Harvest: Bounty

Musing…

“What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.”     -  Meister Eckhart

Charise’s Turn:

The expression “you reap what you sow” is often used in a negative context or as a warning, kind of like “watch out”. It’s a bit of a judgment call. Sometimes you reap nothing from what you sow, nothing immediately tangible or expected. It’s a matter of faith to sow for the sake of sowing, because of what it does to the person who sows. When you “till the soil”, you partake in a desire for growth and change.

While waiting on decisions about poetry submissions from literary magazines, I made a decision to start a poetry blog, mix and moss poetry, something crafted from my voice. Why not? There’s room for more possibilities– people like to find poetry in unexpected places as well as established journals. The key inspiration to go ahead was a birthday message from my cousin Lynn who said, "make it epic".  Okay, permission granted to think BIG or think FAR -- farther than the reach of what's already available or in existence. While you wait, contemplate. Now there's www.mixandmosspoetry.blogspot.com. 

Get Fired Up:

You just don’t know what will come of your efforts, but expect a bounty if you nurture your inspiration. You will reap more creativity. And in that fertile creativity, you develop another idea, an offshoot from where you started.  The possibilities continue…

“I dwell in Possibility” – poem by Emily Dickinson

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Harvest: Open to Receive

Musing…

" Too much of a good thing….is wonderful."    

–Mae West

The seasonal harvest is a visual example of the abundant outpouring of nature – as each plant has matured, it has transformed light into a nourishing succulent delight.  Receiving the glory of this harvest requires an openness to accommodate yourself to this flow. Harvest is both a noun and a verb.

Kate’s Turn:

I experience over and over again how the Universe takes delight in saying Yes to my needs. I’ve had a couple of opportunities to teach qigong, and I feel indulgent while partaking of this vibrant healing energy as I simply lead others in the movements. I began to express my desire to have a space in which to teach on a regular basis…yes, to introduce others to this simple, yet profound practice, but also because it is what makes me come alive – it brings me to experience "zoe" (Greek for life) – that state of being possessed with the absolute fullness of life.

So the Universe orchestrates a few conversations, a few connections, and behold! I get to indulge in my desire. Life is about joy once I can break through my self-imposed limitations, my smallness, my safety and open myself to receive the flow available to me. This indulgence opens me further to gratitude, and a further softening and falling in love with my own life…I am that harvest, pouring out to others, even as I, myself, continue to open and receive.

"You have a channel into the ocean, yet you ask for water from a little pool. Beg for the love-expansion…Wait for the illuminating openness as though your chest were filling with light."  -Rumi

Get Fired Up:

Say “Yes” to all that is good in your life. Be more of a "basker". Indulge in and Be the harvest.

Beg for the love-expansion and say this prayer:

I consecrate my life to be the Open Door

 through which the Light will continually flow to bless and heal all life on Earth.

"Wherever you are is the entry point!

I laugh when I hear the fish in the water is thirsty."  - KABIR

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