Every tree, every plant, has a spirit. People may say that the plant has no mind. I tell them that the plant is alive and conscious. A plant may not talk, but there is a spirit in it that is conscious, that sees everything, which is the soul of the plant, its essence, what makes it alive. The channels through which the water move are the veins of the spirit…

~ Pablo César Amaringo Shuna

Photo by Devadana Sanctuary, used with permission