Grapes

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In the mythology of many ancient cultures, the Grape, and the grapevine is regarded as sacred. From an exoteric principle, the symbolic meaning of grapes relates to abundance, transformation and fertility. However, an understanding of the esoteric meaning sheds more light on their use in ancient symbolism.

Money is one of the symbols of material wealth. But viewing our abundance solely in terms of dollars or euros or pesos or pounds is limiting. True abundance consciousness is opening our mind, heart & soul so wide so that EVERY aspect of our existence — nourishment, money, energy, health, success, love, forgiveness, happiness, spirit … all flow into us without conditions.

Abundance consciousness is more about FLOW …  circulation. It’s a perspective in which we see ALL OF LIFE as an infinite circulating, intertwined, interdependent, inter-woven fabric of threads that connect every aspect of existence and that FLOW through us in every moment.

Every breath I take creates a vacuum of air that will be filled by another’s exhale. Every word you speak enters the silence, alters it, vibrates, and creates the potential for a word from someone else. Every conversation you have is not simply the beginning of something, but a continuation of everything that’s led up to that moment. The ripple flows infinitely and if we open ourselves to it, we become it, and then what ripples out of us flows with effortless ease. We are the evolutionary merging of every sunrise, every sunset, every birth and every death, every laugh and every tear, every bark and every meow, every seed and every falling leaf, every conversation that’s ever existed, combined with every experience you’ve ever had, combined with all the matter and all the energy of the world that has ever existed.

That’s a lot of rippling. When we allow the world to ripple into us with open arms and then let it flow out of us with grace and generosity, in that moment we are a pure conduit, a channel, a medium for whatever we desire. And it is in that sweet act of giving AND receiving that we fulfill our purpose, our needs, our desires, and the universe’s intentions.

Giving and receiving are both opposite sides of the same coin. But we often find ourselves doing one or the other. If we don’t allow ourselves to receive and only give, we exhaust our supply and ultimately we collapse. And if we only receive and don’t let our gifts flow out, we become constipated. We can heighten our abundance if we get more comfortable receiving the gifts of life and flowing them out with effortless ease. Circulation is the watchword of the week. Keep the flow. Keep it going. Stay open. Hug and kiss a lot (these are acts of BOTH giving and receiving). You can’t do one without the other!!

Let’s commit to abundance — to flowing the love, the forgiveness, the compassion, the generosity, the money, the encouragement, the support, the health, the nourishment, the peace, the abundance of life in all its forms as it weaves through the five realms — the physical, emotional, material, relationship, and spiritual aspects of our existence. Let’s open to abundance consciousness and recognize that we are indeed the universe – all connected…all one.

Learning from Grapes: Abundance Consciousness