Capillaries

I went to the Bodies exhibit a couple months ago and I found the capillary system to be absolutely stunning.  The density, complexity and far reaching capabilities of the intricate web of a system that allows oxygen and nutrients to travel to the outermost places of our bodies as well as remove the toxins that build up in our crevices… it just twists the mind.

I walk home through a beautiful neighborhood full of trees.  I was looking up one day and realized the capillary system of the tree was fully visible with the leaves of summer long gone.  My mind made a comparison between the capillaries of the body and the tree.

Later, as I was mulling over my comparison, I watched Deepak Chopra on John Stewart talking about his latest book.  He was talking of the moment of death and created an analogy where you are surrounded by your house, your home and in death the walls disappear.  Your essence is still there but now it is all encompassing.  You are everywhere.

I realized that the tree capillary system looks to me like us with our skin pealed off, we are gripping the earth with our feet and reaching out with our capillaries trying to heal the earth.  Providing nourishment and removing toxins…. maybe the trees tell of souls that refuse to give up in their healing…..  or maybe they are the civilizations of the past that have evolved into a constant meditation that deepens as the earth evolves…. in any case, the capillaries are just too similar to take as coincidence.