This was Ross' suggestion for a title. Autumn is approaching. This is the time for the ground/earth/soil to finish its harvest, and rest.
I've learned so much in the six months I have been in this new home. For example, the tomato crop has helped us save significant money over the summer. We are quite fond of fresh tomatoes. The tomatoes we pick ourselves are deeper red color, firm, and maintain their flavor and freshness longer than the organic ones bought at the store.
There is more life force in them.
Yesterday I made a double batch of ratatouille. I used fresh Hatch chiles instead of the bell pepper. The colors were so bright in the pot! I put half into the storage container destined for the refrigerator, but the other half I put into a storage container destined for the freezer. This is a key to saving money and increasing health--you put away the things you grow to enjoy later and make your life easier.
On the other hand, there have been two opportunities for learning this summer at home that haven't been as fun or successful as the rats and tomatoes, or the cooking. The green Japanese scarab beetles are attacking the Fuji apple tree. Anthony knows of this. We scare them away by shaking the tree together. I have learned very much from YouTube gardeners about this pest. Two incredible ways to beat them organically are to take advantage of their startle defense--they drop into a bucket with water you place under them, and later you 'dispatch them' with a rock....and also, to make a pepper spray to put all over the plant because they hate it. Long term, you must be careful through the year for the compost--their grubs eat it and then come July first they emerge, hungry, and can eat over three hundred different plants! You must pick out the grubs from the compost, and ideally, feed them (and the beetles collected in summer) to your chickens. I definitely want chickens!
The other one is the swimming pool. I've done the chemicals at the pool store as best as I can, but yesterday it turned a bright emerald green. There had been winds, the trees had dropped leaves, it clogged the filter, and the pump wasn't very effective. Only moving water is clear and healthy for swimming. It may be time to drain the pool. It's an above ground pool. Perhaps if we store it right we can get another year out of it.
Yesterday was a big, big day around the house. Lots of resource management and work. The roofers came. You know how it felt cleaner and better after the attic was cleared out? (and worth every penny?) There were many cracked tiles and loose ones up there. So two workers worked all day. The results are wonderful. Everything is snug and lined up well, just in time for winter. I also applied to refinance the home loan. It's a big decision. I had several angels on our side helping to advise me--people who are in the business. My loan is a seven year adjustable rate mortgage. I want to slow down at least at the hospital in seven years!
Which brings us to our last and final point--the magic of the words, 'I want'--for you.
You are a Divine Creator Being.
The corporate 'outreach' of TWDNHOBIAH--advertising and promotion--are constantly telling us what to want. And perhaps also, what to think.
Why are they telling us and putting so much effort into it, and resources?
It's not because it works and sells things.
It's about control.
It's about controlling the Creators who have one hundred percent Free Will, to co-create what is on the agenda of TWDNHOBIAH. Not our own.
I want...a nice garden to help support our health and finances.
I want...to stop being bombarded with media and the influence of TWDNHOBIAH. I want mental, physical, spiritual, psychological freedom...just to BE.
I want to travel...comfortably with Ross if it would be permitted to travel 'his way' that's technologically advanced.
I want good experiences for us at home, at work, and at school, for our family.
I think you are starting to get our drift. Think of what you actually want, the end result, not the means to get there, and Spirit can help you. Even if you want a bank account full of moolah, say to the Universe, 'I want security and ease from financial constraints' instead. It's more aligned with the power of co-creation, how Spirit works.
Lie fallow.
Rest.
And here is an article, a scathing one, which talks about health care, healthcare, and employee health incentives from their employers: https://newrepublic.com/article/154890/scourge-worker-wellness-programs
Ross says it's time for coffee. And for Anthony to wake up.
clap! clap!
Aloha and Mahalos,
Namaste,
Peace,
Ross and Carla
The Twins
