Following is a post from the Rainbows on going on a ritual walk as part of Da’i, honorably returning the gifts of life and nourishment back to the Earth Mother.

You want to come with me for a Da’i walk? Maybe the sun is shining while we take a walk to our Da’i spot and choose a place to leave our offering. The ground is dry–or wet from the night, or rain. So will be your toilet paper, maybe leaves, maybe moss.

While we walk we feel the wind–he is coming warm and gently from the south this sun. Birds are joining us all the way–singing beautiful songs. We crawl under a fallen tree–he must have fallen in the night–this plant. You feel his bark, smell the pitch, and think about life and death for a while.

A squirrel is making loud noise because you get too close to him while entering your Da’i area. Which tree will it be this sun? And where is the moss or the leaves? If you have all, just dig a hole–leaning on the log of the tree, and go. Meanwhile, an ant is near and close by you, and less than ten mosquitoes are trying to have a meal of you. Anyway, you enjoy everything that you can see while giving back to the earth. Never gets boring. You close over your hole, and you make your way back to camp.

How was it in civilization? Go five steps, open and close a door, sit down, go, done. The only interesting thing that might happen is who the hell took the last piece of toilet paper and leaves me in this trouble?

So maybe you give nature a try next time. Let’s invite the sun, or sometimes the moon and the stars, the rain, go over logs with naked feet and feel the earth while finding your tree.