Science is now discovering that we have a completely different powerhouse/processor/information center, one that is potentially even more illuminating and significant than the mind and the function of which we are just beginning to conceptualize. It may be though, that thinking with our heads is only a small, and rather imperfect part of what we are actually capable of. We like to get the heads up, be ahead of the game, we dive head first into things, and generally lead with our heads. We humans have always been taught to think with our heads, to use our heads. The thinking heart and intelligence of each plant is in its root tip, the part that grows, that searches out mineral richness, the part that interacts with the soil and its microbial life, and the part that decides where to go. It is not the hidden and protected center, the nucleus/brain of the cell, as we were all taught in school.
#Way of the wild at heart full
We are the outer membrane of the earth.Īnd as biologists now tell us, the intelligent heart of each individual cell is its membrane, that outer surface which comes into contact with all other surfaces in its area, the part of the cell that gets to socialize you might say, rub up against its neighbors, soak up the latest news, communicate freely and be a full participant in the feedback loop. We are dancing together on the ever changing rim of life. Witness the constantly shifting edges, boundaries loosening, merging with one another. These are remarkable times we are living in now. Perceptions are fluid, resilient, non static, supple and elastic. Our perceptions about the earth and ourselves are always changing. Opening our wild hearts requires learning to pay attention. We just have not been taught to pay attention. The communication between humans and plants, and all other life forms on earth, is not only possible, it is common and constant. Our hearts, brains and nervous systems are highly evolved and interconnected systems. We humans were designed as a part of nature we fit perfectly into the natural rhythms of life. Without intentional activation of this wild heart we are cast adrift on the seas of life, with no real connection to the earth. It yearns for connection and is ever ready to empathize, sympathize, to truly know, understand and love. This wild heart within us is an outstanding and fundamentally necessary, yet much overlooked, component of our natural intelligence. This wild heart is now and has always been singing, calling, ringing and resonating within you and me. I call this tradition emerging from my depths The Way of the Wild Heart. It is a way that speaks most clearly to who I have become, and resonates more soundly with where I want to be and how I would like to lead. Because of this, I feel the need to name and define a new approach or tradition, one that has evolved out of my daily practice, and has been forming within me for many years. If we cling to the old, and refuse to answer the call of our own growth, we risk becoming stifled and cease to move forward.Īs my life and my practice of Community Herbalism has matured and ripened over these past thirty years or more, I find that the cloak of the Wise Woman Tradition no longer quite fits me in the same comfortable fashion as it once did, although I still find its guidelines essential and significant. However, as often happens, ideas and values, our sense of ethics, even principles to live by, shift and change, metamorphose into something new and evolve into something more meaningful as life goes on. The more I focused on bringing these simple principles into my life, grounding them into my activities, attitudes and perceptions, the more fully realized my life seemed to become. The use of simple ceremony to inform our sense of the sacredness of every day life. The development and cultivation of an open, wild and compassionate heart. The reliance on common, abundant, nourishing, local herbs and foods in season. In fact, I took the three primary principles of the Wise Woman Tradition, as I understood them, to be the guiding principles of my life: It is critical in today’s world that we learn to connect with it, for it resonates with the wild heart of the earth and all that is alive upon her.įor the past thirty or so years I have associated myself and my herbal practice with the Wise Woman Tradition. This wild heart resides within each and every one of us. The Way of the Wild Heart speaks to me of the need for a conscious rewilding of the human spirit and intentional cultivation of what I have long referred to as our wild hearts.
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