Harvesting Our Gold

One of the key symbols of week six is the symbol of the 'harvest', that time of the year marked in the Celtic calendar as the Lammas festival, the time of reaping what we have sown. The harvest is a time both of ritual celebration and ritual dedication to task. We could usefully connect to the meticulous effort of harvesting the wheat this week, the repetitive action of the sheaf as it cuts down the once proud stalks of golden crop that shone with the glimmer of the sun's summer light and transforming it into the feast that will feed a community. The revelation of nature's gift lies in each kernel of wheat and, symbolically in our own lives, through the diligent, ritual work of separating the wheat from the chaff, we perform's the magician's work, transforming the potential of nature's abundant gifts into concrete manifest forms. Through such attentive diligence, we are fed, we are sustained, we are healed, and wealth in all its forms is delivered to us.

I have subtitled this week's practice 'Harvesting Your Gold' and in the coaching I have been offering it has all been about bringing one's attention back to the practice. No matter what else is going on in the circumstances of your life, just bring it back to the practice. We have been hold the vision, we have expressed the vision - now is the time to cultivate it. As you become more acutely aware than ever of all the details of your life and honour each one of them for the place they have in your life, irrespective of their perceived size or importance, so you cultivate your golden crop. As you cut back the stalks of gold, so you clear the way for the magic of the universe to express itself.

So carry on clearing the clutter. Move things around in your space, move the furniture, rearrange things. It stirs up the energy. Something will change in your perception of reality and something will be revealed. It's a healthy abundant practice and you'll feel different about yourself as a result. Happy harvesting!

Love John x