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Tuesday 20 August 2013

Harvest Moon....


Today I am getting ready for my full moon ceremony….this one is a harvest moon and of course is something quite special. I remember last year we had a blue moon in the month of August – we don’t have that this year….but….

We have something far better.

This year we are witnesses for the earth, watching as she awakens, stretches and returns to life as it once was. She is re-gaining her energy, coming back to herself day by day and as she does this – the old ways will become relevant to us once again.

By this I mean the simple things such as honouring the full moon. Paying attention to the changing seasons, foraging for natures’ precious offerings and most importantly, using herbs as our medicine.

I have found one significant difference over these past few months since I completed my nearly 2 ½ years of back to back fasting (clearing, cleansing, parasite cleanse), the way my body now responds to food, water and herbs has changed.

What stands out to me most is the herbs of course, because it is so marvelous to have a dramatic, immediate and positive effect from a single cup of herbal tea or a glass of my Wild Harvest Herbal Remedy syrups (you have got to try them! LOL).

It’s as if I have broken through the barrier that kept these natural and healthy benefits of the planet in check – and this barrier also slowed down their action. I had long thought they should work faster and now I see that they do….it was the toxins (viruses, parasites, chemicals etc.) in my body that prevented these herbs from doing their work efficiently.

Which leads me to what I have been doing these days….over this past few weeks I have been busy looking at ways to make my life more efficient. To streamline my ‘working’ (homeschool, farm animals, market activities etc.) day while I keep things (the rest of my life!) in balance.

So, this harvest moon has come to mean something quite special for me this year, it’s finally the culmination of a year where I have truly watched things come together….efficiently.

April

Irish field in West Cork

Thursday 8 August 2013

Energy Aligned in One Place.....Connecting with Destiny


 Today is a food day (a good day! LOL)…..and I have been thinking about the term – ‘the good life’. All along of course, I have wondered about this elusive state of being and have lived many years in hope that one day I might be able to stake a claim to some piece of that attitude myself.

Perhaps some part of me is there with the rest of my being moving steadily along the proverbial path towards having, living and enjoying life. And hopefully for the most part, it will always be good.

However, for many people life is anything but good. In fact, no matter what, how much or how little someone has around them – in terms of relationships, stress, material things and so forth….

When they are not ‘living’ on the inside, nothing is completely good or satisfying on the outside. Life is far more then what you might be able to make of it….life involves taking steps to ensure you remain alive and conscious.

So many of us walk through each day thinking (or not) that this is all there is. And they are right – if you think that way, you will see things that way and ultimately be that way.

It’s a narrow unfulfilled dull existence. But, that’s just my opinion. After all, I was one of those people who would think that there has to be far more to living and life then just getting up and going to work for someone else each day.

There had to be something more to life…..

I knew in my heart that there was something better, a higher road (even if more difficult) and if I took every step possible I just might be able to find that path. What I have found out about this road back to life is that it is real, it does exist and it is worth making the effort to connect with it.

This good life is not entirely about things, people, or even having a special purpose….so far it appears to be all about having enough of yourself awake, present and alive – energy aligned in the one place and connecting with destiny. 

April

Life is a path....