Till the Soil

Why do you till the soil? Because we must prepare the growing ground by breaking up the hardened clay. The seeds cannot sprout through hardened soil. Failing to prepare the growing ground will lead to naught.

So many times we fail to properly prepare the growing ground for those seed ideas we wish to see sprout.

Planting where there is lumps of hardness without first seeking to remove or break them apart will lead to naught.

Thus a wonderful thought never makes it to the creative light of day ,or if it does, fails to bear fruit.

Many wonderful ideas die this way. We see them every day in our media. We see these failed results in the ill, broken, lying in coffins or sitting in our jails. We see this failure in our vanishing rain forest, in our polluted waters, in our vanishing species, in the pain and anguish of our animals, in the x's traversing our skies, in the downing of our trees, in the concrete and asphalt under our feet, in the corruption of our official agencies, in the worry, pain, anguish and fear of our people, in our lost rights to follow our heart's desire and in the loss of our creative spirit.

To be the creator of a seed grown to become a bearing plant one has to choose wisely...not only the type of seed but the type of preparations and precautions needed.

Protesting, rioting, getting angry, even civil disobedience or writing to our officials can fail to bear fruit. Being anti is a seed destined to wither and die.

There was a time when such was the only known way to plant our seeds. And we have proof that this worked through the resulting mature plants we tend each day.

No longer will this type of planting work for us. The ground contains too many hardened clods..We have left the stage of the seed and the sprout. We are now ready to bear fruit.

Why add the cow manure? Because we must feed the soil, for seeds need nourishment to grow.

No seed can reach the sun while sitting in needy soil. We must provide the nourishment it needs to birth it from the ground.

Why do you hill the rows? Because we must plant the seeds upon high ground to keep them from being drowned or washed away by the heavy rains. Then we can direct the water into the channels between the rows.

Seeds must stay upon the high ground to prevent drowning in the waters of our emotions. Uncontrolled anger spells certain death.

Why do you pull up the weeds? Because the tiny seedlings will be strangled by the weeds and the weeds will steal the nourishment from the soil, leaving the tiny seedlings to starve and die.

Never should we plant our seeds amongst the weeds. If we find any stray weeds, we must pluck them from our ground.

How do you decide which seeds to plant? I choose with care to plant only the seeds which will provide the perfect nourishment our bodies need.

We must become conscious creators, true Tillers of the Soil and Planters of the Seeds. This will tell us which seeds we should choose to provide the most nourishment for our body, mind and spirit.

But Mama, why do you plant some seeds on this day and some seeds on that day? Because certain seeds need to be planted when the signs and times are right. To plant a seed when the sign and time is not perfect will lead to naught. The seed will wither and die before ever popping its head above ground, or it will become a seedling which is so weak and spindly the first mild wind will destroy it, or even worse, it will become a mature plant which bears no fruit at all.

We must remember the esoteric arts and the wisdom of the ages, then we will know what tools to use and the ideal times to plant.

We lost our rights to till our ancestral soil, plant the seeds of our ancestors and provide sustenance for our families because we turned our head when encouraged to and never looked back. They planted the seeds they wished in the ground we left fallow and bare. Their seeds became seedlings, then mature plants...they are now bearing fruit.

It is up to us to restore balance...for ourselves, our children and grandchildren, for Mother Earth and Father Sky, for all life upon which we have a co-dependent relationship...the animals, the lakes, streams and oceans, the trees and other green life, our air and all life unseen.

Plant your seeds with care.