Sabbath for Earth

Today is Sunday, which I celebrate as my Sabbath, meaning that I keep it simple, slow-paced, and peaceful. I take time out from busy-ness so I can practice deepening my inner life.

To continue with Earth Week a little longer, today I plan to explore earth as a sacred element; as the stone and the garden, the endless circle of life and death, and our Great Mother. 

When I embrace the earth as the Sacred Mother how could I pollute her? Everything is alive and everything is my family.

Sabbath Plan:
1. All Day Meditation:

I begin my celebration of the Sabbath right away when I awaken-- I pause before jumping out of bed to remember God, and acknowledge that I have God within. I hold that remembering through the day, lightly, like a flower. I remember to smile and allow love to shine.

2. Altar: 

Today I add a stone to my altar, for the patience and strength of the earth.

3. Weeding Meditation: 

The Earth is my Mother. I have an agreement with her that I will respect and care for the little piece of her I own. I try to remember to enter the garden with humility, and plant it and work in it with reverent regard. 

Today I will choose one area to work in and pull weeds with rapt attention- notice the bugs and worms, leaves that are chewed, bulbs coming up, the texture of the soil... Feel the joy that plants feel as the soil is loosened around them and they have room to expand!