The Bird And The Shrub

As you know, from time to time I share my views on spiritual books and teachings. In the spiritual world, energy is defined as the universal life force. That we are all (humans, animals, plants, etc.) part of this energy field. That we are all interconnected and related by this energy field.

Here is a true story about a bird and a shrub. Several years ago, my next door neighbors decided to finally put in some landscaping in the back yard. They are both wonderful people, doctors with very busy schedules. Our pools are located in the back yard. They spoke to us about planting three large shrubs at the center point of our properties. Over time these shrubs will give both of us plenty of privacy as we used our pools. Hubby and I thought it was a great idea. The shrubs looked beautiful the first year.

One day, hubby was sitting in the back lanai when he heard some chirping. He saw that there was a nest in the middle shrub with a baby bird in it. He sat watching as Mama bird flew off, came back with food and fed baby bird. He came in and told me about it. A few days later he was sitting outside again, reading the paper when he saw something big fly by through the corner of his eyes. He turned around just in time to see a Seagull fly down and snatch the baby bird and fly away. He was so stricken, had no time to scare the Seagull away. He came in and was so traumatized by the entire event. We both were upset by it.

A few days later, we went out and found that the middle shrub had suddenly died. Just like that. A perfectly healthy shrub, lost all its leaves and the branches shriveled and died. The neighbors got the landscapers to come out and replace the dead shrub with a new shrub. A few days later the new shrub died. So far, our neighbors have replaced the middle shrub three times, every single one died. The landscapers are flabbergasted, they have replaced the soil, fertilized, done everything possible, to no avail. Today, the middle shrub is still dead, as you can see from the photo - you can see through to the palms in the back.

We believe that the grief of that Mama bird lives in that area. The energy of a grief that is so intense that no living thing will live there any more. What do you think?