seems the other two missed your point, who wants to be like a tree, "dead". If we are "Calm Serene, tranquil,relaxed, collected, like a tree, we might as well be dead. So did they get your point, or did I?
You can look at both of them either way, but in the end they are both at peace. I had a feeling someone would think of it as being "dead". All and all though no one is right and no one is wrong. :)