Aspens don’t survive in solitude. A lone seedling is the source of it’s origin, but you won’t find an aspen standing in a field, solitary and alone. The tree is always part of a larger organism, interconnecting all the trees in the grove underground, beyond view. Connected through a vast root system, when one aspen tree dies, the remainder of the colony survives and another will grow from the supporting system below ground to replace it. The entire colony cycles together – sounding a single harmonious note into the autumn symphony of change.

Aspen groves provide a symbolism for the whole of humanity. Up close, we each seem to be isolated and individual. But, when examined more closely ~ at the level of origin, we don’t exist in solitude. We are apparently single outward expressions of a larger, interconnected being. This is the source of our nourishment, supporting our cycle of birth and death. While heart-shaped aspen leaves flutter in the breeze, our similar emotional tremors, as emotional beings, flutter in the breezes of life’s changes and alterations. Aspen groves remind us that our separateness is an illusion and that the truth of union lies just beneath the surface.

We are all interconnected, interdependent, and cycling with the seasons in harmonious rhythm. 

(Source: soulbridging.com)