The Tree of Life — Remembering the Path Home

There are maps written in light, and there are maps written in memory.
The Tree of Life carries both.
It is a living mirror — a remembrance of all that connects heaven and earth, body and spirit, the seen and unseen.

Each branch whispers of what it means to grow.
Each root hums the song of where we began.
And in the space between — in the sacred trunk — we stand, holding both the weight of ancestry and the promise of awakening.

When we look upon this Tree, we are reminded that growth is not only upwards.
It is also downward — into the soil of memory, into the wisdom buried beneath the noise of the world.
It asks us to remember that strength is not hardness, but rootedness.
That to reach the stars, we must first be willing to rest in the dark soil that birthed us.

Every circle on this Tree holds a key:

• Memory of Source — where we remember the One who breathed us into being.
• Seeing Without Eyes — the deeper knowing that lives beyond logic.
• Strength and Voice — the courage to speak the truth that liberates generations.
• Creation and Roots — the power to build something sacred from what was once broken.
• Endurance and Trust — the calm surrender to life’s divine unfolding.

The Tree of Life reminds us that no step is wasted.
Even the falling leaf is part of the prayer.
Even the seasons of loss are teachers in disguise.
When we return to the Tree, we return to the rhythm that holds all things — the rise, the fall, the becoming.

The ancients taught that within every person grows a tree of their own.
It stretches from the soles of our feet into the heart of the earth,
and from the crown of our head into the light of creation.
When we forget who we are, it is this inner Tree that waits quietly for our remembrance.
It asks only that we water it with truth, tend it with silence, and feed it with love.

So breathe.
Place your hand upon your heart.
Feel the roots beneath you, ancient and alive.
You are not lost — you are growing in two directions at once.
You are both the seed and the sunlight, the prayer and its answer.

The Tree of Life is not outside of you.
It is you.
The ground, the growth, and the grace that connects it all.

May you walk today as one who remembers.
And when you forget — may the Tree remind you that the path home has always been within.

— Voice of Edede