![]() I'm not sure if it's that much of a secret but I'll tell ya...I love my crock pot. It's probably my most powerful magic tool. By harnessing it's power, I create the most delicious meals to nourish my family's minds, bodies and spirits. It's nothing short of uh-maze-zing! I see my crock pot as a modern day version of Cerridwen's cauldron. Cerridwen put all the ingredients into her cauldron
to make a brew for her son who was born deformed. This brew she planned took a year and a day to complete and her aim was to balance her son's deformity by giving him great wisdom As the end of its simmering timing drew near, she set her serving boy to watch it as she went to collect the last of the herbs to put in. The legends don't say how but three drops fell upon him perhaps because he lifted the lid to look at the brew. However it happened the instant those crops fell on him he knew the brew would be of no use to Cerridwen and he knew her rage would be great so he ran. Thus began a dance of transformation- a hound following a rabbit, an otter chasing a salmon, a hawk flying after a sparrow- until finally he turned himself into a grain of wheat and hid in the grain shed. But Cerridwen turned herself into a hen and gobbled him up. Implanting him within herself caused her to become pregnant and she rebirthed him as the Talesin the greatest wizard of all time. So how does this story relate to my humble kitchen appliance? Things that go into the crock pot like Cerridwen's cauldron are forever transformed. We add ingredients to it, put a lid on and through the magic of slow heat within hours a meal is prepared for ourselves and our loved ones. The cauldron/crock pot is also a metaphor for our life experiences. Some of the ingredient we choose, others are given to us. What comes out in our lives can be something more delicious than any single ingredient that went in. The key is the low heat; the actions we take based upon what we have learned. At any time we are free to change the recipe by opening out minds up through personal development and trying new things but in doing so we can't forget to allow ourselves the time needed to combine these new additions to the rest of our delicious lives in a way that resonates and works with our experiences. May Cerridwen guide you to create your life by adding the right ingredients to transform you into the most delicious version of yourself. May the people you touch with your delicious life be nourished in body mind and spirit. Ashe. Amen. And so it is. Comments are closed.
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Blessings!I'm Dionne, a Natural Rhythms Creation Coach and Elemental Forces of Creation Oracle Reader. I teach people how to tune into to the power of the elements and rhythms of nature to design a life they love I WRITE:
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