beautifully said and observed, that nature never lies nor rejects but simply flows in the rhythms and abides to the cycles of the universe.

32. Denying our equality to all that is is a sure way of keeping us aligned to an energy that is not true that will always have us thinking that we are more or less – making comparisons.

33. ‘we are the blessing we see’ so very true and if we embrace all around knowing it’s just a reflection, a reminder for us always of the beauty inside.

34. Nothing how we have made the world is telling us how grand we are and yet we are by the simple fact that we are part of the grandness of this universe. And this grandness holds a humbleness as it knows that each part contributes to its grandness in the first place and thus it knows the importance of each part abiding to the laws and rhythms of the whole.

35. We are so conditioned to fight for approval and acceptance, trained in competition from young, that to begin to consider we are as grand as nature, can be a stretch for our conditioned mind. But it is simply a fact that our bodies know to be true. How important is it then to allow our bodies to be the marker of our wisdom. As never did my mind allow me to feel my grandness, yet in my body it is not a thought, but a truth.

    1. “As never did my mind allow me to feel my grandness, yet in my body it is not a thought, but a truth.” I love this sentence Leigh, it states a simple truth.

36. When we live in disconnection to who we truly are, nature can help us reconnect to all that is divinely created and from here know and feel once again the absolute majesty we are from that lives beyond this and within us.

37. The blessing of nature is a blessing of the relationship we have with our bodies. For without it life would need some mechanism outside of us to balance us. The fact we ‘look’ outside of us to nature is a confirmation why we need it.

38. “every time I am touched by a beauty so deep there is an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all.” Nature in its grandness is not above us in the glory that we are as divine sons of God, it holds for us so many moments of reflection and confirmation in its beauty and harmony.

39. This is so true and something I am appreciating that I am a part of this amazing divine nature not an observer of life.

40. “when lived, we are the blessing that we see.” Its true. I see symbols of love hearts everywhere more than I ever have. This didn’t use to be the case – it was negative objects usually skulls. I was in adoration to the change it was a celebration. It was not a distinct one day change but you can say I certainly felt it and am moved by it every-time I clock it. It’s beauty in constellation to say this is the magic of God in living from your Heart.

41. “I was inspired by Serge Benhayon presenting in a Universal Medicine retreat in 2013 to return to self-responsibility and commitment to life and gradually I began to feel a pervading harmony that simply came from within.” I can truly relate to this place in life. This is my next step also and I came to this step in the work of uncovering the true power within. It takes responsibility and commitment to life.

42. “When life became intense, nature was a place where I would go walking and ponder. It was a reminder of the spaciousness that I felt within, so I could simply relax and be myself”. This is how nature has always been and will always be for me. The only difference now is that since studying with Universal Medicine l have a clearer understanding of what nature actually is reflecting back to me. Nature reflects back to me the magnificence and gloriousness of me, a son of God. When l experience nature it’s really a reflection of my own essence within, so now l become one with Nature and do not lose myself or check out within it.

43. Most if not all of us have or have had our own version of what you describe Adele – whether it’s nature, alcohol, emotions, religion, work…..the list is endless. They may seem like life-rafts at the time – keeping us afloat in a sea of complication and confusion, of abuse and irresponsibility at every turn, so it is understandable that we can give them huge power and feel less in their shadow. Once we choose responsibility however, we can see them for the prisons they really were.

44. I could have written this blog Adele! Relatable on every level, I gave power to nature over and above myself thinking it was superior rather than a reflection of ONLY an aspect of divinity. I can appreciate nature knowing that it’s beautiful in form but I am formlessness.

45. Understanding that nature is divinely created and hence can support us to reconnect to that aspect of our being was not hard to relate to, it certainly had always been a great source of wonder to me. In becoming reacquainted with my own essence, my Soul and all of what I have felt and experienced in that connection, I can now relate to the fact that there is nothing grander than this, not even the wonders of nature. I no longer seek out nature to restore myself, but simply go within and connect.

46. Beautiful, nature certainly helps to confirm how glorious we are, ‘I still love to look at and photograph the skies and clouds, but now every time I am touched by a beauty so deep there is an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all.’

47. Anything that we shift responsibility for or give our power away to means we are living from something outside of us – we are choosing to separate from who we are. Thank you Adele for deepening our awareness of how this can appear and how it can happen. Going inward and making our choices from the heart is our responsibility and something to be constantly reflecting on in all of our movements.

48. Connecting the dots, and with the help of your blog, its easy for me to see that, even if we don’t connect to it all the time, the beauty and harmony we feel in nature and others, is only possible because we know that beauty and harmony within ourselves first.

49. When we give our power away to something outside of us, we miss the reflection of our grandness that’s on offer.

    1. To something or to ‘someone’.

       1. Well pulled up Irena, very true.

50. “but this was mostly done with an expectation of what I would like to hear, and therefore the answers were not true.”

    Ouch….I know this one! And how many times have I done it….asked a question, only really wanting the person (or myself) to say what I want to hear, and then not really listening to the answer if it was not what I wanted to hear. Awesome one to be aware of, and then catch it, and look at why you were avoiding the truth.

51. Giving nature, or another a place above us leaves us forever less than. For our soul, this is impossible, as it knows that our essence and that of nature’s is the same.

52. I love this beautiful sharing Adele. Nature has so much to offer us if we allow it, To me nature is sitting in my garden watching the myriad of birds coming going and butterflies . To see the beauty in a flower, a bee or lizard makes my day. A great way to confirm all is right with the world in this moment.

53. It’s fascinating to see just how astray our minds and spirits can lead us… far away from the simple truth of the soul.

54. The thing is, and what you describe here, that we do not play our part in the whole of the universe but think that we can do as we like and thus do not honour our innate yearning to surrender to the universal pulse and flow.

55. What is interesting to note here is how our connection to nature is often a reflection of ourselves and the willingness to keep things simple. Appreciating the wonder and simplicity that is on offer – yet not taking stock of the same quality we have within.

56. Nature’s reflection offers us much to explore and to confirm within our own living ways and shows that our amazingness is grand. The honesty found in everything in nature is much for us to learn and explore, whether it be a gentle butterfly flying by or the harshness and destruction of a storm, the raw and open ways that nature shares, reveals a lot and asks us to look within from what it outwardly and openly communicates to grow and ignite our heart’s connection, to the beating heart of the living natural world.

57. So gorgeous Adele, claiming back the sheer beauty we are, by seeing natures reflection as a confirmation our what lies with in us all.

58. This is a gorgeous blog Adele! I love your sharing “we are so glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us- when lived, we are the blessing that we see”. I too love Nature.

59. When we go to nature to give us something that we are not giving ourselves then this imposes on nature…. multiply that by billions of humans and nature gets a beating everyday, no wonder she needs to cough and splutter to rid herself of what’s been imposed. Just notice the difference in people when it’s a sunny day or a rainy day.

60. Nature is great at confirming how grand we are, how can we not look at the amazing detail of a flower, or the wonder of a rainbow or the vastness of the night sky and not feel we are part of something magnificent?

    1. Very true Meg. Every piece of nature be it leaf, flower, drop of rain, bird song or animal trait, exists as a powerful reflection that supports us to return to the love we innately are but have walked away from, until such a time that we can stand once more in the Kingdom of our hearts and know that no terrain is greater than this majesty.

61. Empowering to bring back your relationship with nature as equal and not handing over your power to it which leaves you less.

62. “We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see” I love this Adele but must admit a slight tinge of sadness when I read this as for thousands of years most of us have lived much less then this. To forget who one truly is has been the plight of humanity since day one.

63. There is something about nature, that if you surrender deeply enough to, will always spark in you a deep knowing, a deep connection that goes beyond what you see. In that connection is divinity, and yet, it is only the merest speck of what actually truly resides within.

    1. Beautiful and so very true Adam. It is awe-inspiring to feel that through the eyes of the Soul there is no end to exploring and discovering the magnificence of who we are and why we are here.

64. Nature is forever evolving and reflecting back to us to evolve and not stagnate in any area of our life.

65. A very marked transformation Adele… reflecting the marked difference between seeking answers from within vs from outside of us.

66. Nature is a beautiful reflection of heaven, connecting to nature is connecting to all we are from.

    1. The more I connect to nature as a simple reminder of my grandness I am realising the volume of what I can bring daily is far grander.

67. I agree with the article and can add that we still have a division between these two worlds, us and nature. It’s not this is not true in some senses but what I can see is that we see nature happening and marvel and appreciate what is there and at times turn away from other parts. We can bring this back and appreciate that what we see is a part of us and we can see our part in nature but I am sure nature doesn’t look at us through the same eyes. They don’t see a separation of two they just see what is there, what’s needed in respect to everything. We are still seeing us and nature or us and this or that. We think we are something and everything else revolves around us in a way and as we know on a greater level it is us that goes around the sun for example. We are only part of the picture and I know we are starting to see that but it’s a continual unfolding until there is a point, like nature does, we just see everything and don’t divide things up.

68. “As a result of feeling disempowered, recognition was constantly needed, thinking it would bring me closer to the power that we are. This power was simply a feeling within myself of interconnectednes.” This is revealing wisdom.

69. What I’ve come to is that by putting anything or anyone over and above my connection with my own grandness simply highlights the relationship I have with lack of self-worth and where I might be investing in it to keep myself small.

    1. Well said Rachael.

    2. Yes and trusting that all is enough in the here and now!

70. There is something truly beautiful and supportive about being in nature, and as I walk through nature I feel that I am at one with it and often there is a reflection within nature that I need to pay attention to in my own life.

71. It is very stilling when one stops and accepts the grandness we are. Just like nature we expand and hold space. The beauty of such can only be felt through choice. Not knowing or believing that we have a choice is the only barrier to living our grandness.

72. “It was a reminder of the spaciousness that I felt within, so I could simply relax and be myself.” – I can certainly relate to this! How beautiful it is to re-connect with that feeling of spaciousness inside and around us; it’s easy to get caught up in life and feel compressed and stressed but it’s also always possible for us to let that stress go and re-connect with the space that is eternally around and within us.

    1. And when we get caught up in life and get stressed, it’s easy to forget that the spaciousness is always there within us. It never goes away. All we need to do is stop and stay still for long enough to feel beneath the tension and the stress.

73. I started to really appreciate nature and to value nature as the Magic of God when I got inspired to do so by Serge Benhayon ‘…. I am touched by a beauty so deep there is an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all.’ By reading your blog I could feel I can take my appreciation for nature and thus myself deeper and not take it for granted which most of the times I do not but there are times in my life I dismiss this reflection to not feel my own grandness.

74. Absolutely Adele. The beauty we see in a incredible sunset or picturesque scene is not just the appearance of what we see, but there is a symbolic link communicating back to us everything we need to see. Better than a brilliant lecture in the most awarded University nature shares wisdom with us effortlessly. It’s a great reminder if ever we needed it, that we are born and all given universal understanding.

75. Nature is a wonderful blooming of reflection. It is the ultimate guide to deep self pondering and realisations in life.

76. There is a lot in this world we live in that is not true, not loving or supportive at all. We can continually react to this, and seek relief in the nature around us – as if to say ‘thank God there’s no people who can touch me here’. Or we can see it as a reminder that we naturally divine, grand and expensive like any sunrise, we can reconfigure the parts that aren’t loving in life just by reconnecting and moving with this natural wisdom and light. Thank you Adele, for this loving reminder here.

77. I think the simplicity that you have come to now is beautiful Adele – how you can recognise your own worth and innate access to wisdom that is within us all equally and how we each have a responsibility to not undermine ourselves nor dismiss the difference that we each make. And with that we can truly appreciate nature for the reflection it brings and not as something to hide in or need identification from.

78. The responsibility I feel every day is to commit to life and commit to people, very simply so, everything that takes me away from this commitment I will have to be aware of.

79. It is truly stunning to come to a place after so much searching where you realize you possess everything within your were ever searching for outside and that all the beauty you see you know you are.

80. Nature is a reflection for us to learn from, but not to lead us, as it only communicates the grandness it is. Showing us that we are much more.

81. “I threw myself into a journey of soul-searching, though ironically I did not turn to my soul, but instead looked outside of myself. Nature became my focus and where my answers were sought. ” I can so relate Adele. When deeply unhappy I would go for long walks and look to nature – outside of me – to console me. Since discovering Universal Medicine I still love to walk in nature, but I know to look within me not outside of myself for answers. Giving our power away to somebody or something outside of us does not serve in the long run.

82. I am sure many people can relate to giving their power away to nature, what you have expressed here in your blog Adele is all about true empowerment. The magnificence we see in nature is but a reflection of our true selves.

83. Nature gloriously IS, and reflects its beauty for all equally. We can learn so much from nature, the simplicity and power of our reflection.

84. ‘…every time I am touched by a beauty so deep there is an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all.’ Nature for me is just that, a confirmation that what I actually see and feel, is but a fraction of the glory and beauty in each one of us.

85. ‘Every time I am touched by a beauty so deep there is an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all.’ Beautifully said Adele.

86. Nature is powerful Adele there is no question about that, but nothing is more powerful than who we are in our essence, and nothing grander. Understanding and being able to feel that in myself, has changed forever the way I see the world and any desires, hankerings or need to ‘go see places’.

87. When I look to the sky, hills and green pastures feeling connected to myself and enjoying being with me, I cannot but feel a part of it. Even though I see the images there in front of me I get a sense of the images coming into me through my eyes. I feel at one with everything.

88. We have made nature grander than us, tried to harness/control it and many times over got stricken and defeated by it, we have sought comfort and healing from it, and we have trashed it – the relationships we as a species have been having with nature really exposes how we have not accepted the grandness of who we truly are in essence, as an equally Divine component of God’s design.

89. This is a beautiful reminder Adele. To recognise the magnificence of Nature but at the same time knowing we are just as magnificent and that the answer will always lie within ourselves.

90. Interesting to read, and I know by experience, that we are able to measure ourselves to nature and with that dismissing that nature is a reflection to us to learn and grow from. While we think we are so intelligent how is it possible that we forget that nature is a way to connect to who we truly are and is a reflection of the universe here on earth. The harmony and order that is reflected is also in us as we belong to that grander whole, the intelligence of nature and of the universe.

91. We have been given such beauty, such grace, such magnificence. Nature reflects this in its varying world wide landscapes and views. What an awesome reminder of the Love that we truly are.

92. Awesome blog…..nature constantly reflects back to us, the grandness that we all are in essence, and can also be an awesome reflection, when we are not being that grandness, that is so innately within us all.

93. Nature reflects constantly it’s stillness, commitment, new life and love – free of judgement and expectation. Nature just is and we are blessed that we need do nothing but be present and feel its healing power..

94. ‘We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see’ and appreciating this blessing is something that is becoming an increasingly integral part of my life and this supports my trust in myself that I have the answers that I spent so many years seeking outside of myself for.

95. I too evaded ‘self-responsibility and commitment to life’ for many years but inspired by hearing Serge Benhayon present I started to make different choices and one of the joys of this has been how the harmony I am increasingly experiencing is reflected back to me in nature.

96. Nature has a way of showing us all when we are not living with the rhythms of the Universe.

    1. Isn’t that the truth Mary. When we are in rhythm with our own cycles, we are then in rhythm with the universe and can appreciate the interconnectedness of us as a whole.

97. Nature is based on cycles to restore harmony just like our human bodies are.

98. Beautiful, beautiful blog Adele, thank you. ‘When I looked outside to nature for my answers, I was constantly reconfirming the belief that I don’t know’ this stood out for me. It is so true, this applies to pretty much everything, whenever we look outside ourselves for answers it disempowers us because in truth we hold all the answers within us already.

99. Beautifully said Adele, “there is an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all”. Nature is our teacher in reflecting back to us who we truly are and it will never stop doing that until we all have chosen to return to that inner essence we all equally have living inside of us.

100. Thank you Adele for a beautiful blog, I too would go to nature with my troubles looking for something outside of me for healing, now I know that my healing comes from within me. ” We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.”

101. Nature is beautiful and it is a pleasure to appreciate its intrinsic order it operates with.

102. I can relate to feeling less than nature and to looking to it for my solace, comfort and answers. All this searching and asking left me feeling totally empty when I left nature to return to the city. Serge Benhayon was the first person to present to me that nature is but a reflection of the glory of who we truly are. It is a reminder, a message from God to help us to remember the magnificence of a true being. Now I see nature all around me – even in the middle of London. It is constantly communicating to us – offering us a true reflection of ourselves.

103. “What I then felt was that I was living in a constantly anxious state of wanting and seeking answers, so I chose to not perpetuate this disharmony anymore by taking back the responsibility for my life”, what a blessing Adele for you to come to this realisation which was enough to change your life forever. Knowing our place in line with nature and the Universe is a real gift.

104. Beautifully expressed Adele, I also used to escape to nature to fulfill me in someway, I know longer need this anymore and can just enjoy the magnificence and beauty that nature is constantly offering us.

105. We cannot give our power away to anyone or anything. It simply does not work and in fact is very harming. The only true way to live is to look within for answers. They are all there and it is just a matter of reconnecting with our true selves to find the answers we are all looking for.

106. Wow to feel the beauty all around me and to know that beauty and divinity is within is so confirming and something I definitely do not do enough of.

107. That is the relationship with nature we should all come to understand. There is no divinity grander than that found within.

108. Nature is constantly presenting to us the love that is there for us all to return to, that is all that nature is about and we can call the magic of God as when we open up to this way of living love becomes magical and connected to a divine order.

109. It is really amazing what nature reflects to us from the smallest ameba to the furthest universe. What you have expressed here Adele sums it up perfectly;
     “Nature has never stopped reflecting to me its sheer beauty, harmony and a love that is true. I have never stopped feeling this, with the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within”.

110. Anytime we look outside ourselves to find the answers we are dismissing the beauty and knowing that we have innately within.

111. When we search outside ourselves for all that already lies within we completely disconnect from our true power, our innermost.

112. Yes I agree Adele. Nature is to confirm us not to rescue us.

113. We capture a stunning sunset, we are captivated by a cloud, and touched deeply by the stature of a age old tree, but isn’t it time we celebrated and appreciate our true nature, our delicacy our power, our stillness, our grace? Wow what a wild-life we would see if we all embraced the divinity we are. Thank you Adele for offering us this nature tour.

114. From your sharing here Adele it’s very apparent what the difference is between giving our power away to nature and anything outside of us as opposed to simply seeing the reflections that nature in her beauty and glory is offering us. It is these messages from these reflections that would serve us to learn to read and understand.

115. “We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.” Most beautifully said. Thank you Adele.

116. It is funny how we can be so fascinated with nature but still see it in a way that is segregated and apart. We focus on ‘that flower’ ‘that animal’ or the cloud or sunset that catches our eye. Yet there is such a grander picture to the beauty that lives in how each and every thing is there and why. I wonder do we live segregated in ourselves? or do we value cherish and deeply know that we are connected in every way and that the ‘magic of god’ is not just in the thing we say, but in each and every single move we take – for God knows they all relate back to truth.

117. Nature is a beautiful reflection of what we truly are, I have always felt a connection with it. But now can truly see what it is meant for, it reflects us the grandness of who we are, and all other qualities we have naturally. The consistency of a flower blooming every year for example, never holding back and going with the cycle that the world is constantly in, as are we.

118. A great wake-up call to check our equality with Nature and not place ourselves the lesser in grandness. It’s prompted me to take more notice of when I go beyond wonder and joy when I’m out walking in Nature, unwittingly giving my power away to its majesty and completely dishonouring my equalness in the process.

119. Thank you Adele for a really beautiful blog about your love of nature and finding this love and glory within yourself. I went through life looking to nature to fill a need that was in me, when all the time what I needed was to connect to the deep love that was within me all along.

120. This is a great blog Adele illustrating how easy it is to lose ourselves by getting preoccupied with looking outside ourselves for external forces, solutions and old traditions no longer relevant in todays world – which only serve to take us even further away from ourselves and prevents us building a true relationship with ourselves and thus a true relationship with others and the world around us.

121. Thank you Adele. I can see that there is a very clear link between true relationship and responsibility and it applies to our relationships with nature, people and everything else equally.

122. Even though I love nature too, I appreciate that Nature is not greater than I. Thank you Adele for sharing your journey to this conclusion also!

123. ‘We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.’ I love this feeling of absolute at oneness that there is in and with nature and all it’s glory, all our glory. It is palpable, it is alive it is real and it is true.

124. I love watching the sunrise, such a lovely reflection at the start of the day, and equally the sunset, a reflection that the day is winding down and a celebration of the day coming to its end.

125. “Nature has never stopped reflecting to me its sheer beauty, harmony and a love that is true.”
     I feel and appreciate this as well, Adele. In nature we find great reflections and messages from God -we just need to be open to them.

126. Thank you for such a beautiful sharing Adele – a loving reminder that we can never find wha we are seeking outside of ourselves when all that we are is already within. “We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.”

127. When we no longer seek to get something out of nature, our relationship with it becomes about the confirmation of the beauty that is there right inside of us and we are open to seeing the Magic of God reflected through nature all around us.

128. For me Adele, when I doubted myself I looked to others for answers, also seeking outside of myself. So for me I could replace the word “Nature” with “People”. In seeing myself as less then I lost the connection to my essence, my innate beauty which is in fact what was constantly being reflected back at me from others. So to rephrase you quote:

     “[People have] never stopped reflecting to me [their] sheer beauty, harmony and a love that is true. I have never stopped feeling this, with the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within. This was deeply felt when the need to look outside for answers and recognition was dropped.”

129. Beautifully written and shared Adele and I thank you! I like to spend some time each day in nature even if it is my own back yard, the peace and love from watching butterflies and birds and many other visitors that I have is so uplifting and clears the mind and opens the Heart.

130. There is so much being communicated in nature all of the time – all we need is to be present and the reflection is there.

131. There is magic all around us all the time… We simply need the eyes to be able to see, and so we need our eyes to be connected to our hearts so that the veil is lifted and we are able to see what is truly there.

     1. Beautifully expressed cjames2012 and very true.

132. I have been recently reconnecting with the amazing beauty nature reflects which at times when truly honest and true-full, can also be challenging to feel too simply because just like nature can reflect a beauty that confirms what we are already choosing to live, it can also equally reflect the fact that we may not be living such beauty.

133. I love to see an amazing sunset in glorious colours as a reminder to myself to confirm the beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all. It is a beautiful reflection for us all to feel the we are equal to that.

134. Adele- what a great blog this is to deconstruct some aspects of shamanism and looking outside of ourselves to nature’s wonder to bring fulfillment. At times I still find it incredible that the beauty I see in nature is equally within me but instead of being in awe at nature I am in awe of the beauty I have within even if I am yet to accept it in full.

135. Nature also gives me the opportunity to have some space, for which I am very grateful, and I know that this space has a purpose, that with it I must return to life and be equally as unimposing.

136. Adele, you’re really shown how anything not matter how beautiful and God given can be used as a prop for us to avoid what we do know and the steps we need to take, in other words to avoid our responsibility and the power that we all are. Nature is there to confirm and reflect that not as a place to distract and avoid it, and while we can try to treat it in this way, ultimately it doesn’t work. We are all equals parts of God and one piece us, using another to avoid expressing isn’t it – I love how you describe that picture at the end, it’s a confirmation of the beauty of nature while feeling and knowing your own beauty and power.

137. Nature is beautiful in all its facets, but not more beautiful than we are. It is a continuous reflection of our own connection with god.

138. I love your description of the connection we all have with nature and how we are all indelibly connected to it.

139. Thank you for this statement: “We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.” It is great to hear this from somebody who has had such a different belief system about the role nature plays in our lives and it is awesome to understand and realise how truly confirming nature is.

140. What I picked up from your blog, Adele, was how shallow or insubstantial are the beliefs of so many shamanic traditions in the way they encourage the followers to see Nature as something to be worshipped, and the disrespect of seeing Nature’s true power as something to be harnessed in support of personal gain and personal answers.
     My truth is that Nature reflects to us who we are – In Truth, In Harmony: it has no need for us to dance to it and engage in any prescribed rituals like moon dances or whatever. It simply reflects and holds us as equal to itself.

141. Thank you Adele for a beautiful blog, I love these words, “every time I am touched by a beauty so deep there is an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all.’

     1. Yes Jill, that’s s a stand out for me … as nature reflects my stillness and the simplicity of my inner essence, nothing required but to appreciate nature and the glorious reflection offered.

142. This is so lovely Adele, and I really had to stop and re-read a couple of strong points within the piece. When you shared that you saw nature as something “immensely grandiose” and something you has “no power over” I really feel how much I have done the same and have almost been in fear of nature and its largeness and its atrocities. But it is not to be feared. It is actually the opposite, it is to be celebrated. As you also share it is all working within the harmony of the universe and it is designed to bring balance to the world.

143. ‘When lived we are the blessing that we see’. This is a great line Adele and so very true. When we are connected to ourselves we can feel and see the beauty and magic in nature. When we are out of sync with ourselves this is also reflected in nature by an ant bite, walking through a cobweb or a bird pooing on your car.

144. A beautiful reflective blog on nature Adele. – I can relate to having been in total awe of the sunsets, sunrises, blue skies and the spaciousness of nature etc. in the past and always making myself lesser through this. Since attending presentations by Serge Benhayon, I am becoming more aware and, giving myself permission to really feel the confirmation of the innermost grandness and awe-some-ness that I am / we are that nature offers in this reflection. With this there is a spaciousness being felt in every particle of my being.
     Now when I see a beautiful sunrise, sunset or proliferation of colourful blossom, or a single perfumed rose, I know this is a reflection and metaphor of the equal abundance and glory of what is deeply within us all – to be celebrated and appreciated, without giving power away to one being more than the other.
     “Nature has never stopped reflecting to me its sheer beauty, harmony and a love that is true. I have never stopped feeling this, with the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within. This was deeply felt when the need to look outside for answers and recognition was dropped”.

145. “We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.”
     I find it a case in point , that depending on how connected we are to ourselves in our inner most state, is the degree to which we may notice / truly see what Nature reflects to us.
     When I feel the most free, joyful , and feeling that I absolutely need nothing, that I am whole and amazing as I am, I often notice, for example, glorious clouds and skies, or simple confirmation of an incredible radiating colourful flower or feel something harmonious in the wind.
     I realise it is actually a feeling you get that comes with the ‘visual’ , that is the confirmation.
     It is because I feel connected deeply to my glory that I am able to read the glory that Nature reflects to me.
     At other times, when I have not felt myself, Nature is just there, like in the background. And I feel empty, nothing.
     The more tuned in to my self I am and to everything around me, the more I am given and able to understand and see…and these can be anywhere and everywhere If I am open and feel my connection to all things and people… comments people make, signs on billboards, incidents that happen around me, behaviours of animals etc.

     The truth is in us, and our willingness to be able to read what is happening.As we peel back the layers of unawareness, we can see more. The biggest thing is to not switch off.

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147. Thank you Adele. The wisdom you share here has allowed me to feel that we miss out on the true messages from God every time we look outside ourselves for the answers. Oh the irony.

     1. Yes Leonne, and this searching outside of ourselves for answers only propagates feelings of dis-empowerment, anxiousness and a further disconnection from ourselves.

148. Accepting the divinity within myself allows me to appreciate nature to such an intimate level as I know it is a reflection of me.

149. “I still love to look at and photograph the skies and clouds, but now every time I am touched by a beauty so deep there is an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all” love this sentence Adele, taking the time to appreciate an amazing sunrise this morning allowed me to feel the beauty of our essence within us all.

150. Beautiful Adele that is a blog that breaks an old believe that nature is grander than us -wow! I have to say that I love it because it helped to return to stand back on our feet again so to speak instead of thinking that everything outside of us is grander. Your quote said it all: “We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.” Yes I agree we have to choose to live this – so let us choose to do so and not wait any longer.

151. This is gorgeous Adele, and I can related to what you have shared. Nature has always been and offered me a reflection of absolute truth and love living in harmony with all. As a child I always immersed in and marvelled at the wonders of nature and celebrated the oneness that I felt with nature. But over the years I had also separated from this and started to think that the harmony of nature was a way of being that was not possible to live for myself or for humanity. But through the presentations of Serge Benhayon and The Ageless Wisdom Teachings I have also re-discovered and returned to deepening, once again, my relationship with the magic and harmony of nature knowing now that this reflects the magic and harmony within me. As you beautifully said – ‘knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within.’

152. Serge Benhayon has inspired me to see and appreciate the Magic of God in nature. The natural world has always been where I have felt most at one with myself and now I am learning to read all the messages that are constantly being communicated to me through nature and the Magic of God.

     1. Me too Mary, I used to need nature to make me feel good. Now I be with nature and appreciate the reflection and messages that are constantly being communicated to confirm and/or support me.

153. Beautifully expressed Adele, there are many gems in this blog that are worth reflecting on. I especially loved this line – ‘ every time I am touched by a beauty so deep there is an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all.’ – what an awesome reminder for us all.

154. Beautiful Adele, another claiming of our responsibility, and how much of a blessing true responsibility is. Our beauty is reflected all around us if we choose to accept it’s grandness.

155. Stunning Adele. ‘When the shutter is pressed I am taking a picture that is in confirmation of a true relationship with nature. We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see’.

156. Very powerful Adele, the subject you touched on.. I have looked at nature from a belief that nature was more powerful than me. I feel for this ideal so I actually could step away from my own power, and instead hide, and pretend that I was less responsible for all that happened. What you highlight in your blog is that we all have the power, just like nature does, and that it is actually a reflection of the enormity we come from (yes everyone!). It wasn’t until I met Serge Benhayon that I realized I had such strength and power too, that once I stepped into nature again, it felt that I wasn’t giving my power away anymore to nature (something outside of me). What I also realized was that I had given my power away to many more things in life, such as:my mother, older people, men etc. etc. Because I felt my power back again – I feel that giving my power away is just not it, I prefer living my own power, which is absolutely THE BEST.

     1. Gorgeous, Danna. I agree: Nature has no need of our ‘power,’ it simply reflects our true Power.

157. I like this level of self-responsibility and it makes so much sense: “How I chose to live was constantly re-confirming the belief ” or reconfirming who we innately are.

158. The gorgeousness of nature is that it never thinks ahead of time that I am going to shine, I am going to reflect my stillness, I am going to be beautiful. It just is—and then it is truly all of that. Responsibility is natural in our beingness.

     1. ” Responsibility is natural in our beingness” that’s a powerful line 1heart1love1earth I feel this is the power within when we are in connection to our natural rhythm, when we have a flow in our bodies that reflects our true nature. Then we also shine, are still and beautiful.

     2. Thank you Adele this is just pure wisdom- that when we try- we look outside of ourselves and/or need recognition, but there is so much to learn from/be inspired by nature, in that it doesn’t try! It just continues to bloom and express and be in every moment, knowing it is confirming the next.

     3. Very true – nature just is in all its glory. Nature asks for nothing, carries no judgment and is solid and present. We can learn much about being from observing nature.

     4. Nature is just that a pause moment that can bring us back when we are out of whack or pulled into the raciness of the world we live in.

159. Glorious nature in all its splendour, something to admire in awe yes but to think we are not part of this or from this hurts us deeply as we feel the sadness of the glory we walked away from. May we allow nature to remind us of ourselves and where we belong.

     1. Nature remindes us of our natural beauty and of our true essence – how beautiful and natural is that!

        1. So true Angela, beautifully said.

160. This is such a powerful blog Adele; beautiful expressed, very inspirational.
     “Nature has never stopped reflecting to me its sheer beauty, harmony and a love that is true. I have never stopped feeling this, with the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within. This was deeply felt when the need to look outside for answers and recognition was dropped”
     What you have written here particularly resonated with me; I can feel the depth of beauty, harmony and love coming through you.

     1. It is no wonder that we are drawn to nature or we often get those stop moments.

161. When we separate from the grandness of being that is nature, we only have the choice to be more or less than it. This reminds me of the connection with God. Once you connect with it from within the innner heart then there can be nothing more or less than equality.

162. Up until about a year ago, I had never paid much attention to the clouds, nor could I understand why people were so interested and fascinated by them. One day, when I actually realised how amazing I was, there they were – the clouds were literally right there in front of me. In that realisation I felt myself expand and not hide in the contraction of not accepting how amazing I am, with this expansion I could connect to the clouds. It was such a powerful moment to me and I still enjoy this reflection. Some days the clouds are so divine and I recognise this divinity within me. Some days the clouds seem really far away and this is a great reflection too – it is nature sending me a loving message. Thank you for your sharing Adele.

163. This has been a bit of a wake up for me tonight. Choosing not to see myself as equal to nature – especially to the moon and stars, is showing me how I have not been willing to see who I truly am, and thus reflect this to the world.

164. This is beautiful Adele. It’s so often that we feel that all of lifes beauty is somehow outside of us and this keeps us disconnected from our own true natures. The truth that you have presented is that the beauty we see is a reflection of what is inside of us, and when we truly connect to nature as a reflection of our own inner beauty it actually becomes even more stunning. The crispness of a leaf, the sparkle of a dew drop on a spider web in the sunlight – all amazing reflections of living in the field of God.

165. If we marvel at something outside of us but don’t allow us to feel the beauty and fullness within ourselves we create a void in ourselves that wants to be filled with more beauty from the outside all the while forgetting that we are that beauty, fullness, richness that we see and it is a mere reflection of that what we already are.

166. When taking a walk in nature recently, I met with the sun rising, feeling and seeing this magnificence as I was feeling how my every step felt in relation to the body, I heard within myself, “I am power=I empower”. The true power that moment from the sun and the equal reflection of the body, has inspired and empowered me.

167. Nature is there to reflect what is within us. Perhaps all the grandeur of nature is living deep within us?

168. ‘When lived, we are the blessing that we see’ – Wow….. just stunning.

169. It is quite interesting what happened reading this blog to me. The beginning was clear but as soon as you start talking how your relationship with nature changed the text became very dense and did not make too much sense, and as soon as you came back to how you have reimprinted that relationship, the text shifted again towards clarity. Through this, I could feel how you went through your journey and how un-natural was your second stage.

170. Beautiful article Adele thank you. As a child nature was not seperate from myself, it allowed me to feel the grandness of me, an expansiveness that encompassed everything, silence, stillness, movement, power and all the different and inspiring aspects of the one. Harmony.

171. “…equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all” – that’s what struck me.
     In nature we accept everything-most of the time-as the matter of fact. All is functioning together in harmony. In a human society we created images, false ideals how things should be, how we need to look, what roles to play. We disconnected from the beauty, the power and our essence. It is blessing that Serge Benhayon and The Way of Livingness is here to remind us where we are actually from and what this life is truly about.

172. When I too am able to connect with the natural order and harmony that it is inside of me I instantly can feel and appreciate a connection to that same inherent order and harmony of nature and its cycles.

173. Thank you Adele for your sharing. To put something else above ourselves as we often do, and looking outside of ourselves for the answers to life’s problems and questions, we are saying we are ‘lesser than’. Thank you to Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon for the Loving encouragement to be ourselves first , and all will follow.

174. “Nature has never stopped reflecting to me its sheer beauty, harmony and a love that is true. I have never stopped feeling this, with the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within’. Adele, this is a beautiful reminder for us all to never give our power away to the grandeur of nature, but to appreciate nature ‘in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all’. Thank you for an inspiring blog.

175. Great blog exemplifying how we can and do give our power away to anything and everything outside ourselves in pursuit of answers, personal recognition and escape from self-responsibility. Such a powerful way you describe how, when we ignore our feelings, we’re essentially making a choice to be ‘locked up in the unknowingness of what is true’. Getting to know, listen to and respect our innermost feelings is one of the best pastimes around. Feelings are our inbuilt barometer, our guide, counsel and BFF.

176. For me now, nature is not a respite but a confirmation, and that confirmation can be in the busiest of cities or the quiet of the country. This comes through the inspiration of Universal Medicine and my consequent re-connection with myself .

177. I had to sit and just feel your words Adele – “Nature has never stopped reflecting to me its sheer beauty,harmony and a love that is true”. Beautiful – thank you.

178. I agree Adele, nature reflects so much back to us. Yet it’s only reflecting what we know and it’s grandness is just a confirmation of what we already are.

179. Thank you for this reminder Adele. Yesterday I was driving through heavy storms and sunshine and there were many rainbows. I marvelled and wondered at these beautiful colours in the sky and on the road, forgetting that I am that colourful and beautiful too if i choose to feel and express so.

180. Yet another amazing honest and beautiful blog from you Adele. Like you I had a very strong connection to nature starting as a child. But nature became my resort, my comfort from a ‘cruel’ world, and so I would have lose myself to it, as you say. That is until I came to Universal Medicine and gradually as I started to heal I still loved nature but no longer needed nature to withdraw into at times when the world became too much. Now nature is in its place within and without.

181. Nature has so much to offer, the constant signs and reflections that nature provides are endless. On a recenr retreat with Uni Med I kept on sighting a particular creature and when I was given a reading on this occurance it offered me great insight into my situation at the time.

182. Nature is innately part of God, but so are we in truth, and when we hold nature as having a higher or different form of connection to the one we know, we immediately discount our own true divinity, and that is a tremendous shame, for it keeps us from knowing the truth of who we are.

     1. I have always felt the divinity in nature too, Adam. I know we are one and the same. But without living the divinity that I know, my devotion towards nature was a yearning to be that which I know but have not chosen to live, and in this process I am never truly living.

183. It’s that time of year again… spring, well this top of the world. Most people know and have seen that in the fall there is always one day that the colors are at their peek. The sun is right and the colors of the rainbow are everywhere to be seen in nature as it readies it self for the winter sleep when it starts the cycle all over again. There is another that a lot of people miss…the perfect day in the spring that all of the greens, every shade is at its peek with the picks from the cherry blossoms, giant white magnolias and yellows and reds are there to be seen. It is the equinox of the life cycle of nature. So as it is in our life, it is all there if we just stop and feel.

184. Thank you for this sharing. At the moment it is spring. All the trees are opening up, the fresh green of the leaves is lush and colours of the blossom is breathtaking. Like a child in wonder and joy I have walked through nature the last few days. I felt and feel so rich. I realise now it is a reflection of me, opening up, expanding, ready to express even more, deeper and with tremendous joy.

185. Thank you Adele for a very beautiful blog , I too, loved to be in nature and in it felt closer to God, but I was always going outside of myself to find this. I have since come to know and feel that the glory and beauty I see in nature is also reflected in me. I can now be in nature with me.

186. Wow Adele what a powerful blog. Thank you for reminding me that I am equal with nature.

187. It’s interesting how you put nature as higher then yourself.. I can actually relate to this when I was younger because when I was in nature I did not feel that I lived as purely as nature did so it’s like I was comparing myself to it. Nowadays it’s lovely to appreciate nature as something that can inspire me and remind me of the purity that is inside me and the stillness inside me that I will never lose, I just have to work on bringing more of that into my everyday life. Now when I walk through nature I look at the trees and feel a stillness and I say to myself “I deserve to honour that stillness that is inside of me.”

     1. It is very true Ariel that it is only necessary for us to put anything outside of ourselves on a pedestal when we are not truly living it. If we are that which we already know, we are not separate from it, there is nothing to compare with.
        I still love looking at the sky and the clouds, they confirm all that is already within.

188. This was so interesting to read Adele and I love your honesty. I had never considered that one could lose oneself in nature (not being so inclined myself!) but can see how this is no different to giving ourselves away to anything outside of ourselves – partying, relationships, jet-skiing, you name it. It goes to show we can turn even the most seemingly unassuming of interests into an absorbing and harming psychodrama.

     1. So true Victoria, ‘we can turn even the most seemingly unassuming of interests into an absorbing and harming psychodrama’ if we are constantly seeking outside of ourselves for any form of recognition, confirmation or stimulation. Yet this all changes once we claim ourselves and step into our true power and can then see what is outside of us for what it is. In the case of Nature it can then reflect back to us that ‘we are in fact just as divine as nature in our essence’.

     2. Victoria, I can remember how as a child I loved being outdoors on the farm and how I lost this connection in the ‘doingness’ and the seeking recognition as I got older. Thanks to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine I am returning to this beautiful connection I have with nature and like Victoria I had never considered how another could lose themselves, giving their power away to nature. I too found reading this honest blog very interesting.

189. Precisely Adele. We are all as grand as the mountains, as deep as the sea and as bright as the sun – when we truly embrace this union there is nowhere to go but celebration!

190. What an exquisite description of your developing relationship with Nature, Adele. I love the truth of ” the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within.”
     Simple, yet so profound. Thank you.

191. Great point you make here Adele that the moment we hold nature as something grander than us we feel disempowered. Nature is indeed very grand and very inspiring but we need to remember that it is simply reminding us of our own grandness and that we are in fact equal with nature. It just does not appear that way, because of the way we are living as a human race, but we are in fact just as divine as nature in our essence.

     1. I whole heartedly agree andrewmooney26. We are no more or less as we are from the same love.

192. I used to seek nature and feel how awesome it was and want to be in and so searching to feel myself again but I have been experiencing it in different way and it is with that “… knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within.” Not less, not searching, but being and feeling it has a reflection.

193. Nature is such a beautiful reflection. I can go for a walk and hardly notice the details of the plants, the colors, hues, shapes and textures. Other days I see it all and am taken by the beauty and uniqueness of nature. The more present I am the more beauty I am reflected.

     1. Well said Vicky… I can relate and I have a feeling there is a deeper meaning in your comment but for the moment I am not too sure what it is. None the less the beauty of nature is definitely appreciated more when you are more present with yourself.

     2. Vicky, I so agree with you here, the more I am in my body enjoying being myself the more connected I feel to nature when I am walking. When I have walked in this way the love I feel for myself expands and I feel one and the same with nature. This feels so powerful, yet feels that it is simply the way it is, to live any other way is in total disregard of who I am in truth.

     3. Your words are such a beautiful sharing Vicky. I am only beginning to accept that when we are in appreciation of ourselves it is far easier to appreciate everyone and everything around us – for it is not only nature that can reflect this beauty to us, people can too.

        1. Very very true Suse. We are given reflections constantly, from every angle if we are open to it.

194. To see ourselves as equal to and a reflection of nature’s beauty and majesty, inspires us to be more.

195. I love how you talk about empowerment and responsibility here, as they do go hand in hand. True empowerment comes from knowing that what we know inside of ourselves is first and foremost trustworthy and that it needs to be honoured deeply. As you say, looking outside of ourselves and needing confirmation or recognition from an external source can only get us so far. I have loved learning how what is inside us already knows what is true and that we just need to surrender, and connect for that love to be felt, and then expressed.

     1. Well said Amelia. I can feel despite all its beauty, magic and harmony, nature can reflect back our emptiness and lovelessness just as much as it can reflect back our love, joy and full-ness.

        1. How beautiful and true Joshua, that to embrace something it is the whole that we say yes to, be it nature or humanity. We cannot just say yes to the part we like and disregard everything else. That said, it is up to us to live this acceptance–and that would allow us to be continuously inspired by what we reflect, while being aware and interconnected to every other aspect, knowing ultimately the whole is what matters.

        2. Well said. It is not just about ourselves but humanity as a whole and every other being that lives on earth as well

        3. This is so true Joshua and 1heart1love1earth – accepting all of us is so important and living this – all of who we are and all our choices. It feels like by doing this we are also accepting others and their choices too. Beautifully said that ‘knowing ultimately the whole is what matters’ – because ‘we cannot just say yes to the part we like and disregard everything else’.

        4. Living without true connection to your inner most self and relying on a relationship with nature that comes from outside of this feels disempowering and almost like we are not taking responsibility for what we truly feel is true. Even though it is nature, and it is natural, your blog is evidence that there are many relationships we can have with nature and these are simply reflections of what our relationship is with ourselves deep within.

        5. Great you have mentioned this Joshua. It is a little seed of evil that is planted when we see something beautiful in nature and instead of recognising that what we see is a reflection of what is inside us, we attach that feeling to nature and feel that what is important is the nature instead of knowing and accepting that what we are feeling is actually within us.

196. The sentence, ‘How I chose to live was constantly re-confirming the belief that I had no power in understanding what was going on around me’, invites me to ponder the ways in which I live, that continue to confirm the disregard of my feelings and therefore my power to understand what is going on within my life.

     It is wonderful to contemplate the possibility that I do know far more than I allow myself to feel and this simply develops from choosing to feel what I feel and not discount myself.

197. Such beautiful writing Adele on a subject I have also had a deep and varied relationship with – nature! Just before I went outside and a huntsman spider landed on my head and crawled down my body. I screamed. But then, I laughed. I appreciated the moment of nature giving me such a loud message! Understanding the reflection that nature gives me has brought another level of appreciation for its magic. But also the knowing that there is nothing grander, nothing brighter, than the light which each of us emanates.

     1. Simone, love your example, It confirms that nature can speak very loudly sometimes if it wants to get our attention. Having a relationship with nature in all its subtleties and seeing the magic in every little thing confirms that we have that same magic within us and that as you say, ‘there is nothing grander, nothing brighter, than the light which each of us emanates.’

198. This is reminder of the what I see in the clouds on most days, a magnificent beauty that is constantly changing. I can appreciate the clouds, but find it harder to appreciate how beautiful I am and that I am no less than all the beauty in nature. A work in progress.. thanks Adele.

     1. Mark how I enjoy watching the ever changing clouds too–when they move, no moment is static or the same. Every moment we can let go of something that we are not, it can be instant and continuous.

     2. Interesting you raise this Mark as I realise this is true for me at times also wherein I can appreciate and accept the beauty in nature (i.e. observing the night sky, or a sunset or rainbow etc.) but sometimes find it difficult to appreciate and accept the beauty in me! Something I am definitely going to pay more attention to and work on!

199. A beautiful turn around Adele, to a deep understanding that the exquisite beauty we see in nature is in fact a reflection and also a constant reminder of where we come from and what lies within us.

     1. So True Jo, Adele’s beautifully supportive blog really reminded me of why I always spent time in a tree as a child looking up to the sky through the leaves when I wanted to re-connect. The limitless beauty and stillness in nature allows us to re-connect to ourselves because we are that same deep beauty and stillness.

        1. Kate, I spent most of my childhood up trees, loving those quiet spaces, knowing that I was part of it all. I saw the the raw side of it when the fox killed my chickens, and watched falcons swoop on their prey. Nature in tooth and claw may seem harsh, but it has a rhythm and harmony as each creature lives its life to the full, flowers plants and trees have their seasons,seeding, dying back, only to bloom again. Just as we humans too, seed, die, and bloom again.

     2. Yes, so important to bring the amazing reflection we receive from nature back home to ourselves and realise that we all marvel at it’s presence within us.

200. What a beautiful honest blog that I am sure many people can relate to. What struck me is how often we project a quality from within outside and then seek it there where it will never be found. For example I used to be mesmerised by the stillness and inner beauty of one woman that particularly touched me. Everything about her being pulled at me, perhaps how you felt about nature. I grew to realise that if I could feel that in her it must be in me and the reflection was for me to connect to and live that quality within myself. It was actually quite healing to connect to her as an inspiration and role model, but very disempowering and harmful to myself and this woman when I saw it as something outside of myself and gave my power away in that manner.

     1. I love what you point out here – how harmful it is when we give our power away to something or someone outside of us. I have done that a lot in my life and it has left me feeling worthless. Thanks to Serge Benhayon I was able to connect back with my own inner power and glory and this has built my self-worth tremendously.

     2. Nice illustration Nicola of another version of the same phenomenon, and of its potential to heal or harm. It’s wonderful to be inspired, no doubt about it, but everything we need and are lies within!

     3. Yes Nicola, the projecting of a quality outside ourselves, starves us of what we already have? How tricked we have allowed ourselves to be. We already know on some level that what we are looking for is there inside us, waiting to be unwrapped and enjoyed by us and then offered to others!

     4. Lovingly expressed Nicola, an inspiration can be true when we truly choose to receive it.

     5. Nicola what a beautiful realisation. A major key to feel when you are holding yourself less and not excepting the reflection on offer in front of you.

201. A beautiful observation Adele. I too was raised in the city, but loved the creek down the end of our street (which is all road and houses now). We used to see how many tadpoles we could find. The connection we have with nature is innate because, as you say, we are part of nature and not separate from it. I now live in a rural area and I am more aware of where I live and the animals that come and hang out at my place. I was walking recently and looking at the magnificent view along the river and had a thought about how insignificant we were in comparison to nature. I realised that this was a belief that I had and that perhaps nature was showing me in fact how grand and powerful we actually are.

     1. I too recall playing in nature as a child. Like you Jennifer I was raised in the city but spent weekends and holidays in the country and loved it. I don’t feel drawn to do so now, and prefer to take my exercise in a gym, but I appreciate how it felt then – very connecting. It was a big panorama for exploring and fun. There are certainly moments and days when I appreciate the beauty and magic of nature and our place in and with it; in what feels like a magical and majestic tapestry.

202. This is a powerfully honest blog Adele. Dropping the need for recognition and instead taking up responsibility in every and all areas of my life, allows me to remember and build connection with the exquisite essence I am, as is reflected back by the grandness of nature.

     1. Yes Giselle, working on letting go of the need for recognition and / or identification has been huge for me also. I love the way you express the grandness that we are when we take responsibility for all areas of our lives…and to me, the more we are being true to ourselves, the grander our reflection of nature will be.

203. There is true power is our choices made in connection, and nature simply reflects and confirms. Great blog Adele.

204. I love reading your blogs Adele, the detail and clarity you express is lovely to read. Amazing when we realize just how grand we really are and begin to live with this feeling.

     1. I agree Emma, I love reading Adele’s writing, she has a way that brings you back to feeling how grand we really are.

205. I can relate to your dedication outer search. Looking anywhere but within.

     ‘We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us’. Beautifully true and amazing to feel.

206. What a fascinating blog Adele – I love how you describe coming to “..the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within.” Beautiful!

207. That’s great Adele, nature is so beautiful and how special that you can now see it’s beauty as equal to you and equal to everyone. It’s a very special reminder that’s all around us.

208. ‘We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.’ Thank you for this timely reminder, Adele.

209. I so can relate to your article Adele, I used to search in Nature for answers and was in isolation from myself. It can be very tricky to look for answers outside of self – I have used Nature to escape from myself and the world. Thanks to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine I got to feel the difference in my body, when I started to look after myself and listening to my inner heart as all the answers are within us.

210. Beautifully expressed Brendan, I agree completely.

211. The longing that seeks fulfillment in nature is actually the longing for one´s innermost self and cannot be found in nature. The fulfillment of being with one´s innermost is reflected and confirmed by nature, hence the joy of sharing with nature.

     1. Well said Alex.

212. Adele, thanks for sharing your shift in your relationship with nature. I have also really loved nature but it is only since attending workshops and presentations at Universal Medicine that I too have begun to see that nature is a reflection of what is inside of us, and unless we have that inner connection with ourselves it is easy to get caught up with using nature to escape rather than confirm us.

213. What a fascinating sharing Adele, a great reminder (and a timely one for me actually) that giving our power away, even to Nature, as glorious and divine filled as it is, is making ourselves less than the equal glory and divinity within us too, thank you.

214. Yes how much easier it is to see beauty outside us and all around us but forget that we are that beauty within…that nature reflects that beauty within us, back to us. That has been and still is my greatest learning about my own true relationship with nature. To feel this is magnificent, incredible and amazing because it is, in essence, reflecting back to me my own true essence and divinity. This is who I really am. Wow, what a reflection to ponder and finally, to truly appreciate…in all its simplicity, stillness and naturalness….me being ME!

215. Truly beautiful Ariana.

216. This is interesting to read Adele. When you talk about nature being better, grander than you it almost feels threatening and as you describe one becomes powerless. Yet, when we feel nature for the beauty and reflection that it is but do not see it as any grander than ourselves nature becomes a beautiful playground to be where we are just confirmed, reflected and appreciated, reminded for whom we are.

217. Imagine if every single person on Earth felt they were as powerful or as awesome as nature is! We would be one super duper group 🙂

     1. I agree Suzanne. Now when I see the immense beauty and grandness of nature, I chuckle and the conversation with nature goes, “you are so beautiful, you must see me.”

218. Adele so many of us struggle with appreciating our own beauty and yet we are made from the same energetic source as nature. How easily can we appreciate the beauty in a flower or a forest and yet find it much harder to look in the mirror with the same awe. What filter do we therefore have on our lens ?

     1. I love that question Alexis! What filter do we have on our lens?

        1. It’s that one that filters out the divine!

     2. A great point Alexis, ‘so many of us struggle with appreciating our own beauty and yet we are made from the same energetic source as nature. How easily can we appreciate the beauty in a flower or a forest and yet find it much harder to look in the mirror with the same awe.’ So so true.

219. Thank you, Adele, I love how you share: “Nature has never stopped reflecting to me its sheer beauty, harmony and a love that is true. I have never stopped feeling this, with the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within”. It is very disturbing that this is often not what is reflected back to us in our world at the moment. There is so much corruption with many simply trying to ‘better’ their own circumstances, with no regard for those around them, in fact, very often, in spite of those around them. Nature offers us a beautiful consistency as it ebbs and flows through the changing seasons, offering us all a reflection of true harmony. How awesome it would be if humanity were able to live this way too…

220. Enjoying nature is a huge part of my life. Thanks Adele for also showing me where I sometimes miss the bigger picture with your words ‘We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.’. Simply grand, thank you :).

221. Very true Ariana, it is no different. A true relationship with self reflects the same true relationship with everything and everyone else. How beautiful.

     1. This is so true. I have used nature as an escape, a fantasy land outside of me that I would go to, to loose myself. Since my connection to myself has grown I now feel how that I am part of nature. I can never be something I escape to but a union and connection to all that is around me that is inextricably connected to and part of who I am.

222. The process of wanting and seeling answers is a very anxiety evoking process and creates a lot of inner tension. Thankyou for highlighting it.

223. Just appreciating how wonderful nature is, the expansive sky, a delicate petal, stillness of the lake the harmony in a flock of birds. It does indeed reflect back to us qualities within ourselves.

224. Growing up around in an alternative area I was witness to many people worshipping nature, they treated the Earth with a great deal of respect (in their eyes) and went out of their way to not harm the land or its creatures in any way yet they did not show themselves that same amount of care. It was as if the Earth was more deserving than they were. Flip the coin and we have those that abuse the land through many different avenues.
     Nature and humans should be treated with respect as we are one and the same.

     1. ‘Nature and humans should be treated with respect as we are one and the same’ – Absolutely Tony, and we cannot love and appreciate nature if we do not do so with ourselves first. Our self relationship is always the foundation.

        1. Beautifully put Susie! We are one and the same – humans and nature – and we are part of the universe.

     2. Very true Toni. If we are less deserving than nature or animals or anything less, we are always going to come from a lack of. There is never true equality and from there how can there be true love? So what we speak of as a “love” for nature, for humankind is not true and it is a need and not love.

        1. Need is one of the most damaging four letter words we have.

     3. Love this Tony and can relate from experience.

     4. Thank you Tony – whichever way the imbalance tips it is always imbalance. Nature and us as part of it have a natural balance and rhythm that is self-supporting. We spend a lot of time, money and most importantly, energy, trying to fight this and redirect the flow. This is the madness of human arrogance as we try to live separate from and superior to nature.

        1. I have always been a great admirer of people that live off the land such as the many indigenous tribes of the world because they have to be in sync with nature or they won’t survive. They roll with the cycles of nature as to go against it often results in death, whereas us civilised folk have the arrogance to believe we can do anything we want at anytime and it not to have an effect. We often think that we are far more advanced than tribes people but are we?

     5. I so get what you are sharing here Tonysteenson. I remember being so caught up in “save the world” and I could of called myself a “tree huger” but to be honest, how could I possibly care for the planet when I did not care for myself at all. I can now see clearly that it has to start with my relationship with self. When I develop this love for me, I can then share that love with the world.

     6. So true Tony we all do deserve the same care and respect. I can remember years ago being approach by a young man on the street who had a cigarette hanging out of the corner of his mouth. He was collecting money to save a rainforest that was being threatened. I said to him “what about working on saving your own rainforest, your lungs, and then get back to me.” He was quite taken aback at the time.

        1. What a comeback Kathleen, priceless. But so true as most of the save the world people I have met are not very supportive of their own health and well being.

225. A beautiful sharing Adele. “Ignoring my feelings kept me locked up in the unknowingness of what is true” As you share here Adele, it is when we are open to truly feel we are able to know truth.

226. ‘when lived, we are the blessing that we see.’ How beautiful and true Adele – nature is a constant reflection of the beauty we are.

227. “There is an appreciation for nature confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all” I too feel that beautiful connection with nature and know it to be true, thank-you Adele for sharing this.

228. “Nature has never stopped reflecting to me its sheer beauty, harmony and a love that is true. I have never stopped feeling this”
     Yes this is so true even if for years I used to search nature as a victim, looking for relief, company and love from.
     Thank you for you beautiful sharing.

229. I absolutely love nature and all that it brings, it is an amazing reflection of the divinity, grandness, harmony, simplicity and the absolute we are from.

     1. This is so true, and it is always there reflecting back to us. Yet so often I become ‘busy’ and fail to see the beauty of what is before my very eyes. When I allow myself time and space to truly be with me the divinity shines through.

230. For many of us there was a time when we considered nature ‘outside us’ and that we may or may not have sensed that it had messages for us. We were not seeing it as a reflection of us. Until you sent this blog, Adele, I did not realize that some people receive messages from nature as if nature is something far greater than what is inside us, making us feel lesser. I’m so glad you discovered the truth!

     1. Diane, so am I and it is from discovering Truth that how far from it I have been, is exposed. What I and many others have held onto as truth for so long is not true at all, there is no healing only harm. And our bodies can’t lie about this fact.

231. Good point Doug – very often we separate ourselves from nature and see its divinity as something outside of us, rather than realising that – as you beautifully said – ‘we are one with nature we will be equal to it in every way’.

232. Adele, your comment ‘nature became something much grander than myself’ rang very true. How easily we can escape to nature to feel comfort and seek the answers from its grandness.Yes, nature is truly grand and I am understanding more that we are equally so. To actually feel the stillness of the trees in the morning and the little flutter in the chest from hearing the kookaburras as they laugh, is magical.

233. Thank you for sharing your beautiful blog, Adele. Love how you wrote ‘We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.’ I am realising that there is always SO much to see, hear and smell outside, but if I am not ‘with myself’ I only get a glimpse of what is there.

234. ‘We are so truly glorious.’ Nature reminds me of the interconnectedness of everything. I love the magic of God and the messages that we get, if we open our hearts and our eyes and feel.

     1. So true Sue, nature is jammed packed with God’s immense wisdom. The way all components of nature respond to light and warmth, how plant, insect and animal is inter-connected and that everything plays an essential part in the whole constantly reflects to us a higher order and purpose. It is a constant reminder and lesson to us to appreciate our responsibility and impact on this world and to re-connect to that wisdom within us, gently and loving so.

235. In a word where technology is a constant part of our day, it is forever important for me to keep a connection with nature – and bring myself back to the harmony and simplicity that it offers.

     1. This is true Hannah. It is so easy to get pulled in to the world of technology and become disconnected from our natural surroundings. It’s so important to take a moment to breathe and reconnect.

        1. I agree, but I also can see how I have used nature as a place to check out, or like a fix me solution, instead of knowing that I can reconnect to that stillness and be present no matter where I am. Yes nature is a beautiful reflection, but I don’t need it as such anymore.

     2. I agree, nature has an amazing way to reconnect you if you wish, and I think it is this quality that so many feel and seek, however as Adele has shown us in her story, never can nature give us anything, it can only reflect to us our own beauty and stillness, that we may just have forgotten.

236. I work with and in nature on a daily basis but unless I am with myself I can totally overlook all that nature has to offer.

     1. I get this, Kev. My moments when I disconnect leave me detached from nature and life. It is often nature that shakes me open again.

     2. That is a great point Kevmchardy. I have travelled to some amazing parts of the world, but because I was not present or appreciating myself, I was unable to appreciate what was before my eyes.

     3. So true Kevin, unless we are with ourselves we easily overlook not only what nature has to offer but what is being offered us in general, even the signals from our own bodies.

     4. Yes I agree Kev. I love my long solo drives through nature, however recently, I realised that the drive I love to do so much was lost to me because I was so lost to myself and everything around me felt bland, black and white, empty and lifeless. Once I, took some time to do the gentle breath meditation by Serge Benhayon and truly reconnected with me, everything came back into vibrant technicolour and life was bursting forth all around me in all its magnificence simply because I had re-connected to ME and once again was sitting in me, feeling me, feeling love and feeling alive to it. It was an incredible realisation.

     5. Well said Kev, your words have made me realise that it’s not only in nature that this principle is applicable to, as unless we are with ourselves in all that we do all day everyday we can totally overlook all that is on offer in our day to day lives very easily.

237. “the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within.”
     This is such a beautiful line Adele
     It is a gentle timely reminder to fully appreciate all that we are
     Thank you for your wisdom and inspiration

238. This is an amazing sharing Adele. It’s true, that whenever we make something outside of us more grandiose than who we are – we lose our innate connection.
     It surprised me to hear that this is a common practise – glorifying nature above self. Although this is not so different to a lot of mainstream religions today – glorifying God above self – all the while forgetting that we are equally his sons. This disempowerment is such an avoidance of responsibility – to step up and be accountable for each choice, and to live the loving power we hold within.

239. Re-reading this gorgeous blog today I am reminded that my old reverence for nature was one where all the flow and rhythm, and heavenly detail and power was felt, but with no warm shine radiating back from inside me, I was not ‘full of myself’, I was disconnected from me and so nature was something amazing around me, and whilst with my head and beliefs I placed myself as a part of that, it was not from my body. In this time I also leaned on nature to deliver something to me. Now as I have developed a connection more with me, (an on-going work in progress), in the moments I feel deeply connected and living in the presence of my body, my heart literally glows through my whole body with a radiant pulsing warmth. There is no edge of me and start of nature, no separation. In those moments I feel nature in a whole different way to how it used to be, there is a flow around me as I walk that leaves only ripples of grace, my footsteps do not jar on the earth in apologetic contraction and I am asking nothing of nature, I am responsible for calling up that which was always within. Now, in those moments, when the sun shines warmth on my face I meet the warmth in celebration and shine on back. This is my experience of a similar shift as you describe in your blog Adele. Thank you for offering pause to reflect on this huge shift, which I am so immensely grateful for, and there is so much more to come.

240. Gorgeous blog Adele.. The sentence – ‘so I chose to not perpetuate this disharmony anymore by taking back the responsibility for my life’ – is powerful, and I love how you have so strongly claimed back the helm of your choices and life.

241. Thank you Adele – I enjoyed reading your article. The words that stood out for me today were “Ignoring my feelings kept me locked up in the unknowingness of what is true”. Indeed I found these words were for me to ponder on.

242. Beautiful blog Adele of how you realised that nature is reflecting the same beauty that you already are. We are so lost when we make anything outside of us bigger and more powerful. I also played with shamanism and attended sweat lodges and gruelling vision quests but it only left me feeling more exhausted and depleted with no connection to myself. Today I can feel the gentleness of nature and appreciate the reflections it offers me.

243. Thank you Adele for returning to your true relationship with nature and sharing how crazy it was when you forgot for a moment. My relationship with nature has also changed since attending Universal Medicine courses and remembering and re-learning how to have a true relationship with myself and nature again and the wondrous magic that nature plays in every moment of the day.

244. I love the phrase:
     ‘We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.’ Gorgeous.

     1. I love this phrase too Monika, it is beautifully expressed 🙂

245. “We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us.” This is beautiful Adele, thank you.

246. To feel the equality of our own grandness as reflected back to us in nature is true appreciation….taking responsibility is true power.

247. Thank you Adele for a insightful sharing with much to consider in our relationship to ourselves and nature.

248. I love nature so much. My whole body sighs as I enter a place of greenery. It is beautiful to feel this but this also shows me how much tension I still hold in my body when I am not in nature. And it also shows me how I use nature as a way to re-connect to myself. On days when I am already connected and feeling amazing, nature is a beautiful confirmation rather than a needed remedy.

249. I felt I have often used nature to try to bring me answers when I have been indecisive, and it doesn’t play ball and give me answers. If I connect to my heart and body through being in nature then I naturally have the answers inside me. Thank you Adele for you beautiful article.

250. I love what you have written here Adele, I used to be like this also, always looking for confirmation from signs and using tarot style cards, angel cards, spirit cards, animal cards, plain old pack of poker cards, anything to tell me that what I was doing and what was going to happen as a result. It is so disempowering and completely negates the truth of who we are, our own knowing, which I now cherish and love.

     1. Reading your response Lisa I remembered how I would also use a pendulum to give me an answer. I can feel now how that was very disempowering and like saying “I have no idea, you choose”. I’ve since learnt that when something comes from our own knowing there is no doubt in it, and no space to even consider asking another source/thing for an answer.

        1. So true Lisa and Rosanna. With nature and all the tools that I have used in confirmation before there was always a knowing that I could actually never get to Truth–for there was still doubt felt with whatever answers that came. But of course, for how can Truth ever be something we get to when it is from a separation of Truth that we began from?

251. Beautifully expressed Adele, I especially like this line –
     “the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within.” -So true!

252. This is a very beautiful discovery Adele and a gorgeous reminder for us all that nature can confirm the equal beauty and power that is the essence of us all. Thank you

253. Adele, your blog is one I keep coming back to –

     ‘What I then felt was that I was living in a constantly anxious state of wanting and seeking answers, so I chose to not perpetuate this disharmony anymore by taking back the responsibility for my life’. This resonated with me as I seemed to be in a permanent state of anxiousness before I met Serge Benhayon. Going out into the garden or park was an escape whereas now I enjoy being with nature, feeling the connection in the reflection of everything around me.
     ‘

254. Beautiful Adele. Thank you for confirming the immense beauty that is within us all.

255. Adele, this is such a graceful blog. I grew up as a country girl and to me there is no more beautiful smell than that of an early Summer morning in the countryside and it reminds me of God all the time. It reminds me that I am a divine spark and I am in God and God is in me. My relationship with nature has changed a little in the way that I don’t go to nature as a relief from life anymore but I go to/see nature as a communion with myself and God. Being in nature is for me a celebration of me and God.

256. Thank you Adele for sharing this, it is great to be reminded that we are as beautiful and magnificent as nature, how nature is a reflection of who we are. Nature is very beautiful, something i would like to make more time to enjoy.

     1. Beautifully said Amita, the magic of nature is indeed equally inspiring as it is beautiful and as I read your words I am realising I too do not appreciate and enjoy it nearly enough.

257. I can relate to aspects of what you’ve shared here Adele – the seeking of answers, from an ‘expectation of what I would like to hear’, and a highly anxious state – actually a disconnection from life – trying to read symbols and signs from nature that takes us away from the true reflections and beauty that we are actually so intimately, naturally and innately actually connected to. Basically, not trusting what we feel and know, from within.

     A truly beautiful blog, and quite a ‘journey’ it sounds as though you have travelled… How awesome today, to feel so empowered in knowing that you are home, with you. Thank-you for sharing your story.

258. I loved reading your blog Adele as I could so relate to loving nature and especially enjoying walks in the forest. Nature offers a great reflection as to how grand we really are from the kookaburras laughing to the butterfly landing delicately on a flower – it is all there for us to see and feel. As nature is a reflection so too is our bodies reflecting to us the responsibility of our choices.

259. Beautiful blog Adele…thank you. The other morning I was out for my walk and I got to watch the sun rising. As I stood there and appreciated the beauty, pure light and power of the sun I felt without a doubt that this was a reflection of how beautiful, pure and powerful we all are in essence. It was a great confirmation of our divinity.

260. This is the magic of us reflected back. That’s beautiful, thank you Adele.

261. Thank you Adele, your sharing here on your relationship with nature is beautiful and truly grand. I share your deep love of nature and now also know that flowers, trees plants and animals reflect the same love and light that’s in me.

262. Awesome blog Adele, beautiful to read. It is amazing that you discovered everything you looked so hard to find outside of yourself was within you all along – that you for sharing.

263. Adele, I too have been inspired by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine to return to self-responsibility and commitment to life and as I do my whole experience of life is changing, feeling more aligned with my inner harmony and that within others, which nature has always been showing me.

264. A beautiful article we are all equal to what is ever around us.

265. I love the understanding written here Adele that nature is an equal reflect of the awesomeness that we are. It is constantly showing us that life is amazing and wondrous if we only took time to appreciate ourselves we would feel and naturally live it.

266. Nature definitely used to be my ‘comfort blanket’ – somewhere I ran to to escape what I could not handle in life – and I developed expectations of what nature should and could deliver to me. Maybe less physiologically harmful than previous dependencies on alcohol and cigarettes but still broken behaviours that disempowered me, in that, I was telling myself that it was something outside of me that was doing the fixing. In true relationship with nature I am met and confirmed as an integral responsible part of the whole – this is hugely different and continues to be life changing on a daily basis.

267. This is so lovely. I spent years travelling giving my power away to the grandness of nature never considering until a few years ago that nature is reflecting my own grandness back to me. Now that I don’t look outside of myself for answers and live a life of self-responsibility without perfection, I can feel the innate knowing of this and no longer hold myself less than the deep beauty that nature is.

268. I have always felt at home in nature. It had always been my escape from the world when in truth it was just allowing me to return to who I have always been…me.

269. Thank you Adele, I love the reflection, joy, light, harmony and order of nature and all it brings and knowing I am as grand and equal to that, as are we all. But what also stopped me when reading your blog were the words ” seeking answers” I hadn’t realised I still do this, and in doing so it actually takes me away from myself, looking outside my body, to wherever that may be, and away from all the wisdom that my body so lovingly shares. It is actually an amazing way to avoid being love and taking responsibility. Thank you for this, this is something I am now actively going to work on to not do.

270. This is a good point Adele, that by ‘labeling nature as something so immensely grandiose that I had no power over it, …..I would not have to take responsibility for a lot of things’. So what does the tsunami, the earthquake, the bush fire reflect back to us? Are we not somewhere responsible for such natural disasters?

271. “We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.” Thank you Adele for these beautiful words.

272. I’ve been thinking about this phrase Adele, ‘Ignoring my feelings kept me locked up in the unknowingness of what is true.’ I know I was so numb for a long time, and also didn’t feel my true feelings for eons. I’m pleased to say it’s all changing now.

273. “Nature became something much grander than myself”. Instantly, the equality with nature I felt as a child vanished. This is so simply expressed Adele. It’s true whenever we consider others to be greater, we dis-empower ourselves. It’s beautiful that you have re-confirmed your true equalness to All.

274. Thank you Adele. Your blog has allowed me to see in myself how I have used nature as medicine. Some where to escape to when life was difficult. Knowing that there was something in nature that was familiar to me, but never allowing myself to feel what that was. Now that the blinkers I have been wearing have been removed I can truly feel the magic of God in nature, and that nature is within me, and I am within nature.

275. I love nature and being in nature but I always used to use it as an escape or to look for something outside myself. Through the teachings and presentations of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine and through self-love, self-care and making different choices for myself I now no longer search for answers in nature or use it as a form of escape; but instead feel connected to me and walk in appreciation of it instead. Which is pretty huge as I used to use it as a form of escape for years.

276. How could we ever have been fooled to think we are anything more or less than equal to all that is around us? Such a beautiful article Adele. Thank you.

     1. So true Suzanne. To think that we are any more or less than anything around us is pure arrogance and an unwillingness to see that we are all simply parts of the same whole.

277. Adele, as I started reading, I could feel a pressure that you’d placed on nature to be something for you, to deliver something that you needed. And then when I read about how now you see nature as a confirmation of you, in that it offers a reflection to you of where you’re at, the pressure was gone and I felt an ease and a joy in how you now feel about being in nature. A lovely piece to read and feel – thank you.

278. Adele I really relate to your blog in that I used to put a magical quality on a place delivering me something I could not do for myself – a stillness and a connectedness to myself and others and the universe. I had never stopped to realise I was the one who was bringing this to myself.

     It was only until I returned to places I’d held as being places that I believed brought me back to me but didn’t feel any different, did I realise I was the one who I’d connected to first and then appreciated the natural beauty of wherever I was. I also realised I have this beauty within me all the time so could connect to me whatever my surroundings.

279. Ahh Adele – I too love the phrase ‘we are the blessing that we see’. Just this afternoon the most exquisite feather floated down as I happened to look up, and it landed delicately on a tree branch near by. This was such a beautiful confirmation to the friend I was with, and myself of how we were feeling in that exact moment. I too have ‘looked’ to nature for answers and confirmations, but they cannot be sought and are indeed gifted at the best times.

     1. Beautiful Amelia, thank you.

280. I agree nature is a reflection of the power and beauty we are within. It’s God’s way of tapping us on the shoulder saying “remember how amazing and grand you really are”. Once we have received God’s memo and know the truth that natures beauty is what we have within, another level of beauty is shown to us and we realise nature is actually just a starting point when it comes to how amazing we are. What we reconnect to within, in my experience, is far greater than any of the beauty nature has to offer. Nature is a beautiful stepping stone when it comes to understanding the sacredness we are within.

     1. I love that Toni – that through nature, God is tapping us on our shoulder reminding us of our grandness. Awesome.

     2. Toni what a great way of seeing things, of seeing nature for what it really is. I also like the way of seeing nature as God’s memos as it means I certainly get regular memos about how amazing I am. Yet as you say this is just the starting point in feeling and seeing the grandness and sacredness within.

        1. I like that “God’s memos”, and I love the “notes to self” my body is building so when I see one of “God’s memos” it is simply a confirmation of all that I already felt. My body and being aware of it’s rhythms is “my note to self”.

     3. Wow Toni this comment takes it to the next level – Amazing and true and then I have to take responsibility for living less than the sacredness that is within me. Powerful reminder and timely thank you.

     4. Beautifully expressed Toni, so true.

281. “Thank you Adele for writing as you have about nature. It has inspired me to write about my own experiences and connection with nature. I am deeply appreciative here for what you have written, it has inspired in me to express what I feel and connect to in nature, yet never thought about sharing before reading your blog.”

282. I too feel the beauty of nature and the reflection of stillness and a oneness. Thanks for sharing.

283. Adele, you remind me of the interconnectedness of absolutely everything. We have the choice at any time to be as expansive and as loving as nature reflects back to us. Thanks.

284. Thank You Adele for reminding me that it was at a presentation by Serge Benhayon that I learned about Self Responsibility and Commitment to Life. This understanding had totally and absolutely changed my life.
     Taking Responsibility for all my choices takes the blame off and I know if anything happens to me, it is because of my choices.
     Commitment to Life for me means no longer compartmentalising bits of my life and having different masks for different people.
     I commit to Life in full and this has been an ongoing process for many years. I am the same same no matter who I talk to and above all I do my best to stay open.

     1. Hello Bina I agree and the ‘self responsibility’ of life is often the stumbling block for some. What do you do if you don’t want to ‘look at your part’ in life, you attack someone else that is doing that. Serge Benhayon holds the ultimate responsibility for who and how he is. This explains most of the ‘negative press’ out there, people not wanting to take responsibility for how their lives are. This has been the key ingredient for me to build a solid foundation in my life, always willing to looking at my part. As difficult at times it has been it has been very fulfilling and ultimately all the answers I have ever wanted have come from me and my choice to be responsible for myself.

     2. Yes same for me Bina, Learning about self responsibility and commitment to life from Serge Benhayon has changed my life beyond words. It is a work in progress and a path I am so glad I have chosen.

285. Thank you Adele, for this amazing blog and these beautiful words of wisdom. “We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.” A gentle reminder that nature is always reflecting back to us – it is up to us to stop and connect with ourselves first, and then with nature, and then the beauty that is within us ,will be reflected back.

286. It feels so beautiful to honour nature and to feel the reflection of all that it offers us. When I go out into the countryside I am offered so many opportunities to connect to the power within myself and to be at one with nature. Like you Adele I put nature on a pedestal as what I felt inside was so numb I needed to look outside to find inspiration. I can still find inspiration in nature while at the same time realising that it is only prompting me to look within and connect to the same depth of beauty.

287. ‘I stopped, or more accurately, my body forced me to stop’ I found this line to be really powerful, so often my body forces me to stop what I’m doing and reevaluate what’s going on. Beautiful blog thank you Adele.

     1. I agree Anna, it is amazing how powerful some messages can be – either a physical stop in the body, or perhaps a message in nature.

288. Thank you Adele – I so am with you that there is a magic in nature, the magic of God. And I love how you have said that nature confirms ‘the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all’.

     1. So true Henrietta, nature is so confirming of the inner beauty and power that we naturally are, thank you Adele.

289. I appreciate what you write about looking for something in nature to relieve yourself or to seek support. Nature is a wonderful reflection for humanity, but getting caught up in it being more than us does feel like we lose the truth of what it has to share.

290. The gentle hand of Nature walking with us all the way, felt from our stillness, this is beautiful Giselle.

291. Isn’t it crazy how we can misinterpret the most natural connection we can have into something that dominates us and we give our power away?
     I was not aware that there can be groups of people mystifying nature like this. Though nature is magical and powerful in itself it is something we are part of. And playing as a child in it or walking like an adult within nature – just brings us back to who we truly are.

292. Allowing yourself to surrender to nature is one of the most gorgeous and loving things you can do. I truly felt the power of it in the last paragraph (:

293. When I am out on Nature I feel more of me. Thanks for this blog, I feel the same.

294. That is so beautiful Adele. Thank you for sharing. Your relationship and developments within your rythm with nature is palpable, and truly inspiring to read. Seeing natures beauty reminds me of something very familiar – a deep and pure feeling – that is in the same time so close – actually I feel that same pureness within people – equally in everyone- it reminds me of where we come from – Nature just shows it until everyone sees it!

295. Adele, such a gorgeous sharing, thank you. I have loved nature since my earliest memories, it is a constant reminder of how glorious we truly are. Nature is healing us and constantly communicating with us and I am aware that I communicate back, we are the same.

     1. I grew up some distance from the nearest small village, and the time I spent up trees, lying in a hayfield watching the sky, gave me a strong sense of who I am. It taught me so much, its seasons, the tiny seeds that grow into huge trees,the little creatures scurrying in the hedgerows, the extremes of weather. I saw these as things not only for my enjoyment, but as a symbiotic relationship. To fully appreciate the amazingness of nature, I have to first appreciate the amazingness of myself.

296. Your expression is truly touching and as I read this is what I felt – that the ultimate form of comparison is our comparison with God. Thank you for inspiring this revelation…

     1. Clare, that is so true. This form of comparison is still creation, it never truly brings us to glory, for how can what we already are be something we have to become?

     2. Precisely Adele. We are all as grand as the mountains, as deep as the sea and as bright as the sun – when we truly embrace this union there is nowhere to go but celebration!

297. Beautiful Adele, nature is simply the reflection of beauty that we are equally and it is amazing to see for myself how subtly I can look outwards to nature to bring me something and the difference in looking to receive the confirmation. Thank you

     1. It is super windy this morning. It is the power of nature to restore balance that inspires me. As a race we keep imposing ourselves on nature and she keeps correcting. I am constantly reminded of my responsibility when I consider and am out in nature.

298. ‘When Lived – we are the blessing that we see’ beautiful Adele.

299. There is something powerful and wonderful in the way you have described the relationship we can have with nature. I can get how you allow the reflection provided by nature to deepen your understanding and relationship with yourself, and how your appreciation of yourself allows a greater understanding and relationship with nature. Very beautiful.

300. I love what you share here Adele – I too had a very disempowered relationship with nature. I saw it as bigger and grander than me – rather than receive it as a reflection of the grandness of God which is within my body and soul. I did this very conveniently to maintain my own disregard for human beings were inconsequential and even a blight on mother nature. This then meant that I didn’t have to be responsibility for the great light and power that I am – as human beings we are best living very lightly off the land and not making too much of an impact. The other job of an ‘eco-warrior’ was to remind others how much they were hurting the earth and living irresponsibly – which blew any chance of brotherhood our of the water. I did not at the time have the awareness that the greatest form of responsibility is to know who you truly are and express from this loving wisdom – instead, it was a whole bunch of beliefs and ideals about ‘mother nature’ that dictated my behaviour. This led to a life of struggle and disconnection that I am only just now re-imprinting; building a new foundation from what you write about, from the reflection of grandness and God that nature offers.

301. This is so beautifully confirming Adele, as you say nature reflects back to us the beauty and amazingness we are – it in itself does not provide the answers, as all that we seek comes from within. It reminded me of all the things I have used in the past to seek answers from, but it is only now that I am learning to trust myself, that I know deeply everything I seek to know I already have within, I just need to stop, feel and listen.

302. This a great blog, Adele, that left me with lots to ponder on, however there was a sentence that really stood out for me: “There was almost a comfort felt in labelling nature as something so immensely grandiose that I had no power over, because then I would not have to take responsibility for a lot of things”. For you it was nature, for others it may be their god or religion, their illness, their career, another person. As you say, there is definite comfort in holding ourselves as less because when we choose to play small, it is as if we are manipulating the situation as an excuse to be irresponsible. I can feel now how I have done this many times and given my power away to others.

303. The way you describe your relationship with nature is beautiful Adele. I loved reading the transition you made from revering nature as something grander than yourself to appreciating yourself as the same grandness that is nature.

304. Adele, this is so lovely to read and confirming – I have always felt a great affinity with nature and known nature to be my joyful ally when I am feeling lost to myself – as a child growing up on a farm it was when I wandered for hours in the bush that I felt the most ‘alive and normal’ – coming back to the family farmhouse and siblings seemed to return me to all the issues that went on in those dynamics -now to be reminded that this natural harmony and deep beauty is within me always where ever I am – whom ever I am with – if I so choose to feel it – is very empowering.

305. ‘We are the blessing that we see’ this is a spectacular truth you’re sharing Adele, thank you. The gentle hand of Nature walking with us all the way, felt from our stillness.

     1. Giselle that’s beautiful! “The gentle hand of Nature walking with us all the way, felt from our stillness.”

306. We recently moved house and even though we are in the city we are blessed to be surrounded by trees and views of the river which gently ebbs and flows with the tide as a reminder that life is about rhythm and being at one with the flow.
     Nature as a confirmation and reminder of the harmony, beauty and power within ‘but now every time I am touched by a beauty so deep there is an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all.’

307. Adele, this blog is a great reminder that when we ignore our feelings we are ‘locked up in the unknowingness of what is true’ and in believing that power is outside ourselves and we use it as a reason to shirk taking responsibility. This blog is also a great reminder that ‘when the need to look outside for answers and recognition’ is dropped and we start to connect to our innermost and listen to our own body, we can ‘feel a pervading harmony that simply comes from within’. Serge Benhayon has inspired many to ‘return to self-responsibility and commitment to life’ and to live our true glory which nature cannot but reflect back to us as a confirmation that we too are divine.

308. If we consider, that everything is nature, even concrete jungles, we can ponder on the question: what kind of angles does nature reflect back for us there? Is it us living less than who we truly are?

309. Thanks Adele, I too have felt the beauty of nature in me. Walking along the beach knowing that I am just as beautiful in me as the beauty reflected around me.

310. Beautiful Adele,
     I can absolutely relate to putting nature on a pedestal; I used to seek for nature to give me answers, thinking it was grander and wiser and having no sense that I held within me an equal wisdom and in this way I dis-empowered myself instead of allowing the gentle reminder, by natures reflection, of the truth of who I am(we are) in essence.

     I have had a few profound moments of awareness with nature; all times it happened when I was just sitting or strolling along with no agenda or need, feeling at peace with myself and then at one with the forest…BUT when I was desperate for help and seeking in neediness I was confused and frustrated that I could find NO guidance, comfort or support from this same nature…only a reflection of my emptiness and pain.
     Now it makes sense to me.

311. This is a very powerful story of re-connecting to your equality with all that is around you Adele. Nature is a very beautiful way to have reflected back to us who we truly are. It is part of the joy and harmony in my day as well.

312. I find it amazing that we can give our power away to a great many things, including nature, and to somehow see ourselves as less than or flawed in comparison. I love that you now have a relationship with nature where you can feel that it reflects the beauty that you hold within.

313. I can really relate to what you are sharing here Adele, both from the points of giving my power away or judging my worth on what has been around me in nature and the human world. When I am more with myself and not the negative thoughts nature seems to respond in kind, I get to see more of the beauty that is around me whereas if my head is being fed negativity I will see nature as doing the same – pointing out the negatives of me. Often when I have felt insular I only have to look up to the sky and feel that I am part of the picture, not on the outside but deep within it. Nature is all around us and some part of us must know we can’t, nor want to fully be separate from nature – even in cities we plant trees, parks, houseplants and even when we don’t make the effort nature will show that we can never not be a part of it. Plants eventually break through any concrete and if left to it they can reclaim land we have built on. And thats just one part of nature!

314. This is powerful Adele. How is it that we have this constant and grand reflection in nature and think we are less or separate? This is the pain and suffering that we endure. We have an ever-present reflection of God outside, yet we also have our essence, the ever-presence of God living within us, and still we manage to carry on like we are an intelligent, smart species that will one day live on the moon! Such arrogance when we ignore the fact of who we are…grand, glorious and forever expanding.

315. Adele, a beauty-full blog. I love your closing words ‘We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.’ That is so true, and it brings great joy to my heart to experience nature’s reflections.

316. I was struck, Adele, by how similar turning to nature for answers is to turning to New Age, spiritual pursuits like I did. Both are resting on a big dollop of creamy comforting arrogance, feeding me reasons and red herrings that made it easy to abdicate responsibility. Not to mention the crazy things I was willing to believe and live by that left me feeling (albeit conveniently) dis-empowered.
     I still find myself in awe of nature and lost in its beauty at times but as you write and as Serge Benhayon has also shared, it is there to reflect our beauty – and more so, the beauty of the soul is greater than physical beauty – so if I heard that right, that blows my mind, and is a gentle reminder to embody the reflection nature offers.

317. We run ourselves ragged looking for answers outside of ourselves, even if it is the glorious harmony of nature that we look to. When we become separate from and less than anything, be it nature, other people or God we create such dis-ease in our lives and our bodies. Glorifying nature is also a great way to avoid what we are are really here for – to rekindle the love between us all and bring harmony back to mankind.

318. Yes, the beauty is equally within us, when we look at nature in its splendour. Just by writing this, I realize myself how spactacular my body is in its natural state, how it is working just the art of writing in itself like now….. Looking at my hands, its movements. I realize I don’t have to look or go outside. Looking at me, my hands or my eyes in the mirror is enough to know what beauty is. Thanks, your writing made me realize this once again.

319. Adele, you blog reminded me of how I too looked to nature to support me. Every lunch time for almost 25years, while I was working at a London Hospital, I would walk, what ever the weather, to a local park to be in nature. I now know that the harmony I felt at these times was my own inner harmony being reflected back to me. Thank you Adele, you article has giving me lots to ponder on.

320. A useful reminder that we are never alone, never unsupported as nature is always there as this incredible resource, all-ways there, reflecting back the magic.

321. I recently walked in a forest and I started to cry of joy, because I could feel the same vibration of myself and the beautiful nature around me. This stillness and in the same way aliveness. I know exactly what you mean.

322. A beautiful story, thank you Adele. I have loved connecting with the reflection of nature too, but lovely to share your journey of understanding of ‘knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within’ is what I can feel as well.

323. When we stop looking outside ourselves and discover the richness and depth within, nature becomes indeed a glorious reflection rather than being a misinterpreted commodity that fits our needs.

324. A gorgeous sharing Adele, thankyou. “Nature has never stopped reflecting to me its sheer beauty, harmony and a love that is true. I have never stopped feeling this, with the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within. This was deeply felt when the need to look outside for answers and recognition was dropped.” Beautiful.

325. Lovely to be reminded the grandness of nature is inside us first, I can totally relate to that deep feeling of beauty in moments when we know we are part of something amazing.

326. So clear that when we change how we are within the outer changes with us. Connecting to my true qualities allows me to see them everywhere, nature is a constant reflection and reminder of those qualities.

327. A wonderful reminder that we are as grand and glorious as nature. That we too have a natural harmony and stillness, as with our rhythms and cycles we are aligned with nature. We are one and the same.

     1. Marcia a lovely sharing and what a powerful statement “we are as grand and glorious as nature” given just how incredible nature is in all it’s detail and beauty it’s quite something to feel that in us.

        1. I so know what you mean David by the detail and beauty in nature. Sometimes nature can make me stop and be in total awe of it. And I find myself saying ‘how does that get like that?’ ‘Are you serious’, ‘That’s magic’, ‘How does God do that?’. Sometimes these moments are so unexplainable that nothing is needed – it just is. In sharing all of this it confirms that we are that very same ‘AWE-someness’. I feel I need to stop more often like I do with nature and say exactly the same to all of us! HA.

     2. This is lovely Marcia, ‘we too have a natural harmony and stillness’, it is wonderful to have this reminder that we are as beautiful, as still and naturally as harmonious as nature and that it is a reflection of our true nature.

        1. I have always loved that saying Rebecca – ‘our true nature’ – that now has a much deeper meaning for me. OUR (meaning all of us) TRUE (says it all) NATURE (who we are in truth).

     3. Absolutely Marcia, such a beautiful confirmation.

     4. Beautiful Marcia , I was always tuned in to nature as Adele was – but in the early days I used nature as an escape from the things in me I didn’t want to deal with. As I have re-connected back to me more and the deep harmony and gentleness that is naturally in me – I can feel the same reflection of harmony in nature. I love how nature is constantly supporting us to feel that reflection, giving us the opportunity to feel that we all come from harmony and love that is much grander than just living in a fleshy body doing our day to day tasks.

        1. I agree Kate

     5. Great blog Adele, and thank you for taking it deeper Marcia, through our rhythms and cycles we are aligned with nature and we are one and the same.

     6. Truly and deeply so Marcia – one and the same. How beautifully touching and true this feels in the body.

328. Adele, thank you for your sharing. I relate very well to the point of how empty it feels to give one’s power away. ‘I confirm the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all’, I love the power of this sentence and see every person I meet as this confirmation.

329. It’s interesting to see all of the things we use to try and find ourselves, find our way or find a way to try and feel loved, secure, safe and warm. As a teenager I remember looking for any sign possible in nature that I was going to have a good day, that somebody liked me and that everything would be ok. It would be a shooting star, the right number of leaves or petals on a flower, how many cracks I stepped over on the walk to school, or even what the weather was. At the time I didn’t know there was another way but now I feel so fortunate to know that I can instead go within and feel from here and claim my way and claim the day I choose to have.

     1. Great point Shirley- Ann it’s like deep down we’ve always known that nature does have a healing reflection for us, but we abused this fact by trying to create it what we wanted it to be. I guess it’s actually a way to try and control life to get out of it what we want – ouch.

     2. I know it’s crazy to consider that nature is actually there to reflect how amazing we are, in equal-ness. But we’ve misused this to try and feel better about feeling less.

330. Hi Adele, I was inspired by your blog and I love your confirmation: “I still love to look at and photograph the skies and clouds, but now every time I am touched by a beauty so deep there is an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all.”

331. Thank you for sharing your story Adele , when we feel the equality we have with all people and nature and the reflection that offers it is both a blessing and a celebration.

332. Thank you Adele, your blog gives me insight into the common practice of ‘getting away from it all’ when people are feeling worn down and/or bored with their lives and need a break from their day-to-day routines and dilemmas. I too was one of these people. And how wonderful it has been to realise that the stillness and clarity that I would previously seek from nature (from outside of me), that faux sense of stillness that was never able to be sustained once I returned home (often referred to as ‘the real world’), all along resided within me. The quality that nature reflects in all of its majesty is within me all of the time; there is nothing to run away from, rather, a commitment to return to.

     1. Very well put Stevie–faux sense of stillness–and that’s what it is. I used to think being in nature and far away from the city madness was a solace, but there is no true solace in running away. Absolutely right on, it is not about running away but returning to commitment that truly heals.

     2. Very true Stevie, I too have felt a huge change in the need to ‘get away from it all’ since coming across Universal Medicine and the Gentle Breath Meditation. Choosing to connect to my own stillness and beauty within has worked miracles and as you say, now there is nothing to escape from and every reason to return.

     3. Yes Stevie, I have done this so many times , getting away from it all, to nature to escape and find that stillness. Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine has helped me to align to my inner stillness and as this continues to develop my need to get away has disappeared.

        1. Yes, I can relate with what you share Stevie, Rowena and Ruth. As we connect back to our own beauty and stillness our outer needs start to disappear.

     4. Thank you Adele and Stevie for this. No running away…only commitment to self.

333. Hi Adele, great reminder here about the reflections Nature brings us, ‘when lived, we are the blessing that we see.’ I have always felt a closeness to nature, especially as a child growing up. Lovely to read this and connect with your experiences of Nature.

334. Beautiful Adele. That we are equal to nature and everything that is in a nature is equally part of us, a confirmation of our magnificence. I also gave my power away to nature and lost myself and used it as a distraction and escapism. I now commune with nature with a complete sense of connection, presence and stillness which brings me closer to knowing myself. Beautiful sharing. Thank you.

     1. Beautifully said Anne-Marie, ‘That we are equal to nature and everything that is in nature is equally part of us, a confirmation of our magnificence’, it is great to have this reminder that we are equally as amazing as nature, nature is exquisite, powerful, delicate, harmonious as we are equally – wow! it gives me a feeling of how small we live compared to how amazing we are.

335. Thank you Adele, this is such an important topic to write about. I trained as a herbalist and read books that were very much coming from the angle of nature and plants being much wiser than we are, in effect disempowering, as you have said, and encouraging a disconnection from our own innate intuition and grandness. There is a huge difference between appreciating nature and all its wonders versus holding ourselves lesser than it.

     1. Very true Fiona and it’s so obvious when pointed out, but subtle in terms of how far reaching a consciousness it is, to put nature and her wisdom on a pedestal rather than seeing her as a natural reflection of our own glory, wisdom and innate intelligence.

        1. Yes I also agree, I have also put nature on a pedestal and made it to be far grander and powerful than me. I measured my smallness against it and allowed myself to feel insignificant at the same time. Now thanks to the support of Universal Medicine, I feel my inner grandness that is as vast and as open as nature and I feel my equality to it. I can now see how the glory of nature reflects back to me the truth of who I am.

     2. Wow Fiona, that is disempowering – reading books which carry this energy of our power already given away from the person who writes it to the people who reads it – how far reaching the effects must be.

     3. So true Fiona, I also had a strong consciousness that nature is so much wiser, truer and more powerful than we are and this is an ongoing process for me to see myself as a perfect reflection of its grandness. Thank you Fiona for your great comment.

     4. Definitely Fiona – nature is a magical thing and something to be appreciated every day, but as you say there is a big difference between that, and holding ourselves as ‘less’.

336. This is gorgeous Adele. The line ‘I still love to look at and photograph the skies and clouds, but now every time I am touched by a beauty so deep there is an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all.’ says it all for me. Nature’s ability to reflect the grandness and beauty that is in us all is often missed and many have the experience you once did that somehow nature is more than us. What you offer here is the opportunity for people to feel with and connect to the truth that perhaps they are this equally.

     1. Wonderful comment, Penny.
        Adele, your article revealed to me how separate I feel from nature. I have realised that although I have been an appreciative onlooker to nature, I have felt it was separate to me, far more powerful and awe-inspiring, rather than it being a reflection. Wow, there is much for me to ponder on here.
        Thank-you.

337. Adele, this is something for me to ponder over “the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within.”

338. Wow a beautiful blog, Thank you Adele for reminding me that the beauty and power that I see and feel around me is also inside me. We are all connected to nature and each other. This is showing me to stop and appreciate how amazing we all are.

339. Adele, what you have so beautifully articulated in words here contains a wisdom that our “outward seeking” world so desperately needs. During my 15 year “spiritual journey” most of the people I met and workshops I attended used nature as a kind of dumping ground for all their issues and woes. So rather than take personal responsibility most would turn to nature in seeking “comfort” rather than see the truly beautiful “reflection” it can offer.

     1. Well said Rob. I have experienced this happening too. Some of the rituals that take place in nature which are adopted by people on spiritual pursuits feel like they soil nature rather than respect it. It is a shame that nature should be treated as a dumping ground in this way rather than simply enjoyed and appreciated for its amazing beauty.

     2. Wise words Rob – I too went on a spiritual journey and agree that in many cases nature was used for comfort rather than reflection. Personal responsibility, going within, rather than outward seeking has helped me to connect to my inner knowing. A lovely sharing by Adele.

     3. Very true Rob, there are so many ‘practices’ that use nature as an emotional dustbin, it really is quite arrogant of us to expect nature to take care of our ill choices and irresponsibility without any concern of the impact that has. Universal Medicine has supported me to learn how to take responsibility for my emotional, mental and physical well being, so that I don’t need to dump my problems anywhere, because I am learning how to truly heal my issues.

     4. Truly expressed Rob. Dumping our issues and emotions into nature as many spiritual practices do, is just irresponsible and ultimately, this does not solve our issues, but what have we done to nature?

     5. Truly expressed Rob. Using nature as a dumping ground for our issues and emotions for many spiritual practices is not only irresponsible, it does not heal anything, but what harm have we done to ourselves by not facing our issues and taking responsibility for them and what harm have we done to nature by the awful energy we have imposed on it? Not one bit of true love there.

340. A beautiful sharing Adele, and one that I can really relate to.

     1. Yes, beautiful, and a reminder that we are nature, and nature is us.

341. This is a great reminder Adele why I love walking so much. The time spent in nature brings me back to knowing we are all part of nature and our choices are what separates us.

342. Beauty-Full Adele 💖

343. Not using nature as an escape but to see it as the beauty and grandness that we all are. How wonderful.

344. Beautiful how you describe your transformation from needing nature to give you something that you were missing inside of you to seeing nature as the reflection of your own glory and beauty. Very beautiful, indeed.

345. Beautiful Adele. I had a similar relationship to nature too during my twenties. I have not come back to my relationship with nature but I can see now my appreciation of it in a different way to previously. Your blog has opened me up to being more open and exploring the reflection nature offers us and that nature is not more than me.

346. Absolutely Brendan, and what a lovely way to see and feel our beauty.

347. A gorgeous blog Adele. It is wonderful to feel how you claimed your power back and now recognise and feel the reflection that nature provides.

348. I feel like you’ve really captured how I feel about nature myself, but without me having ever expressed it before. When you say ‘I felt a return to myself that was pure, simple and very lovely’, it seemed to really resonate. It seems obvious, but I have never actually connected to how much I might actually be connected in that moment when nature is wowing me. Very cool!

349. I love how you can now look back at how you viewed nature, placing it above yourself, and where that left you; how this view actually dis-empowered you. Once you realised nature isn’t grander than the amazingness you are, it now has its rightful place reflecting to you who you are.

350. Wow Adele!
     You have such an amazing way to express and bring words together to a constant flow of beauty and wisdom that is beyond anything that I know. So fine and precise, yet playful and vivid, wise and deep, but easily accessible and light. This is unique.
     I will definitely come back to reread this blog more than once.

351. I appreciate this understanding Adele that we are as glorious as everything we see in nature.

352. Super true Adele. I have always loved looking at skies and being with nature. Your blog helped me recognise that it’s because I can feel the harmony it all has and can recognise a similarity within me. That, and you can’t help see the beauty of god when your in and around nature. It’s stunning!

353. Thank you Adele for presenting so clearly how our relationship with nature truly is, as a reflection, as equals. I never really understood sharmanism, but can now see how it distorts our connection with nature by essentially giving our power away. By truly honouring the natural world around us we honour ourselves, and by ‘reading’ her we know ourselves more so. There is no ‘power-over’ either way. Beautiful.

354. Beautifully said Brendan.

355. Thank you Adele for sharing your clear knowing and feeling of a real relationship with nature and the immense wisdom and power that we hold within.

356. Hello Adele, I love this line, “Ignoring my feelings kept me locked up in the unknowingness of what is true”. That would mean when we say ‘Sorry, I don’t know that’ it should be ‘Sorry, I have ignored that’. For me, ‘we’ know everything, it is just how willing we have been to see or not ignore that is the key. The self responsibility in this is huge and just in one line you have delivered so much, thank you Adele.

     1. Very true Raymond. Let us not cap our multidimensionality anymore, we can re-build this relationship with feeling and knowing that we already are by starting with expressing from glory.

     2. Well expressed Ray. Let us not cap our multi-dimensionality anymore. It is indeed our responsibility to express from there, and by not saying “I don’t know” almost by default or habit – we open ourselves to more, that we do know.

357. I feel many have done and do this, I know I did in the past ‘I threw myself into a journey of  soul-searching, though ironically I did not turn to my soul, but instead looked outside of myself.’ but do we truly know how to turn to our soul? Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine are certainly providing an all important stop and true reflection in how to do so.

358. Thanks for a lovely sharing Adele, nature is a true confirmation of the harmony and beauty within us, it is there all the time to help us come back and reconnect to the essence within us all.

359. I love that Adele, the fact that the grandest beauty in nature simply reflects to us our own beauty and grandness.

360. Empowering to realise that we hold the answers within us first and foremost. Nature can help to bring this out but it is always with us. No need to search or seek for a knowing from emptiness which is super dis-empowering and extremely exhausting

361. Beautifully said Brendan. This is true- we can only see the beauty in other things and people because in fact that beauty also resides within us.

362. Beautiful, Adele – “An appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all.” This also feels to me to be the true relationship with nature, and it can so easily bring us back when we lose ourselves in what’s not true.

363. Adele I feel very strongly from your writing your exquisite relationship with nature and the way it has unfolded for you: “the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within. This was deeply felt when the need to look outside for answers and recognition was dropped.” How lovely to come home to yourself in this way and inspiring too.

364. Thank you Adele for the very beautiful revelation as to why I always found myself in awe of mother Nature. It never occurred to me that what I was witnessing was confirmation of the beauty and magnificence that was equally within me. The truth is for it to be recognized outside of us it must already exist within us first.

365. Adele. We are all beautiful people, we just need to feel it in our bodies, and spread the word to others that they can feel just the same.

366. Worshipping nature or a religious idol, it is all the same and keeps us away from connecting to our own grandness.

367. It is beautiful to see and feel what nature reflects back to us. I have long appreciated the reflection of cycles, interrelationships and sheer beauty that nature provides us. Thanks for sharing Adele.

368. What a powerfully simple blog Adele about true self-empowerment after having fallen for the illusion. Nature is a grand reflection indeed of how magnificent we all truly are.

369. I used to feel that the only way that I survived my childhood was the fact that I spend a lot of my time in nature. I found solace in nature but it became a way to avoid what I was feeling and to escape from my life for a few hours. What I have learned is that escaping to lovely places does not bring true healing. It only brings a delay in really dealing with what is there to be dealt with.

370. Gosh what a beautiful blog about nature and what is possible in our connection to it and to ourselves. Your line “every time I am touched by a beauty so deep there is an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all” is divine. And so true. I remember first hearing Serge Benhayon express that we are equal to nature and where we come from is much grander and my whole relationship – like you have shared. I now see nature as this divine support to reflect to us the grandness we are from. And to share with us messages when we separate from that.

371. Nature has such an amazing gift to share – a sunrise on the beach, the last light of the day as it reflects on the mountains, three kookaburras on the branch outside the kitchen window….now when I stop to gaze at its beauty I use the time to also confirm my own beauty – just as Adele has so lovingly written about.

372. The beauty of nature reflects the beauty of us… I have always felt that support from nature you describe, it really does bring us back to the same feeling of expansive beauty in ourselves.

373. I like how you’ve expressed believing that nature was grander than yourself… I’ve often looked at the wonders of nature as ‘mysterious’, carrying ‘hidden meanings’ – yet, what you have presented here is that nature isn’t mysterious nor does it hide it’s meaning – it presents itself to us daily, confirming the grandness that we are.

374. What a delight to read your sharing Adele. Isn’t it amazing how when we allow ourselves to feel the beauty within, nature reflects it back to us in equal measure.

375. “A few years ago, due to not wanting to face some deep hurts, I threw myself into a journey of soul-searching” – yes, but those hurts were stirring. This was a big part of my life – hurts were stirring so I went searching, just in the wrong places.

     1. Absolutely Christoph, the stirrings and tensions are there to be felt. Where do we go in consequence of them? In or out?

376. I used to see nature as a confirmation of all that is wrong with humanity, nowadays I see it as a confirmation of all that is possible in humanity, thanks to the inspiration and reminders from Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon.

377. I too felt the straining and striving you describe in your past relationship to nature Adele. There was a desperate reaching out for something from nature to fill me, and to imbue me with the feeling of being special. There was almost a demand I placed on nature to make me feel something…I’m not sure what…real? Whole? Healed?
     That sense has passed for me as I have learned that only I can fill me. No mountain, no falling autumnal leaves, no birdsong, no waterfall can connect me to myself.
     That is my job to do. Nature has her own business to attend to.
     Thank you Adele for inspiring me to remember this and mark its passing.

     1. How beautifully expressed Rachel – it is the appreciation of how far we have come. The acceptance of our past choices. And the awesome relationship now with responsibility and of course with ourselves. So much to be in appreciation for, how much we are truly truly loved. All the not so wise past choices, and we are still here and now have chosen back to true love.

378. Thank you Adele for a beautiful blog and I simply love the last comment ‘we are the blessing that we see’. What an amazing reminder to take with me into my day.

379. Adele I love your ….nature is a reflection Of the Beauty We all are inside …( In my words but what I heard You say ) thank you for your reflections . xxxx

380. Adele, I relate very much to your path of looking to nature and for answers, signs and messages. Universal Medicine presentations have supported me in listening to my own knowing and building a trust in this and I am now guided by this much more, though still catch myself at times looking outwardly to others for answers. Your article is a lovely reminder of the beautiful reflection nature offers us all.

381. Hi Adele, I am very touched by your words. I feel reflected in both ways to relate with nature and I appreciate very much the light that Serge brought to our lives to discover the difference. I know you from that retreat and I resonate very much with your own beauty.
     Thank you for your words.

382. When you share “In the fragile state that my body was in – I literally had to stop and take stock of what had been going on in my life and in my body”. It is amazing how we get the message loud and clear (if we choose to listen) when all in not well. Thank you Adele.

383. Like you Adele I have always had a very heartfelt relationship with nature. I can very much relate to the difference between having an expectation of what nature can deliver to us, as compared to seeing the beauty of nature as a constant reflection and confirmation of that equal beauty within; we are all indeed a part of nature, the magic of God in expression. The power of nature’s reflections in all its forms continues to inspire me…both outside and inside of myself.

384. Thank you Adele this is so true and beautiful and I have also always had a wonderful relationship with nature and it has been my connection to myself throughout my life also . Your sharing is a confirmation for me of all I have felt too and with the support of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine I now know it is a reflection of what I know i am within. Being in Nature I feel my expansiveness and oneness with everything magnified and gloriously reflected too.

385. Nature has its own way of showing us the ‘what is not’ particularly if man intervenes and tries to make changes to the environment that are not true and in keeping with the natural flow. The same way our body’s show us clearly with illness/tiredness/exhaustion etc. if we do not live in a way that is self loving/nurturing first. Such a beautiful sharing Adele and one that resonates with many of us I feel. Thank you.

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387. Adele, this is quite an interesting story. One raises an eye brow when they read of another brother who has given their power away – whether it’s man made hierarchal things or natural things like mountains, it leads-us-away equally. I feel you summed things-up beautifully with: “We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see”.

388. This is a great reminder of our own part in nature, and an appreciation of how equally glorious we are to the magic that abounds in the world. In that way a re-connection with nature becomes an inspiration that we are the same, equally so, and simply need to return to living that.

389. An appreciation of what nature is feels much easier when we have an appreciation of ourselves. Then there is no need to use nature for escape but just enjoy the reflections that are offered.

390. “We are the blessing that we see”. This brings it right back home to the truth of who we are, in equalness. Thank you Adele.

391. As Jacqui stated “Taking full responsibility for ones life and then truly committing to life results in huge self transformation” rings true for me. Nature provides me with the connection and reflection to the bigger picture we are part of.

392. Adele nature is wonderful, and sometimes I have felt that almost ethereal quality it gives off that can seduce us into believing this solitude and beauty is all I need. But the real world of humans calls us back to look to ourselves for that precious quality too, learning to Love ourselves equally if not more so . Thank you Adele.

393. Adele, I love that nature is a reflection for us. It is so confirming of the beauty around us and a reminder that this beauty is within us too, even though I may not always feel this!

394. Adele what a beautiful and true way to be with nature, the great reflection we see simply showing us who we are naturally. Allowing us to connect and see the greatness we all are. Very different to the way many of us have used nature to escape or numb out from the dramas of life. Thanks for sharing.

395. Even when we live in a concrete jungle, the air we breathe is part of nature.

396. This is such a beautiful blog, Adele, I love your reflections about humans in nature and how it’s easy to make it bigger than ourselves; “There was almost a comfort felt in labelling nature as something so immensely grandiose that I had no power over, because then I would not have to take responsibility for a lot of things.” And then how you stopped to really feel “a beauty so deep there is an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all.” This is a beautiful inspiration to appreciate myself as equal to everything and everybody around me. Thank you.

397. I can relate to having spent a lot of time in nature and feeling the awe but inside myself feeling the anxiety. For many years I would go walking with my partner for miles across the british countryside to ‘feel better’ – it was like a dose of medicine but these days I am not looking for nature to make me feel better but enjoy being with me and it at the same time. Great blog Adele.

398. Wow Adele, this is gorgeous to read, ‘We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.’ When I was a child I felt at one with nature, I didn’t feel small in comparison, I felt my own beauty and the beauty of nature and I felt full, I could feel the interconnectedness of everything and everything made sense and felt glorious, it is really lovely to read your article and be reminded of this.

399. Exactly Brendan, as the song says, “there is no separation…”

400. Whenever we leave the truth of ourselves and look outside ourselves for the answers, to provide a life and meaning for us, we will get answers , but they will never be truth and they will not/cannot truly support us, even if we are looking to something which is glorious and true in the first place. If our intention is not true, what we get back can never be true. Its crazy isn’t it, that we have the magnificence and extraordinary truth of nature there to support us, and yet we ask it for so much less, or for the opposite of what it is able to provide for us.

401. I ask myself this question, why is nature so staggeringly beauty-full, and harmonious, and why is nature there in the first place? The answer can only be to reflect back the power and glory that we all hold within. When we truly connect to our true essence, then we can work with nature and not against it. Nature has so much to teach us.

402. I wonder Adele if the relationship you have described here with nature could also be applied to God? So many people fear God and perceive God to be an unfathomable mystery that hands down favour and disaster in equal measure. But actually feeling equal to nature and God and understanding that they are constantly reflecting to us that we are equal to them and come from the same place, is a very different relationship altogether.

403. I too have always been inspired by nature. As a child I felt the most connected to me and joyful when out in it. The stunning beauty of it quite often makes me stop and feel the bigger picture. The stillness it radiates reminds me of the stillness in me which I can’t help but feel in those moments. I remember walking in Switzerland in the mountains in the snow a number of years ago. The vista was stunning – the immense powerful presence of those mountains was exquisitely serene yet raw and real. I could connect to this because this power, serenity and presence lives inside me also, otherwise I could not have recognised it. The joy was felt because I was given a reflection that I too carry this quality and could connect to it. Not overwhelmed by it or any less than it, simply a connection to it and a deep appreciation for what was being offered in those moments, and therefore a deepening awareness, appreciation and connection of and to myself.

404. Thank you Adele. When I read this – I see such similarities in how people feel about god. That god is something outside of themselves to be worshipped – but as you say – giving your power away only means that you are no longer equal – you no longer see the beauty within yourself too. I love how you have come back to the harmony you always knew you had, and can now see within you the amazing and powerful woman that has always been there. Appreciation really does change a lot.

405. A great blog Adele at showing us that responsibility above all us is key to the way we are living and we have all the answers within so no need to seek endlessly outside of ourselves. Then, you said, “the knowing that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within” can truly be felt.

406. As I read your words I could feel a lightness, a grandness and surrender in my body Adele. You have so eloquently mapped your path of looking outside to nature for answers and to keep you feeling inferior, to knowing that we are all a part of nature, and that nature reflects back to us who we are. Very beautiful.

     1. Beautifully expressed Bernadette. It is extremely powerful to accept the truth that we are the beauty that we recognise or long for! What difference it would make to our world if we all truly understood this and lived from this knowing?!

407. Taking full responsbility for one’s life and then truly committing to life results in huge self transformation, this I have experienced, and as you have mentioned Adele, I too, “began to feel a pervading harmony that simply came from within”, and had always been there, but previously I had been unable to access because of the way I was living. Serge Benhayon opened my eyes and my heart to a greater understanding of myself.

408. Nature is beautiful, awesome, amazing – so are we – nature is simply reflecting and confirming that. Every sunset and sunrise are a daily reminder of who we truly are.

     1. So true Carmel. We are as nature is – beautiful, awesome and amazing.

     2. Yes Carmel, your words make sense to me and I deeply resonate with them.

409. What an empowering realization: “we are the blessing that we see”.

     1. I loved this line to and felt how I could accept this more for myself.

410. That is what I love about nature it’s beauty and stillness always makes me feel how beautiful and glorious I am and we all are.

411. I absolutely love nature, and know that grandness, harmony, amazingness, beauty, stillness, space, vastness, divine and so much more is equally in me / us all. Nature reflects God and God is within me.

412. I too have always had a connection with nature, always wanting to immerse myself in how nature made me feel. I would like to feel and claim natures beauty to be the same beauty within me – through the help & support of esoteric women’s health & community I can appreciate the progress I have made and will continue to, thank you to all.

413. What a beautiful realization you had “..that what I am seeing is a reflection of what I know I am within.” We often overlook this but as you discovered, when we stop looking outside for the answers and recognition then we can begin to truly appreciate that nature is “..confirming the equal beauty and power that that is simply the essence of us all.”
     Thank you Adele.

414. Well Adele you certainly have been on a bit of a journey, it’s crazy when you think about it that most of us are looking outside of ourselves, whether it be nature or something else, for something that we all know is within.

415. Beautiful sharing Adele.
     Nature is a beautiful thing that is deeply supportive in many aspects of life.

416. I can so relate to your blog Adele. I was on the beach this morning and watching an amazing sunrise and taking pictures. I have always been connected to nature as a little child even whilst living in the city. In a way it became my comfort or solace and I just wanted to be held by it so I retreated to the country to live. I gave my power away to nature knowing of the immense beauty but not just getting that it was in me too. My self-worth was pretty low. I also felt the harmony in nature and within myself so often but it was not lived by me each day. I too have started taken resposibility for my life since being introduced to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine and am so grateful for that. I like how you express “we are so truly glorious when the shutter is pressed I am taking a picture that is a confirmation of a true relationship with nature. We are so glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us – when lived, we are the blessing that we see.” Next time I take a picture in nature I will truly claim that and feel it in my body. Thank you.

417. Brilliant Blog. I love it Adele. I can relate to many things here, and its lovely to get some clarity and expand on this topic about the relationship we seek with nature, and how something seemingly so good can come from a place of wanting to escape, and emptiness. This is not to say that the beauty, the harmony, the magnificence is not there in nature, it is how we make it all about getting answers, meanings and messages from outside….and all the big revelations we end reaching are not that empowering at all….after all we are looking for something nature cannot give us, it can only come from within….however and beautifully nature remains “still” while our minds go crazy trying to find some hidden messages in it all. It takes courage to claim what you have written here, as there are so many tendencies that are trying to find some sort of salvation in nature….without having addressed the inner emptiness and confusion first. Thank you.

418. I absolutely love the ending to this blog Adele, and when you write that when you now take a photo of nature you are taking a visual picture of the confirmation reflected to you of the glory that you already are. When we let go of needing the outside to confirm us and appreciate the beauty of nature, it reflects the magic that is within us everywhere.

419. Thank you Adèle for a beautiful blog, it brought me back to my body to feel my preciousness and today I will allow myself to feel my grandness again in my every move and observation. We can see our grandness reflected in nature as we can see it in every man, woman and Child.

420. Amazing article Adele. I loved how you said that you realised that you were holding nature as something that was grander than you but this was not how you felt when you were younger,you felt as if you were equal to nature because that harmony was also in you. An awesome exposure of all the’false’ readings we get from nature. We will often interpret what we want them to be instead of taking personal responsibility first and seeing a reflection in nature if that is what is there to be seen.

421. Beautiful revelation Adele, that nature is just there to reflect our inner state of being instead of being a guide for us to adhere to. When I connect with the true nature within myself I can feel that the nature outside is there to provide me with the reflections that assist me in evolving myself and that nature has the capacity to provide this for us as a society as well when we are ready to see this.

422. A beautiful reconciliation with nature, Adele – from being a wannabe shaman to a glorious woman who is in true appreciation of nature. Beautiful.

     1. Right on, Fumiyo. The truth was also I had always known the closest I could ever get to was a wannabe, never to truth.

423. This is huge, Adele. Looking outside was something I was constantly doing: tarot cards, new age books and sayings, messages from animals, crystals etc. Anything that would take away my hurts and give me what I yearned for: love. This was all extremely dis-empowering. It has taken a number of years of listening to Serge Benhayon and, with the assistance of Universal Medicine Practitioners, that I finally got (much to my initial disappointment) that I AM RESPONSIBLE for everything that happens in my world. I am no lesser or greater than anyone or anything, that I am part of the whole which is confirmed and reflected by all.

424. I love this line “we are the blessing that we see”.

425. Adele, I can really relate to what you share here… Whether it be nature or otherwise, when we look outside of ourselves for answers to life, or comfort, or relief, love etc. we are seeing ourselves as separate from that which we seek to connect to. Since being introduced to the teachings of Universal Medicine, I have realized that it is this very separation that often causes all of the very things we are seeking relief from (ie. tension, anxiety etc), and the true answer is to realize that the answer is already within, and that in essence we are all part of the whole and in truth never in separation from anything, or anybody.

426. Adele, I love the distinction you make here with how we are with nature as an equal or as something we’re using as a prop. You wrote some gems, one that popped out for me today was “Ignoring my feelings kept me locked up in the unknowingness of what is true” – that’s such a trap and one I know I’ve felt, it’s the game of the ultimate victim until we stop and see we don’t have to.

427. Adele, I felt while reading your blog, a beautiful connection when living my life connected to me, how I am connected to everything in a simply beautiful way. Letting go of all the need, and allowing myself to just be.

428. Thanks Adele, it is truly amazing how many ways we humans have developed to confirm that we are less. Comparision with nature, other people, various religious and new age practices… All talking about our power, but leaving us feeling powerless.

     1. Great point Joel – power is spoken about here and there, yet we are actually left powerless because we have chosen to give it away to something outside of us.

429. So beautiful Adele, and your last sentence sums it up “We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see.” It is a very common trait of ours that rather than take responsibility, face our hurts, learn and evolve, we side step the issue and escape by looking for answers we want to find on the outside, in nature, in people, in tea leaves! I know I did and Serge Benhayon was the first person I have met who brought me back to me, my responsibility, my power, my beauty. He also was brave enough to deliver the answers I didn’t want to hear but knew were true and for that I am truly appreciative, as heeding the advice has adverted even more disasters in my life and set me straight again. Thank you Adele for such a gorgeous article and for sharing your grace and beauty with us.

430. It is such a true irony that so often when we go ‘soul searching’ we actually do the opposite – we look outside for the answer rather than within where the Soul resides. What a difference it is “when the need to look outside for answers and recognition was (is) dropped”.

431. “I continued to ignore my feelings and to remain arrogant until the traumas in my life forced me to stop and wake up”. Far from a natural disaster this way life has of ‘reminding us’ is to me a wonder. It’s like every thing that happens is perfectly engineered to return us all to our true nature, a love we share equally. How interconnected we are Adele with all that we see.

432. Powerful story of reflection and of being and also feeling equal to mother nature’s grandness, realising that the awe you truly appreciate in it is because you (now) see and appreciate it in yourself through being truly connected and in divine order. Beautiful Adele.

433. Thank you for your natural insight and honesty Adele. That intimacy you felt with nature when young is one I also recall – an innocence that encompassed all I was and could feel. This innocence did not last however, and those natural activities like eating and sex become perverted by ideals, beliefs and rules until there is nothing at all natural about them. Your words… “in the breathtaking presence of nature and in traditions that honor nature, human relations can still exhibit cruelty; allowing myself to truly feel this realisation was more painful than any drama that had happened” say to me that the tearing away of your ideals was the most painful cut of all, as it is for many of us. Strange it is how we desperately cling to these ‘comforts’ which separate us from who we truly are, with all the pain that ensues. Thank God for Serge Benhayon who is willing and able to show us a way to navigate out of this morass of delusion, if we so choose.

     1. Andy that is so true, the pain felt of holding onto an illusion which separates humanity is deep. True love can only be lived.

434. Beautiful reflection Adele, I’ve also always loved nature, and would seek solace in it when the world became too much, but have used it to run away from my problems instead of dealing with them. As I take more responsibility for my life, nature is now something that I can deeply appreciate and connect to but not somewhere I go to hide!

435. Throughout our live we give our power away in so many different ways – to people, work, lifestyle, success and so on.

     Adele, this is a fascinating account of how you gave your power away to nature…and it shows us how we can be so easily ‘conned’ into a false belief from something that is so precious and beautiful.

     Yet by taking responsibility and committing to life, you have shown us how nature can indeed reflect and confirm our own natural preciousness and beauty.

     1. Beautifully said Rod, I love that. Indeed we easily give our power away to people, work and even nature. Taking responsibility and committing to life is so empowering and then nature does reflect and confirm to us our own natural preciousness and beauty.

     2. So true Kate. There is unending deep appreciation of the love and support around to bring us back and how far we have come.

436. There is so much reflected by nature all the time, strength, beauty, delicateness, power, quirkiness, light heartedness… and I feel that it is always reminding me of those qualities in me and helping me to appreciate and come back to naturally expressing this.

437. Hi Adele, there have definitely been times when I have sought the advice of nature, giving it all the power to make everything right for me without wanting to take responsibility for the choices I have made. And I remember that this always left me feeling sad because it actually never gave me what I was seeking from it. These days it is very different as I enjoy and appreciate nature with far more clarity and far less of my personal neediness getting in the way. So I can very much relate to your article, thank you for sharing this with us.

     1. So well said Shami. I gave all my power away when I tried so hard to find signs in nature. I left my responsibility and let what I thought was “nature” make the decisions. When things didn’t turn out how I wanted, it was a forever seeking of the signs in nature and what nature was telling me. There was no focus on me and what I felt or what my body was telling me.

438. Adele your writing is so deeply beautiful. I had not considered how important it is to allow myself to accept my equality with the divinity that is evident in nature – your blog has allowed me to look at my relationship with nature in a whole new way. Thank you.

439. Adele I can relate to turning to nature when things in life are not going too well. There is something reassuring about nature that draws us to it. I love to just to sit and be with nature and feel it’s stillness and spaciousness, watching the birds and animals going about their lives. I remember once when I was buying a house and the owners kept changing the goal posts and we weren’t getting anywhere. I decided to switch my phone off and go for a walk and just be with myself and what ever the outcome was so be it. 3 or 4 hours later I switched my phone back on and everything had been sorted. Nature had allowed me the space and time to reflect on what was going on.

440. The words ‘an appreciation for nature in confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all. When the shutter is pressed I am taking a picture that is in confirmation of a true relationship with nature. We are so truly glorious that the skies cannot but reflect that back to us—when lived, we are the blessing that we see,’ are so powerful and hold such vital truths for humanity to begin to understand the true relationship with nature that is on offer to everyone.

441. Your blog Adele has got me amazed, at how much we can convince our selves to not be self responsible and the things that we can come up with to avoid it.

     1. Yes Madeline, it is quite amazing just how quickly and easily we side step our responsibility and look outside for the answers, when in truth we know full well what the answers truly are.

442. Adele, thank you for sharing this blog and your relationship with nature.
     It is a very important fundamental distinction I never understood before. I used to believe that Nature was so pristine and would be better off without us humans messing it up. I did fell lesser than the amazing beauty of nature. Now I realize that that beauty is part of me equally.

     1. Bernard, I had the same thought… “Nature would be better off without us humans messing it up” On reflection I can see that how we abuse nature is how we abuse ourselves and that is the hurt. We tarnish our true divine nature through the way we act, think and speak and dump it on our environment. But nature constantly reflects its exquisite beauty reminding us of the beauty that we naturally are. When I connect to the stillness inside I feel equal to the gentleness, greatness, order and rhythm of our natural world.

443. Wow Adele, what a turn around. I can relate to your experiences here. As a child the flow in nature was equally felt in me, our warmth was equal, our stillness equal, our flow in harmony. Later as a lost, empty seeking adult my reverence for nature was all external and quite numb and blissed out….(really! People used to think I was on drugs like ecstasy even when I wasn’t – it was fluffy, floaty, fuzzy headed, totally lacking connection to my own body and so hugely irresponsible days! I was gone!). Now I’m back with presence with my body taking responsibility for my relationship with me being one of my own fullness and the flow and magnificence is tangibly equal within me as it is now truly felt in nature and my childhood appreciation for nature and me is back. Love your blog Adele, it highlights how something so true can so easily be turned upside down and used in a false aspect to fool ourselves. Gorgeous to feel your u-turn back to you.

     1. I can relate to what you say here Kate, particularly what you say about being “fluffy, floaty, fuzzy headed, totally lacking connection to my own body and so hugely irresponsible days! I was gone!).” I can now feel nature as a confirmation of me. No longer looking up to nature as something bigger than me.

        1. Yep, they were crazy hazy days Natalie. I missed me so much, but numbed it out by focusing ever outward – it was only when I began to feel what it might be like to connect back and be in my body that I realised there was another way that could be so much fuller, more real and lovely.

444. Adele your words reflect the true essence of nature beautifully. I have always felt a strong connection with nature all my life but never knew why. But from studying Universal Medicine I now know that nature is just another true reflection of what lives deep within us all and that’s love.

445. Adele, I love your heart-felt story of your connection with nature. I love how you have realised that nature is confirming the equal beauty and power that is simply the essence of us all. I too have always felt such a strong connection with nature, have many photographs of sunrises etc. I spent years re-growing rainforest on a large paddock of mainly grass, which had originally been covered with rainforest. Whenever anything went wrong in my life, I turned to nature, unfortunately I realise now, to not feel what I did not want to feel. In other words, I did it to drop out of life. But now I also realise that in nature there is so much that reflects back realisations to us that we can grow from. Thank you so much for your sharing.

     1. What a beautiful realisation Beverley. I found it very inspiring to read your comment. I had similar tendencies and only now can I see how I tricked myself.

     2. Beautiful, Beverley. Nature does constantly support us with the most amazing reflections. The magic of God is with us in and amongst nature, and how beautiful that these reflections go both ways.

446. Hello Adele, I loved nature from an early age as well. I still enjoy just sitting on the back lawn and then sometimes lying down looking up at the clouds. It’s like time stops and all the noises you hear are the birds singing. It’s not that I get lost in those but I ‘use’ it as a place to stop and check in and see how I feeling. There is a stillness in nature that I can feel, like a stop, a place to check in with myself. Nature gives me this space to then take with me because of the “interconnectedness” you spoke of and in this way I can take nature with me everywhere. Meaning at any point, anywhere I can stop and feel the feeling of looking up at the clouds, not to feel better or to go somewhere else but to check in and see how my body is feeling and if I don’t feel that grandness and space I had then I ask myself why.

     1. Thank you Ray and Adele, nature is constantly such a great source of joy in my life. All I have to do to feel that joy is take the time to be with nature.

     2. I agree Ray, nature lives to a rhythm that supports us to slow down and have a pit stop. It can inspire us to connect back with ourselves and find the harmony within.

        1. Totally agree Judith, thanks.

        2. Absolutely Ray and Judith. Nature pit stop is a great description.

447. Beautiful Adele, I can relate well to what you have expressed here and the realisation that what I love in nature, including the anatomy and physiology of my own body, is but a reflection of and perhaps only a small part of the glory within us all.

448. Thanks, Adele. This blog really brings the truth of nature to the fore, as well as the fact that nature never ‘turns off’. It is in fact us who ‘turn off’ to the reflection nature gives. I can feel the amazingness of nature never withdrawing from the hurt of where humanity is at and how far away we are from our true nature. It just continues to be a steady pulse in life regardless. This is truly inspirational to me.

     1. I agree Robyn. Nature never does turn off or hold back. There is such precision in how nature is and what it shows us.

449. We don’t need to look up to the grandness of nature, but only see that we are equal to this grandness.

     1. Well said Benkt.

        1. I agree James, well said Benkt. And in appreciation of it, we appreciate ourselves.

450. Beautiful revelation- to allow to feel how beautiful we are.

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