ある年のイースタータイム、シルバーバーチは〝死〟を一年の四季のめぐりに見事になぞらえて、こう語った。
「四季の絶妙な変化、途切れることの無い永遠のめぐりに思いを馳せてごらんなさい。全ての生命が眠る冬、その生命が目覚める春、生命の世界が美を競い合う夏、そしてまた次の春までの眠りに具えて自然が声をひそめはじめる秋。
地上は今まさに大自然の見事な顕現───春、イースター、復活───の季節を迎えようとしております。新しい生命、それまで地下の暗がりの中で安らぎと静けさを得てひっそりと身を横たえていた生命がいっせいに地上へ顕現する時期です。
間もなくあなた方の目に樹液の活動が感じられ、やがてつぼみが、若葉が、群葉が、そして花が目に入るようになります。地上全土に新しい生命の大合唱が響きわたります。
こうしたことから皆さんに太古の非文明化時代（※）において宗教というものが大自然の動きそのものを儀式の基本としていたことを知っていただきたいのです。彼らは移り行く大自然のドラマの星辰の動きの中に、神々の生活───自分たちを見つめている目に見えない力の存在を感じ取りました。
自分たちの生命を支配する法則に畏敬の念を抱き、春を生命の誕生の季節としてもっとも大切にいたしました。
同じサイクルが人間一人ひとりの生命においても繰り返されております。大自然の壮観と同じものが一人ひとりの魂において展開しているのです。まず意識の目覚めとともに春が訪れます。続いて生命力が最高に発揮される夏となります。やがてその力が衰えはじめる秋となり、そして疲れ果てた魂に冬の休眠の時が訪れます。しかし、それですべてが終りとなるのではありません。それは物的生命の終りです。
冬が終わるとその魂は次の世界において春を迎え、かくして永遠のサイクルを続けるのです。この教訓を大自然から学び取ってください。そしてこれまで自分を見捨てることの無かった摂理はこれ以後も自分を、そして他のすべての生命を見捨てることなく働き続けてくれることを確信して下さい」
One year at Easter time, Silver Birch saying the four seasons of the year:
The ground is just about to reach the season of the splendid manifestation of nature - ─ spring, Easter, resurrection ─ ─ ─. A new life, the time when the life that was quietly lying and gains peace and tranquility in the darkness of the underground to manifest all the way to the ground.
Soon your eyes will feel the sap activity, soon the bud, young leaves, foliage, and flowers will come into your eyes.A large chorus of new life echoes throughout the earth.
Because of these things, I want everyone to know that religion was the basis of the ceremony itself in the ancient non-civilization era . They felt the existence of invisible power gazing at themselves - in the movement of the stars of the wildering drama of the wild drama, the life of the gods.
I am awed by the laws governing their lives and cherish spring the most as a season of the birth of life.
The same cycle is repeated in the life of each and every human being. The same thing as the spectacle of nature is developing in each and every soul. Spring will come first with awakening consciousness. It will be the summer where life force will be demonstrated to the best. The fall will soon be the fall, and the warm dormancy will come to the exhausted soul. But that does not end with everything. It is the end of physical life.
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One year at Easter time, Silver Birch saying the four seasons of the year:
"Exquisite change in the four seasons, let's not forget the endless journey without interruption. The winter when all life sleeps, the spring when that life wakes up, the summer when the world of life competes for beauty, and until the next spring The fall begins to disappoint nature in preparation for the night's sleep.
The earth is about to reach the season of magnificent manifestation of nature-spring, easter, revival. It is a time when new life, the life that has been quietly laid down in the darkness of the underground so far, appears on the ground all at once.
Soon you can see the activity of the sap, and eventually the bud, the young leaves, the foliage, and the flowers will come into your eyes. A great chorus of new life resounds all over the earth.
From these things, I would like you to know that religion is the movement of the great nature itself as the basis of rituals in the ancient uncivilized era . In the movement of the moving star of the drama of the moving nature, they felt the life of the gods-the invisible power that was watching them.
With the reverence to the rules governing their lives, we have made spring the most important season of the birth of life.
The same cycle is repeated in each human life. The same grandeur as the great nature develops in each and every soul. First comes spring with the awakening of consciousness. Then it will be summer when vitality is fully demonstrated. Eventually, the power will begin to decline, and the tired spirit will be the time of winter dormancy. But that is not the end of everything. That is the end of physical life.
When winter is over, the soul will enter spring in the next world, thus continuing the eternal cycle. Please learn this lesson from Mother Nature. And be sure that Providence, who has never abandoned you before, will continue to work without abandoning you, and all other life. "
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One year at Easter time, Silver Birch saying the four seasons of the year:
"Exquisite change in the four seasons, let's not forget the endless journey without interruption. The winter when all life sleeps, the spring when that life wakes up, the summer when the world of life competes for beauty, and until the next spring The fall begins to disappoint nature in preparation for the night's sleep.
The earth is about to reach the season of magnificent manifestation of nature-spring, easter, revival. It is a time when new life, the life that has been quietly laid down in the darkness of the underground so far, appears on the ground all at once.
Soon you can see the activity of the sap, and eventually the bud, the young leaves, the foliage, and the flowers will come into your eyes. A great chorus of new life resounds all over the earth.
From these things, I would like you to know that religion is the movement of the great nature itself as the basis of rituals in the ancient uncivilized era . In the movement of the moving star of the drama of the moving nature, they felt the life of the gods-the invisible power that was watching them.
With the reverence to the rules governing their lives, we have made spring the most important season of the birth of life.
The same cycle is repeated in each human life. The same grandeur as the great nature develops in each and every soul. First comes spring with the awakening of consciousness. Then it will be summer when vitality is fully demonstrated. Eventually, the power will begin to decline, and the tired spirit will be the time of winter dormancy. But that is not the end of everything. That is the end of physical life.
When winter is over, the soul will enter spring in the next world, thus continuing the eternal cycle. Please learn this lesson from Mother Nature. And be sure that Providence, who has never abandoned you before, will continue to work without abandoning you, and all other life. "
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