Trees

"For seven days and seven nights [the buddha] sat in meditation supported by the tree. During the seventh night he was tormented by every possible distraction of the mind. Mara, the voice of delusion challenged him ferociously, asking what right he had to sit by the fig tree seeking truth. To counter the force of ignornace, he touched his right hand to the earth. Whith theearth and tree as witness, the powerful realization of interdependence was revealed." (in Terrapsychology by Craig Chalquist)

“Sometimes a tree can tell you more than can be read in a book.” (C G Jung)