==== Practice Time Unbinding ====

Mission by [[:/user/Alchumilla|Alchemilla 'Lily' Umiliata]] 

This mission is designed to train your vegetal mind to relinquish short-term, short-lived, instrumental and individualistic advances for slower, collective cycles of growth and decay. 

  * find a deciduous tree in your neighbourhood
  * set aside at least one hour per day to observe the tree's budding process; it is beneficial to choose the same hour every day: early morning or twilight is best
  * sit or lie comfortably and gaze at one or more budding leaves: can you perceive their changes?
  * observe the tree and your own reactions: does your perception of time change after an hour, a day, a month or a season?
  * based on your observations, imagine what it would be like to experience time as a tree, or a forest
  * continue this exercise every day until the leaves have fallen
  * record your observations for posterity
  * hibernate

  * **Estimated duration:** one season to multiple lifetimes
  * **Estimated number of participants:** from half to billions
  * **Vegetal mindfulness:** baobab

==== References ====

[[:groworld_hpi_ii]]

{{>http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/7929026278/}}

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