Weekly Photo Challenge: Time

Shaolin Temple 2-9-13 145

Shaolin Temple 2-9-13 144

This tree in the Shoalin Temple, China is the oldest living thing I have ever seen. Our guide told us it was 1500 years old, which initially left me speechless. I struggled to understand the changes that would have occurred in it’s time. However, once I grounded myself, I enjoyed spending several minutes in this grand old masters presence mindfully connecting with both past, present and future. I love trees, they give me energy, especially those that have been around for a very long time.

What is the oldest living thing you have seen?

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18 thoughts on “Weekly Photo Challenge: Time

  1. This is an interesting challenge on WPC:Time.
    I did love to participate.
    Looking to the tree it doesn’t seem to be 1500 years old.
    But somethings we have to believe.
    Max! Good attempt.
    Shiva

  2. I have seen the bristlecone pines outside Bishop, California. They are only about 2400 years old. The ones in Nevada are up to 3200 years old. We are pretty insignificant.

  3. We have yew trees in churchyards that are supposedly much older than the church, and were supposedly planted by the people who originally identified the site as a sacred one, before the Christians arrived, an unknown number of years ago.

  4. Hi max, I love this post about the Shaolin Temple as I’m a Zen practitioner. One day I hope to go.
    thank you for being my first like.

    How long did it take you to figure this menu and category stuff. It’s giving me a head ache.

    • Welcome to the world of blogging. It’s trial and error to begin with. I found the joining the Blogging U courses advertised on the Daily Prompt a great practical help to. It takes time to develop a presence but I found the more I visited other blogs the more I learnt. How exciting to be your first like. It took a long time for that to happen for me and then slowly but surely it added too. The Shaolin Temple is an amazing place not only the Temple its self but the surrounds which one day I will finish blogging about. Its biggest problem is the number of people who visitor and the noise they create. Looking forward to seeing your blog develop. Keep going it is worth the drama in the end and you’ll surprise yourself with what you can achieve. I know I did.

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