Today I went around the front, back, and side yards of my house, and touched or hugged, and thanked, every tree, bush, shrub, potted plant, the ivy, the bamboo, the grass, the stones and rocks, and the damp wet ground. I also did this with the sidewalk, driveway, and patio, the hoses and fences, the house, garage and windows, the cars, and the street light--they are human made, but their elements come from the Earth. And of course, I thanked the air, the water and the rain, the earth and the soil critters, the animals, the sun, the moon and the stars. Last but not least, I thanked the Deva* of the Property for protecting all living and non-living Beings and the Four Angelic Sentries who guard the perimeter of the property. I felt really happy doing it.
Bird of Paradise in Bloom (c)mayah 2012
*Devas: "Sanskrit: divine) In the Vedic religion of India, one of many divine powers, roughly divided into sky, air, and earth divinities." http://www.answers.com/topic/deva-religion-in-encyclopedia#ixzz2DxLpKKAY
Devas at Findhorn
"Devas came into Western thought in a powerful way at the New Age community of Findhorn. In 1963...In her meditations that spring, (Dorothy) MacLean's attention was called to the presence of the forces of nature. She was told to cooperate with nature by thinking about the higher nature spirits, the spirits of different forms from the clouds to the varieties of different plants...she made contact and began to receive instructions from the devas that allowed them to produce a spectacular garden in the spartan conditions of northern Scotland. Over the next few years hundreds of messages were received and published from the devas which also began to articulate a philosophy of the wholeness of creation." http://www.answers.com/topic/deva-religion-in-encyclopedia#ixzz2DxLMRUXa