Message-ID: <20000401233157.9526.qmail@web1601.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 15:31:57 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Gray Subject: Tao of Tenchi Muyo 25: The Definitive Rule of Trees. To: Tenchi Reply-To: tenchi@ML.usagi.org X-ML-archive: http://www.win.ne.jp/~doi/ML/ Precedence: bulk So a normal tree, one that grows in soil and water alone, takes on the characteristics dictated by the trophic (energy) characteristics of its location, climate and chemistry. But Jurai Trees are not rooted in soil. They are rooted in pure Quintessence. By the symbology of tree, as it is understood in the Orient, the Jurai Trees contain the mysterious middle, through the perfect balancing of the other four forces. And of course, through balancing of Heaven, Earth, Sun and Moon, one attains clarity, which is the light of a Light Hawk Wing! However, there is one caveat to this. The trees are worthless without their human bondmates. Remember what I said earlier about the redemptive position of Humanity: It always is in the middle, whether between three or five, and is at the mercy of all energies at once. While the four forces are what give a tree its sustenance, its nature is determined by the Fifth, which is always humanity. The strength of a tree is dependent upon the clarity of soul within its bondmate. The more muddled the person, the weaker the tree, and the stronger the person, the stronger the tree. Therefore the bonding of a tree and a person is actually a symbiotic relationship that benefits the health of both. Of course, if a Jurai tree is ever rooted, it will return to being a normal tree, as its nature is in preference for its nature rather than pure quintessence. The tree's generation is created by its relative position to Tsunami herself: Tsunami is at dead center: the Main Intersection of Quintessential, Tao, or Chi energy within the Jurai sphere, and all other trees line up along those lines of intersection, receding in power as they get further away from Tsunami. First there was Tsunami, and then a first generation of trees appeared in a circle around her, then a second gen further out, followed by a third, and so on. This also explains the LHW manifestation of each tree, and the "charging" described by Funaho in OAV 13: All energy radiates from Tsunami (the tree, not the goddess) along the four axis, and the first three generations are close enough to her that they manifest three LHWs, while lesser generations do not. There is a lot more going on here than I can cover in just one small mailing. Peter