Meeting Bill

I recently had the good fortune to meet a Maori guide on a trip to visit my son in New Zealand. We had chosen a land-based tour which involved a trip to "meet" a tree in Waipoua Forest. Not just any old tree but Tane Mahuta, New Zealand's largest known living kauri tree. And the bonus was going  to see/meet it with a Maori guide, rather than just stumble off a bus and take some pictures of bits of the forest.

The picture is of Bill and Tane Mahuta (no picture will ever do the impact this tree has any justice. It's over 2000 years old and 45ft in circumference. 

Bill met us and took us to the forest and, asked us to wait while he prayed before entering. He also prayed on the way to meet one of his Gods; Tane Mahuta is the deity of man and forests and everything that dwells within. All through our time there he offered songs, tunes on a flute and semmed to be praying constantly. Irealised part way through this trip that this man was living what I aspired to - his life was prayer. He was so present in the moment and so in touch with his spiritual relationship with his gods.

As a result  something changed in me through meeting this man. With a stand-out memory of my trip.

In love and light, M