All very profound observations & advice there Wakinyan. I wholeheartedly agree and greatly appreciate your sharing this.

Creating beautiful bonsai trees is one of my main meditation tools, so I can relate.

Talk about having to have patience!

When I first got into it, about 20 years ago or so, a friend of a friend happened to be visiting and saw my (then rather small compared to now) bonsai tree collection that I had built special shelves for on our back porch. He made the comment, "bonsai, isn't that an old man's hobby?" I just looked at him quizzically and replied something like, "um, yes, I suppose that you could call it that, yes...". I could tell just from the guy's body language and tone of voice that he held very little patience for anything not immediately gratifying. I was slightly amused and thought about all my years of meditation and psychedelic work that had brought me to enter the world of bonsai trees and all the joy and wonder that the hobby brings to those who practice it.

Anyway,

May we all find our Peace