{"id":6,"date":"2011-01-30T21:41:55","date_gmt":"2011-01-30T21:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nature-photography.daystarbooks.com\/wp_blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-08-22T00:04:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T00:04:33","slug":"nature-photography-that-is-therapy-for-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nature-photography.daystarbooks.com\/wp_blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirdson & the River’s Sky – Dialog With Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"

ThirdSon<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and The River\u2019s Sky – A\u00a0Dialog\u00a0With Nature
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A\u00a0fictitious\u00a0magical fable book of \u00a0useful truths.<\/em><\/p>\n

As a kid, I spent an enormous amount of time down by the river. I was drawn like a magnet to the many sounds of nature that filled the air\u2014the tides rumbling ashore, the faint call of seagull birds\u00a0echoing in the distant background. I would remain down by the river all day under the pretense that I was fishing. I would walk the river shores for miles, moving from one spot to the next. I later discovered that the sky above this river was alive. I developed a special relationship with the CloudHost<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> beings. They – the CloudHost<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> – helped reshape my once naive thoughts into right angles of light that I might see the more helpful truths.<\/p>\n

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A<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> dialog with nature ThirdSon\u00a0and the river’s sky by Ike<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Austin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

The River’s Sky Beings would induce images of nature in my mind, then<\/span><\/span><\/span> initiate thought-provoking debate. Which has led me on a quest of dialog sometimes with the smallest chickadee and hummingbird and everything in-between<\/span><\/span> such as the Mallard Duck and the Great Blue Heron on up to the largest birds of preys like the Red Tailed Hawk and the Osprey. This adventure eventually led to deeper travels into the hidden forest of Jimme.<\/p>\n

I learned much from many encounters with other life forms that help me to discover that man in his present condition is far below his potential and purpose. All those that profess to be men are not, likewise, all that appear to be animal are<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> not.\u00a0Birds are known as mindless animals where I come from yes, but in the land of Jimme’ these are beings, beings with important lessons and they are\u00a0eager\u00a0to teach.<\/p>\n

They helped shape my thoughts. They would induce images of nature in my mind, then<\/span><\/span><\/span> initiate thought-provoking debate. I discovered\u00a0Earth is a much stranger place than what we have been told.<\/p>\n

The clouds\u00a0revealed to me they are known only by one known as DayStar, and that they respect only DayStar, and only DayStar know them by name\u2026\u00a0the first day they arrived.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

One early morning, a huge menacing cloud formation, hanging unusually low, glided slowly toward the fishing dock. I looked up at it’s massive dark underside, an overwhelming feeling of heightened terror was quickly replaced with peaceful calm as I immediately felt the presents of an overwhelming benevolence about the great cloud.<\/p>\n

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DayStar Arrival in From of Clouds<\/p><\/div>\n

Discussions with these beings were truly therapy for my soul.<\/p>\n

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Dialog With Nature – ThirdSon<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Dialog\u00a0With Nature – A Message for us All.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nEvery scenery that unfolds in nature has a message. Every sound of nature\u2013be it thunder or silence\u2013has a lesson waiting<\/span><\/span><\/span> to be transmitted. The message could be as mysterious as visions of old empires or as simple as\u00a0though-lessons about proper parental conduct. This actually happened to me while observing a gaggle of geese one<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> afternoon; nature transmitted a long forgotten lesson that revealed true parental duties of what it really takes to raise children. Nature constantly reaches out to us through rain, thunder, snow, wind, and its host of living creatures to provide us a solution to an immediate troublesome issue or solutions to an unpredicted future circumstance.<\/p>\n

In Silence, I am\u00a0Calm, I Hear Deeper Truths<\/strong>
\nThe sounds of nature has the effect to clean the mind of emotional pollution. Sounds of Nature (videos<\/em>)<\/a> insulate my soul. When I come close to nature, stress is transformed to calm, I leave behind the distractive pollutions of life, I are now standing<\/span> amongst the truly civilized. \u201d\u2014ThirdSon<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Certain\u00a0types of scenery and exposure to nature will benefit your soul in a way that only nature can. A Calm Place (Stress-Relief)<\/a>, an escape portal to deeper truths. Dialog with Nature is the librarian of the gate keeper’s most treasured dialogues.<\/p>\n

I present to the viewing audience, lessons from nature that are truly therapy for the soul… \u00a0I invite you to…\u00a0Dialog With Nature.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n
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Down by the river, There exists<\/span><\/span><\/span> a group of clouds that react to my private thoughts. I learned that these entities are a multitude of invisible beings masquerading as clouds.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The clouds would instantly turn dark at my more devious contemplations.<\/address>\n
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the clouds down by this river are alive.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/address>\n

One clear and sunny day while at the river, the clouds suddenly formed and rapidly increased in size and speed. They then start billowing downward in volcanic like eruption across the distant sky and headed toward my direction. This antic exhibited a peculiar amusement on their behalf because I could sense their humorous reaction to the fear it had generated in the nearby anglers they all looking up in startled horror.<\/address>\n
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On another occasion, the clouds quickly descended from the sky surrounding me in a dense fog, restricting my entire view, except for a small opening below.<\/address>\n
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These clouds held me suspended in mid-air and looking down, I could see the river gently rippling pass just below my feet. The CloudHost<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> initiated this event, for me not providing my strict undivided attention.<\/address>\n<\/td>\n
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One very cold winter day while walking along a familiar path in the hidden forest of Jimme’, I have taken this path many times, passed many inconspicuous groups of cattails countless times. Only on this occasion, once again, the lessons of nature will reach into my mind and request my undivided attention… to<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> a particular group of cattails; of which I began to sense they all had individual\u00a0personalities… and<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> they had an important life lesson to share with me this time around. I walked up to them\u00a0and stood in silence, and I heard…<\/address>\n
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As you see us standing here today, in the middle of winter, we likewise stand just as stoic in summer. We bend with the blowing wind, we absorb the pounding rain. Changes in circumstance do not offend us. We understand life is a variation of circumstance. We have trained our inner being to be resilient in<\/span><\/span><\/span> life and remain constant. There are many unpredictable exterior dimensions to one life. There is an inner universe of which you control.<\/address>\n<\/td>\n
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Stoicism – Cattails – In silence I hear useful truths.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

On occasions, the clouds would rapidly descend to ground level reducing visibility to zero. Then just as quick, the clouds would dissipate. The CloudHost<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> had transported me and some of the other anglers to a mystical forest. This forest contained a great abundance of wildlife. At first, when I turned to look directly in back of me, I<\/span><\/span><\/span> could still see the reality from which I came but, upon deciding to take one-step into the forest, I was instantly engulfed all around. During long walks in this mystic place; I eventually learned was called Jimme’, certain things would attract my attention and the forest would communicate to me and the others in its own esoteric language. Sometimes even audible words would directly enter the mind.<\/p>\n

It has\u00a0been<\/span><\/span> said, “man is never closer to God than when he is close to nature.” It is the spirits of nature that present the wisdom needed during life’s journey. My walk with nature has truly been therapy for<\/span><\/span><\/span> my soul. I wish all who read these words, the same.<\/p>\n

The smallest intricacies in nature are just as explosive as thunder and rain. Only in total silence do we hear their contributions.
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ThirdSon<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and the River\u2019s Sky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Seagull -ThirdSon Down by the River<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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