The Tree of Life in the Book of Mormon

The image of the tree is to be an image of spiritual ascent so you find your orientation within the world based on the location of that tree in actual physical space. So there's always sort of a point of orientation for people that is designated sacred space, and that is the point from which they understand their purpose on earth. And I can understand that maybe what Nephi was seeing in the in his vision and in Lehi was actually a figure that he deeply resonated with because it had this deeper resonance as the mother from the temple. We see that in our tradition in Alma 32 as that tree that grows inside of us as we harken to the word of the Lord, and it