"Talking with Nature reads like a synthesis of Walden and The Secret Life of Plants, fluidly crossing the membrane separating the material from the intangible." - East West Journal
"Michael's journeys into nature are unforgettable. Seeing our impact on nature through nature's eyes was a profound experience. I'll never again look at the earth, plants, animals, or dolphins in the same way. Highly recommended reading." -Sanaya Roman, author of Spiritual Growth
"From Australia comes a major new writer, a startling courageous innocent, bringing a gift of power and understanding for those reaching toward the inner real." - Richard Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
"What would happen if we stopped for even a moment and truly listened to Nature? When Michael Roads first began hearing a river talking to him, he attempted to deny and ignore it. But Nature persisted, and gradually Michael learned to let go. When he did, he discovered a healing and nurturing power - a power available to us all.
Talking with Nature and Journey into Nature describe his experiences as he was led step-by-step to explore the truth of separation, the foundations of personal power, and the frontiers of reality. Through a dazzling series of visions, Michael goes beyond communicating with nature and becomes blackberry, dog, and crystal. After reading the works of Michael Roads, you will never again wonder if nature can speak. It can and it does. These writings may well expand your awareness of the special bond between humanity and the environment." HJ Kramer
"Talking With Nature was first published in 1985, almost 25 years ago. In his foreward, Sir George Trevelyan, the great supporter of Findhorn, says, “ . . . If the author can achieve this ‘talking with nature’ then all of us can potentially do the same. The manner of approach and attitude of mind are what matter. Approach the natural form - tree or hill, river or blossom - and speak inwardly with the elemental being within it. Then watch the response in your mind and heart and give back love. Let the flow begin . . . “ This is what Michael succeeds in doing and this book is the record of his experiences.
In Journey Into Nature Michael’s experiences are taken to a whole new level, as he establishes contact with Pan - or more precisely, Pan establishes contact with him! Reaching into the experiences of his own past, and under Pan’s guidance, he finds himself reviewing them, not from his human point of view alone, but with his conscious awareness merging successively with that of blackberries, rock, cattle, dogs, a storm, dolphins and the realm of nature spirits. These are heavy-duty experiences, and the lessons to which he is exposed ring true. Consumed by a sense of guilt over his past conduct in some of these situations, he is admonished by Pan; 'Failure and success are illusions. As long as you measure yourself in terms of success or failure you will remain unenlightened. . . . Only you judge yourself. Nothing else in life does this except humans. Humans judge themselves and each other. Give it up. You don’t need it. . . . Believe me, Nature makes no judgments.' Again and again, pure, unconditional love is expressed, and felt, by all participants in this great drama.
Then he finds himself reliving events in a number of other of his incarnational experiences, which serve to demonstrate the thread of meaning that carries on from one such experience to another, in all of which he finds himself questing for what he now calls ‘The Greater Self’ . . . realizing it can’t be found in a single identity, but only by looking within the whole . . . for life is holistic. . . .” - Ian Doig, The Journal of the Canadian Society of Dowsers
“I finished your book Talking With Nature - Journey Into Nature and can just say that I love you and Pan. I looked out into my rain-forest garden and tears ran down my cheek. Your words in your books confirm so much. I have longed for this information for a while. Thank you for your willingness to put it so nicely and truthfully . . . it’s so uplifting that my soul sings. Michael, your words have opened my soul to fly. I am so moved, so very much at piece, I needed to tell you. I am reborn by the energy of your journeys into the All that Is. Thank you from my Heart.” Simone, Carins, Australia
313 pages (1985, 1987 - first double addition: 2003)
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Talking With Nature - Journey Into Nature, A Michael Roads Reade
