Thursday, June 27, 2024
Last year, I had to completely dethatch my garden, clean out the dead undergrowth and weeds. I realized that my garden was ugly. It wasn’t as beautifully crafted as I wanted it to be. I was unwittingly creating weeds, not beautiful plants, shrubs, tomatoes, and fruit. I wasn’t using the soil properly. My mind wasn’t fertile and organized, but rather cluttered and overgrown.
I had to clear my energy. I had to pull up everything so I could see only the bare soil. Then, when a good idea sprouted, I caught it. If the sprouting idea tried to wilt and slumber, I kept it incubated by repeating it as if it were reality. When a negative idea came, I caught it and did not allow it to live.
As the good ideas flashed, then tried to die, I breathed on them. I watered and nourished them. When a weed tried to sprout, a negative thought of defeat and incapability, the spacious soil I created allowed me to see what was unwanted. I created space in my garden to protect my good, seedling ideas. When invasive thought-weeds tried to grow, they couldn’t take a hold.
Words, thoughts, actions, and emotions are seedlings of energy from within your personal, inner garden. What you embody becomes a body, a tangible realization from within. Reality is your physical garden, a result of what’s implanted in your imagination. Therefore, live as if your garden is pure, lush, varied, verdant, and free of weeds. Live as if your garden is organized, paradisal, manicured, and pleasing. Then, your outer garden will be the envy of everyone on your street. And also, if you become a master gardener, don’t keep the trade secrets to yourself! Everyone deserves a beautiful garden to enjoy and prosper.