This is a tree I came across about 18 months ago, but I didn't do more than look at him. It was when I found a dead muntjac tangled in the fence. Anyway, I returned and climbed!
This is a truly lovely tree. Judging by Ian's reckoning, I think he must be at least 300.
I took a lot of pictures, as my way of getting to know him better and appreciate him more.
When I sat with the tree, I had an interesting message. It was about "the indistinct". And this is hard to express. Basically, it was about how the "good" lies in a realm of indistinctness. Because all is connected and impacts everything in unexpected ways, it's hard to pin down what is good.
Trees use this understanding: I go from seed, to plant, to soil. As seed, I am all about my own potential. As plant, I grow into the world and the world grows into me and we are about each other. As soil, I am all about the world.
Thus, a tree matures away from distinctness towards indistinctness.
Majesty looks like a very good tree for climbing! Interesting about the interconnectedness. I'm still working on the Thinking Like A Plant book but I liked when he talked about how a plant is a process of changes, a flowing that is always the integral connection to their environment.