I’m going to the forest to rest

I’m going to the forest to rest.

If you’re reading this, then I’m already gone, and it is impossible to reach me. In fact, nobody can reach me, except the one person who brought me to the trail.

I have no phone. No computer. Not a single electronic item.

I have found a small lake on the map that I’m nearly certain no one else will visit during my time there.

My longest stretch without seeing or hearing another human is only three days. I’m aiming for seven days in complete solitude and silence to humanity, not even hearing my own voice.

I have seven pounds of wild rice, some dehydrated venison and maitake mushroom and sea salt, all of which my friends and I foraged. I will supplement this with berries, greens and herbs that I find. A simple and pure diet from the land.

I will sleep. Oh I will sleep. Long nights and naps throughout the day.
I will rest. Oh I will rest.
I will be. Oh I will be.

I will soak in the healing energy of the land and water, swimming and drinking in the cold mountain lake and sitting in the forest.

I have a small amount of reading material, a small notebook, a pencil and only the most basic of possessions. Very few items to distract myself from simply being.

I will be alone, Oh I will be alone.
Yet, I will be in the company of my many friends of the plant and animal world, many of whom I have not yet met. And I will be with myself, in which I carry all the company that I need in this moment. So deeply alone, yet complete with everything I need. Is it so? I will see and I will share with you when I return.

I’m tired. I’ve been too busy for my own well being and I’ve neglected my body.

And so I return to Earth, as I have made a consistent practice to rejuvenate myself, always with the intention of returning in my most effective form as a servant and messenger for our community of life on Earth.

Love,
Robin

The mountain region that lies behind me is the forest in which I will rest and make home.

Read: A Week of Solitude in the Forest – Deep Connection with Earth