"The branches go downward and the roots upward. Similarly, this material world is a reflection of the spiritual world. The material world is but a shadow of reality. In the shadow there is no reality or substantiality, but from the shadow we can understand that there are substance and reality." - Bhagavad-gītā 15.01
The hotel had a massive banyan tree on their grounds. (The banyan tree is known for being the kind of tree the Buddha sat down in front of before becoming enlightened.
I had some time to kill before Ellen or her roommates came home so I wandered around the trails that go through the woods behind their home. Crazy tree.
Whenever Meredith sees a little nook or hole somewhere that might be the home of an animal she always walks up to it and says "Who lives here?" Hahahaha.